How to Connect a Samsung Galaxy Tab to a Large Screen TV

<h1 style="font-size:20px;margin:0.25rem 0px;padding:0px 0px 0.5rem;border-width:0px 0px 1px;border-bottom-style:solid;border-bottom-color:rgb(204,204,204);color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:18px;line-height:24px">Tired of that boring 10.1-inch screen on the Galaxy Tab? How large a screen do you want to have? The answer depends on how large of a television set is available. As long as the TV has an HDMI input, you can connect your Galaxy Tab to see the Big Picture.</span><br> </h1><p style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:18px;color:rgb(51,51,51);line-height:24px;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">To make the HDMI connection, you need the Multimedia Dock or HDMI dongle. Yep: The Tab doesn't do HDMI straight out of the box. The friendly folks at the Phone Store would be happy to sell you the proper HDMI equipment.</p> <p style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:18px;color:rgb(51,51,51);line-height:24px;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">When you have that HDMI connection, plus an HDMI cable, you can hook up the Tab to an HDMI computer monitor or TV set. Simply plug the thing in. Both sound and video can be transferred from the Tab to the monitor (providing that the monitor is equipped with speakers).</p> <p style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:18px;color:rgb(51,51,51);line-height:24px;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">Respond to the HDMI notification or pop-up and choose what information the external monitor should display and how you want it displayed. Choose the mirror option so that information displayed on the Tab is echoed on the HDMI screen. Then you can watch a movie or slide show and not have a crowd of people pressing against you. Welcome to the Big Screen.</p> <p style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:18px;color:rgb(51,51,51);line-height:24px;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">Play Angry Birds on a 52-inch plasma TV. It's awesome.</p>

How to Connect a Samsung Galaxy Tab to a Large Screen TV

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How to Connect a Samsung Galaxy Tab to a Large Screen TV

<h1 style="font-size:20px;margin:0.25rem 0px;padding:0px 0px 0.5rem;border-width:0px 0px 1px;border-bottom-style:solid;border-bottom-color:rgb(204,204,204);color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:18px;line-height:24px">Tired of that boring 10.1-inch screen on the Galaxy Tab? How large a screen do you want to have? The answer depends on how large of a television set is available. As long as the TV has an HDMI input, you can connect your Galaxy Tab to see the Big Picture.</span><br> </h1><p style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:18px;color:rgb(51,51,51);line-height:24px;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">To make the HDMI connection, you need the Multimedia Dock or HDMI dongle. Yep: The Tab doesn't do HDMI straight out of the box. The friendly folks at the Phone Store would be happy to sell you the proper HDMI equipment.</p> <p style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:18px;color:rgb(51,51,51);line-height:24px;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">When you have that HDMI connection, plus an HDMI cable, you can hook up the Tab to an HDMI computer monitor or TV set. Simply plug the thing in. Both sound and video can be transferred from the Tab to the monitor (providing that the monitor is equipped with speakers).</p> <p style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:18px;color:rgb(51,51,51);line-height:24px;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">Respond to the HDMI notification or pop-up and choose what information the external monitor should display and how you want it displayed. Choose the mirror option so that information displayed on the Tab is echoed on the HDMI screen. Then you can watch a movie or slide show and not have a crowd of people pressing against you. Welcome to the Big Screen.</p> <p style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:18px;color:rgb(51,51,51);line-height:24px;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">Play Angry Birds on a 52-inch plasma TV. It's awesome.</p>

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How to Keep Your Computer Dust-Free

