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Chapter 10 Configuring Faxes, Media Applications, and the Windows Sidebar Windows Media Center is included in the Home Premium and Ultimate editions of WindowsVista.. Lesson 1: Configu

■ Post Office Protocol 3 (POP3)

■ Simple Mail Transport Protocol (SMTP)

appli-“Answers” section at the end of this book

Case Scenario 1: University Calendars

You are responsible for providing desktop support and advice to the Department of phy at the local university

Philoso-1 The university has finished finalizing the academic calendar for the next five years The

university has placed an exported calendar file on its website What steps should staffand students take to add this information to their own calendars?

2 Kim manages five people in the office of the philosophy department at the university.

She wants to be able to keep up to date on how they are completing their assigned tasks.How might she do this if all the people who work for her use Windows Vista?

3 Kim needs to make and update the head of the department’s appointments The head of

the department views her calendar on her Windows Vista computer The head of thedepartment never creates or edits appointments What method could Kim use to accom-plish her goal?

Case Scenario 2: Presenting a Business Proposal Using Windows Meeting Space

The development team from Tailspin Toys is in Canberra this week to present a product posal to the management of Wingtip Toys Each member of the development team has an802.11g-capable Tablet PC running Windows Vista Ultimate The product design is stored as

pro-a file for pro-a CAD pro-applicpro-ation on the tepro-am lepro-ader’s computer No other tepro-am members hpro-ave thisCAD application installed

1 When the development team arrives at their hotel in Canberra, they find that it does

not have any wireless access points They want to collaborate with each other usingWindows Meeting Space What options do they have?

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2 During a brainstorming session, two members of the team think of some modifications

that can be made to the product design The team leader does not want the two teammembers to access his laptop directly because he has sensitive Human Resources infor-mation on his desktop How can he grant the members access to the design when he isthe only one with the CAD program installed?

3 The team’s documentation developer finishes the product documentation half an hour

before the Windows Meeting Space presentation to the Wingtip Toys management teambegins How can she best distribute this documentation to all participants?

Suggested Practices

To help you successfully master the exam objectives presented in this chapter, complete thefollowing tasks

Configure Windows Mail

■ Practice 1: Set Up Windows Mail to Handle Mail from a Friend Create a mail rule thatcopies all e-mail from a friend of yours into a folder that has your friend’s name.Add your friend to the Safe Senders list

■ Practice 2: Add Your ISP’s News Server Add your ISP’s news server to Windows Mail.Subscribe to a newsgroup that interests you

Configure Windows Meeting Space

These practices require two computers running Windows Vista

■ Practice 1: People Near Me Configure People Near Me to sign in automatically whenWindows Vista starts

■ Practice 2: Host a Meeting Host a Windows Meeting Space meeting Invite the personlogged on to People Near Me on that computer to the meeting Share the Windows Cal-culator application

Configure Windows Calendar

■ Practice 1: Create and Publish a Calendar With one Windows Vista user, create a publiccalendar, and then publish it to a shared folder on that computer

■ Practice 2: Subscribe to a Calendar Log on to the same computer as used in Practice 1,and subscribe to the calendar that you just published

Take a Practice Test

The practice tests on this book’s companion CD offer many options For example, you can testyourself on just one exam objective, or you can test yourself on all the 70-620 certificationexam content You can set up the test so that it closely simulates the experience of taking a cer-tification exam, or you can set it up in study mode so that you can look at the correct answersand explanations after you answer each question

MORE INFO Practice tests

For details about all the practice test options available, see the “How to Use the Practice Tests” tion in this book’s Introduction

Chapter 10

Configuring Faxes, Media

Applications, and the Windows

Sidebar

Windows Media Center is included in the Home Premium and Ultimate editions of WindowsVista With the appropriate hardware, Media Center can allow a personal computer to replaceyour DVD player, video recorder, and audio CD players All of your videos, DVDs, movies, TV,recorded television, photos, and music can be played through a single device that connects toyour high definition television Although it cannot be used to record television, WindowsMedia Player is available in all editions of Windows Vista and can be used to consolidate yourmusic collection, adding it to a single library that all other compatible devices on the local areanetwork can access

Just as Windows Media Center eliminates the need for DVD players and videocassette ers, Windows Fax and Scan removes the need for the fax machine Fax and Scan is availablewith the Business, Enterprise, and Ultimate editions of Windows Vista Fax and Scan allowsdocuments to be faxed directly from Windows applications or scanned using an optical scan-ning device from hard copy to the computer and sent as a traditional fax Synchronized with

record-a mobile phone threcord-at supports modem functionrecord-ality, the mobile worker crecord-an receive record-and sendfaxes anywhere that cell phone reception is available

Exam objectives in this chapter:

■ Configure and troubleshoot media applications

■ Configure Windows Fax and Scan

■ Configure Windows Sidebar

Lessons in this chapter:

■ Lesson 1: Configuring and Troubleshooting Media Applications 483

■ Lesson 2: Configuring Windows Fax and Scan 503

■ Lesson 3: Configuring Windows Sidebar 513

Before You Begin

To complete the lessons in this chapter, you must have done the following:

Completed the installation and upgrading practices in Chapter 1, “Installing Windows VistaClient,” and Chapter 2, “Windows Vista Upgrades and Migrations.” As a result, you will haveinstalled Windows Vista Ultimate on a personal computer or within a virtual machine Thiscomputer should also have a working connection to the Internet It is not possible to completeall of the practices in this chapter unless you have Windows Vista Home Premium or Ultimatebecause practices involve Windows Media Center Practices 1 and 2 in Lesson 1 require access

to a TV tuner card or universal serial bus (USB) device

No additional configuration is required for this chapter

Real World

Orin Thomas

My father has a box in his cupboard containing all of the silent Super-8 film he took of

my siblings and me as kids Although it doesn’t come out much and requires that he set

up a special projector when he wants to play it, that box in the cupboard represents onetype of important media archive to my family Because of the hassle in setup, we get tosee those old home movies only on special occasions, which suits me because my ownson doesn’t need to see his dad at the same age pretending to be Superman and jumpinginto a toddler pool

Windows Media Center and the Media Center Extender allow me to take a different andmore convenient approach Since the birth of my son, all of the pictures and video that

