Notebook User Guide

Windows Update keeps your computer up to date and more secure by automatically providing software updates to Microsoft Windows Vista. Updates can include upgrades to Windows Vista features, updates that improve reliability and performance, and updates that provide new security protections against malware and other potentially unwanted software.

Windows Update makes updating easy and minimizes disruption to your work. It's easy to start updating—when you set up Windows Vista, you can set options that enable Windows Update to automatically download and install updates for you—so you can "set it and forget it

WINDOWS SIDEBAR AND GADGETS

As you use your computer to access more information, perform more tasks, and interact with more software applications, you increasingly face information overload. You open a web browser just to check the weather, open an application to view your calendar, and open a calculator program to simply add

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