<h1 style="font-size:20px;margin:0.25rem 0px;padding:0px 0px 0.5rem;border-width:0px 0px 1px;border-bottom-style:solid;border-bottom-color:rgb(204,204,204);color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:18px;line-height:24px">Dust bunnies are real — and they seem to reproduce as fast as their namesakes. But you can banish that dust from your PC and get back to work or play. Here are the computer-dusting procedures:</span><br> </h1><div class="step" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:16px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><div class="stepFigure" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 10px;padding:0px;border:0px;float:right"> <a href="http://media.wiley.com/Lux/23/80623.image0.jpg?h=400&w=535" rel="lightbox" style="color:rgb(1,69,138)"><img alt="" src="http://media.wiley.com/Lux/24/80624.image1.jpg" style="vertical-align: bottom; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); max-width: 100%; height: auto !important;"></a><div class="enlarge" style="margin:1px 0px 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:1rem;text-align:right"> <img alt="" src="http://media.wiley.com/spa_assets/R16B060/site/dummies2/include/images/icons/enlarge.gif" style="vertical-align: bottom; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border-width: 0px; max-width: 100%; height: auto !important;"> <a href="http://media.wiley.com/Lux/23/80623.image0.jpg?h=400&w=535" rel="lightbox" style="color:rgb(1,69,138)">Enlarge</a></div> </div><div class="stepHeading" style="margin:10px 0px 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;overflow:hidden"><div class="stepNumber" style="margin:0px 10px 0px 0px;padding:10px 0px;border:0px;font-size:1rem;font-weight:bold;float:left;width:30px;text-align:center;font-family:helvetica;background-color:rgb(255,254,0)"> 1</div><h2 class="stepTitle" style="margin:5px 0px 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:19px;display:inline">Open and dust your PC at least once a year.</h2></div><div class="stepText" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px"> <p style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:18px;line-height:24px">Consider it a birthday present for your computer. Unscrew or unlatch your PC's case and use a can of compressed air to blow any accumulated dust from themotherboard, adapter cards, andcables (as shown in this figure). If allowed to accumulate, that dust can act as a heat-retaining blanket over your PC's circuitry, and overheated components have a significantly shorter lifespan.</p> </div><div class="clear" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;clear:both"></div></div><div class="step" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:16px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"> <div class="stepFigure" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 10px;padding:0px;border:0px;float:right"><a href="http://media.wiley.com/Lux/25/80625.image2.jpg?h=400&w=535" rel="lightbox" style="color:rgb(1,69,138)"><img alt="" src="http://media.wiley.com/Lux/26/80626.image3.jpg" style="vertical-align: bottom; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); max-width: 100%; height: auto !important;"></a><div class="enlarge" style="margin:1px 0px 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:1rem;text-align:right"> <img alt="" src="http://media.wiley.com/spa_assets/R16B060/site/dummies2/include/images/icons/enlarge.gif" style="vertical-align: bottom; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border-width: 0px; max-width: 100%; height: auto !important;"> <a href="http://media.wiley.com/Lux/25/80625.image2.jpg?h=400&w=535" rel="lightbox" style="color:rgb(1,69,138)">Enlarge</a></div> </div><div class="stepHeading" style="margin:10px 0px 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;overflow:hidden"><div class="stepNumber" style="margin:0px 10px 0px 0px;padding:10px 0px;border:0px;font-size:1rem;font-weight:bold;float:left;width:30px;text-align:center;font-family:helvetica;background-color:rgb(255,254,0)"> 2</div><h2 class="stepTitle" style="margin:5px 0px 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:19px;display:inline">Remove dust that's settled on the fan blades.</h2></div><div class="stepText" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px"> <p style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:18px;line-height:24px">Speaking of fans, use your compressed air to get rid of any additional dust on fan blades and within air intake holes (see this figure). To properly ventilate and cool your PC, these openings need to be free of dust bunnies.</p> </div><div class="clear" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;clear:both"></div></div><div class="step" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:16px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"> <div class="stepFigure" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 10px;padding:0px;border:0px;float:right"><a href="http://media.wiley.com/Lux/27/80627.image4.jpg?h=400&w=535" rel="lightbox" style="color:rgb(1,69,138)"><img alt="" src="http://media.wiley.com/Lux/28/80628.image5.jpg" style="vertical-align: bottom; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); max-width: 100%; height: auto !important;"></a><div class="enlarge" style="margin:1px 0px 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:1rem;text-align:right"> <img alt="" src="http://media.wiley.com/spa_assets/R16B060/site/dummies2/include/images/icons/enlarge.gif" style="vertical-align: bottom; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border-width: 0px; max-width: 100%; height: auto !important;"> <a href="http://media.wiley.com/Lux/27/80627.image4.jpg?h=400&w=535" rel="lightbox" style="color:rgb(1,69,138)">Enlarge</a></div> </div><div class="stepHeading" style="margin:10px 0px 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;overflow:hidden"><div class="stepNumber" style="margin:0px 10px 0px 0px;padding:10px 0px;border:0px;font-size:1rem;font-weight:bold;float:left;width:30px;text-align:center;font-family:helvetica;background-color:rgb(255,254,0)"> 3</div><h2 class="stepTitle" style="margin:5px 0px 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:19px;display:inline">Wipe down your PC's case and yourmonitorwith a clean, dry cloth every few months.</h2></div><div class="stepText" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px"> <p style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:18px;line-height:24px">You should never use any household solvents to clean your PC's case, but antistatic cleaning solutions and cloths are made just for cleaning computer hardware, like the ones shown in this figure.</p> </div></div>

