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Tables of Contents for Windows 2000 Professional
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Preface
xi
Microcomputer Systems---Hardware, Software, and the Operating System
1
25
An Introduction to Computers
2
1
Categories of Computers
2
1
Computer Components
2
1
Microcomputer Hardware Components
3
1
The System Unit
4
2
Central Processing Unit
6
1
Input/Output (I/O) Buses
7
1
Random Access Memory
8
1
Cache Memory
9
1
Controllers
9
1
Connectors
9
1
Peripherals---Input Devices
10
1
Peripherals---Output Devices
10
1
Output Devices---Monitors
10
1
Output Devices---Printers
11
1
Modems
11
1
Capacity Measurement---Bits and Bytes
12
1
Disks
13
1
Floppy Disks
13
1
CD-ROMs
14
1
Removable Disks
14
1
Hard Disks
14
1
Dividing a Disk
15
1
Disk Drives
16
1
Device Names
16
1
Software
17
2
Operating System Fundamentals
19
1
Why Windows 2000 Professional?
19
2
Hardware Requirements for Windows 2000 Professional
21
1
Networks
21
5
Chapter Summary
22
2
True/False Questions
24
1
Completion Questions
24
1
Matching Questions
25
1
Multiple Choice Questions
25
1
Application Assignment---Brief Essay
25
1
Exploring Windows 2000 Professional
26
47
Installing or Upgrading to Windows 2000 Professional
27
1
The Desktop
27
2
Windows
29
1
Pointing Devices
30
1
Starting Windows 2000 Professional
31
1
Activity---Starting Windows 2000 Professional
32
2
Activity---Using the Start Menu
34
6
Activity---Exploring the Desktop
40
5
Moving and Sizing Windows
45
1
Activity---Sizing and Moving Windows
45
2
Manipulating the Taskbar with a Property Sheet
47
1
Activity---Working with the Taskbar
47
3
Objects
50
1
Activity---My Computer as an Object
51
6
Working with Application Programs
57
1
Activity---Moving Between Foreground & Background Windows
58
2
Manipulating the Display
60
1
Activity---Using the Taskbar to Manipulate Windows
60
3
Formatting a Disk
63
1
Activity---Formatting a Disk
64
1
Exiting Windows 2000 Professional
65
1
Activity---Exiting Windows 2000 Professional
65
8
Chapter Summary
66
2
True/False Questions
68
1
Completion Questions
68
1
Multiple Choice Questions
68
1
Application Assignments
69
4
Using Help and Dialog Boxes
73
33
Help
74
1
Activity---Using Help
74
4
Dialog Boxes
78
1
Activity---Using Help to Learn About Dialog Boxes
78
5
A Summary of Dialog Boxes
83
3
The Help Index
86
1
Activity---Using the Index
86
3
Using the Search and Favorites Tabs
89
1
Activity---Using the Search Tab
89
2
Using Help to Solve Problems
91
1
Activity---Using a Troubleshooter to Solve a Printing Problem
91
15
Chapter Summary
98
1
True/False Questions
99
1
Completion Questions
99
1
Multiple Choice Questions
100
1
Application Assignments
100
6
Viewing Files and Folders in My Computer
106
42
Files and Folders
107
1
The Hierarchical Structure---Files and Folders
108
2
Viewing files and Folders
110
1
Activity---Changing Views
110
12
The Documents Menu
122
1
Activity---Using the Documents Menu
122
5
Registering File Types with the Registry
127
1
Settings
128
1
Activity---Looking at File Types
128
4
Registering File Types
132
1
Activity---Registering File Types
133
15
Chapter Summary
140
1
True/False Questions
141
1
Completion Questions
141
1
Multiple Choice Questions
142
1
Application Assignments
142
6
Windows 2000 Professional Applications-Calculator, Notepad, WordPad, and Paint
148
53
Calculator
149
1
Activity---Using Calculator
149
2
Notepad
151
1
Activity---Using Notepad
151
4
Formatting with Page Setup and Printing in Notepad
155
1
Activity---Page Setup in Notepad
155
3
Features of Notepad
158
1
Activity---Using Features of Notepad
158
3
WordPad
161
2
Activity---Choosing Your Program
