Mastering Windows 98

Name: Mastering Windows 98
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ISBN: 9780782119619

ISBN-10: 0782119611

ISBN-13: 9780782119619

Edition: 2nd 1998

Authors: Robert Cowart

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Windows 98, the newest version of Microsoft's 32-bit graphical operating environment, integrates the Internet as part of the Desktop. This guide covers every facet of the new interface and offers tips on configuration and optimisation.

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List price: $34.99
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 1998
Publisher: Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, John
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 1200
Size: 7.75" wide x 9.25" long x 2.75" tall
Weight: 3.938
Language: English

Introduction	p. xxv
Up and Running
What Is Windows 98 Second Edition?	p. 3
The History of Microsoft's Windows Operating System	p. 4
Is It Worth It To Upgrade to Windows 98 Second Edition?	p. 9
Reliability and Performance Improvements	p. 10
Entertainment and Multimedia Enhancements	p. 12
Improved Ease of Use	p. 13
Seamless Internet Integration	p. 15
Increased Manageability and Other Business-Related Features	p. 17
What's New With Windows 98 Second Edition	p. 19
Windows vs. Other Operating Systems	p. 21
Windows 98 vs. Macintosh	p. 21
Windows vs. Linux	p. 22
Windows 98, 2000, or NT?	p. 22
Getting Your Hardware and Software Ready for Windows 98 Second Edition	p. 25
What Software to Keep and What to Upgrade	p. 26
Applications and Utilities	p. 27
Dealing with DOS Programs	p. 28
Relics That Still Live in Windows 98 Second Edition	p. 30
16-bit vs. 32-Bit Applications	p. 36
What Hardware to Keep and What to Upgrade	p. 38
The Box	p. 38
RAM	p. 38
Hard Disk	p. 39
Monitor/Video-Card Support	p. 40
Plug-and-Play Items	p. 41
Other Items	p. 42
Introduction to the Interface	p. 45
Windows 101	p. 46
Before Moving Ahead	p. 47
Starting Windows	p. 48
Parts of the Windows Screen	p. 51
The Desktop	p. 51
Icons	p. 52
Channel Bar	p. 53
Understanding Windows	p. 53
Types of Windows	p. 55
Application Windows	p. 55
Document Windows	p. 56
Anatomy of a Window	p. 57
The Title Bar	p. 57
Minimize, Maximize, and Close	p. 57
The Control Box	p. 63
Scroll Bars, Scroll Buttons, and Scroll Boxes	p. 64
All about Menus	p. 66
Selecting Menu Commands	p. 68
Special Indicators in Menus	p. 68
Right-Clicking in Windows	p. 70
Using Property Sheets	p. 72
Working with Dialog Boxes	p. 74
Moving between Sections of a Dialog Box	p. 75
Entering Information in a Dialog Box	p. 77
Using the Windows 98 Web View	p. 83
Turning On Web View	p. 85
Returning to Classic View	p. 89
Exiting Windows	p. 89
Getting Down to Business: Running Your Applications	p. 93
Running Programs	p. 94
Running Programs from the Start Button	p. 95
Running Programs from My Computer	p. 97
Running Programs from Windows Explorer	p. 101
Running Applications from the Find Command	p. 104
Running a Program via One of Its Documents	p. 106
Running an Application by Right-Clicking on the Desktop	p. 108
Using the Start ] Documents List	p. 110
Running DOS Programs	p. 111
Options While Running a DOS Session	p. 115
Additional Property Settings for DOS Programs	p. 117
Using Desktop Shortcuts	p. 120
Switching Between Applications	p. 122
Switching with Alt-Tab	p. 125
Sharing Data Between Applications	p. 125
Using the Windows Clipboard	p. 126
Copying Text and Graphics from a DOS Window	p. 130
Working with the Clipboard Viewer	p. 133
Storing the Clipboard's Contents in a File	p. 135