How to Keep Your Computer Dust-Free

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How to Keep Your Computer Dust-Free

<h1 style="font-size:20px;margin:0.25rem 0px;padding:0px 0px 0.5rem;border-width:0px 0px 1px;border-bottom-style:solid;border-bottom-color:rgb(204,204,204);color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:18px;line-height:24px">Dust bunnies are real — and they seem to reproduce as fast as their namesakes. But you can banish that dust from your PC and get back to work or play. Here are the computer-dusting procedures:</span><br> </h1><div class="step" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:16px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><div class="stepFigure" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 10px;padding:0px;border:0px;float:right"> <a href="http://media.wiley.com/Lux/23/80623.image0.jpg?h=400&w=535" rel="lightbox" style="color:rgb(1,69,138)"><img alt="" src="http://media.wiley.com/Lux/24/80624.image1.jpg" style="vertical-align: bottom; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); max-width: 100%; height: auto !important;"></a><div class="enlarge" style="margin:1px 0px 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:1rem;text-align:right"> <img alt="" src="http://media.wiley.com/spa_assets/R16B060/site/dummies2/include/images/icons/enlarge.gif" style="vertical-align: bottom; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border-width: 0px; max-width: 100%; height: auto !important;"> <a href="http://media.wiley.com/Lux/23/80623.image0.jpg?h=400&w=535" rel="lightbox" style="color:rgb(1,69,138)">Enlarge</a></div> </div><div class="stepHeading" style="margin:10px 0px 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;overflow:hidden"><div class="stepNumber" style="margin:0px 10px 0px 0px;padding:10px 0px;border:0px;font-size:1rem;font-weight:bold;float:left;width:30px;text-align:center;font-family:helvetica;background-color:rgb(255,254,0)"> 1</div><h2 class="stepTitle" style="margin:5px 0px 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:19px;display:inline">Open and dust your PC at least once a year.</h2></div><div class="stepText" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px"> <p style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:18px;line-height:24px">Consider it a birthday present for your computer. Unscrew or unlatch your PC's case and use a can of compressed air to blow any accumulated dust from themotherboard, adapter cards, andcables (as shown in this figure). If allowed to accumulate, that dust can act as a heat-retaining blanket over your PC's circuitry, and overheated components have a significantly shorter lifespan.</p> </div><div class="clear" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;clear:both"></div></div><div class="step" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:16px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"> <div class="stepFigure" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 10px;padding:0px;border:0px;float:right"><a href="http://media.wiley.com/Lux/25/80625.image2.jpg?h=400&w=535" rel="lightbox" style="color:rgb(1,69,138)"><img alt="" src="http://media.wiley.com/Lux/26/80626.image3.jpg" style="vertical-align: bottom; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); max-width: 100%; height: auto !important;"></a><div class="enlarge" style="margin:1px 0px 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:1rem;text-align:right"> <img alt="" src="http://media.wiley.com/spa_assets/R16B060/site/dummies2/include/images/icons/enlarge.gif" style="vertical-align: bottom; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border-width: 0px; max-width: 100%; height: auto !important;"> <a href="http://media.wiley.com/Lux/25/80625.image2.jpg?h=400&w=535" rel="lightbox" style="color:rgb(1,69,138)">Enlarge</a></div> </div><div class="stepHeading" style="margin:10px 0px 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;overflow:hidden"><div class="stepNumber" style="margin:0px 10px 0px 0px;padding:10px 0px;border:0px;font-size:1rem;font-weight:bold;float:left;width:30px;text-align:center;font-family:helvetica;background-color:rgb(255,254,0)"> 2</div><h2 class="stepTitle" style="margin:5px 0px 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:19px;display:inline">Remove dust that's settled on the fan blades.</h2></div><div class="stepText" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px"> <p style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:18px;line-height:24px">Speaking of fans, use your compressed air to get rid of any additional dust on fan blades and within air intake holes (see this figure). To properly ventilate and cool your PC, these openings need to be free of dust bunnies.</p> </div><div class="clear" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;clear:both"></div></div><div class="step" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:16px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"> <div class="stepFigure" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 10px;padding:0px;border:0px;float:right"><a href="http://media.wiley.com/Lux/27/80627.image4.jpg?h=400&w=535" rel="lightbox" style="color:rgb(1,69,138)"><img alt="" src="http://media.wiley.com/Lux/28/80628.image5.jpg" style="vertical-align: bottom; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); max-width: 100%; height: auto !important;"></a><div class="enlarge" style="margin:1px 0px 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:1rem;text-align:right"> <img alt="" src="http://media.wiley.com/spa_assets/R16B060/site/dummies2/include/images/icons/enlarge.gif" style="vertical-align: bottom; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border-width: 0px; max-width: 100%; height: auto !important;"> <a href="http://media.wiley.com/Lux/27/80627.image4.jpg?h=400&w=535" rel="lightbox" style="color:rgb(1,69,138)">Enlarge</a></div> </div><div class="stepHeading" style="margin:10px 0px 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;overflow:hidden"><div class="stepNumber" style="margin:0px 10px 0px 0px;padding:10px 0px;border:0px;font-size:1rem;font-weight:bold;float:left;width:30px;text-align:center;font-family:helvetica;background-color:rgb(255,254,0)"> 3</div><h2 class="stepTitle" style="margin:5px 0px 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:19px;display:inline">Wipe down your PC's case and yourmonitorwith a clean, dry cloth every few months.</h2></div><div class="stepText" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px"> <p style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:18px;line-height:24px">You should never use any household solvents to clean your PC's case, but antistatic cleaning solutions and cloths are made just for cleaning computer hardware, like the ones shown in this figure.</p> </div></div>

