Windows Vista For Dummies Quick Reference (For Dummies by Greg Harvey

By Greg Harvey

Readers will keep themselves time and effort through the use of this convenient, A-to-Z connection with speedy locate solutions in regards to the intriguing generation of home windows Vista
Includes necessary info at the new gains of Vista, comparable to the task-based interface, sidebar, contraptions, new "Aero" interface, 3D-look choice, heightened defense, new seek services, and masses extra Covers navigating the computing device, launching courses, including courses, removal courses, growing documents, copying documents and folders, and deleting records and folders
Accessible association of issues additionally indicates readers the right way to create shortcuts, hook up with the web, seek the net, upload favorites, use the recent dossier administration procedure, and extra

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21 Just click the Enable Transparency check box in the Window Color and Appearance Control Panel window to remove its check mark if you’re happy with the default Windows Vista color scheme and only want to get rid of the transparency effects. Adopting a Classic view of the Control Panel Finally, you may find the default look of the Vista Control Panel (which is, fortunately a little less sparse than the Category View of the Windows XP Control Panel) not to your liking. Switching back to the display of rows of individual Control Panel icons (in alphabetical order from Add Hardware through Windows Update) is really simple.

Qxp 11/20/06 5:07 PM Page 43 Vista Taskbar 43 By default, all the system icons and Hide Inactive Icons check boxes are selected. To remove a system icon from the Notification area, click its check box to remove the check mark. To display all the Notification icons, even when the processes they represent are inactive, click the Hide Inactive Icons check box to remove the check mark. Note that when the Hide Inactive Icons setting is active, Windows adds a Show Hidden Icons button that you can click to temporarily display all the Notification icons.

Note that removing a gadget from the Sidebar does not delete it from your computer — to do that, you need to open the Search All Gadgets window, and then right-click the gadget’s thumbnail and click Uninstall on its shortcut menu. To restore a gadget that you’ve removed from the Sidebar, just repeat the previous steps for adding a new gadget. Customizing the contents of a gadget Many of the gadgets you add to the Sidebar are generic and need to be customized. For example, you can customize the Clock gadget by selecting a new clock face, giving it a name, and selecting a time zone other than your own (this analog clock automatically displays the same time as the digital time display in the Notification area of the Vista taskbar).

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