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This book is for Patti and Jenn, who once again put up
with the crazy hours and endless evenings at the keyboard I
put in to get this project done. You two are great. In addition,
this book is dedicated to the newest member of our household,
Lightning the kitten, for her clear love for my Tablet PC and
the many “paragraphs” she typed into the manuscript when
I wasn’t looking.
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About the Author
Bill Mann (Bedford, NH) is the author of more than a dozen books, plus numerous
technology articles for publications including Internet World, TECH Edge, Palm
Power, and Computer Bits. Bill’s past projects for McGraw-Hill/Osborne include I
Want My MP3! How to Download, Rip, & Play Digital Music and Genealogy Online
Special America Online Edition. He specializes in mobile and wireless gadgets, and
has written about most of the major handheld and wireless devices available in the
U.S. When not writing, Bill spends his time with his family and plays far too many
computer games.
About the Technical Editor
Chris De Herrera is webmaster of Tablet PC Talk (http://www.tabletpctalk.com),
a leading resource on Tablet PC news. His website, CEWindows.NET
(http://www.cewindows.net), assists users of Pocket PCs and Windows CE
devices. He has been recognized for the past five years as a Microsoft Most
Valuable Professional for Mobile Devices, which include the Pocket PC and
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Contents
Acknowledgments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xi
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xiii
PART I Get Acquainted with Your Tablet PC
CHAPTER 1 Meet Your Tablet PC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Examine Your Tablet PC Hardware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Turn Your Tablet PC On and Off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Use the Pen to Control Your Tablet PC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Work with the Windows Desktop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Examine the Items on the Desktop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Find Your Way Around Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Learn About the Taskbar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Learn About the Start Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
CHAPTER 2 Explore Your Tablet PC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Take Notes with Your Tablet PC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Enter Text with the Pen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Change the Screen Orientation for Comfort and Usability . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Post a Handwritten Reminder on the Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Draw Pictures on the Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Try Out the Enhanced Microsoft Reader . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Play a Game on Your Tablet PC Using the Pen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
PART II Set Up Your Tablet PC
CHAPTER 3 Configure the Tablet PC for Your Needs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Import Your Old Files and Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Decide How You Will Transfer Your Files and Settings . . . . . . . . 32
Put the Files and Settings Transfer Wizard to Work . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Configure the Windows Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Configure Accessibility Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Configure Language and Regional Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Configure the Windows Desktop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Customize the Taskbar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Configure the Start Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Change Folder Views . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Configure the Explorer Bar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Configure Your Tablet PC Hardware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Configure the Tablet and Pen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Configure the Keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Configure the Mouse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Configure Your Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
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CHAPTER 4 Use Windows XP Tablet PC Edition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Create and Manage User Accounts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Modify Existing Accounts and Create New Ones . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Add Password Protection for User Accounts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Easily Share Your Tablet PC with Fast User Switching . . . . . . . . 70
Manage Files and Folders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Understand File and Folder Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Manage Your Folders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Manage Your Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Manage Programs and Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Get Your CD-ROM Drive Connected . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Install Programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Install Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Remove Programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Remove Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Find Stuff with the Search Companion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Search for Files and Folders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Use More Advanced Search Techniques . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Work with the Recycle Bin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
CHAPTER 5 Manage Your Tablet PC Hardware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Install and Remove Hardware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Install Plug-and-Play Hardware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Install Non-Plug-and-Play Hardware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Remove Plug-and-Play Hardware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Remove Non-Plug-and-Play Hardware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Manage Hardware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Manage Sound, Speech, and Audio Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Manage Printers and Other Hardware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Use Device Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Check the Status of Your Hardware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Update Hardware Device Drivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Set Up Hardware Profiles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
CHAPTER 6 Connect to Peripheral Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Choose Between Peripheral Formats and Connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Choose Between Firewire and USB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Choose Among External, PC Card, or CompactFlash Peripherals . . 109
Connect to Printers and Faxes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Work with Printers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Work with Faxes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Connect to Scanners and Digital Cameras . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Work with Scanners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Work with Digital Cameras . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Connect to Other Peripherals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
CHAPTER 7 Set Up an Internet Connection for Your Tablet PC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Install and Configure Dial-Up Connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Configure Your Dial-Up Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Create and Use Dialing Rules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
