Windows Vista for Starters: The Missing Manual

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Safe Mode

Save dialog box

        file formats

        Navigation pane

screen savers

        choosing

        defined

        timer settings

scroll bars

scroll wheel (on mouse)

        Flip 3D

        in Internet Explorer

        in Windows Photo Gallery

        settings

scrolling

Search (Instant Search)

        by size , date, or tag

        canceling

        in Explorer windows

        in Internet Explorer

        results menu

        Search box

        Search command

        Search pane 2nd

        Search window

        Start menu

Search box

Search pane 2nd

security

        accounts

        Ctrl+Alt+Delete requirement

        firewall

        Internet

        parental controls

        passwords

        phishing filter

        pop-up ads

        spyware

        User Account Control

        wireless security

Security Center

        antivirus

        Windows Defender

        Windows Firewall

selecting

        checkbox method

        email messages

        icons

        photos

Shift-clicking

shortcut icons

        creating and deleting

        defined

shortcut menus

        properties

Shut Down

Sidebar (gadgets)

        adding

        Calendar gadget

        Clock gadget

        closing

        Contacts gadget

        CPU Meter gadget

        Currency gadget

        defined

        finding and installing more gadgets

        gallery

        hiding or quitting

        moving

        Notes gadget

        Picture Puzzle gadget

        rearranging

        Slideshow gadget

        Stocks gadget

        troubleshooting

        uninstalling gadgets

        Weather gadget

signatures in email

slash notation

Sleep Mode

Slideshow gadget

slideshows

Snap To

software see also programs

        installing

        Programs and Features

        uninstalling

sorting icons

Sound control panel

sounds

        changing or silencing

        desktop sounds

spam (junk email)

        avoiding

speed tricks

        ReadyBoost

        SuperFetch

        turn off bells and whistles

spyware

stacking

standard accounts

Start menu

        adding icons to

        anatomy of

        Computer

        Connect To

        Control Panel

        customizing 2nd

        Default Programs

        defined

        deleting icons from

        Documents folder

        folders in

        Games

        Help and Support

        Hibernate

        Lock Command

        Log Off

        Music folder

        Network

        Personal Folder 2nd

        Pictures folder

        Public Folder

        Recent Items

        removing icons from

        renaming icons in

        reorganizing

        Restart

        Search 2nd

        search box

        Shut Down

        Sleep Mode

        Startup Folder

starting up

        logging in

        Safe Mode

        Startup Folder

        Startup Menu

        Startup Repair screen

        Welcome Center

Startup Folder

        adding and deleting items

Startup Menu

Startup Repair

Stocks gadget

SuperFetch

System control panel

System Restore

        defined

        restoring the system

        Windows Recovery Environment