An Introduction to Windows Vista Lab Book
E800: £19 For a 9 Part Downloadable and Printable PDF Labbook.

Intended Audience
This lab book outlines exercises which have been written to help people who recently brought a new computer with the Windows Vista operating system and would like to learn more about the user interface.
Pre-requisites
None, suitable for beginners
Lab Book Content
This lab book has been divided into 9 parts with seperate downloadable and printable PDF documents (totaling 193 pages) covering tasks as shown below:
- Exploring the Vista Interface
- The exercises in this part of the lab book include:
* Task 1: Explore the Vista Start Menu * Task 2: Exploring the Taskbar
* Task 3: Using the Quick Launch Toolbar
* Task 4: Reviewing and changing the Notification Area
* Task 5: Review and Configure the Windows Sidebar
* Task 6: Using Windows Help
* Task 7: Exiting Windows Vista
* Task 8: User Account Settings
* Task 9: Changing Windows Vista Colour and Appearance
- Part 2: Files and Folders
- * The exercises in this part of the lab book include:
* Task 10: Configuring Files & Folders
* Task 11: Deleting and Recovering files
* Task 12: Configure Folder Options
* Task 13: Copying and Moving Files
* Task 14: Using File Compression
* Task 15: To Compress A Folder on an NTFS volume
* Task 16: Copying and Moving Compressed Files
* Task 17 Searching for Files
* Task 18: Using Shortcuts
- Part 3: Device Driver & Netwrk Configuration
- * The exercises in this part of the lab book include:
* Task 19: Exploring the Device Manager
* Task 20: Changing Configuration Settings with Device Manager
* Task 21: Installing a New Network Adapter Card
* Task 22: Rolling Back a Device Driver
* Task 23: Configuring Windows Update Driver Settings
* Task 24: Configuring a Wireless Network Adapter
- Part 4: Using the Internet
- * The exercises in this part of the lab book include:
* Task 25: Internet Explorer Basic Navigation
* Task 26: Using Favorites
* Task 27: Downloading Programs
* Task 28: Configure a Phishing Filter
* Task 29: Searching the Internet
* Task 30: Configure Parental Controls
- Part 5: Configuring E-Mail
- * The exercises in this part of the lab book include:
* Task 31: Windows Mail
* Task 33: Exploring and Configuring Windows Mail Options
* Task 34: Configuring Windows Mail Junk E-mail Options
* Task 35: Connecting to a News Server and Subscribing to Newsgroups
- Part 6: Securing & Maintaining the Computer
- * The exercises in this part of the lab book include:
* Task 36: Review Basic Computer Information
* Task 37: Explore & Configure the Windows Security Center
* Task 38: Configure and Explore Windows Defender
* Task 39: Configuring Windows to Free up Hard Drive Space
* Task 40: Optimizing Disk Performance with the Disk Defragmenter Tool
* Task 41: Configuring the Windows Vista Power Settings
- Part 7: Working with Images
- * The exercises in this part of the lab book include:
* Task 42: Using the Windows Photo Gallery
* Task 43: Running a Slide Show in the Photo Gallery
* Task 44: Adding Tags to images
* Task 45: Improving the Photos
* Task 46: Making a screen saver
- Part 8: Working with Music & Video
- * The exercises in this part of the lab book include:
* Task 47: Playing a music CD
* Task 48: Ripping a Music CD
* Task 49: Creating a Play list
* Task 50: Reviewing and Configuring the Auto Play Options
* Task 51: Burning a Music CD
* Task 52: Edit and Rearrange Videos
* Task 53: Watching a DVD
- Part 9: Backup & Restore the Computer
- * The exercises in this part of the lab book include:
* Task 54: Configuring System Protection
* Task 55: Using the Shadow copy service to restore a file
* Task 56: Backing Up and Restoring Data
* Task 57: Creating a Complete Computer image


