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| Introduction | |
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| About This Book | |
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| How to Use This Book | |
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| And What about You? | |
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| How This Book Is Organized | |
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| Icons Used in This Book | |
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| Where to Go from Here | |
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| Windows XP Stuff Everybody Thinks You Already Know | |
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| What Is Windows XP? | |
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| What Is Windows and Why Are You Using It? | |
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| Windows XP's Luggage: Service Packs | |
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| The Desktop, Start Menu, and Other Windows XP Mysteries | |
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| Being Welcomed to the World of Windows XP | |
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| The Desktop | |
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| The Start Button's Reason to Live | |
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| Bellying Up to the Taskbar | |
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| Logging Off from Windows | |
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| Basic Windows Mechanics | |
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| Dissecting a Typical Window | |
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| Filling Out Bothersome Dialog Boxes | |
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| Maneuvering Windows around the Desktop | |
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| Flipping Through Files, Folders, Floppies, and CDs | |
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| Browsing My Computer's File Cabinets | |
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| Getting the Lowdown on Folders | |
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| Peering into Your Drives and Folders | |
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| Creating a New Folder | |
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| Renaming a File or Folder | |
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| Selecting Bunches of Files or Folders | |
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| Getting Rid of a File or Folder | |
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| Copying or Moving Files and Folders | |
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| Seeing More Information about Files and Folders | |
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| What's That Windows Explorer Thing? | |
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| Writing to CDs and DVDs | |
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| Floppy Disks and Memory Cards | |
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| Working with Programs and Files | |
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| Playing with Programs and Documents | |
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| Starting a Program | |
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| Opening a Document | |
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| Saving a Document | |
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| Choosing Which Program Opens a File | |
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| Taking the Lazy Way with a Shortcut | |
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| The Absolutely Essential Guide to Cutting, Copying, and Pasting | |
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| Windows XP's Free Programs! | |
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| I Can't Find It! | |
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| Finding Lost Windows on the Desktop | |
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| Finding Lost Files, Folders, Music, Photos, Videos, People, or Computers | |
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| Printing, Faxing, and Scanning | |
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| Printing Your Masterwork | |
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| Sending and Receiving Faxes in Windows XP | |
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| Scanning a Photo, Letter, Receipt, or Clothing Stain | |
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| Getting Things Done on the Internet | |
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| Cruising the Web | |
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| What Is the Internet? | |
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| What's an ISP and Why Do I Need One? | |
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| Setting Up Internet Explorer the First Time | |
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| How Do I Navigate the Web with Microsoft Internet Explorer? | |
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| The Web Page Says It Needs a Weird Plug-In Thing! | |
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| Saving Information from the Internet | |
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| It Doesn't Work! | |
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| The Pages Won't All Fit on My Screen! | |
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| Sending Mail and Instant Messages | |
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| Using Outlook Express | |
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| Bugging Friends with Windows Messenger | |
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| Safe Computing | |
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| Assessing Your Safety in XP's Security Center | |
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| Staying Safe on the Internet | |
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| Maintaining Your Privacy in Windows XP | |
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| Customizing and Upgrading Windows XP | |
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| Customizing Windows XP with the Control Panel | |
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| Finding the Right Switch in the Control Panel | |
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| Changing Windows' Appearance and Themes | |
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| Changing Network and Internet Connections | |
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| Adding or Removing Programs | |
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| Adjusting Windows XP's Sounds | |
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| Performance and Maintenance | |
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| Adding Printers and Other Hardware | |
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| Fiddling with User Accounts | |
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| Setting the Date, Time, Language, and Regional Options | |
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| Accessibility Options | |
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| Security Center | |
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| Icons to Avoid | |
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| Keeping Windows from Breaking | |
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| Creating a Restore Point | |
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| Tuning Up Windows XP with Built-In Maintenance Tools | |
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| Fiddling with Drivers | |
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| Cleaning Your Computer | |
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| Sharing One Computer with Several People | |
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| Understanding User Accounts | |
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| Setting Up or Changing User Accounts | |
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| Switching Quickly between Users | |
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| Changing a User Account's Picture | |
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| Setting Up Passwords and Security | |
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| Connecting Two or More Computers with a Network | |
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| Understanding a Network's Parts | |
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| Setting Up a Small Network | |
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| Setting Up a Wireless Connection | |