Organizing Programs and Documents	p. 137
Putting Programs on the Start Button	p. 138
Quick Launch and Other Taskbar Features	p. 140
Modifying the Start Button Menus	p. 143
Removing an Item from a Menu	p. 147
Advanced Options	p. 148
Exploring Windows Explorer	p. 150
Displaying the Contents of Your Computer	p. 151
Selecting the Correct Drive and Choosing a Folder	p. 153
Refreshing the Directory	p. 156
Selecting Files	p. 157
Organizing Files and Folders	p. 160
Making New Folders	p. 160
Moving and Copying Items between Folders	p. 161
Examining a File with Quick View	p. 166
Deleting Items	p. 168
Putting Items on the Desktop	p. 170
Copying Files and Folders to and from Removable Media	p. 175
Setting Folder Options	p. 179
Sorting and Managing Your Folder and File Lists	p. 180
Other View Menu Options	p. 182
Using the Cut, Copy, and Paste Commands with Files and Folders	p. 188
Working with the Recycle Bin	p. 191
Renaming Documents and Folders	p. 195
Working with Disks	p. 197
Formatting Disks and Making System Disks	p. 197
Exploring Windows 98 Second Edition
Customizing Windows with the Control Panel	p. 203
Opening the Control Panel	p. 204
Accessibility Options	p. 208
Keyboard Accessibility Settings	p. 209
Sound Accessibility Settings	p. 210
Display Accessibility Settings	p. 211
Mouse Accessibility Settings	p. 213
Other Accessibility Settings	p. 215
Adding New Hardware	p. 216
Running the Install Hardware Wizard	p. 218
When Your Hardware Isn't on the List	p. 224
Adding and Removing Programs	p. 225
Installing New Programs	p. 226
Removing Existing Programs	p. 227
Setting the Date and Time	p. 228
Desktop Themes	p. 229
Customizing Your Screen Display	p. 231
Setting the Background and Wallpaper	p. 232
Setting the Screen Saver	p. 235
Adjusting the Appearance	p. 238
Effects	p. 244
Web	p. 246
Driver Settings	p. 246
Adjusting the Mouse	p. 255
Switching the Buttons and Setting Double-Click Speed	p. 255
Setting Your Pointers	p. 256
Setting the Pointer Motion	p. 258
Printers and Printing	p. 261
A Print-Manager Primer	p. 263
Adding a New Printer	p. 264
About Printer Installation	p. 264
About Adding Printers	p. 265
Running the Wizard to Add a New Printer	p. 267
Altering the Details of a Printer's Setup--The Properties Box	p. 273
How to Delete a Printer from Your Printers Folder	p. 274
How to Print Out Documents from Your Programs	p. 276
About the Default Printer	p. 276
Printing from a Program	p. 277
Printing by Dragging Files onto a Printer Icon or into Its Window	p. 278
Working with the Print Queue	p. 280
Refreshing the Network Queue Information	p. 282
Deleting a File from the Queue	p. 282
Canceling All Pending Print Jobs on a Given Printer	p. 283
Pausing (and Resuming) the Printing Process	p. 284
Printing to a Disk File instead of a Printer	p. 285
Using Fonts Effectively	p. 289
Font Management in Windows 98	p. 290
General Classes of Fonts	p. 291
TrueType Fonts	p. 293
Bit-Mapped and Vector Fonts	p. 294
Procuring Fonts	p. 296
Adding and Removing Fonts Using Control Panel	p. 297
Adding Fonts	p. 297
Displaying and Printing Examples of Fonts with the Font Viewer	p. 300
Removing Fonts	p. 303
Basic Guidelines for Using Fonts	p. 305
Windows Multimedia	p. 307
Exactly What Is Multimedia?	p. 309
What's New in Windows 98 Multimedia	p. 311
Upgrading to Multimedia	p. 312
The Supplied Multimedia Applications and Utilities	p. 322
Doing It All with DVD Player	p. 323
Assigning Sounds with the Control Panel's Sound Utility	p. 330
Playing Multimedia Files with Media Player	p. 334
Recording and Editing Sounds with Sound Recorder	p. 336