I have taken are digital In the past, the primary drawback to this was that every time Iwanted to show someone the video I’d taken, I’d either have to get that person to watch

a computer screen or muck around with a set of cords to get the video camera to outputdirectly to the television The inclusion of Windows Media Center with Windows VistaUltimate and my purchase of an Xbox 360 has completely changed how I display myfamily’s memories My digital media files are stored in my study on the Windows Vistacomputer that I am writing this book on The Xbox 360 is configured as a Media CenterExtender and is located in the family room, connected to the television I can retrievethousands of photographs and hours of footage all by remote control Unlike my father,who must spend time setting up the projector and locating the delicate 30-year-old film,

I can retrieve and replay my family’s memories on the living room television in a matter

of seconds

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Lesson 1: Configuring and Troubleshooting Media

Applications

Windows Media Center is available in the Home Premium and Ultimate editions of WindowsVista With the appropriate hardware, Media Center allows you to record and play back tele-vision programs, burn those television programs to DVD, or display recorded television pro-grams in different parts of your home by streaming them through devices like the Xbox 360.Unlike Media Center, Windows Media Player is available in all versions of Windows Vista anddoes not require specialized hardware Media Player allows the playback of all kinds of digitalaudio and video Media Player is integrated with URGE, an online music store that allows you

to purchase and legally download music from the Internet You can also use Media Player tomanage and sync audio with digital audio devices like Microsoft’s Zune or Pocket PC editionmobile phones

After this lesson, you will be able to:

■ Configure Windows Media Center

❑ Install and configure extenders

❑ Install and configure digital cable devices

❑ Troubleshoot recording issues

■ Configure Windows Media Player

❑ Configure and troubleshoot Digital Rights Management (DRM)

Estimated lesson time: 50 minutes

Configuring Windows Media Center

Prior to setting up Windows Media Center, you should install the TV tuner device that you willuse and connect it to the appropriate digital cable device TV tuner devices either come ascards that you can install in the slots on your computer’s motherboard or as USB devices thatyou can insert in any USB 2 slot After you install the device, the process of connecting it to asignal is similar to that of connecting an antenna to the back of a television set or a VCR At thispoint it is not necessary to make any configuration changes to the TV tuner other than to verifythat Device Manager reports no problems

The first time that you run Windows Media Center, you are presented with the setup wizard.The first few pages of the wizard deal with the Windows Media Center Privacy policy and theCustomer Experience Improvement Program After these steps are completed, you can deter-mine whether Media Center periodically connects to the Internet to retrieve album and DVDcover art, TV Program Guide listings, and music and movie information When you completethese steps, you can get on with the process of configuring Windows Media Center to displaybroadcast television

Configuring TV Settings and Digital Cable Devices

After you have installed your TV tuner device, you need to set up Windows Media Center toreceive all of the services that are available You can do this by starting Windows Media Centerand navigating to the Settings item under Tasks You then need to open the TV item to get tothe TV Settings menu, shown in Figure 10-1 This menu allows you to configure the TV Signal,the TV or Monitor, Audio, and Closed Caption settings It is possible to set up a TV signal only

if a TV tuner card is connected

Figure 10-1 The TV Settings menu

If you do not have a TV tuner card, it is still possible to access some television programmingthrough Media Center off the Internet However, what is available legally over the Internet is

a fraction of what is transmitted over free-to-air digital or pay TV digital channels Free-to-airHDTV is generally the simplest to set up Playing special cable services might require addi-tional software or hardware, and you should check with your cable provider before youattempt this

When you are configuring Media Center for TV reception, it scans for the following types ofdigital signal:

■ Antenna In many countries, HDTV signals are broadcast over the airwaves With anantenna plugged into your high definition TV card, you are able to view HDTV throughWindows Media Center

■ Direct cable connection Rather than receiving your signal through an antenna, youreceive it through a coaxial cable This coaxial cable can plug directly into your PC’s TVtuner

■ Set top box This option is selected if a box from your pay TV provider is presentbetween the wall and the cable that goes into your PC’s tuner hardware

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■ Satellite This option is similar to a direct cable connection except that the source of thesignal is a satellite rather than an earthbound cable

Windows Media Center should be able to configure these devices automatically If it does not,you should verify that all connections are secure and that items such as the set top box areturned on The process of configuring Windows Media Center to receive digital signals is cov-ered in Practice 1 at the end of this lesson

Setting Up Media Center and Configuring a Windows Media Center Extender

Although it is possible to connect your computer directly to a television if you have the ate cables, it is easier to use a device known as a Media Center Extender to act as an intermediarybetween your computer and your TV set The most common form of Media Center Extender isthe Xbox 360, although other products are available Each product has the ability to connect toyour local area network (LAN), either wirelessly or through an unshielded twisted pair (UTP)cable The product retrieves content from the computer running Windows Media Center anddisplays it directly on the TV it is connected to Media Center Extenders allow you to keep yourcomputer out of the living room while enjoying all the benefits that Media Center has to offer.Installing a Media Center Extender is easy When you connect your Media Center Extender tothe same subnet at the Windows Vista computer that has Media Center installed, a dialog box

appropri-is dappropri-isplayed, as shown in Figure 10-2, informing you that a Media Center Extender has beenfound This dialog box displays some information about the Media Center Extender You havethe option of dismissing this dialog box and selecting an option so that it is not displayedagain If you select the option not to be shown the notification again, you can start setting upthe Media Center Extender through the Media Center menu

Figure 10-2 A Media Center Extender is found on the LAN

Clicking Yes launches Windows Media Center The Optional Setup page, shown in Figure

10-3, allows you to set up the Extender It is also possible at this stage to set up the Pictures,Music, and Video libraries You need to configure these libraries if you want to display morethan TV and DVDs through your Media Center Extender It is possible to come back and per-form this configuration later Windows Media Center is an application that requires a signifi-cant amount of configuration, but after you complete, its configuration does not require much

in the way of maintenance

Figure 10-3 Configuring an extender with the Optional Setup menu

NOTE Extender setup

The Media Center Extender setup is covered in the text, rather than in the practice exercises at the end of the lesson because we think most readers are unlikely to have both the required version of Windows Vista and access to an Xbox 360!