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How to Find Other Computers on a Network

<h1 style="font-size:20px;margin:0.25rem 0px;padding:0px 0px 0.5rem;border-width:0px 0px 1px;border-bottom-style:solid;border-bottom-color:rgb(204,204,204);color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:18px;line-height:24px">After you've connected your</span><span style="font-size:18px;line-height:24px"> </span><span style="font-size:18px;line-height:24px">laptopto a</span><span style="font-size:18px;line-height:24px"> </span><span style="font-size:18px;line-height:24px">network</span><span style="font-size:18px;line-height:24px"> </span><span style="font-size:18px;line-height:24px">and the</span><span style="font-size:18px;line-height:24px"> </span><span style="font-size:18px;line-height:24px">softwareconnections are made, the next thing to do is browse to find out which other computers are connected to the network. You can view not only which computers share the same network, but also which</span><span style="font-size:18px;line-height:24px"> </span><span style="font-size:18px;line-height:24px">resources</span><span style="font-size:18px;line-height:24px"> </span><span style="font-size:18px;line-height:24px">those other computers offer</span><span style="font-size:18px;line-height:24px"> </span><span style="font-size:18px;line-height:24px">up</span><span style="font-size:18px;line-height:24px"> </span><span style="font-size:18px;line-height:24px">for your pleasure: They can share folders ondisk</span><span style="font-size:18px;line-height:24px"> </span><span style="font-size:18px;line-height:24px">drives,</span><span style="font-size:18px;line-height:24px"> </span><span style="font-size:18px;line-height:24px">printers, and evenmodems. The only way to find out what's available is to look.</span><br> </h1><ul class="level-one" style="padding:0px 1rem;margin:0px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px"><li><p class="first-para" style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:18px;line-height:24px"> Seeing computers displayed in the workgroup window is a sure sign of success that the network is up, connected, and ready for action.</p></li><li><p class="first-para" style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:18px;line-height:24px"> When you don't see any computers in the workgroup window, you have a problem. Either the network cable isn't connected, or it's bad. The network interface is bad. Or, the computers don't share the same workgroup name.</p> </li></ul><h2 style="margin:0.25rem 0px 1.25rem;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:19px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">Seeing workgroup computers in Windows Vista</h2><p style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:18px;color:rgb(51,51,51);line-height:24px;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"> Choosing the Network item from the Windows Vista Start menu displays a list of networking devices available to your computer, such as what's shown below. Each icon represents another computer elsewhere on the network, specifically in your network's workgroup.</p> <div class="imageBlock" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:16px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;width:535px"><img alt="Computers sharing the same local network in Windows Vista." height="364" src="http://media.wiley.com/Lux/60/79160.image0.jpg" style="vertical-align: bottom; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border-width: 0px; max-width: 100%; height: auto !important;" width="535"><div class="imageCaption" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px"> Computers sharing the same local network in Windows Vista.</div></div><p style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:18px;color:rgb(51,51,51);line-height:24px;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">To see which resources each computer offers, click to open its icon. If that computer is sharing a folder from one of its disk drives or a printer, you see the appropriate icon listed in the window.</p> <h2 style="margin:0.25rem 0px 1.25rem;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:19px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">My Networking Places in Windows XP</h2><p style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:18px;color:rgb(51,51,51);line-height:24px;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"> To view other computers on the network in Windows XP, open the My Network Places icon, either on the desktop or from the Start menu.</p><div class="imageBlock" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:16px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;width:415px"> <img alt="Computers in a workgroup, as seen by Windows XP." height="400" src="http://media.wiley.com/Lux/61/79161.image1.jpg" style="vertical-align: bottom; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border-width: 0px; max-width: 100%; height: auto !important;" width="415"><div class="imageCaption" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px"> Computers in a workgroup, as seen by Windows XP.</div></div><p style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:18px;color:rgb(51,51,51);line-height:24px;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">The above figure shows a cozy, two-computer network that was created by simply attaching anEthernet cable between a desktop computer and a laptop. (<i>Directly</i>means no hub or switch.) Both computers show up as icons, labeled with their computer names. The Workgroup name, Cat, appears on the Address bar and atop the window.</p>