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Install and Configure Broadband Connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Understand the Types of Broadband Connections . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Install Your Broadband Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Configure Your Broadband Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Connect to the Internet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Use the Internet Applications Installed on Your Tablet PC . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Explore Internet Explorer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Explore Outlook Express . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Work with Windows Messenger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Use Remote Desktop to Control Another Computer . . . . . . . . . . . 156
CHAPTER 8 Use Your Tablet PC on a Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Use Your Tablet PC on a Corporate Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Make the Physical Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Make the Logical Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Check the Status of a Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Connect to the Internet Across the Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Use Your Tablet PC on a Home Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Make Network Connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
Build a Simple Home Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Figure Out What Hardware You Need . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Buy and Install the Hardware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Connect the Computers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Run the Network Setup Wizard on Each Computer . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Troubleshoot Network Adapter Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
CHAPTER 9 Go Wireless . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Understand Wireless Networking Basics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
What’s the Big Deal about Wireless? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Get the Terminology Straight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
What about Security? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Other Things to Know about Wireless Networking . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Connect Your Tablet PC to an Existing Wireless Network . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Build a Simple Wireless Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Decide How You Will Handle Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Figure Out What Hardware You Need . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Buy and Install the Hardware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
PART III Put Your Tablet PC to Work
CHAPTER 10 Understand Handwritten Input on the Tablet PC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Understand Handwritten Input Basics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Understand Tablet PC Digital Ink . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
Learn Why Digital Ink Looks So Good . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
Understand Characteristics of Digital Ink . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
Understand Tablet PC Handwriting Recognition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Understand Gestures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
Learn How to Get Better Handwriting Recognition . . . . . . . . . . . 215
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CHAPTER 11 Take Advantage of Accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
Explore the Accessories Folder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
The Accessibility Folder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
The Communications Folder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224
The Entertainment Folder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224
The System Tools Folder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
Other Common Accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
Try the Snipping Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
CHAPTER 12 Get the Most from Those Multimedia Applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241
Use Windows Media Player . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242
Upgrade to Media Player 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242
Start Using the Media Player . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244
Play Audio CDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246
View a Video Clip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248
Listen to an Internet Radio Station . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248
Stock Your Media Library . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
Play Content from Your Media Library . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252
Learn to Skin Your Media Player . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
Try These Media Player 9 Tips and Tricks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
Take a Quick Look at Windows Movie Maker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257
An Introduction to Windows Movie Maker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257
Should You Upgrade to Movie Maker 2? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259
Sketch, Annotate, Draw, and Collaborate with Corel Grafigo . . . . . . . . . 263
Make Your Tablet PC a Digital Sketchbook with Alias SketchBook . . . . 264
CHAPTER 13 Use Journal and Other Cool Tablet PC Programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267
Take Advantage of Windows Journal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268
Learn All the Journal Fundamentals with the Journal Tutorial . . . 268
Explore Some Advanced Journal Topics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270
Apply These Tips to Work More Efficiently . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273
Use the Tablet PC Input Panel for Pen Input . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273
Explore the Different Pen Input Modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274
Experiment with Write Anywhere . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276
Customize the Input Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276
Make Corrections to Your Entries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277
Try These Input Panel Tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279
Read Your Favorite Magazines on Your Tablet PC with Zinio Reader . . . 280
Explore the World of eBooks with the Enhanced Microsoft Reader . . . . . 281
Configure the Tablet PC Buttons to Work with
Microsoft Reader . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283
Download Free eBooks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285
Activate Microsoft Reader and Shop for eBooks . . . . . . . . . . . . . 287
Experience Mobile Collaboration with Groove . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 288
Enhance Your Productivity with FranklinCovey TabletPlanner . . . . . . . . 291
Stay in Sync with Corporate Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293
Tie All Your Information Together with eBinder . . . . . . . . . . . . . 294
View a Demo and Download a Trial Version . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 294
Try Your Hand at These Tablet PC Power Toys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295
Thumbnail View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 296
Tablet Pool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 297
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Puzzle Game . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 298
Tic Tac Toe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300
CHAPTER 14 Extend Office XP with the Tablet Pack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303
Download and Install the Office XP Pack for Tablet PC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305
