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Windows XP for Dummies

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little icons at the bottom of your screen. You can spend hours playing with windows. In fact, most frustrated new Windows XP users do. A You can put as many windows on-screen as you want, peeping at all of them at the same time or just looking into each one individu- ally. This activity appeals to the voyeur in all of us. Remember, though, the more windows you have open, the slower Windows will operate. A For instructions on how to move windows or resize them, head to Chapter 6. To retrieve lost windows from the pile, head immedi- ately to Chapter 7.

The World Wide Web

The World Wide Web, known simply as the Web, is merely a way for sending and receiving pictures, sound, and other information on the Internet network. (See the section “The Internet," earlier in this chapter, or see Chapter 12 if you’re really interested.)

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Table of Contents
About This Book
Bare-Bones Windows XP Stuff
What Is Windows XP?
Ignore This Chapter on Computer Parts
Windows XP Stuff Everybody Thinks You Already Know
Activation
Backing Up a Disk
Clicking
The Cursor
Defaults (And the Any Key)
Desktop (And Changing Its Background)
Double-Clicking
Dragging and Dropping
Drivers
Files
Folders (Directories)
Graphical User Interfaces
Hardware and Software
Icons
The Internet
Kilobytes, Megabytes, and So On
Loading, Running, Executing, and Launching
Memory
The Mouse
Networks
Pointers/Arrows
Plug and Play
Quitting or Exiting
Save Command
Save As Command
ScanDisk
Shortcuts
Temp Files
The Windows
The World Wide Web
Making Windows XP Do Something
Using Windows XP Applications
Help!
The Part of Tens
Glossary


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