After you select the option to set up the Extender, you are presented with the Extender Setuppage, shown in Figure 10-4 At this point, it is necessary to configure the extender itself On theXbox 360 this involves navigating in the console to the Media section and then using your con-troller to select the Media Center item The Xbox 360 then provides information on how tocomplete the setup A check is performed on the network and then an eight-digit setup key isdisplayed on the device that the Xbox 360 is connected to You need to make a note of thisnumber and then enter it on the Windows Vista computer in the Extender Setup page

If the Media Center Extender device was not automatically detected, it might be necessary toreconfigure Windows Firewall settings You also need to determine whether or not you want

to have the computer running Windows Media Center use Away Mode Away Mode is a highavailability power setting that allows the Media Center Extender to connect at any time, evenwhen the computer appears shut down The benefit of this mode is that it allows you to wakethe computer whenever you want to use the Media Center Extender to view digital content.The drawback of this mode is its increased power consumption because a certain level of func-tionality is required to wake the computer when it is contacted over the network The finalconfiguration step determines whether it is possible to view the folders that contain yourmedia

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Figure 10-4 Obtaining the 8-digit setup key

Configuring Media Center Display

It can be necessary to calibrate Media Center’s output for video on a computer screen or vision Similar in some ways to configuring a monitor’s color properties in the Display Settingsdialog box so that there is a direct match between the displayed color and the color output bythe printer, the video output configuration ensures that the video output from Media Center

tele-is as accurate and true to life as possible New digital video formats aim for the best possiblefidelity, so it should not be surprising that you might need to alter some default settings to gainthe best possible output

The Video Setup Wizard queries you on which monitor you want to display content if there aremultiple monitors connected and the type of monitor that video content will be displayed.When specifying the type of monitor, you provide information about the connection betweenyour computer and the display, the monitor’s aspect ratio, and the display resolution Whenusing LCD monitors, remember to configure them to use the native resolution even if higherresolutions are possible because native resolution provides the best display experience

NOTE Configuring captioning

Many programs are now broadcast with captioning, also known as subtitles, that allows people who are hearing impaired or who do not want to listen to audio to follow what is going on during the program Windows Media Center can be configured to provide automatic captioning should the mute function be enabled This captioning can be applied to both DVD, live TV, and recorded TV playback

Troubleshooting Recording Issues

You can configure Windows Media Center to record TV broadcasts in the same way that youwould record TV broadcasts with your VCR It is possible to record on the basis of a program’stitle in the guide or by specifying a channel and a time Although programming WindowsMedia Center to record your favorite program is simpler than programming a VCR, you canstill run into problems when attempting to have your computer automatically record a pro-gram that you want to watch These problems include:

■ Scheduled recording issues The problem could lie with an inaccurate schedule, or theremight be some time issues with the computer running Windows Vista Ensuring thatschedules are frequently updated is the best way to ensure that you record the programthat you are interested in If you want to record each episode of a program, select theRecord By Series option If you find that the schedule does not match the actual time theprogram you are interested in is broadcast, you should use the advanced recording func-tion The advanced recording function allows you to set up a recording to last betweenfive minutes to three hours after a program is scheduled to finish For example, yourschedule indicates that the soccer game ends at 10:30 P.M., but you have found that itsometimes runs until 11:45 P.M Using the advanced recording function allows you torecord on the basis of schedule and extension

■ Recording quality To reduce the amount of disk space consumed by recordings, youcan use the advanced recording function to reduce the quality of the recording

■ Keep settings Keep settings, shown in Figure 10-5, determine how long a recorded gram is kept before it is automatically deleted The possible settings are:

pro-❑ Until Space Needed Programs are not deleted until the amount of space cated for recording programs is reached Programs are then deleted on the basis

allo-of age

❑ Until I Watch Once a program is watched, it can be automatically deleted whenthe amount of space allocated for recording programs is reached

❑ Until I Delete All programs are kept until manually deleted

❑ For One Week All recorded programs are deleted after a week has elapsed

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Figure 10-5 Keep settings

■ Recorder storage The recorder storage options, shown in Figure 10-6, allow you to figure the disk volume that you are recording to, the maximum amount of disk space toallocate to recording TV programs, and the Live TV Pause Buffer It is important whenconfiguring this option that you do not overallocate space to recorded TV data Forexample, if you have 200 GB of free space on a 300-GB drive, you should not allocatemore than 200 GB for the recording of TV If you misconfigure these settings, the volumecould become full, and that might cause other problems!

con-Figure 10-6 Recorder storage options

■ Parental controls Similar to the way it is possible to restrict children who use WindowsVista from using games or viewing web pages that are beyond a particular classification,

it is possible to use Windows Media Center to block children from viewing live TV,recorded programs, or DVDs that are age-inappropriate Unlike Windows Vista, whichdoes this on a user account basis, Media Center requires an access code before restrictedcontent can be viewed Another difference compared to Windows Vista is that the limitscannot be applied on a per user basis For example, if you have a 6-year-old and a 12-year-old, you have to decide on an appropriate level for both children

■ Configuring region Windows Media Center uses region selection to determine cableconnection settings and where it will locate program data Windows Media Player con-figures its regional settings on the basis of the regional settings of the Windows Vistacomputer that it was configured on It is possible to make alterations to these settings, asshown in Figure 10-7 For example, someone might work in a job overseas That personmight have a mobile PC with a USB digital cable device If he or she left Media Centerwith the original regional settings and attempted to connect a digital signal to the digitalcable device in the overseas location, that person might find that the disparity betweeneach region’s settings is enough to ensure that Windows Media Center is unable toaccess those signals

Figure 10-7 Selecting a different region

■ Automatic vs manual signal configuration Windows Media Center provides the option

of automatic or manual tuning for digital channels, as shown in Figure 10-8 This option

is useful if the regional options do not include service information In general, it is farsimpler to allow Media Center to perform an automatic tuning than to perform a manualtuning Only in rare instances, such as low digital signal quality, is it necessary to per-form a manual configuration to get reception on a particular channel

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Figure 10-8 Windows Media Center can scan for services if data about your region is not found

■ Library issues Windows Media Center looks only in configured directories for content

It is possible to add new directories and have Windows Media Center regularly checkthem for content If media files that you know are on your computer are not availablethrough Media Center, use Add Folder To Watch This brings up the dialog box, shown

in Figure 10-9, which allows you to browse to the folder on the local or remote computerthat you want Windows Media Center to monitor

