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Chapter 41: Installing and Upgrading Programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 885
Playing It Safe with Program Installations..................................................................................885
Updates versus Upgrades ..........................................................................................................886
Installing and Upgrading from a Disk........................................................................................886
Common Installation Prompts ..................................................................................................887
The initial CD or DVD prompt........................................................................................887
Prove you have the right ................................................................................................887
The product key or serial number ..................................................................................887
Compliance check ..........................................................................................................889
User information prompt ................................................................................................889
The End User License Agreement (EULA) ......................................................................890
Type of installation..........................................................................................................890
Installation summary ......................................................................................................892
Setup completed ............................................................................................................892
Using the installed program ............................................................................................892
Wrap Up ..................................................................................................................................894
Chapter 42: Getting Older Programs to Run . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 895
What Makes a Program “Old”....................................................................................................895
Ancient history, today, and the future..............................................................................896
Old programs to avoid altogether....................................................................................897
Installing Incompatible Programs ..............................................................................................897
Using the Program Compatibility Wizard ..................................................................................898
Quick-and-Dirty Program Compatibility ..................................................................................900
Doing DOS Commands in Windows Vista ................................................................................901
Wrap Up ..................................................................................................................................903
Chapter 43: Repairing and Removing Programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 905
Changing and Repairing Programs ............................................................................................905
Removing (Uninstalling) Programs............................................................................................907
Uninstalling from the All Programs menu ......................................................................908
Dealing with stuck programs ..........................................................................................908
Returning to a Previous Version ................................................................................................908
Turning Windows Features On and Off ....................................................................................909
Wrap Up ..................................................................................................................................910
Chapter 44: Setting Default Programs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 911
Setting Default Programs for Documents ..................................................................................911
Using the Default Programs Page ..............................................................................................914
Set your Default Programs ..............................................................................................915
Associate a file type or protocol with a program ..............................................................916
Change AutoPlay settings................................................................................................917
Set program access and computer defaults......................................................................919
Wrap Up ..................................................................................................................................920
Chapter 45: Managing Programs and Processes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 923
Getting to Know Task Manager..................................................................................................923
Choosing Task Manager Views ..................................................................................................924
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