Chapter 12

Installing and Configuring Applications

In this chapter, you will learn to:

  • Use Getting Started in Windows 7
  • Access Email in Windows 7
  • Integrate Windows Fax and Scan
  • Use Windows Media Player 12
  • Control Digital Media with Windows Media Center
  • Install and Uninstall Applications in Windows 7

Now that you have installed and configured Windows 7, it’s time to install and use applications. Windows 7 introduced Live Essentials, a new downloadable program suite, to use some of the built-in programs from Vista.

Previous versions of Windows introduced applications like Mail, Calendar, Contacts, a Getting Started welcome center, Fax and Scan, Media Player, and Media Center. These applications gave users quick access to features they would ...

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