Figure 10-9 Informing Media Player where your media are located

Quick Check

1 What is the difference between Media Center and a Media Center Extender?

2 Which editions of Windows Vista are capable of running Media Center?

Quick Check Answers

1 A Media Center can record and play TV, DVDs, and audio A Media Center

Extender can display everything that can be shown on Media Center but does notstore it locally

2 Windows Vista Home Premium and Windows Vista Ultimate.

Configuring Windows Media Player

Windows Media Player is available with all editions of Windows Vista and does not requirespecial hardware beyond the ability to output audio and video There are many superficial sim-ilarities between Windows Media Player and Windows Media Center Both can play backvideo and audio data, including CDs, DVDs, and home movies The primary differencesbetween the two products are as follows:

■ Windows Media Center is available only in the Home Premium and Ultimate editions ofWindows Vista Windows Media Player is available in all editions of Windows Vista

■ Windows Media Center can record and play back broadcast television Windows MediaPlayer can play back only television broadcasts

■ Windows Media Center can be used to share media to other computers and mobiledevices on the network Windows Media Center can be used only to display mediathrough a Windows Media Center Extender device

■ Windows Media Player can be used to rip audio from a CD to a variety of formats.Windows Media Center is incapable of ripping audio, although it can play audioripped by Windows Media Player

Ripping and Digital Rights Management

Ripping is the process of extracting multimedia data from a CD or DVD and converting it into

a media file that can be played on a computer Windows Media Player offers ripping as a inent menu item, although it is possible to rip only audio CDs using Media Player It is not pos-sible to rip audio DVDs or video data from DVDs The primary reason that you would want touse Windows Media Player’s ripping functionality is to consolidate your audio CD collection

prom-in a sprom-ingle place Rather than havprom-ing to hunt around for a CD when you want to hear a ular song, you can locate it in your centralized media library

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You can rip audio data to the following formats:

■ Windows Media Audio Each CD ripped using this format consumes 56 MB of disk space

■ Windows Media Audio Pro Each CD ripped using this format consumes 28 MB of diskspace It has a lower bit rate than Windows Media Audio and is useful for storing audio

■ MP3 Supported by almost all portable media devices, it uses approximately 57 MB per CD

■ WAV (Lossless) An older format that has been in use since early versions of Windows Ituses 600 MB per CD

You should remember that the higher the bit rate, the higher the quality of the audio and themore disk space that is consumed Depending on the quality of your playback equipment, youmight not notice a difference between some of the formats, even though they use a radicallydifferent amount of disk space All of the Windows Media Audio formats support copy protec-tion technology The MP3 and WAV formats do not support copy protection technology.When you rip to any of the Windows Media formats, you have the option of copy protectingthe music Copy protection, also known as Digital Rights Management (DRM), is a method ofensuring that people cannot make illegal duplicates of digital media that they have purchased.DRM ensures that someone cannot purchase the latest hot artist’s track for one dollar andthen sell it 500 times to other people for 50 cents DRM is a method of controlling how media

is used after it is purchased

When you rip an audio CD into any Windows Media Audio format, the audio can be protectedwith copy protection One reason you might choose to copy protect music is if you are a musi-cian who wants some form of digital distribution of your music, but you do not want it to begiven to just anybody When a music file with copy protection is played, Media Player attempts

to contact the rights server When Windows Media Player encounters a copy protected file itattempts to obtain the rights to play that file It is possible to configure such a rights serverusing Microsoft products, but this is beyond the scope of the 70-620 exam

Unless you have a license for particular media, Windows Media Player will not be able to play

it DRM protects a file by encrypting it, and a license can be thought of as the decryption key.The keys are stored separately from the files within Media Player, and the files themselves can-not be played without access to a key This does not apply to all digital media files, just thosethat the authors have decided to copy protect Although this might all sound very Orwellian,the DRM features of Windows Vista allow artists and publishers to choose whether or not theywant to apply copy protection restrictions on their works The option is available but mightnot necessarily be used

IMPORTANT Rights backup

Windows Media Player does not allow you to back up your media usage rights If media usage rights are lost, it is necessary to recover them through the service from which you purchased the digital media

You can ensure that usage rights are immediately downloaded when you play or sync a filewith a mobile device by setting configuration options in the Privacy tab of Windows MediaPlayer Options dialog box, as shown in Figure 10-10 (You access this dialog box by clickingMore Options at the bottom of any menu.) If you do not select the Download Usage RightsAutomatically When I Play Or Sync A File check box, you will be prompted by Windows If you

do not acquire the rights, you will be unable to play the media file If you have a permanentconnection to the Internet, you should configure rights to be acquired automatically This isthe default setting for Windows Media Player

Figure 10-10 The Privacy tab

Adding Metadata

The Advanced Tag Editor, shown in Figure 10-11, allows you to configure metadata about files

in your library You can access this editor by right-clicking a file in your library and then ing Advanced Tag Editor Metadata is useful in constructing playlists It is likely that you willcollect thousands of separate music files, and finding the right one to play can be difficult.With correctly configured metadata, you can configure the computer to play your tracks based

click-on your mood, comments you have made about the track, the genre, key, or any number of tors It is not necessary to do this, but it does help if you need to organize a very large music

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collection You might not remember all the songs that you associate with an old flame, but byusing Windows Media Player, you can configure the computer to do it for you

Figure 10-11 Using the Advanced Tag Editor to configure metadata

Media Sharing

Media Sharing allows you to share items in your library with other computers or devices on yournetwork Rather than duplicate your music library on every computer in the house, you can usemedia sharing to allow your Pocket PC phone to function as a portable media player accessingyour entire library while you work out on the treadmill without having to copy files across to thephone before starting your workout To configure media sharing, perform the following steps:

1 Click any tab menu, and then click More Options.

2 Navigate to the Library tab, and click Configure Sharing.

3 Select the Share My Media check box, as shown in Figure 10-12.

Figure 10-12 Sharing media to other devices on the network

4 When a compatible device connects to the network, you are alerted and you can decide

whether you want to share your media with that device You can also open the MediaSharing dialog box to allow or deny sharing to particular computers on the network