163
3
Editing a Document in WordPad
166
2
Activity---Editing a Document in WordPad
168
4
Formatting with Page Setup and Printing in WordPad
172
1
Activity---Printing in WordPad
172
2
Paint
174
4
Activity---Opening and Using Paint
178
2
Picture Characteristics
180
1
Activity---Creating a New Picture
180
5
The Shape Tools
185
1
Activity---Using the Shape Tools
185
4
Importing and Exporting Graphics
189
1
Activity---Using a Graphic to Create a Cutout
189
3
Printing in Paint
192
1
Activity---Printing the Dancer Picture
192
9
Chapter Summary
193
1
True/False Questions
194
1
Completion Questions
195
1
Multiple Choice Questions
195
1
Application Assignments
195
6
Finding and Using Files and Folders
201
47
File Systems
202
1
File and Folder Names
202
2
File-Naming Strategies
204
2
Activity---File Properties
206
3
Folders
209
1
Finding Documents
210
1
Activity---Using Search
211
7
Improving Your Searches with Wildcards
218
1
Activity---Using Wildcards with Search
219
3
Other Features of Search
222
2
Activity---Using Other Search Options
224
2
Finding Folders
226
1
Activity---Using Search to Find Folders
226
2
Shortcuts and the Drag-and-Drop Feature
228
1
Activity---Creating and Using a Shortcut
229
2
Creating Shortcuts for Documents and Folders
231
1
Activity---Creating Shortcuts for Documents and Folders
232
1
Creating Folders
233
1
Activity---Creating Folders on the Desktop
233
2
The Recycle Bin
235
1
Activity---Using the Recycle Bin
236
12
Chapter Summary
240
1
True/False Questions
241
1
Completion Questions
242
1
Multiple Choice Questions
242
1
Application Assignments
242
6
Using Explorer
248
57
A Disk's Hierarchical Structure
249
1
The Explorer Window
250
1
Activity---Setting Folder Options in the Explorer Window
251
8
Moving Around the Explorer Window's Tree Pane
259
1
Settings for Explorer
259
1
Activity---Moving Around the Explorer Window's Tree Pane
259
6
Opening More than One Folder Window
265
1
Activity---Using Multiple Copies of Explorer
266
2
Logical and Physical Views
268
3
Activity---Comparing My Computer and Explorer
271
7
Manipulating Windows
278
1
Activity---Using My Computer and Explorer to Add a Printer
278
4
Managing Disks with Explorer
282
1
Copying Floppy Disks
282
1
Activity---Making a Copy of the Activities Disk
283
3
Preparing a Disk
286
1
Partitioning and Formatting Disks
286
10
Activity---Formatting a Disk
296
9
Chapter Summary
298
2
True/False Questions
300
1
Completion Questions
300
1
Multiple Choice Questions
300
1
Application Assignments
301
4
Managing Files
305
38
Program Files
306
1
Activity---Using My Computer to Launch a Program
306
3
Creating Shortcuts
309
1
Activity---Creating a Shortcut for Explorer
309
3
Manipulating Files with Explorer
312
1
Activity---Copying Files with Explorer
312
5
Other Ways to Copy Files
317
1
Activity---More Techniques for Copying Files
317
4
Folders and Files
321
1
Activity---Copying Folders and Files
321
3
Copying and Moving Folders and Files
324
1
Activity---Copying and Moving Files on the Same Drive
324
3
Making Folders and Other File Management Commands
327
1
Activity---Creating Folders and Copying Files
327
4
Removing Files and Folders
331
1
Activity---Deleting Files and Folders
332
11
Chapter Summary
335
1
True/False Questions
336
1
Completion Questions
336
1
Multiple Choice Questions
336
1
Application Assignments
337
6
Organizing Your Disk
343
42
Revisiting Program and Data Files
344
1
Activity---Using Notepad and Address Manager
344
4
Getting Organized
348
1
Organizing a Hard Disk
348
7
Methods of Organizing a Hard Disk
355
5
Organizing Files
360
1
Activity---Creating Folders and Copying Files
360
4