How to Find Other Computers on a Network

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How to Find Other Computers on a Network

<h1 style="font-size:20px;margin:0.25rem 0px;padding:0px 0px 0.5rem;border-width:0px 0px 1px;border-bottom-style:solid;border-bottom-color:rgb(204,204,204);color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:18px;line-height:24px">After you've connected your</span><span style="font-size:18px;line-height:24px"> </span><span style="font-size:18px;line-height:24px">laptopto a</span><span style="font-size:18px;line-height:24px"> </span><span style="font-size:18px;line-height:24px">network</span><span style="font-size:18px;line-height:24px"> </span><span style="font-size:18px;line-height:24px">and the</span><span style="font-size:18px;line-height:24px"> </span><span style="font-size:18px;line-height:24px">softwareconnections are made, the next thing to do is browse to find out which other computers are connected to the network. You can view not only which computers share the same network, but also which</span><span style="font-size:18px;line-height:24px"> </span><span style="font-size:18px;line-height:24px">resources</span><span style="font-size:18px;line-height:24px"> </span><span style="font-size:18px;line-height:24px">those other computers offer</span><span style="font-size:18px;line-height:24px"> </span><span style="font-size:18px;line-height:24px">up</span><span style="font-size:18px;line-height:24px"> </span><span style="font-size:18px;line-height:24px">for your pleasure: They can share folders ondisk</span><span style="font-size:18px;line-height:24px"> </span><span style="font-size:18px;line-height:24px">drives,</span><span style="font-size:18px;line-height:24px"> </span><span style="font-size:18px;line-height:24px">printers, and evenmodems. The only way to find out what's available is to look.</span><br> </h1><ul class="level-one" style="padding:0px 1rem;margin:0px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px"><li><p class="first-para" style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:18px;line-height:24px"> Seeing computers displayed in the workgroup window is a sure sign of success that the network is up, connected, and ready for action.</p></li><li><p class="first-para" style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:18px;line-height:24px"> When you don't see any computers in the workgroup window, you have a problem. Either the network cable isn't connected, or it's bad. The network interface is bad. Or, the computers don't share the same workgroup name.</p> </li></ul><h2 style="margin:0.25rem 0px 1.25rem;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:19px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">Seeing workgroup computers in Windows Vista</h2><p style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:18px;color:rgb(51,51,51);line-height:24px;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"> Choosing the Network item from the Windows Vista Start menu displays a list of networking devices available to your computer, such as what's shown below. Each icon represents another computer elsewhere on the network, specifically in your network's workgroup.</p> <div class="imageBlock" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:16px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;width:535px"><img alt="Computers sharing the same local network in Windows Vista." height="364" src="http://media.wiley.com/Lux/60/79160.image0.jpg" style="vertical-align: bottom; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border-width: 0px; max-width: 100%; height: auto !important;" width="535"><div class="imageCaption" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px"> Computers sharing the same local network in Windows Vista.</div></div><p style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:18px;color:rgb(51,51,51);line-height:24px;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">To see which resources each computer offers, click to open its icon. If that computer is sharing a folder from one of its disk drives or a printer, you see the appropriate icon listed in the window.</p> <h2 style="margin:0.25rem 0px 1.25rem;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:19px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">My Networking Places in Windows XP</h2><p style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:18px;color:rgb(51,51,51);line-height:24px;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"> To view other computers on the network in Windows XP, open the My Network Places icon, either on the desktop or from the Start menu.</p><div class="imageBlock" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:16px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;width:415px"> <img alt="Computers in a workgroup, as seen by Windows XP." height="400" src="http://media.wiley.com/Lux/61/79161.image1.jpg" style="vertical-align: bottom; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border-width: 0px; max-width: 100%; height: auto !important;" width="415"><div class="imageCaption" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px"> Computers in a workgroup, as seen by Windows XP.</div></div><p style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:18px;color:rgb(51,51,51);line-height:24px;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">The above figure shows a cozy, two-computer network that was created by simply attaching anEthernet cable between a desktop computer and a laptop. (<i>Directly</i>means no hub or switch.) Both computers show up as icons, labeled with their computer names. The Workgroup name, Cat, appears on the Address bar and atop the window.</p>