Codecs

A codec is a method of encoding data Each media format requires a separate codec If youopen a new media file, it might be necessary for Windows Media Player to obtain the codec toplay that file from the Internet before you can listen to or watch it The Download CodecsAutomatically check box is selected by default in the Player tab of the Options dialog box, asshown in Figure 10-13 Clearing this check box means that the user is prompted when a codec

is required Unless the appropriate codec is installed, the file might not play correctly In thecase of digital video, this might mean that you can hear the playback but not see the playback

or that the video might appear to be corrupted

Figure 10-13 Automatically configuring Windows Media Player to download codecs

Practice: Configuring Windows Media Center and Using Windows Media Player

In these practices, you will perform several exercises that will familiarize you with WindowsMedia Center and Windows Media Player Practices 1 and 2 require that you use either theHome Premium or Ultimate editions of Windows Vista You can complete Practice 3 using anyedition of Windows Vista, as long as the computer has an optical media drive

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 Practice 1: Configuring TV Settings

In this practice, you will configure TV settings This practice requires either the Home mium or Ultimate edition of Windows Vista and an already installed TV tuner card The com-puter also requires an active Internet connection To complete the practice, perform thefollowing steps:

Pre-1 Open Windows Media Center, and navigate to Tasks using the arrow keys.

2 In Tasks, navigate sideways using the arrow keys to Settings.

3 Navigate to TV, and then, on the menu shown in Figure 10-14, navigate to Set Up TV

Signal

Figure 10-14 The TV menu allows you to set up the TV signal

4 On the Set Up Your TV Signal page, click Next.

5 On the Confirm Your Region page, verify that your region is selected, and click Next If

your region is not selected, click No, I Want To Select A Different Region Scroll throughthe list of countries until you find yours Select it, and click Next

6 Windows Media Center now downloads settings from the Internet When it is finished,

you see the You Are Done! page On this page, click Set Up Guide Listings, and then clickNext

7 Click Next on the Set Up Your TV Program Guide.

8 On the Guide Privacy page, select Yes Click Next.

9 On the Guide Terms of Service page, select I Agree Click Next.

10 On the Enter Your Postal Code page, enter your postal code, and click Next.

11 Windows now downloads your guide listings If a guide listing is not available, click

Next Otherwise, select your TV signal provider, and click Next

12 The TV Program Guide is now downloaded from the Internet Depending on your

con-nection speed, this might take between 5 and 20 minutes When the download is plete, click Next

com-13 On the Scan For Services page, click Start Scan This process might take from 5 to 10

minutes If your TV tuner device is not properly connected, no services are found ClickNext, and then click Finish

 Practice 2: Configuring Recording Options

In this practice, you will configure recording options This practice can be completed only on

a computer running Windows Vista Home Premium or Ultimate The computer must alsohave a functioning TV tuner card installed To complete this practice, perform the followingsteps:

1 Using Windows Explorer, make a note of how much free space is available on Volume C.

2 Open Windows Media Center, and navigate to Tasks.

3 In Tasks, navigate to Settings.

4 In Settings, navigate to TV.

5 Select Recorder, and then select Recorder Storage.

6 Set the Maximum TV limit to 50 percent of the amount of free space available on Volume

C Select Save

7 Navigate to Recording Defaults.

8 Change the Keep setting to Until I Delete, and change the Stop When Possible setting to

4 Minutes After

9 Select Save, and close Windows Media Center.

 Practice 3: Ripping and Copy Protecting Digital Audio

Practice 3 can be performed on a computer running any edition of Windows Vista that has aCD-ROM or DVD-ROM drive installed To perform Practice 3, you also need access to a stan-dard non-copy protected audio CD This type of CD is required to simplify the ripping process

To complete this practice, perform the following steps:

1 Insert an audio CD into the optical media drive.

2 If you have auto-play enabled, cancel the dialog box In this practice, you do not want to

play the CD; you are going to extract audio data from it

3 Open Windows Media Player, and click Rip

4 Hold down the Alt key, and from the Tools menu, select Options.

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5 Click the Rip Music tab to bring up the ripping options, as shown in Figure 10-15.

Figure 10-15 Configuring ripping options

6 Click Change to alter the Rip Music To This Location option Set the new location as

c:\ripped-music You have to browse and create a new folder to complete this step

7 In the Format drop-down list, select Windows Media Audio Pro.

8 Select the Copy Protect Music check box.

9 Select the Eject CD When Ripping Is Complete check box, and click OK.

10 In Windows Media Player, click the Start Rip button If Windows Media Player cannot

download media information for your CD, you can manually enter information If youare presented with this dialog box, click OK, and then click Start Rip again

11 Depending on the speed of your computer and the number and length of tracks on the

album, the rip will take between 5 and 10 minutes

12 When the rip has completed and the CD-ROM has been ejected, click Library on the

Windows Media Player bar

13 Click Recently Added, and verify that the audio tracks that you extracted are now in your

library, as shown in Figure 10-16

Figure 10-16 Newly ripped tracks in the music library

■ A Windows Media Extender is a device that can be connected to a television and used todisplay content from a computer running Windows Media Center

■ Windows Media Player is available with all editions of Windows Vista

■ Windows Media Player can play back video files, audio files, DVDs, and audio CDs

■ Windows Media Player can rip data from audio CDs and import it into a media library,which can then be shared with compatible devices on the local network

Lesson Review

You can use the following questions to test your knowledge of the information in Lesson 1,

“Configuring and Troubleshooting Media Applications.” The questions are also available onthe companion CD if you prefer to review them in electronic form

NOTE Answers

Answers to these questions and explanations of why each answer choice is correct or incorrect are located in the “Answers” section at the end of the book

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1 Your friend has an Xbox 360 configured as a Media Center Extender for a desktop

com-puter running Windows Vista Ultimate The Xbox 360 is located on the ground floor ofthe house, and the Windows Vista computer is located on the house’s third floor Yourfriend wants to be able to view television shows recorded digitally on the Windows Vistacomputer automatically when he activates the Xbox 360 At present, he has to climb twoflights of stairs to turn on the computer before he can return to the living room to viewcontent through the extender Which of the following configuration changes would youmake to ensure that he does not need to manually activate the Windows Vista computer

in this situation?

A Disable Away Mode.

B Enable Away Mode.

C Disable the screen saver.

D Configure the High Performance Power Plan.