Playing Tunes with CD Player	p. 341
Web TV	p. 349
Using TV Viewer	p. 351
Tips for Using Web TV	p. 354
Managing Multimedia Drivers and Settings	p. 360
Communications and Using the Internet
Introduction to Windows Communications	p. 365
What's New in Windows 98 Second Edition Communications?	p. 367
The Windows Telephony Interface	p. 370
Installing and Configuring a Modem	p. 371
Choosing a Modem	p. 371
Installing a Modem into Windows 98 Second Edition	p. 373
Changing Modem Properties	p. 376
Communicating Using HyperTerminal	p. 385
Setting Up a HyperTerminal Connection	p. 386
Making Connections	p. 389
Sending and Receiving Data	p. 391
Ending a Communications Session	p. 396
Connecting to the Internet	p. 399
What Kind of Connection?	p. 400
Choosing a Service Provider	p. 403
Using a National ISP	p. 405
Using a Local ISP	p. 406
Connecting through an Online Service	p. 407
Getting Directly on the Internet--Finding a Local ISP	p. 409
Setting Up Windows 98 Dial-Up Networking	p. 412
Loading the Software	p. 412
Creating a Connection Profile	p. 413
Changing the Default Connection	p. 415
Sharing Your Internet Connection with Networked Computers	p. 418
Setting Up Internet Connection Sharing (ICS)	p. 418
Browsing the World Wide Web with Internet Explorer 5	p. 423
Inside Internet Explorer	p. 424
Starting Internet Explorer	p. 424
The Components of Internet Explorer	p. 426
Some Commands You'll Use Frequently	p. 429
Using the Toolbars	p. 430
Getting Help	p. 433
Moving Between Pages	p. 433
Making the Jump with Hyperlinks	p. 433
Other Ways to Move between Pages	p. 434
Browsing Offline	p. 437
Returning to Your Favorite Pages	p. 439
The Structure of the Favorites Menu	p. 439
Adding Items to the Favorites Menu	p. 439
Organizing Your Favorites Menu	p. 441
Searching the Web	p. 443
Searching in the Explorer Bar	p. 443
Customizing the Search Assistant	p. 445
Performing Effective Keyword Searches	p. 447
Using Common Search Engines	p. 449
Using History to See Where You Have Been	p. 452
Clearing Your History	p. 454
Checking Important Internet Explorer Options	p. 456
Setting Security Levels	p. 457
Communicating with Outlook Express News and Mail	p. 459
A Quick Tour of Outlook Express	p. 460
Moving Around	p. 463
Getting Connected	p. 463
Establishing an Account with an ISP	p. 464
Setting Up an E-Mail Account	p. 464
Setting Up a News Account	p. 466
Reading and Processing Messages	p. 467
Receiving Mail	p. 468
Printing, Marking, and Moving Messages	p. 468
Replying to a Message	p. 472
Forwarding a Message	p. 472
Deleting a Message	p. 473
Creating and Sending Messages	p. 473
Composing Your Message	p. 474
Sending Your Message	p. 475
Sprucing Up Your Messages	p. 476
Adding a Signature to Your Message	p. 477
Adding a Picture to Your Message	p. 479
Adding a Background Color to Your Message	p. 480
Attaching Files to Your Messages	p. 480
Setting Up and Using Your Contacts List	p. 482
Accessing Contacts	p. 483
Adding Contacts	p. 483
Setting Up a Group of Contacts	p. 488
Customizing Your Address Book Window	p. 490
Printing from Your Address Book	p. 490
Using Outlook Express News	p. 491
Downloading a List of Newsgroups	p. 492
Searching for an Interesting Newsgroup	p. 493
Reading a Newsgroup	p. 494
Replying and Posting	p. 495
Subscribing and Unsubscribing to Newsgroups	p. 495
Filtering Out What You Don't Want to Read	p. 496
Viewing, Marking, and Sorting Messages	p. 498
Setting Key Mail and News Options	p. 500
Customizing the Toolbar	p. 500
Customizing Mail and News Options	p. 501
Using the Active Desktop and Tuning In to Channels	p. 515