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| Troubleshooting a Network | |
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| Sharing and Accessing Your Computer's Files and Folders | |
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| Sharing a Printer on the Network | |
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| Music, Movies, Memories (And Photos, Too) | |
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| Playing and Copying Music in Media Player | |
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| Stocking Media Player's Library | |
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| Understanding Media Player's Controls | |
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| Playing CDs | |
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| Playing DVDs | |
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| Playing Videos and TV Shows | |
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| Playing Music Files (MP3s and WMAs) | |
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| Playing Internet Radio Stations | |
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| Creating, Saving, and Editing Playlists | |
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| Copying CDs to Your Hard Disk | |
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| Duplicating Music CDs | |
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| Copying Songs to Your Portable Player | |
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| Buying Music and Movies from Online Stores | |
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| Fiddling with Photos and Movies | |
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| Using Your Computer as a Digital Shoebox | |
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| Creating, Editing, and Viewing Digital Movies | |
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| Help! | |
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| The Case of the Broken Window | |
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| My New Computer Keeps Getting Shut Down! | |
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| Restoring Calm with System Restore | |
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| My Mouse Doesn't Work Right | |
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| My Double-Clicks Are Now Single Clicks! | |
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| Making and Using a Password Reset Disk | |
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| Making Older Programs Run under Windows XP | |
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| It Says I Need to Be an Administrator! | |
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| I'm Stuck in Menu Land | |
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| All My Desktop Icons Vanished | |
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| My Computer Is Frozen Up Solid | |
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| The Printer Isn't Working Right | |
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| Strange Messages: What You Did Does Not Compute | |
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| Access Is Denied | |
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| Allow This Page to Install ActiveX Controls | |
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| AutoComplete | |
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| Click Here to Activate Now | |
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| Did You Notice the Information Bar? | |
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| Do You Want to Run This File? | |
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| Error Renaming File or Folder | |
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| Found New Hardware | |
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| Language Pack Installation | |
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| Hiding Your Inactive Notification Icons | |
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| If You Remove This File, You Will No Longer Be Able to Run This Program | |
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| New Fax Received | |
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| New Programs Installed | |
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| New Updates Are Ready to Install | |
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| The Publisher Could Not Be Verified | |
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| There Are Unused Icons on Your Desktop | |
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| To Help Protect Your Computer, Windows Firewall Has Blocked This Program | |
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| When You Send Information to the Internet | |
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| Windows Cannot Open This File | |
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| You Have Files Waiting to Be Written to the CD | |
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| Moving from an Old Computer to a New One | |
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| Using the File and Settings Transfer Wizard | |
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| My New Computer Won't Open My Old Computer's Files! | |
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| Disposing of the Old Computer | |
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| Help on the Windows XP Help System | |
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| Get Me Some Help, and Fast! | |
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| Consulting a Program's Built-In Computer Guru | |
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| Using the Windows Help and Support Center | |
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| The Part of Tens | |
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| Ten Aggravating Things about Windows XP (And How to Fix Them) | |
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| Windows Makes Me Log On All the Time! | |
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| Turning Down (Or Up) the Volume | |
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| The Taskbar Keeps Disappearing! | |
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| My Bar Full of Buttons Just Fell Off! | |
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| Keeping Track of Open Windows | |
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| Lining Up Two Windows on the Screen | |
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| It Won't Let Me Do Something Unless I'm an Administrator! | |
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| My Folders List the Wrong Task Panes! | |
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| What Version of Windows Do I Have? | |
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| My Print Screen Key Doesn't Work | |
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| Ten Things to Remember about Windows XP | |
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| When in Doubt, Right-Click | |
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| Create Restore Points | |
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| Make Windows Update Automatic | |
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| Show the Quick Launch Toolbar | |
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| Add Your Favorite Goodies to the Quick Launch Toolbar | |
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| Use the Show Desktop Icon | |
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| Use BCC When Forwarding E-Mails | |
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| Add Your Own User Account Picture | |
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| Share Files with Other User Accounts | |
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| Make Windows Open to the Size You Want | |
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| Lock Your PC before Leaving | |
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| Ten Things to Look Forward to in the Next Version of Windows | |
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| It Won't Run Well on Older Computers | |
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| Longhorn Looks Much Prettier | |
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| New Improved Digital Photo Viewer | |
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| Improved Security | |
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| Improved Filing System | |
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| Longhorn Supports DVD Burning | |
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| Upgrading to Windows XP | |
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| Index | |