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Table of Contents Introduction ................................................................. 1 About This Book l .............................................................................................. 1 How to Use This Book l .................................................................................... 2 And What about You. l ..................................................................................... 3 How This Book Is Organized l .......................................................................... 4 Part I: Bare-Bones Windows XP Stuff l .................................................. 4 Part II: Making Windows XP Do Something l ........................................ 4 Part III: Using Windows XP Applications (And Surfing the Web) l .... 5 Part IV: Help! l .......................................................................................... 5 Part V: The Part of Tens l ....................................................................... 5 Icons Used in This Book l ................................................................................. 5 Where to Go from Here l .................................................................................. 6 Part I: Bare-Bones Windows XP Stuff ............................ 8 Chapter 1: What Is Windows XP. .............................................................10 What Are Windows and Windows XP. l ....................................................... 10 What Does Windows Do. l ............................................................................. 11 How Does Windows XP Affect My Older Programs. l ................................ 14 Should I Bother Using Windows XP. l .......................................................... 15 Bracing Yourself (And Your Computer) for Windows XP l ........................ 16 Chapter 2: Ignore This Chapter on Computer Parts ................................17 The Computer l ................................................................................................ 17 The Microprocessor (CPU) l .......................................................................... 19 Disks and Disk Drives l ................................................................................... 20 Floppy disks l ......................................................................................... 20 Compact discs (CD-ROM drive stuff) l ................................................ 21 DVD discs l ............................................................................................. 23 Iomega drives l ....................................................................................... 23 Hard disks l ............................................................................................ 24 What does write-protected mean. l .................................................... 24 The Mouse and That Double-Click Stuff l ..................................................... 25 Video Cards and Monitors l ........................................................................... 29 Keyboards l ...................................................................................................... 31 Groups of keys l ..................................................................................... 31 More key principles l ............................................................................ 33 Modems and the Internet l ............................................................................. 35
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