Understanding the Active Desktop	p. 516
The Active Desktop Work Area	p. 518
HTML Web Objects	p. 520
Using the Active Desktop Toolbars	p. 521
Displaying Other Toolbars on the Desktop	p. 521
Manipulating Desktop Toolbars	p. 522
Adding Content to Your Active Desktop	p. 523
Turning On or Off Desktop Components	p. 524
Adding an Item to the Desktop	p. 525
Removing Desktop Components	p. 527
Viewing Active Channels	p. 527
Viewing a Channel in Internet Explorer	p. 528
Viewing a Channel from the Channel Bar	p. 529
Subscribing to an Active Channel	p. 530
Using the Channel Screen Saver	p. 532
Running the Channel Screen Saver	p. 533
Setting Up the Channel Screen Saver	p. 533
Using NetMeeting	p. 535
How You'll Use It	p. 537
System Requirements and Platform Compatibility	p. 540
Installing NetMeeting	p. 541
Running NetMeeting for the First Time	p. 542
Using NetMeeting	p. 545
Chat	p. 552
Whiteboard	p. 553
Sharing Documents and Applications	p. 555
Sharing Your Clipboard	p. 557
Doing File Transfers to Other Participants	p. 558
Using the Supplied Programs
Using WordPad for Simple Word Processing	p. 563
Creating a Document	p. 565
Working with the WordPad Window	p. 565
Entering Text	p. 568
Editing Your Text	p. 569
Moving the Cursor	p. 570
Selecting Text	p. 572
Modifying Text	p. 575
Using Cut, Copy, and Paste	p. 577
Inserting the Date or Time in a Document	p. 580
Formatting Paragraphs	p. 581
Adjusting Alignment	p. 581
Creating Bulleted Paragraphs	p. 583
Formatting Characters	p. 584
Formatting Existing Characters	p. 584
Formatting Characters As You Type	p. 587
Using Undo to Reverse Mistakes	p. 587
Adding Graphics to Your WordPad Document	p. 588
Importing a Graphic from the Clipboard	p. 589
Positioning the Graphic	p. 590
Sizing the Graphic	p. 590
Saving Your Work	p. 591
Opening Other Documents	p. 593
Changing Display Options	p. 594
Printing Your Documents	p. 596
Previewing a Document	p. 596
Printing	p. 597
Using Paint and Kodak Imaging	p. 599
Using Paint	p. 600
Starting a New Document	p. 601
Setting a Picture's Basic Characteristics	p. 603
Opening an Existing Picture	p. 605
Changing the Picture View	p. 607
Basic Painting Techniques	p. 608
Setting the Foreground and Background Colors	p. 609
Using the Painting Tools	p. 611
Selecting an Area	p. 620
Moving a Selected Area	p. 622
Saving Your Work	p. 624
Printing	p. 625
Using Kodak Imaging	p. 626
Viewing Images	p. 627
Scanning Images	p. 630
Saving Documents	p. 631
The Other Windows Accessories	p. 633
Using Notepad	p. 634
What is a Text File?	p. 635
Notepad's Limitations	p. 636
Running Notepad	p. 636
Opening Files	p. 637
Entering and Editing Text	p. 638
Entering the Time and Date in Your Text	p. 639
Searching for Text	p. 640
Setting Margins and Adding Headers and Footers	p. 640
Printing a Notepad File	p. 641
Performing Calculations with the Calculator	p. 642
Getting Help with the Calculator	p. 642
Calculating a Result	p. 642
Using the Memory Keys	p. 643
Copying Your Results to Other Documents	p. 643
Copying Calculations from Other Documents to the Calculator	p. 644
Computing Square Roots and Percentages	p. 647
Using the Scientific Calculator	p. 647
Entering Special Symbols with Character Map	p. 651
Using Character Map	p. 652
Entering Alternate Characters from the Keyboard	p. 653
Audio Control	p. 654
Using the Phone Dialer	p. 656
Starting Phone Dialer	p. 656
Programming the Speed Dial List	p. 657
Placing a Call	p. 658
Finding People on the Internet	p. 659
How to Get Registered in LDAP	p. 663
Microsoft Chat (formerly Comic Chat)	p. 664
Running Chat	p. 664
Starting to Chat	p. 667