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How to Add a Cooling Pad to Your Laptop

<h1 style="font-size:20px;margin:0.25rem 0px;padding:0px 0px 0.5rem;border-width:0px 0px 1px;border-bottom-style:solid;border-bottom-color:rgb(204,204,204);color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:18px;line-height:24px">The ideal accessory for any</span><span style="font-size:18px;line-height:24px"> </span><span style="font-size:18px;line-height:24px">laptopis the laptop cooling pad. This is a device, similar to the one shown here, on which your laptop sits.</span><br> </h1><img alt="image0.jpg" height="400" src="http://media.wiley.com/Lux/34/79134.image0.jpg" style="vertical-align: bottom; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border-width: 0px; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); max-width: 100%; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; height: auto !important;" width="535"><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px"></span><p style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:18px;color:rgb(51,51,51);line-height:24px;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"> The device contains one or more fans and is powered by either the laptop's USB port or standard AA batteries. Your laptop sits on the laptop cooling pad and the fans help draw away the heat that the battery and microprocessorgenerate. The result is a cooler-running laptop, which keeps the laptop happy.</p> <ul class="level-one" style="padding:0px 1rem;margin:0px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px"><li><p class="first-para" style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:18px;line-height:24px"> Note that the cooling pad runs from the power supplied by the USB port or from its own batteries. That means it's portable.</p></li><li><p class="first-para" style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:18px;line-height:24px"> Sadly, you cannot use a cooling pad with a port replicator or docking station that gets in its way.</p></li><li><p class="first-para" style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:18px;line-height:24px">If you're getting a USB-powered cooling pad, try to get a model that has a pass-through USB port so that you don't lose a USB port when you add a cooling pad.</p> </li><li><p class="first-para" style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:18px;line-height:24px">Some cooling pads also double as USB hubs.</p></li></ul>

How to Add a Cooling Pad to Your Laptop

The ideal accessory for any   laptopis the laptop cooling pad. This is a device, similar to the one shown here, on which your laptop sits. ...