Uninstall the Tablet Pack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 309
Repair Your Tablet Pack Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 309
Use Handwriting in Word Documents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 309
Add Handwritten Content in an Ink Drawing and
Writing Area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 310
Add Handwritten Comments with the Ink
Comment Command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 311
Use Handwriting in E-mail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 312
Use Handwriting in Excel Spreadsheets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 316
Use Handwriting in PowerPoint . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 317
Add Ink While Editing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 317
Add Ink While Presenting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 317
Take Advantage of the Tablet Pack Extension for Windows Journal . . . . 320
Use Journal Information in Outlook XP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 320
Insert Outlook Meeting Information into a Journal Note . . . . . . . 321
CHAPTER 15 Talk to Your Tablet PC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 325
Understand Speech Recognition Basics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 326
Check Out This Speech Recognition Timeline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 326
Learn a Little about How Speech Recognition Works . . . . . . . . . 329
Discover the Types of Speech Recognition Systems . . . . . . . . . . . 329
Use Tablet PC Speech Recognition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 330
Train the Speech Recognizer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 330
Run the Speech Tutorial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 333
Start Using Speech Recognition in Your Daily Work . . . . . . . . . . 334
Use These Tips for Speech Recognition in Specific Applications . . . . . . 337
Speak to Microsoft Office Applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 337
Speak to Internet Explorer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 338
Speak to Windows Journal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 338
Try These General Speech Recognition Tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 339
Try These Advanced Speech Recognition Options . . . . . . . . . . . . 340
PART IV Fix What Ails Your Tablet PC
CHAPTER 16 Prevent Problems with Regular Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 349
Maintain Your Tablet PC Hardware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 351
Maintain Your Disk Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 354
Detect and Deal with Disk Errors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 354
Defragment Your Hard Disk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 355
Free Disk Space with Disk Cleanup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 358
Schedule Maintenance Tasks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 364
Maintain Optimum Performance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 367
Add Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 367
Tune Display Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 367
Adjust Processor and Memory Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 369
Resize the Paging File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 370
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CHAPTER 17 Back Up Your Tablet PC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 373
Understand Your Tablet PC Backup Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 375
Use Backup to Protect Your System and Personal Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 375
Let the Backup or Restore Wizard Do the Work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 376
Use Automated System Recovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 378
Use the Advanced Backup Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 379
Use System Restore to Quickly Recover from Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . 380
Configure System Restore . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 380
Create a Restore Point . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 382
Return the System to a Previous Restore Point . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 383
Undo the Return to a Previous Restore Point . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 384
Prepare Your Tablet PC for Possible Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 384
Prepare a System Recovery Disk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 384
Configure Startup and Recovery Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 385
Consider Using a Portable Automatic Backup System . . . . . . . . . 386
CHAPTER 18 Use the Tablet PC’s Tools to Solve Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 389
Get Familiar with the Help and Support Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 390
Get Right to It with the Fixing a Problem Link . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 390
Run Dr. Watson When Required . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 392
Use Windows Update to Fix Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 393
Solve Problems with the Troubleshooters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 398
Get Your Old Programs to Run on Your Tablet PC . . . . . . . . . . . . 398
Use Other Tools for Diagnosing Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 400
Investigate Problems with System Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 400
Solve Specific Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 401
Office XP Pack for Tablet PC Security Warning Appears
in Journal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 402
Terminate Hung Programs with Windows Task Manager . . . . . . . . 403
Do a Reset to Recover from a Hung Tablet PC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 405
Make the Tablet Buttons Work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 406
Identify and Deal with Resource Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 406
Repair Windows Problems with the Windows XP Setup Wizard . 409
Get Help with Remote Assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 410
Prepare Your Computer to Receive Remote Assistance . . . . . . . . 412
Request Remote Assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 414
Participate in the Remote Assistance Session . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 416
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 419
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Acknowledgments
I want to thank everyone at McGraw-Hill/Osborne who was involved in this
project, in particular Megg, Jenn, Carolyn, and Tana. It was a pleasure to work
with you, and I hope to do so again. In owe Tina a big thank you for getting me
the hardware I needed to do the project, and Chris the same for this tech editing.
Margot, thanks for handling this and all my other book projects. Last, but certainly
not least, my sincere thanks to all the folks who provided me with the information
(and the cool toys!) I needed to do the job.
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Introduction
The Tablet PCs are finally here. We’ve been hearing about them for years—small,
light, capable machines that you can write on as if they were a pad of paper or
a personal digital assistant. These three-pound powerhouses run a version of
Windows XP, so you can use them like high-end notebook computers and run all
your favorite applications. But you can also use them like virtually endless digital
notebooks or sketchbooks, entering information with a digital pen in environments
where a desktop or notebook computer just won’t cut it. You can even talk to them.
People have built tablet computers before. Some were ill-conceived, some
were underpowered, most were just ahead of their time. Even so, tablet computers
have found some niches where their unique characteristics have made them the
computer of choice. Now Microsoft and its partners have built the first Tablet PCs
that provide real benefits for general users like you and me.