2 Your friend is unable to browse the media folders on his PC from his Media Center

Extender device located in his living room Which of the following configurationchanges should you make?

A Share the folders on the network.

B Alter the user account used by the Media Center Extender to access the media

folders

C Configure Extender Media Settings on the computer running Media Center to

enable viewing of media folders

D Configure Extender Media Settings on the Media Center Extender to enable

view-ing of media folders

3 Although you have configured a limit that is currently less than the amount of free space

available on the volume on which recordings are stored, you are concerned that you willnot be able to record new programs because you have run out of hard disk drive space.You want Media Center to automatically delete programs that you have watched shouldyou run out of disk space Which Keep setting should you set in Media Center recordingdefaults?

A Until Space Needed

B For 1 Week

C Until I Watch

D Until I Delete

4 Kim wants to view several programs that she recorded using a TV tuner on the Windows

Vista computer in her basement on the large plasma screen TV located in her livingroom Kim has an Xbox 360 that is connected both to her home network and to the large

TV in the living room How can Kim view her recorded programs?

A Connect the Xbox 360 to the Windows Vista computer using an S-Video cable.

B Configure the Windows Vista computer to broadcast an HDTV signal through the

TV Tuner

C Configure the Xbox 360 as a Windows Media Center Extender.

D Configure the Windows Vista computer as a Windows Media Center Extender.

5 Ian wants to rip a DVD and add it to his media library How can he accomplish this?

A He can rip the DVD using Windows Media Player or Windows Media Center.

B He can rip the DVD using Windows Media Player.

C He can rip the DVD using Windows Media Center.

D It is not possible to rip a DVD using Windows Media Player or Windows Media

Center

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Lesson 2: Configuring Windows Fax and Scan

Windows Fax and Scan allows you to utilize a scanner and modem to create the functionality

of a normal fax Unlike previous versions of Windows, where Faxing and Scanning were arate applications, integrating both into one place simplifies the process of using your com-puter as a fax machine Properly configured, Windows Fax and Scan allows people to stopusing fax machines entirely, just as a properly configured computer with Windows Media Cen-ter can allow people to stop using DVD players and videocassette recorders

sep-After this lesson, you will be able to:

■ Configure Windows Vista to send and receive faxes

Estimated lesson time: 20 minutes

Setting Up Fax and Scan

To use the full functionality of Fax and Scan, a Windows Vista computer requires a modemand a scanner It is possible to use Fax and Scan without either of these items if you do notneed to transmit a hard copy document and a network fax server is available Any modem that

is compatible with Windows Vista can function as a fax modem These fax modems can also

be shared so that other computers on the network can send faxes using Fax and Scan

Fax Accounts

The first step in setting up Fax and Scan is configuring a new fax account You are asked toconfigure a fax account when you try to send your first fax Or you can set one up by openingthe Fax Accounts dialog box from the Tools menu Each fax account allows you to configure

a separate fax device In general, this is done so that people who work with their WindowsVista mobile PCs are able to use a fax server when they are in the office and their fax modemwhen they are working remotely

Multiple Fax Modems

If you have multiple fax modems installed on your computer, you can switch devices by ing up the Fax Settings dialog box and clicking the Select Fax Device button This opens theSelect Device dialog box, shown in Figure 10-17, which provides a drop-down list that lets youdetermine which device is used to send and receive faxes This can be useful for people whousually use a land line to send and receive faxes but who find that they urgently need to send

open-or receive a fax when they can connect only by using a compatible mobile phone

Figure 10-17 The Select Device dialog box

Sending Faxes

There are three basic ways to send a fax using Windows Fax and Scan After you have ured a fax account, a new printer with the name of the fax account becomes available in thePrinters item in Control Panel When using a normal Windows application like MicrosoftWord, you can send a fax by printing a document to this printer, as shown in Figure 10-18.When you click OK, the New Fax dialog box is displayed You enter the appropriate fax num-ber or select an entry from Contacts that has the fax number configured, and you can sendyour fax The second alternative is to click New Fax in Windows Fax and Scan, fill out therecipient’s details, and then attach the document that you want to fax The final option is tosend a cover page fax When you use this option, you do not attach a document but just editthe default cover page and add the message that you want to transmit

config-Figure 10-18 Printing to a fax

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Configuring Scanners

Sometimes it is necessary to send a document using Fax and Scan that has not been entirelygenerated using an application running on your computer For example, you might need tosend a contract containing multiple signatures to a remote fax machine You can do this only

by using a scanner When scanning faxes, remember that the resolution of faxes is significantlylower than that of normally printed documents The low resolution of faxes allows them to betransmitted quickly across telephone lines using modems If faxes had the same resolution asnormal printer output, they would take much longer to transmit For this reason, it is not nec-essary to scan documents that you want at the highest possible resolution, nor is it necessary

to scan in color because faxes transmit in black and white

Quick Check

1 What is the maximum number of fax accounts that you can configure if you have

three fax modem devices connected to your computer?

2 How can you send a document that contains hand-written signatures using Fax

and Scan?

Quick Check Answers

1 It is possible to configure only one fax account for local fax devices, even if

multi-ple fax devices are connected to your computer

2 You must first scan the document, and then you can fax it.

Receiving Faxes

There are two basic options for receiving faxes using Windows Fax and Scan The first is to usethe Manually Answer option When this option is configured and an incoming call is detected,the computer’s user is notified The user can then choose to receive the fax The second option

is to have the computer automatically answer the call after a specified number of rings Unlessyou share a voice line with a fax line, the second option is likely to be more useful With theManually Answer option, you must be present at your computer when the fax transmissionoccurs This can be an issue if you are sent faxes when you are away from your computer Youconfigure these options by selecting Fax Settings from the Tools menu of Windows Fax andScan

Clicking the More Options button in the General tab of the Fax Settings dialog box brings upthe More Options dialog box From here, it is possible to configure the TSID and CSID settingsand to specify what Fax and Scan should do when a fax is received The identification settingsare as follows:

■ TSID Transmitting Subscriber Identification This is the information about you that issent to the fax machine that is receiving a fax you have sent.