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How to Add a Cooling Pad to Your Laptop

<h1 style="font-size:20px;margin:0.25rem 0px;padding:0px 0px 0.5rem;border-width:0px 0px 1px;border-bottom-style:solid;border-bottom-color:rgb(204,204,204);color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:18px;line-height:24px">The ideal accessory for any</span><span style="font-size:18px;line-height:24px"> </span><span style="font-size:18px;line-height:24px">laptopis the laptop cooling pad. This is a device, similar to the one shown here, on which your laptop sits.</span><br> </h1><img alt="image0.jpg" height="400" src="http://media.wiley.com/Lux/34/79134.image0.jpg" style="vertical-align: bottom; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border-width: 0px; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); max-width: 100%; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; height: auto !important;" width="535"><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px"></span><p style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:18px;color:rgb(51,51,51);line-height:24px;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"> The device contains one or more fans and is powered by either the laptop's USB port or standard AA batteries. Your laptop sits on the laptop cooling pad and the fans help draw away the heat that the battery and microprocessorgenerate. The result is a cooler-running laptop, which keeps the laptop happy.</p> <ul class="level-one" style="padding:0px 1rem;margin:0px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px"><li><p class="first-para" style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:18px;line-height:24px"> Note that the cooling pad runs from the power supplied by the USB port or from its own batteries. That means it's portable.</p></li><li><p class="first-para" style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:18px;line-height:24px"> Sadly, you cannot use a cooling pad with a port replicator or docking station that gets in its way.</p></li><li><p class="first-para" style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:18px;line-height:24px">If you're getting a USB-powered cooling pad, try to get a model that has a pass-through USB port so that you don't lose a USB port when you add a cooling pad.</p> </li><li><p class="first-para" style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:18px;line-height:24px">Some cooling pads also double as USB hubs.</p></li></ul>

How to Add a Cooling Pad to Your Laptop

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How to Protect Your Laptop from Theft

<h1 style="font-size:20px;margin:0.25rem 0px;padding:0px 0px 0.5rem;border-width:0px 0px 1px;border-bottom-style:solid;border-bottom-color:rgb(204,204,204);color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:18px;line-height:24px">You can protect your</span><span style="font-size:18px;line-height:24px"> </span><span style="font-size:18px;line-height:24px">laptop</span><span style="font-size:18px;line-height:24px"> </span><span style="font-size:18px;line-height:24px">from a disastrous theft by taking a few precautions. Here are some helpful hints and suggestions on things you can do ahead of time to help prevent theft or recover your laptop if it goes missing.</span><br> </h1><ul class="level-one" style="padding:0px 1rem;margin:0px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px"><li><p class="first-para" style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:18px;line-height:24px"> <b>Mark your laptop.</b> It helps with the recovery of a stolen laptop if you've marked it by either engraving it or using a tamper-resistant asset tag. You can use an engraving tool to literally carve your name and contact information on your laptop, or even write your name inside the laptop, for example, on the back of some removable door, or inside the battery compartment. Use a Sharpie or other indelible marker.</p> </li><li><p class="first-para" style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:18px;line-height:24px"><b>Avoid using an obvious laptop carrying case. </b>Instead, use a nondescript, soft laptop case or a backpack.</p> <div class="imageBlock" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;width:535px"><img alt="Use a nondescript laptop case to deter potential thieves." height="375" src="http://media.wiley.com/Lux/83/79283.image0.jpg" style="vertical-align: bottom; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border-width: 0px; max-width: 100%; height: auto !important;" width="535"><div class="imageCaption" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px"> Use a nondescript laptop case to deter potential thieves.</div></div></li><li><p class="first-para" style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:18px;line-height:24px"><b>Register the laptop and itssoftware. </b>Be sure to send in your laptop's registration card, as well as the registration for any software you're using. If the laptop is then stolen, alert the manufacturer and software vendors. Hopefully, if someone using your stolen laptop ever tries to get the system fixed orupgraded, the company cares enough to help you locate the purloined laptop.</p> </li><li><p class="first-para" style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:18px;line-height:24px"><b>Be mindful of your environment. </b>When you're out and about with your laptop, you must always be mindful of where it is and who could have access to it. For example, when you're dining out, put the laptop in its case beneath the table. If you need to leave the table, either take the laptop with you or ask your friends to keep an eye on it for you.</p> </li><li><p class="first-para" style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:18px;line-height:24px"><b>Use your laptop's universal security slot (USS). </b>Your laptop should have a hole or slot into which you can connect a security cable.</p> <p class="child-para" style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:18px;line-height:24px">Any cable or security device threaded through the USS cannot be removed from the laptop; only the cable itself can be cut (or unlocked) to free the laptop.</p> </li></ul>

How to Protect Your Laptop from Theft

You can protect your   laptop   from a disastrous theft by taking a few precautions. Here are some helpful hints and suggestions on things y...

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