On Your Side - Windows XP Professional and Home Edition by Adrienne Tommy

This practical guide lays out all the features of Windows XP, Professional and Home Editions. Discover the interface of this new operating system, which allows you to create several users on the same computer, providing each user with a customized working environment. Learn how to manage files, folders and drives (Creating folders, copying/moving and compressing files, searching the computer etc.).

This title includes a detailed coverage of the Windows XP multimedia applications (how to edit video with Windows Movie Maker, how to listen to audio CDs, watch DVDs or write CD-ROMs from Windows Media Player) and describes how to manage digital photos. Once you are familiar with the new working environment, you will be able to customize it by making your own start menu, creating shortcuts and changing the look of your desktop. The more technical aspects are also covered, such as defragmenting drives, restoring the system, installing devices and applications and using Windows Messenger. As for networking features, you will quickly learn how to share folders and files, deactivate a firewall, get help via Remote Assistance and use another computer with the Remote Desktop.