Quick and easy to use, this concise book teaches you the basics of Windows Vista so you can start using this operating system soon. Written by columnist "New York Times" bestselling author, Emmy-winning CBS News correspondent and Missing Manuals creator David Pogue, this book will help you: Navigate the desktop, including fast, robust and fully integrated desktop search function Use the Media Center to record TV and radio, present photos, play music, and record all of this to a DVD Breeze across the Web with Internet Explorer 7 is much better Be familiar with browser tabs Vista improve security, and much more Windows Vista is a huge improvement over its predecessor, with workshop, attractive visuals such as glass, superior searching and organization tools, multimedia and collaboration suite, and large, top-to-bottom security-shield reconstruction.