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Netbook Basics In Simple Steps - Joli Ballew

Netbook Basics In Simple Steps

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Buch | Softcover
256 Seiten
2010
Prentice-Hall (Verlag)
9780273734925 (ISBN)
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Discover everything you want to know about choosing and using your netbook in this easy to use guide; from the most essential tasks that you'll want to perform, to solving the most common problems you'll encounter.





Top 10 Netbook Tips

1. Search for anything from the Start menu

2. Connect to a free hotspot

3. Download and install Windows Live Essentials

4. Use Office Live Workspace to store important data

5. Have a video conversation

6. Use Media Player to listen to music

7. Play a slide show of pictures

8. Connect to a home network

9. Import pictures from a digital camera or media card

10. Install software from the Internet



Chapter 1 Explore your netbook



Plug in the power cable

Access and use USB ports

Locate and use Ethernet ports

Connect external speakers or headphones

Locate additional ports

Locate, insert or remove the battery

Locate the power button and start Windows 7

Activate Windows 7

Use the touchpad

Locate specialised keyboard keys

View the Getting Started window

Open Help and Support

Shut down Windows safely



Chapter 2 Locate and use public Wi-Fi networks



Turn Wi-Fi on and off

Connect to a free hotspot

Manage wireless networks



Chapter 3 Surf the Internet



Open a website in Internet Explorer

Open a website in a new tab

Set a home page

Mark a Favorite

Change the zoom level of a webpage

Print a webpage

Clear history

Stay safe online



Chapter 4 - Obtain always-on Internet



Select an ISP

Obtain the proper settings

Make the connection

Select a network type

Use the New Connection Wizard

Diagnose connection problems





Chapter 5 Get Windows Live Essentials



Download and install Windows Live Essentials

Get a Windows Live ID

Sign in

Personalise your Windows Live Home page

Open Windows Live Photo Gallery



Chapter 6 Windows Live Mail



What is Windows Live Mail?

Set up a Windows Live email account

Set up a third-party email account

View an email

Change how often Mail checks for email

View an attachment

Recover email from the Junk email folder

Reply to an email

Forward an email

Compose and send a new email

Attach a picture to an email using Attach

Attach a picture to an email using a right-click

Insert a picture directly into the body of the email

Add a contact

Print an email

Apply a junk mail filter

Create a folder

Move email to a folder

Delete email in a folder





Chapter 7 Explore Office Live Workspace



Understand why online storage is crucial

Get to know Office Live Workspace

Create a workspace

Add documents to your workspace

Share your workspace

Open a document in your workspace

Install Office Live Update

Create a new Word document from inside your workspace

Open an Excel file saved in your workspace

Save a PowerPoint Presentation to your workspace



Chapter 8 Use your Built-in webcam



Discover your webcam

Get to know Windows Live Messenger

Open Windows Live Messenger

Sign into Windows Live Messenger

Personalise Windows Live Messenger

Run the Audio and Video Tuning Wizard

Add a contact

Have a video conversation



Chapter 9 Work with media



Open Media Player and locate music

Listen to a song

View pictures in Windows Live Photo Gallery

Play a slide show of pictures

Auto adjust picture quality

Crop a picture

Open Media Center

Explore Internet TV

View pictures in Media Center



Chapter 10 Connect to your home network



Create the connection

Enable Network Discovery

Verify sharing is enabled

Save data to the Public folder

Access the Public folder

Share a personal folder

Diagnose connection problems



Chapter 11 Install and manage hardware



Install a digital camera, webcam or insert a media card

Import pictures from a digital camera or media card

Install a printer

What to do when the installation fails

Locate a driver

Download and install a driver

Use ReadyBoost

Change when your netbook sleeps

Change what happens when you press the power button or close the lid

Manage all connected devices



Chapter 12 Install software on a CD or DVD



Explore installation options

Install software from the Internet

Share a networked CD/DVD drive

Install software from a shared network CD/ DVD drive

Copy the installation CD to a USB flash drive

Install software from a USB flash drive

Install software from an external CD/DVD drive



Chapter 13 Stay secure



Add a new user account

Require a password

Configure Windows Update

Scan for viruses with Windows Defender

Enable the firewall

View and resolve Security Center warnings

Create a basic backup



Chapter 14 Fix problems



Use System Restore

Disable unwanted start-up items

Resolve Internet connectivity problems

Use Device Driver Rollback

View available hard drive space

Delete unnecessary Media Center media

Uninstall unwanted programs



Chapter 15 Do more with Windows 7



Learn what's new in Windows 7

Change the desktop background

Change the screen saver

Add desktop icons

Create a shortcut on the desktop for a program or application

Search for anything from the Start menu

Add a gadget to the desktop

Set the time on the clock gadget

Configure the taskbar

Pin icons to the taskbar

Use Shake, Jump Lists, Snap, and Peek

Create a homegroup

Join a homegroup

Explore libraries



Top 10 Netbook Problems solved



1. I'm within range of a public or private wireless network, but I can't see it and I can't log in.

2. I'm in a coffee shop that offers free Wi-Fi, but I didn't see any pop-up about the available network (or I was unable to click the pop-up in time). How can I join now?

3. I've downloaded and installed Windows Live Messenger, I have contacts, and my webcam is working. I still can't initiate a video conversation. What's up?

4. I have several pictures that need cropping, or are too dark, too light, or have other problems. How can I edit them?

5. Where is Outlook Express or Windows Mail? Where's my email?

6. I installed a driver or program and now my computer isn't behaving the way it should.

7. I was connected to the Internet and/or my local network and now I'm not.

8. My new netbook came with a lot of programs I'll never use and I want them gone!

9. I need to install software that is on a CD, but I don't have a CD drive in my netbook. What can I do?

10. I'm online a lot and I worry about staying safe. What can I do?







Erscheint lt. Verlag 15.4.2010
Verlagsort Harlow
Sprache englisch
Maße 188 x 233 mm
Gewicht 520 g
Themenwelt Informatik Weitere Themen Hardware
ISBN-13 9780273734925 / 9780273734925
Zustand Neuware
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