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Using external disks........................................................................................................250
Using a jump drive or external hard disk..............................................................250
Using CDs or DVDs..............................................................................................250
Doing the Transfer ....................................................................................................................251
When the Transfer Is Finished ..................................................................................................253
Transferring without Windows Easy Transfer ............................................................................254
Manually transfer Internet Explorer Favorites ................................................................254
Manually transfer contacts ..............................................................................................255
Manually transfer Outlook Express e-mail messages ......................................................255
Transferring fonts............................................................................................................256
Wrap Up ..................................................................................................................................256
Chapter 14: Customizing Startup Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257
First Things First ......................................................................................................................257
Starting Application Programs Automatically ............................................................................258
Stopping autostart applications ......................................................................................259
Controlling Autostart Programs from Windows Defender..........................................................260
When Defender alerts you to autostart programs ............................................................261
Reviewing and disabling autostart programs ..................................................................262
Autostarting from the Services Snap-In......................................................................................263
Bypassing the Login Page ..........................................................................................................266
Troubleshooting Startup............................................................................................................266
Getting rid of disabled devices ........................................................................................267
When Windows won’t start at all ....................................................................................267
Wrap Up ..................................................................................................................................269
Chapter 15: Using Vista Programs and Accessories. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271
Important Stuff About Programs................................................................................................271
Using Windows Calculator........................................................................................................273
Typing with WordPad................................................................................................................274
Typing and navigating text ..............................................................................................275
Basic text editing ............................................................................................................276
Selecting text ........................................................................................................277
Formatting text ....................................................................................................278
Deleting and replacing chunks of text ..................................................................280
Using copy-and-paste and cut-and-paste ..............................................................280
Moving text within a document............................................................................281
Copy-and-paste a picture......................................................................................282
Saving a WordPad document ..........................................................................................282
Opening a WordPad document ......................................................................................284
Typing Special Characters with Character Map..........................................................................285
Installing Fonts ........................................................................................................................286
Using Notepad ..........................................................................................................................288
Zipping and Unzipping Files ....................................................................................................289
Zipping files....................................................................................................................289
Unzipping files................................................................................................................290
Annotating Screenshots with Snipping Tool ..............................................................................292
Saving a snip ..................................................................................................................293
Copy-and-paste a snip ....................................................................................................293
E-mail a snip ..................................................................................................................294
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