■ CSID Called Subscriber Identification This is the identification information that is sentback to the person who is sending you a fax

The other configurable options allow you to have each received a fax automatically printed to

a printer that is already set up on your computer It is also possible to save a separate copy ofthe incoming fax to another location You might configure all incoming faxes to be saved to aserver on the network if other people in the organization might need to see them

Fax Options

The Fax Options dialog box, available by clicking Options in the Tools menu of Windows Faxand Scan, allows you to configure the sound that is played when a fax is received, whether theoriginal message is included when a fax is replied to, and the font used with faxes for itemssuch as the banner and the receipts setting The Receipts settings, shown in Figure 10-19, allowyou to have an e-mail sent to a configured address each time a fax is successfully transmitted

It is also possible to include a copy of the sent fax as an attachment, which can be useful forthose organizations that need to meet legal requirements for data retention If the Use OneReceipt For Delivery To Multiple Recipients option is not selected, an e-mail receipt is sent foreach separate destination number that the fax is transmitted to

Figure 10-19 Using a receipt to confirm that a fax has been successfully transmitted

Advanced Fax Settings

If you have ever stood waiting at a heavily used office fax machine for the fax to redial afterencountering a busy signal, you will appreciate Windows Fax and Scan’s automatic redialoption Redialing allows Windows Fax and Scan to automatically reattempt transmission if thedestination fax number is busy Although traditional fax machines have this option, it can be

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tricky to configure, especially if there is a line of impatient workmates behind you who alsowant to use the fax!

To configure the number of redial attempts and the duration between attempts, open theAdvanced tab of the Fax Settings dialog box from the Tools menu This dialog box, shown

in Figure 10-20, also allows you to configure transmission during periods when telephonecharges are lower This can be very helpful if the majority of the faxes that you send are topeople in other states or other countries The Advanced tab is also where you can configurewhether the banner is included in all sent faxes The banner is header text that is placed oneach transmitted page and includes your TSID, the page number, and the recipient’s faxnumber

Figure 10-20 The Advanced tab of the Fax Settings dialog box

Practice: Setting up Windows Fax and Scan

In these practices, you will perform several configuration exercises using Windows Fax andScan The first configuration exercise is to set up a fax account, which is necessary prior to usingFax and Scan The second configuration exercise involves configuring Fax and Scan to answerincoming calls after a preset number of rings and setting the fax’s TSID and CSID settings

 Practice 1: Configuring a Fax Account

In this practice, you will configure a fax account to be used with Windows Fax and Scan It isnecessary to create a fax account prior to sending or receiving faxes with Windows Fax andScan This practice requires your computer to have a modem This practice can be completed

on a computer with Windows Vista Business, Enterprise, or Ultimate To complete the tice, perform the following steps:

prac-1 Open Windows Fax and Scan.

2 On the Tools menu, click Fax Accounts This brings up the Fax Accounts dialog box

shown in Figure 10-21

Figure 10-21 Configure a fax account for each fax device you use

3 Click Add.

4 On the Choose A Fax Modem Or Server page, click Connect To A Fax Modem.

5 On the Choose A Modem Name page, verify that the name Fax Modem is listed in the

text box, and then click Next

6 On the Choose How To Receive Faxes page, shown in Figure 10-22, click Notify Me.

Figure 10-22 Select how to receive faxes

7 Click Continue in the User Account Control dialog box.

8 Click Close to close the Fax Accounts dialog box.

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 Practice 2: Configure Automatic Answering and Identification

In this practice, you will configure the fax account that was configured in Practice 1 to matically answer calls after 10 rings To perform this practice, you need to have access to a faxmodem attached to a Windows Vista computer and have completed Practice 1 To completethis practice, perform the following steps:

auto-1 Open Windows Fax and Scan.

2 From the Tools menu, click Fax Settings.

3 Click Continue in the User Account Control dialog box.

4 In the Fax Settings dialog box, shown in Figure 10-23, select the Automatically Answer

After option, and set the number of rings to 10

Figure 10-23 The Fax Settings dialog box

5 Click the More Options button to open the More Options dialog box.

6 In the TSID and CSID text boxes, enter Tailspin Toys.

7 Select the Print A Copy To box, and use the drop-down list to select Microsoft XPS

Doc-ument Writer, as shown in Figure 10-24

Figure 10-24 Configuring TSID and CSID settings

8 Click OK to close this dialog box.

to wait for the call to be manually received

■ You can configure a fax device to redial several times if the destination fax is busy Youcan also configure a fax device to transmit faxes only when discount telephone rates are

in effect

■ You can configure Fax and Scan to automatically output every received fax to a printerthat Windows Vista is already configured to use You can also configure Fax and Scan toe-mail a receipt and a copy of every successfully transmitted fax to a specified e-mailaccount

■ The CSID setting provides information to a transmitting fax about the receiver The TSIDsetting provides information to a receiving fax about the sender TSID information can

be added to the header of all outgoing faxes using the Banner option

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Lesson Review

You can use the following questions to test your knowledge of the information in Lesson 2,

“Configuring Windows Fax and Scan.” The questions are also available on the companion CD

if you prefer to review them in electronic form

NOTE Answers

Answers to these questions and explanations of why each answer choice is correct or incorrect are located in the “Answers” section at the end of the book

1 You are expecting a fax to arrive and have noted that your fax machine is out of ink As

a quick replacement, you hook up your Windows Vista Ultimate laptop to the phoneline using the fax modem port When the phone rings, you open Windows Fax and Scanfor the first time but the fax is not received What should you do to resolve the problem?(Choose two; each forms a part of the answer.)

A Configure the send/receive options to allow the device to send faxes.

B Configure modem properties.

C Configure a fax account.

D Configure the send/receive options to allow the device to receive faxes.

2 Your Windows Vista laptop has a built-in fax modem Your mobile telephone has the

ability to function as a Bluetooth modem, and you have already paired it with WindowsVista When you are at home, you are able to send and receive faxes using the built-inmodem You are traveling to a conference and want to be able to send and receive faxesusing your mobile telephone’s Bluetooth modem functionality What steps should youtake to achieve this?

A Create a new fax account.

B Edit fax account properties.

C Use the Select Device option in Fax Settings.

D Delete the existing fax account.

3 Under which of the following conditions should you use more than one fax account?

A Your computer has a fax modem, and your office has a fax server.

B Your computer has more than one fax modem.

C You want to configure separate fax settings for each user.

D You want to share your fax modem with users on the network.

