Notebook User Guide
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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