Additional Chat Features	p. 668
Maintaining Your System with the System Tools	p. 673
Checking for Disk Errors with ScanDisk	p. 675
Testing a Disk	p. 678
Setting ScanDisk Options	p. 678
Backing Up Your Files with Backup	p. 684
Running Backup	p. 685
Running Backup via the Wizard	p. 686
Running Backup without the Wizard	p. 689
Formatting, Erasing, and Other Operations for Backup Media	p. 692
Restoring Files from Your Backups	p. 693
Backup and Restore Option Settings	p. 698
Increasing Disk Capacity with DriveSpace 3	p. 698
When to Use DriveSpace	p. 699
Compressing a Drive	p. 700
Adjusting the Amount of Free Space	p. 704
Uncompressing a Compressed Drive	p. 705
Compression Agent	p. 706
Disk Defragmenter	p. 709
When Should You Use Disk Defragmenter?	p. 710
Running Disk Defragmenter	p. 710
Disk Cleanup	p. 714
Finding Even More Space	p. 714
Drive Converter (FAT 32)	p. 717
Should You Convert to FAT 32?	p. 719
Running the FAT 32 Converter (FAT 32)	p. 723
System Monitor	p. 725
Choosing Items to Display	p. 727
Editing an Item's Display Properties	p. 727
Choosing the Display Type	p. 728
Removing Items from the Window	p. 728
Other Display Options	p. 728
Task Scheduler	p. 729
Running a Task Immediately	p. 732
NetWatcher	p. 732
Checking Resources on Another Computer	p. 734
Maintenance Wizard	p. 734
Windows Update Wizard	p. 737
The System Information Utility	p. 739
Networking
Planning Your Windows 98 Second Edition Network	p. 743
Networking Features of Windows 98 Second Edition	p. 745
The Windows 98 Second Edition Networking Model	p. 748
Network Drivers Interface Specification (NDIS)	p. 749
Open Datalink Interface (ODI)	p. 749
Which Protocol to Use?	p. 750
PPTP: Point-to-Point Tunneling	p. 758
Ethernet Networks and Cabling Technologies	p. 759
Which Type of Cable to Use?	p. 759
Which LAN Topology to Implement?	p. 764
Thin Ethernet (10Base-2)	p. 764
Twisted-Pair Ethernet (10Base-T)	p. 765
Fast Ethernet (100Base-T)	p. 768
Choosing Your Cards	p. 769
Internetworking with Windows NT and Windows 2000	p. 772
Workgroups	p. 773
Domains	p. 773
Adding Windows 98 Second Edition Workstations to the Network	p. 774
Using Shared Printers	p. 775
Mapping Windows 98 Second Edition and Windows NT Shared Drives	p. 776
Using Your NT/98 Second Edition Network	p. 778
Setting Up a Peer-to-Peer Windows 98 Second EditionNetwork	p. 779
Getting Acquainted with Peer-to-Peer Networking	p. 780
Setting Up the Network	p. 781
Buying Your Network Cards	p. 782
Installing the Network Hardware	p. 783
Moving into the Network Neighborhood	p. 791
Sharing Resources on the Network	p. 791
Security Features	p. 796
Extending Your Reach with Dial-Up Networking	p. 799
Remote Access--What Is It?	p. 801
Remote Control vs. Remote Node	p. 802
Dial-Up Networking with Windows 98 Second Edition	p. 802
DUN and TAPI	p. 803
Dial Helper	p. 803
Connecting	p. 804
Using Your Remote Connection	p. 805
Setting Up Your Modem for Dial-Up Networking	p. 806
Setting Up Dial-Up Networking on Your Computer	p. 808
Using Dial-Up Networking	p. 810
Advanced Configurations for Dial-Up Networking	p. 815
Dial-Up Networking and Security	p. 818
Direct Cable Connect (DCC) Using a Serial or Parallel Port	p. 821
Troubleshooting Your Windows Network
Diagnosing Cable Problems	p. 828
Diagnosing Network Interface Card (NIC) and Driver Problems	p. 829
Restoring from a Downed Hard Drive	p. 833
What to Do If You Cannot Even Boot to a System Prompt	p. 835
Appendix
Installing Windows 98 Second Edition on Your Computer	p. 837
Index	p. 853
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