reg file, 74
Visual Basic (VB) language, 514
Visual Effects tab, 205??“210
Visual Task Tips, 231
vLite utility, 8
VMM (Virtual Memory Manager), 310
VNC program, 409
VNC (Virtual Network
Computing), 588
voice dictation software, 172
Volume Control (Control Panel), 167
Volume Mixer (Vista), 168, 170, 171
volumes
boot, 272, 313
dirty, 296, 297
dismounting, 296
extending, 271
mounting, 272??“273
system, 272
VPN over PPTP, 401
VPN (Virtual Private Networking)
defined, 399
Remote Desktop support, 403
setting up client, 402
setting up tunnel server, 400??“401
TCP/IP port numbers, 587
workgroups and, 409
vssadmin command, 325
VXD files, 285
W
W32.Blaster.Worm virus, 277, 587
Wait for F1 if Error setting (BIOS), 584
WaitToKillAppTimeout value
(Registry), 223
WaitToKillServiceTimeout value
(Registry), 223
Wake On LAN (WOL) feature, 220
Wake On Ring (WOR) feature, 220
wallpaper, desktop, 209
WAN (Wide Area Network), 342, 399
watermark picture, 209
WAV files, 177, 248
WBEM, 301
WDDM (Windows Vista Display Driver
Model), 233
weather forecasting applications, 440
web browsers
blank form bug, 440
blocking pop ups, 439, 440
bookmarklets, 162
cache folders, 163
code page selection, 436
Index | 637
disabling animations, 441
downloading videos, 165
HTTP protocol, 344
identifying IP addresses, 375
JavaScript and, 440
keystrokes controlling links, 444
masquerading as other, 434, 436
monitoring, 284
port scanning, 428
rejecting cookies, 445
removing tabs, 443??“444
restricting window
manipulation, 440
setting as default, 147
surfing anonymously, 444??“448
troubleshooting connections, 383
typing print server IP address, 510
web sites blocking, 434
(see also specific browsers)
web pages
blank form bug, 440
fixing pictures, 436, 437
fixing symbols in, 436
Internet fishtank, 548??“550
RGB codes, 473
VBScript limitations, 526
Web (see Internet)
web servers, 264, 537??“540
web sites
accessing from bookmarks, 452
bandwidth-measuring, 395
blocking web browsers, 434
drive-by installations, 481
improving with user
scripts, 437??“438
photo-sharing, 454
spam precautions, 451
spreading malware, 280
surfing anonymously, 444??“448
tracking hosts listed, 411
webcams (video cameras), 378,
549??“550
Welcome screen, 487, 488, 493??“494
WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy)
passphrase considerations, 356
selection considerations, 355, 359
troubleshooting problems, 363
where Cmdlet (PowerShell), 568
Where-Object Cmdlet
(PowerShell), 568
WhoIs name search, 586
WIC codec, 185
Widcomm Bluetooth chip, 380
Wide Area Network (WAN), 342, 399
Width property, 534
WiFi Protected Access (WPA), 355, 363
WiFi (see wireless networks)
WiFi sniffers, 357??“362, 372
wildcards
asterisks as, 69, 431, 442
blocking animations, 442
in filespecs, 63, 70
Win2KMyMusicFolder value
(Registry), 185
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