Networking with Microsoft Windows Vista- P6

Networking with Microsoft Windows Vista- P6: A better solution is to increase the number of computers available. Now thatmachines with fast processors, ample RAM, and massive hard disk space canbe had for just a few hundred dollars, a multiple-machine setup is an affordableproposition for most homes.
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Networking with Microsoft Windows Vista- P6 234 Networking with Microsoft® Windows Vista™ 5. If you also want Vista to apply this template to all the subfolders in the network share, click to activate the Also Apply This Template to All Subfolders check box. 6. Click OK. You can now open the network share and click Slide Show in the taskbar, as shown in Figure 10.15. Slide Show 10 FIGURE 10.15 Click the Slide Show button to start the network-based slideshow. Display Network Images in the Slide Show note If you don’t have the Sidebar onscreen, you can display it by selecting Gadget Start, All Programs, Accessories, Windows Vista’s Sidebar is a new feature Windows Sidebar. The Sidebar that holds one or more gadgets for display- appears on the right side of the ing the time, the date, the current weather, screen, and the default gadget collection includes the Slide Show stock data, RSS feed headlines, and more. gadget. (It usually appears There’s also a Slide Show gadget that dis- between the Clock gadget and plays a series of images from a folder that the Feed Headlines gadget.) If you you can choose. The default folder is don’t see the Slide Show gadget, Pictures, but you can configure the gadget right-click the Sidebar, and then to display images from a network share. click Add Gadgets to open the gadgets gallery; then double-click Follow these steps to configure the Slide the Slide Show gadget. Show gadget to use a network share:Please purchase PDF Split-Merge on www.verypdf.com to remove this watermark. CHAPTER 10 Taking Advantage of Your Network 235 1. Right-click the Slide Show gadget and then click Options. The Slide Show dialog box appears. 2. Click the … button to the right of the Folder list. The Browse for Folder dialog box appears. 3. Click Network to display the list of computers on your network. 4. Click the computer that contains the shared folder you want to use. 5. Select the network share you want to use. 6. Click OK. The Photos share appears in the Folder list, as shown in Figure 10.16. 10 FIGURE 10.16 You can configure the Slide Show gadget to use images from a shared network folder. 7. Configure any other Slideshow options you want to use (such as the time to show each picture and the transition to use between pictures). 8. Click OK to put the new options into effect.Please purchase PDF Split-Merge on www.verypdf.com to remove this watermark. 236 Networking with Microsoft® Windows Vista™ From Here ■ For the steps required to connect to a standard wireless network, see “Making Wireless Network Connections,” p. 113. (Chapter 4) ■ To learn more about wired connections, see Chapter 6, “Managing Network Connections,” p. 139. ■ To learn more about wireless connections, see Chapter 7, “Managing Wireless Network Connections,” p. 157. ■ For a discussion about the hardware needed to record TV, see “Understanding Digital Media Hardware,” p. 196. (Chapter 9) ■ For the details on setting up Media Player library sharing, see “Sharing Your Media Player Library,” p. 207. (Chapter 9) ...