Tablet PCs stake out a unique place in the market. They give you much of the
convenience of a personal digital assistant (PDA) like the Palm or Pocket PC
devices, but have the power to do real work. And with pen and voice for input,
you don’t have to do that work by sitting down and typing somewhere. If you need
to be able to take serious processing power with you wherever you go, or if you
spend a lot of time taking notes in meetings (where regular notebook computers
and the tappety-tap of their keyboards have become unwelcome), the Tablet PC
may be exactly what you need.
This book is meant to be your guide to the new breed of Tablet PC. This isn’t
some encyclopedic reference guide that covers every possible aspect of using a
Tablet PC. Instead, it is designed to be your guide to the things that you’ll need
to know to set up, use, and maintain your new machine. Beyond that, this book
introduces many of the new applications designed to take advantage of the
capabilities of the Tablet PC. I think you’ll find that this book tells you how to
do everything you’re likely to do with your machine.
I’ve divided the book into four parts. In Part I, “Get Acquainted with Your
Tablet PC,” you’ll do exactly that. We start at the very beginning, by examining
your Tablet PC and figuring out how to start it up, using the pen in lieu of a mouse,
and navigating around the user interface. Once you have the bare basics down, we
get down to work with a whirlwind tour of some of the unique benefits of the
Tablet PC. But this is no lecture—we fire up applications like Windows Journal,
the Tablet PC Input Panel, even a game. You get to experience for yourself some
of what makes the Tablet PC special.
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In Part II, “Set Up Your Tablet PC,” we’ll get into the nitty-gritty aspects of
owning and using a Tablet PC. By the end of this section, you’ll be able to
configure your software and manage your hardware, and generally set up your
shiny new Tablet PC to work the way you want it to. You’ll also be able to get
your Tablet PC connected to wired and wireless networks, as well as the Internet.
Imagine yourself sitting in a meeting with wireless access to the company
network, all on a machine scarcely much bigger or heavier than this book. Even
better, imagine yourself surfing the Web on your Tablet PC while sipping a glass
of wine in front of the fireplace.
In Part III, “Put Your Tablet PC to Work,” you’ll get to roll up your sleeves
and put your machine to work with the utilities and applications that come on your
Tablet PC. You’ll revisit the applications you played with in Chapter 2, but this
time you’ll learn how to use them in your day-to-day work. You’ll also get a tour
of some great applications that were either modified to work better on the Tablet
PC or written specifically for this new class of machine. Handwritten input and
spoken input are the two aspects of the Tablet PC designed to make using the
machine a more natural experience for us human beings. This is the part of the
book where you really learn about handwriting and speech recognition, including
lots of tips for getting the most from them in your work.
In Part IV, “Fix What Ails Your Tablet PC,” we look at preventive maintenance
on your new toy, as well as the all-important task of backing up your system.
Think about it: A Tablet PC is meant to be used more often, in more places, and
under more circumstances than any personal computer that came before it.
Knowing how to back up, maintain, and fix your Tablet PC could come in very
handy.
As I hope you can tell from this introduction, I’ve written this book in a casual,
easy-to-read style. It’s designed so that, to the extent possible, each chapter stands
alone. You can certainly read the book cover to cover, and I encourage you to at
least read the introduction to each chapter. But if you’re looking for specific
information, you can skip around without worry. To make the book more useful
to you, I’ve included certain helpful design elements. They are:
■How to sidebars How to sidebars provide step-by-step instructions on
completing a particular task. They can be particularly important tasks, or
just tasks that are related to a subject we’re discussing in the chapter.
■Did You Know sidebars Did You Know sidebars contain extra
information. They’re usually background info like historical notes or other
interesting tidbits.
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■Note icons Note icons provide helpful information related to the topic at
hand. Be sure to read any Note you come across.
■Tip icons Tip icons describe ways to make better use of an application or
feature, as well as anything else that might make things easier.
■Shortcut icons Shortcut icons provide quicker/easier ways to do things.
They’re good to read if you want to make the best use of your Tablet PC.
■Caution icons Caution icons flag things you need to be aware of. Always
read these to avoid potential problems.
And with that, you’re ready to learn how to do everything with your Tablet PC.
If you have any thoughts on the book, or the Tablet PC in general, I would love to
visit my web site at: http://www.techforyou.com.
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