Datasheet

PART I

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INSTALLATION, CONFIGURATION, AND CUSTOMIZATION

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Quick Launch. The single most useful toolbar in the bunch. This lets

you add any program, document, or URL onto it that you want. If you

are always opening budget.xls, for example, you can put a shortcut to it

here so that you are never more than one click away.

Figure 3.23. Revealed at last: the “hidden” toolbars of Windows XP.

If you have installed Windows Media Player 10, you will have a Windows

Media Player toolbar listed. When WMP is launched and then minimized, a

control toolbar appears in the taskbar with the necessary media controls.

This is handy for when you are listening to music but don’t need the screen

real estate consumed with the player’s interface.

Inside Scoop

Microsoft applications such as Windows Media Player and Outlook have an annoying

habit of installing shortcuts onto the Quick Launch toolbar for you without asking

first. Don’t hesitate to delete these shortcuts if you find them annoying.

Inside

Scoop

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