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Performing Key Calendar Tasks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Creating and Using Appointments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Creating and Using Tasks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Creating and Using Multiple Calendars . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Publishing and Subscribing to Calendars. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Using Windows Shared View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Getting Started with Windows Shared View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Starting a New Windows Shared View Session . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Running a Windows Shared View Session . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Joining a Windows Shared View Session . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Setting Your Participant Status. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Sending Notes to Participants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Leaving a Session and Sharing Stored Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
6 Managing Programs and Multimedia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Navigating Your Computer’s Startup, Running, and Network-Connected
Programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Exploring Your Startup Programs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Determining Your Currently Running Programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Examining Network-Connected Programs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Working with Your Computer’s Programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Viewing, Adding, Removing, and Repairing Installed Programs. . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Viewing and Checking for Installed Updates. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Configuring Default Programs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Setting Advanced Options for Windows Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Getting into Your Multimedia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Getting Started with Windows Media Player. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Getting Started with Windows Movie Maker. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Getting Started with Windows Photo Gallery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
7 Working with Laptops and Tablet PCs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Optimizing Performance and Saving Energy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Getting to Know the Windows Vista Power Plans. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Selecting and Configuring a Power Plan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Understanding Your Computer’s Power Button and Password Protection
On Wakeup Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Tapping and Flicking Your Tablet PC Pen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Tapping Your Pen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Flicking Your Pen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Using Windows Mobility Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
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