Laptops For Dummies
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Mobile is magnificent! Here's how to choose, use, and love your laptop Life is out there waiting — who wants to be stuck behind a desk? Laptops offer freedom, and if you've been wary of them, fear no more. Here's what you do and don't need in a laptop and how to set it up, use all its features, deal with its oddities, protect it, and more, in the plain English you expect from For Dummies and Dan Gookin. Starting at Start — decide what you need in a laptop, understand the parts, and set it up for action Windows view — learn how Windows Vista® and SP1 work with your laptop More power — monitor and recharge your battery and learn to manage your laptop's power Get connected — safely add your laptop to an existing network or configure a wireless connection Ah, memory — store your stuff securely on PC cards, Secure Digital cards, and other devices Pain-free Tablets — explore an entire chapter devoted to the often-overlooked Tablet PC Hit the road — travel safely with your laptop, protect your data, and outwit laptop thieves Shoot down trouble — follow this simple and reassuring advice when something goes wrong Open the book and find: What's different about the laptop keyboard, and why Safe ways to collect your e-mail on the road Why saving Web pages is smart What to do with a cranky battery How (and when) to run System Restore How to make your laptop hard to steal Things you can add to make laptops more fun How to sync your laptop with your desktop
Introduction 1Pt. I Getting Your Very Own Laptop 5Ch. 1 The Quest for Portable Computing 7Ch. 2 A Laptop Just for You 23Pt. II Discover Your Laptop 31Ch. 3 Out of the Box and into Your Lap 33Ch. 4 The Chapter about Turning a Laptop On and Off 41Ch. 5 Around Your Laptop in 18 Pages 61Ch. 6 Windows on Your Laptop 79Ch. 7 Behold the Tablet PC 97Ch. 8 You and Your Laptop 113Ch. 9 Power Management Madness 129Ch. 10 Expanding Your Laptop's Universe 145Pt. III Your LaptopTalks to the World 161Ch. 11 Fear Not Networking 163Ch. 12 Doing the Internet 187Ch. 13 That Modem Thing 197Ch. 14 Internet Security 213Ch. 15 Portable Internet Stuff 225Ch. 16 The Desktop-Laptop Connection 235Pt. IV Hit the Road, Jack 249Ch. 17 On the Road Again 251Ch. 18 Laptop Security 267Ch. 19 Meeting Expectations 281Pt. V Troubleshooting 291Ch. 20 Major Trouble and General Solutions 293Ch. 21 Upgrading Your Laptop 305Pt. VI The Part of Tens 311Ch. 22 Ten or So Battery Tips and Tricks 313Ch. 23 Ten Handy Laptop Accessories 321Ch. 24 Ten Things to Throw in Your Laptop Case 327Ch. 25 Ten Tips from a PC Guru 331Index 337