Organizing Program Files
364
1
Activity---Organizing Program Files
365
4
Taskbar and Start Menu Options
369
1
Activity---Changing Start Menu Options
370
4
Toolbars
374
1
Activity---Using Toolbars
375
10
Chapter Summary
379
1
True/False Questions
380
1
Completion Questions
381
1
Multiple Choice Questions
381
1
Application Assignments
381
4
Fonts and Printers
385
34
Introducing Fonts
386
1
Fonts
386
2
Activity---Looking at Fonts
388
6
Using Special Symbols-Character Map
394
2
Activity---Using Character Map with WordPad
396
4
The Printers Folder
400
2
Activity---Adding a Printer
402
5
Managing Your Printer
407
1
Activity---Managing the Print Queue
408
11
Chapter Summary
413
1
True/False Questions
414
1
Completion Questions
414
1
Multiple Choice Questions
415
1
Application Assignments
415
4
Customizing Your System
419
52
Introducing Control Panel
420
3
Patterns and Wallpapers
423
1
Activity---Using Patterns and Wallpapers
423
3
Screen Savers
426
1
Activity---Using Screen Savers and Power Management
427
2
Changing the Appearance of the Desktop
429
1
Activity---Customizing the Desktop
429
3
Effects and Active Desktop
432
1
Activity---Effects and the Web
433
2
Screen Resolution Settings
435
1
Activity---Viewing Your Resolution
436
2
The Mouse and the Keyboard
438
1
Activity---Customizing the Mouse and the Keyboard
439
4
Sounds and Multimedia
443
1
Activity---Using Sounds and Multimedia and Desktop Themes
443
2
Date, Time, and Regional Options
445
1
Activity---Using Date, Time, and Regional Options
446
3
Customizing the Start Menu
449
1
Activity---Altering the Start Menu
449
8
User Profiles and Passwords
457
1
Activity---Creating Users and Using Passwords
457
14
Chapter Summary
463
1
True/False Questions
464
1
Completion Questions
464
1
Multiple Choice Questions
464
1
Application Assignments
465
6
File and Disk Maintenance
471
45
Detecting and Repairing Disk Errors with Check Disk
472
1
Activity---Using Check Disk
473
1
Cleaning Up Your Disk
474
1
Activity---Using Disk Cleanup
475
1
Contiguous and Noncontiguous Files
476
1
Optimizing the Performance of Disks
477
1
Activity---Using Disk Defragmenter
477
3
Starting Programs Automatically
480
1
Activity---Using Task Scheduler
480
3
Synchronizing Files
483
1
Activity---Using Briefcase
483
5
Backing Up Your Data
488
2
Activity---Using Backup
490
6
Restore
496
1
Activity---Restoring Files
496
4
Emergency Repair Disk
500
1
Activity---Creating an ERD
501
1
Initialization Files
502
1
The Registry
503
1
Restoring the Registry
503
1
The Paging File
504
1
Read-Only Activity---Setting Up Your Paging File
505
1
Plug and Play
506
1
Activity---Looking at Plug and Play
507
3
Administrative Tools
510
1
Using computer Management
511
5
Chapter Summary
512
2
True/False Questions
514
1
Completion Questions
514
1
Multiple Choice Questions
514
1
Application Assignments
515
1
Connectivity
516
46
Networks (LANs and WANs)
517
3
Setting Up a Network
520
2
Activity---Identifying a Computer to a Network
522
2
Sharing Printers on a Network
524
1
Activity---Sharing Printers on a Network
525
3
Sharing a Hard Drive on a Network
528
1
Activity---Sharing Drives on a Network
528
4
Sharing Only a Folder on a Hard Drive on a Network
532
1
Activity---Sharing a Folder on a Network
533
1
Mapping Drives
534
1
Activity---Mapping Drives on a Network
535
3
Understanding Direct Cable Connections
538
2
The Internet
540
2
An Overview of TCP/IP
542
4
Activity---Using Internet Explorer
546
4
Navigating the World Wide Web
550
1
Activity---Navigating the World Wide Web
550
3
Customizing Internet Explorer
553
1
Activity---A Tour of Internet Explorer
553
9
Chapter Summary
557
3
True/False Questions
560
