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1 online resource. |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
| Contents |
Laptops For Dummies, 5th Edition; About the Author; Contents at a Glance; Table of Contents; Introduction; About This Book; And Just Who Are You?; Icons Used in This Book; Where to Go from Here; Part I: This Laptop Thing; Chapter 1: The Portable Computing Quest; Laptop History; Modern Laptops; Chapter 2: A Laptop of Your Own; Do You Need a Laptop?; Laptop Shopping; Software for Your Laptop; Laptop Hardware Buying Decisions; Service, Support, and Warranty; The Final Step: Buying Your Laptop; Part II: Say Hello to Your Laptop; Chapter 3: The Out-of-the-Box Experience; Basic Box Unpacking |
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Set Up Your LaptopWhat to Do Next; Chapter 4: To Turn On a Laptop; Turn On Your Laptop; It's Windows!; What's Next?; Chapter 5: To Turn Off a Laptop; O the Ways to Turn Off a Laptop; Power Button, What's Your Function?; Chapter 6: Around Your Laptop in 16 Pages; The Standard Laptop Tour; Those Pluggable-Innable Holes; Look at the Pretty Lights!; This Isn't Your Daddy's Keyboard; This Isn't Your Momma's Mouse; Chapter 7: Your Laptop and Windows; The Big Windows Picture; Windows and Mass Storage Devices; A Place for Your Stuff; Where the Programs Lurk; Out on the Network; The PC Settings Screen |
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The Control PanelChapter 8: The Tablet PC; Types of Tablet PCs; The Tablet PC Tour; The Pen Is Mightier Than the Mouse; Special Tablet PC Software; Part III: You and Your Laptop; Chapter 9: Using Your Laptop; You, the Computer Operator; The Ins and Outs of Removable Storage; The Software Side; Chapter 10: Portable Power; The Battery Will Get a Charge Out of This!; When the Power Gets Low; Managing Your Laptop's Power; Chapter 11: The Laptop, the Printer, and the Fax; A Portable Printer for Your Laptop; Laptop Printer Setup; Print Something; The Fax Printer |
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Chapter 12: Expanding Your Laptop's UniverseUSB Expansion Options; The PC Card; The Laptop Becomes a Desktop; Part IV: Laptop Communications; Chapter 13: Basic Networking; Wired Networking Overview; Your Laptop Plays on the Network; HomeGroup Sharing; Folder Sharing; Chapter 14: The Wireless Life; No More Wires; Hello, Wireless Network!; That Bluetooth Thing; Chapter 15: Hello, Internet; Mobile Internet Connection Tips; Broadband Internet Access; Dialup Internet Access; Chapter 16: The Modem Lives; About Mr. Modem; Modem Setup; Drat Those Disconnect Time-Outs!; Chapter 17: Online Safety |
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The Windows Action CenterAntivirus Software; Behind the Firewall; Sneaky Spyware; Safe and Private Browsing; Windows Update; Chapter 18: Portable Web Browsing and E-Mail Tips; Web Browsing When You're Out and About; E-Mail Tips Galore; Dialup E-Mail Tips; Chapter 19: Between the Desktop and Laptop; Data from Here to There; Synchronized Bliss; Your PC from Afar; Part V: The Laptop Goes Elsewhere; Chapter 20: O the Places You'll Go; On the Case; I'm-Leaving-On-a-Jet-Plane Checklist; Looming Questions at the Airport; Café Computing; In Your Hotel Room; Mind the Laptop's Temperature |
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Chapter 21: A More Secure Laptop |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. Perth, W.A. Available via World Wide Web. |
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Ebooks Corporation
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| Related To |
Print version: Gookin, Dan Laptops For Dummies New York : Wiley,c2012 9781118115336 |
| ISBN |
9781118224267 |
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1118224264 |
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