4 You want to ensure that a hard copy exists for each incoming fax received by your

com-puter What should you do?

A Configure Fax Settings.

B Configure Options.

C Configure fax account.

D Configure modem.

5 You want a record of each transmitted fax to be kept on a computer other than the one

you use to send faxes with Which of the following strategies should you pursue?

A Configure a receipt to be e-mailed after each fax transmission.

B Configure a receipt to be e-mailed after each fax is received.

C Include the banner in sent faxes.

D Configure the redialing options.

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Lesson 3: Configuring Windows Sidebar

Windows Sidebar is a feature in all editions of Windows Vista that allows the display of usefulinformation through gadgets A gadget is a small application that displays information, such asthe time, weather data, Really Simple Syndication (RSS) feed summaries, or Windows Vistaperformance information You can configure the Sidebar to float above other windows on theWindows Vista desktop so that this information is always available, and you can configuregadgets with variable transparency so that it is possible to see the important informationbelow them

After this lesson, you will be able to:

■ Configure Windows Sidebar properties

■ Download, install, and configure gadgets

Estimated lesson time: 20 minutes

Configuring Sidebar Settings

You can configure Windows Sidebar from the Control Panel or by right-clicking the Sidebarand selecting Properties This displays the Windows Sidebar Properties dialog box shown inFigure 10-25 This dialog box allows you to configure:

■ Whether Windows Sidebar starts automatically when Windows Vista starts

■ Whether the Sidebar is displayed on top of all other windows This does not make theSidebar float above existing windows Instead it reserves a certain amount of screenspace for the Sidebar that maximized windows will not intrude upon When it is config-ured this way, a minimized window can be dragged under the Sidebar

■ Which side of the screen Windows Sidebar is displayed on

■ Which monitor Windows Sidebar will be displayed on if more than one monitor is nected to Windows Vista

con-■ A list of running gadgets that you can view

Figure 10-25 Windows Sidebar Properties

If youclick View List Of Running Gadgets, you see a list of all currently active gadgets that are

on the Sidebar, as well as gadgets that have been detached and placed on the desktop ing a gadget and then clicking Remove in this menu closes the gadget but does not uninstallthe gadget from your computer It is possible to uninstall gadgets only from the Gadget Gal-lery If you close Windows Sidebar, you can open it again by clicking the Windows Sidebaritem in the All Programs folder of the Start menu

Select-MORE INFO Gadget hotkeys

To bring Windows Sidebar gadgets to the front, press the Windows key and the spacebar at the same time To cycle through gadgets, press the Windows key and the G key at the same time

Adding Gadgets to Windows Sidebar

Windows Vista ships with a set of default gadgets that you can add to Windows Sidebar Toadd gadgets, click the plus sign on the top of the Sidebar This opens the Gadget Galleryshown in Figure 10-26 You can drag a gadget from the gallery directly to the Windows Side-bar Alternatively, double-clicking the gadget in the gallery automatically adds it to the Sidebarunder other gadgets

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Figure 10-26 The gallery of gadgets included with Windows Vista

The gadgets included with Windows Vista represent only a fraction of those that are able Clicking Get More Gadgets Online launches your web browser, allowing you to down-

avail-load gadgets from the online Gadget Gallery at http://vista.gallery.microsoft.com/vista

/SideBar.aspx?mkt=en-us Gadgets in the gallery are sorted by categories It is important to note

that most of these gadgets were created by the public, and although they are posted onMicrosoft’s website, Microsoft does not guarantee that they will work You should always be care-ful when downloading any content from the Internet Be especially careful of downloading freegadgets from websites other than Microsoft’s Once the gadget is downloaded and installed, itappears in the Gadget Gallery and can be added to Windows Sidebar

It is possible to add more than one instance of a gadget For example, you can configureWeather gadgets for Melbourne, Australia and Glasgow, Scotland This can be especially useful

if you need to work with people in other time zones You simply add a Clock gadget for eachseparate time zone to the Sidebar You can rearrange gadgets on the Sidebar by clicking thebeveled area under the spanner icon and dragging the gadget into the appropriate position

Quick Check

1 The Windows Sidebar appears on top of all windows How can you change this?

2 What happens when you select a gadget from the list in the View Gadgets dialog

box and click Remove?

Quick Check Answers

1 You can change whether the Windows Sidebar appears above all other windows by

editing the Windows Sidebar Properties

2 The gadget is removed from display It is not uninstalled from the computer.

Configuring Gadgets

Each Windows Sidebar gadget has a set of properties that is unique to its function For ple, you can configure the Clock gadget with eight different appearances, with a particularname and a separate time zone, as shown in Figure 10-27 Alternatively, you might choose touse multiple instances of the Currency gadget to view the value of your native currency com-pared to that of countries where you travel Or you might even configure multiple Weathergadgets so that you can see at a glance what the weather is like in distant cities where you havefriends or family

exam-Figure 10-27 Using multiple clocks to display multiple time zones

Configuring Gadget Opacity

It is possible to configure a separate opacity for each Windows Sidebar gadget Gadget opacitycan be configured at 20%, 40%, 60%, 80%, and 100% Varying gadget opacity is shown in Fig-ure 10-28 Hovering the mouse over a Windows Sidebar gadget temporarily returns a gadget tofull opacity Gadget opacity is most useful if the Windows Sidebar is configured to always dis-play on top of other windows Configuring a low opacity allows you to view items below thegadgets, and you can bring a gadget you are interested in viewing to prominence by hoveringthe mouse over it

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Figure 10-28 Variable gadget opacity

Placing Gadgets on the Desktop

Placing Windows Sidebar Gadgets on the desktop allows you to keep gadgets without havingWindows Sidebar running Gadgets cannot directly be installed on the desktop but must beadded to Windows Sidebar first and then dragged to an appropriate desktop position Anadvantage of having gadgets on the desktop is that they can be displayed in their full sizerather than their abbreviated site For example, when displayed on the Sidebar, the Weathergadget shows only the current temperature, the location, and a picture of the weather Whendetached to the desktop, the Weather gadget is larger and displays not only the current tem-perature but also the predicted temperature range and the three-day forecast, as shown inFigure 10-29

Figure 10-29 Detaching a Windows Sidebar gadget to the desktop to allow more information to be displayed