Includes index.

Chapter 2 A Windows XP Orientation 41 -- Chapter 3 Running Windows from Start to Finish 63 -- Chapter 4 Getting Help with Windows XP 103 -- Chapter 5 Searching Your Machine and Beyond 123 -- Chapter 6 Getting the Basic Stuff Done 145 -- Chapter 7 Maintaining Your System 177 -- Chapter 8 Focusing on Windows XP/Professional 201 -- Book II Customizing Your Windows eXPerience 213 -- Chapter 1 Personalizing Your Desktop 215 -- Chapter 2 Organizing Your Windows XP Interface 239 -- Chapter 3 Lock Down: Spies, Spams, Scams, and Slams 255 -- Chapter 4 Security Center: Windows Firewall 277 -- Chapter 5 Security Center: Automatic Updates 289 -- Chapter 6 Security Center: Virus Protection 297 -- Book III Windows XP and the Internet 309 -- Chapter 1 Expanding Your Reach through the Internet 311 -- Chapter 2 Connecting to the Internet 329 -- Chapter 3 Managing E-Mail and Newsgroups with Outlook Express 345 -- Chapter 4 Chatting with Windows Messenger 367 -- Book IV Adventures with Internet Explorer 379 -- Chapter 1 Finding Your Way around the Internet Explorer Window 381 -- Chapter 2 Advanced Browsing and Searching with Internet Explorer 397 -- Chapter 3 Making Internet Explorer Your Own 415 -- Book V Connecting with Microsoft Network 435 -- Chapter 1 MSN: Who Needs Ya, Baby? 437 -- Chapter 2 MSN Explorer 445 -- Chapter 4 Hotmail (a.k.a. MSN E-Mail) 467 -- Chapter 5 MSN Messenger 479 -- Book VI Adding and Using Other Hardware 491 -- Chapter 1 Finding and Installing the Hardware You Want 493 -- Chapter 2 Working with Printers 535 -- Chapter 3 Getting the Scoop on Scanners 559 -- Book VII Joining the Multimedia Mix 573 -- Chapter 1 Jammin' with Windows Media Player 575 -- Chapter 2 Lights! Action! Windows Movie Maker 619 -- Chapter 3 Discovering Digital Cameras and Recorders 643 -- Book VIII Windows Media Center 671 -- Chapter 1 Windows Media Center: Should You Buy One? 673 -- Chapter 2 Setting Up a Media Center PC 679 -- Chapter 3 Running Windows Media Center 691 -- Book IX Setting Up a Network with Windows XP 701 -- Chapter 1 Those Pesky Network Things You Have to Know 703 -- Chapter 2 Building Your Network 715 -- Chapter 3 Putting the Why in Wi-Fi 737 -- Chapter 4 Protecting Your Privacy 749.