1
Completion Questions
560
1
Multiple Choice Questions
560
1
Application Assignments
561
1
Connectivity---Phone Dialer, HyperTerminal, and Outlook Express
562
32
Phone Dialer
563
1
Activity---Using Phone Dialer
563
2
HyperTerminal
565
1
Activity---Using HyperTerminal
565
3
Outlook Express
568
1
Outlook Express---Email Basics
569
1
Activity---Setting Up Outlook Express
570
3
Sending, Receiving, and Organizing Email
573
1
Activity---Sending, Receiving, and Organizing Email
573
5
Customizing Outlook Express, Address Book, and Attachments
578
1
Activity---Outlook Express, Address Book, and Attachments
578
4
Newsgroup Basics
582
2
Activity---Adding a News Server
584
1
Downloading and Subscribing to Newsgroups
585
1
Activity---Downloading, Subscribing to, and Posting to Newsgroups
585
9
Chapter Summary
589
1
True/False Questions
590
1
Completion Questions
591
1
Multiple Choice Questions
591
1
Application Assignments
591
3
Sharing and Exchanging Data Among Programs
594
58
An Introduction to Data Exchange
595
1
Working with the Clipboard
596
1
Activity---Using the Clipboard with WordPad and Paint
596
3
Clipboard and ClipBook Viewer
599
1
Activity---Using ClipBook Viewer
599
5
Using ClipBook Pages
604
1
Activity---Creating ClipBook Pages
604
4
Printing the Screen
608
1
Activity---Creating and Printing a Screen Capture
609
1
Altering a Screen Capture
610
1
Activity---Creating and Altering a Screen Capture
610
2
An Introduction to OLE Technology
612
2
Linking and Embedding
614
2
Embedding an Existing Object
616
1
Activity---Embedding an Existing Object
616
7
Embedding a New Object
623
1
Activity---Embedding a New Object
623
2
Editing Objects
625
1
Activity---Editing Objects
626
4
Sound Objects
630
1
Activity---Embedding a Sound Object
630
3
Linking an Object
633
1
Activity---Linking the Basket Picture
633
3
Linking to Many Documents
636
1
Activity---A Linked Object in Two Documents
636
4
Scraps
640
1
Activity---Creating and Using Scraps
640
12
Chapter Summary
643
2
True/False Questions
645
1
Completion Questions
645
1
Multiple Choice Questions
645
1
Application Assignments
646
6
Windows 2000 Professional at the Command Level
652
45
DOS Lives
653
2
Understanding Commands
655
1
Accessing the Command Line Prompt
656
1
Activity---The Command Line Prompt
656
1
Controlling the Appearance of the Command Prompt Window
657
1
Activity---Altering the Command Prompt Window
657
3
Running MS-DOS-Based Programs
660
1
Activity---Running MS-DOS-Based Programs in Windows
661
3
Command Syntax
664
1
Parameters
664
1
Reading a Syntax Diagram
665
1
Using Fixed Parameters with the DIR Command
665
1
Activity---Using DIR
665
5
Global File Specifications and Wildcards
670
1
Activity---DIR and Wildcards
670
2
Creating Directories and Copying, Renaming, and Deleting Files
672
1
Activity---Using COPY, REN, and DEL
673
3
Redirection
676
1
Activity---Redirecting Output to a File
676
2
Redirecting Output to the Printer
678
1
Activity---Redirecting Output to the Printer
678
2
Windows Explorer Parameters
680
1
Activity---Using Windows Explorer Parameters
680
2
TCP/IP Utilities---Using the Command Line Interface with the Internet
682
1
Ping
683
1
Activity---Using Ping
683
1
Tracert
684
1
Activity---Using Tracert
684
1
FTP
685
1
Activity---Using FTP
686
2
Configuration Files---Config.SYS and Autoexec.BAT
688
1
Controlling the Boot Process
689
8
Chapter Summary
690
1
True/False Questions
691
1
Completion Questions
691
1
Multiple Choice Questions
691
1
Application Assignments
692
5
Appendix A Installing the Activities Disk Files onto Your Hard Drive
697
3
Appendix B Assumptions Made in This Textbook
700
6
Glossary
706
32
Index
738