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Chapter 13
Configuring Mobile Devices
Mobility is one of the current buzzwords. People who travel expect their work and resources
to travel with them. They expect to be able to access a wireless network wherever they are,
without needing to remember where in the Control Panel hierarchy they can find the settings.
They expect to be able to attend a meeting, set up an ad hoc network, and give a presentation
by extending their screen on to a plasma display or by connecting to a network projector. They
do not want to memorize the locations of the icons that control these features—they want a sin-
gle, easily accessible tool that does everything.
When users are out of the office, they want access to the files they were working on back at
base. When they return, they want the files on the office network server to automatically
update with the changes they made while away. A home user wants to be able to connect her
digital camera or camera phone with a computer and automatically upload any new photo-
graphs on to the computer. Another user wants to copy any new tunes that his computer
downloads to a portable mp3 player. The same user wants to back up files on his personal dig-
ital assistant (PDA) on his computer, copy files from the computer to the PDA, and install soft-
ware on the computer on to the PDA. Still another user wants to be able to access e-mail on her
computer while sitting on the other side of the room without needing to walk over to the com-
puter or even turn it on. She wants to check the status of her mobile PC while it is hibernating,
and she does not want to pull it right out of her carrying case.
As administrators, we are all accustomed to unrealistic user expectations—except these are not
unrealistic. They are here, now. Windows Vista does all this and more. This chapter tells you
how.
NOTE Mobile PCs vs. mobile devices
This chapter discusses both mobile PCs and mobile devices extensively. Sometimes, there’s confu-
sion about the difference between them. This is understandable. A mobile PC is by definition
mobile, and many mobile devices, such as PDAs, are undeniably computers. In the context of this
chapter, and the 70-620 examination, a mobile PC is a wireless-enabled laptop PC running Windows
Vista. A mobile device is a handheld device such as a PDA, mobile phone, or mp3 player.

Exam objectives in this chapter:
■ Configure Mobile Display Settings.
■ Configure Mobile Devices.
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Lessons in this chapter:
■ Lesson 1: Configuring Mobile Display Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 650
■ Lesson 2: Configuring Mobile Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 666
Before You Begin
To complete the lessons in this chapter, you must have done the following:
■ Installed Windows Vista Ultimate on a personal computer, as described in Chapter 1,
“Installing Windows Vista Client” and Chapter 2, “Upgrading Windows Vista Migra-
tions and Upgrades.” For this chapter, you need Windows Vista running on a mobile
PC. You also need a second computer on your network that is acting as a network
server (it does not need to be running Windows Vista). Before you start Practice 2 in
Lesson 2, you need to enable a folder for offline use on the network server and place
two files in that folder, as described in the introduction to the Practice. You also need
an additional monitor.
■ Created an administrator account and standard accounts and enabled the Run com-
mand on the Start menu, as described in Practices 1, 2, and 3 in Lesson 1, “Configuring
and Troubleshooting Parental Controls and Content Advisor,” of Chapter 4, “Configur-
ing and Troubleshooting Internet Access.”
No additional configuration is required for this chapter. Internet access is required to com-
plete the practices.
If you want to try out all the technologies described in this chapter, you need access to a net-
work projector, a mobile device (for example, a PDA or mobile phone) running Microsoft
Windows Mobile 2003 or Windows Mobile 2003 Second Edition, and either an integrated
or connectable SideShow-compatible device. However, you can study the chapter and com-
plete all the practice sessions without this equipment.
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Real World

Ian McLean
I’ve always been a bit of a dinosaur.
This has less to do with having a very large body and very small brain or smelling as if I
became extinct millions of years ago and more to do with always being marginally
behind the latest cutting-edge technology.
I remember turning up to do a demonstration and unpacking a large computer and
even larger (and much heavier) monitor, a mouse, a keyboard, and a pile of cables tied
in a Gordian knot. Having staggered up two flights of stairs with all of it, I entered the
demonstration room where a fellow demonstrator showed me a new concept in com-
puter hardware. In those days, it was called a portable computer. Now we would call
it a laptop.
I recall carefully preparing transparencies from a PowerPoint file for use with an over-
head projector, walking into a lecture room, and meeting my first data projector.
Now, of course, I am mobile. I can take my wireless laptop almost anywhere and connect
to the Internet. I can set up or join an ad hoc network during a meeting and connect
wirelessly to a projector to give a presentation. I have a handheld device about a hundred
times more powerful than the old AT personal computer that I used to drag up stairs. I
think I might finally have evolved.
Friends and colleagues sigh and shake their heads. One attends meetings and confer-
ences all over the world and often gives presentations. He only ever leaves his desk to go
to a net-conferencing room. Another hardly ever leaves her home but holds down a full-
time job at a senior level and has an international reputation.
Of course, there are times when you need to be there. I’ve used every remote teaching
gadget and technique available. I still believe students learn better when you’re there to
show them. I prefer to seal deals with a handshake. Most dinosaurs do.
Mobile computing has its place, and Windows Vista offers some neat and useful facili-
ties. It’s a completely up-to-date technology, and I’m not denigrating it in any way. How-
ever, don’t be fooled into thinking it’s the only technology, the only way of doing things.
To coin a cliché—horses for courses.
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Lesson 1: Configuring Mobile Display Settings
Windows Vista offers a number of facilities for configuring display settings on a mobile PC.
Most of these facilities are designed for users who give presentations, talks, and lectures.
Sometimes, as a technical support person, you will be called on to give a demonstration of
Windows Vista features, possibly as an induction talk for new staff. If you provide system sup-
port for a school, college, or university, you could be called on to prepare presentation settings
for teachers or academics.
This lesson discusses the Windows Mobility Center, which is a collection of panes that pro-
vide a single tool, or “one stop shop,” for configuring mobile PC settings. It then goes on to
look at specific presentation settings and how you would configure multiple monitors and net-
work projectors.
After this lesson, you will be able to:
■ Access and use the Mobility Center.
■ Turn presentation settings on and off.
■ Connect to an additional monitor.
■ Configure presentation settings for additional monitors.
■ Connect to a network projector and configure settings.
Estimated lesson time: 40 minutes
Using the Windows Mobility Center
The Mobility Center is available only on mobile PCs. It lets you quickly access your mobile
PC settings in one convenient location. You could, for example, check the status of your
wireless network connection, adjust the speaker volume, and adjust the display brightness
all from one location. You access the Mobility Center by clicking Mobile PC in Control Panel
and selecting Windows Mobility Center. You can also press the Windows logo key and the
X key simultaneously.
The Mobility Center, shown in Figure 13-1, is especially useful if you need to adjust settings so
you can use your mobile PC at your desk, at off-site meetings, or sitting in an airport. It lets you,
and users you support, adjust all the required settings from a single tool, rather than needing
to remember how to access each one from Control Panel. The Mobility Center on your mobile
PC might not have the same tiles that are shown in the figure.

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Figure 13-1 The Windows Mobility Center
Depending on your system configuration, the following tiles might appear in the Mobility Cen-
ter window:
■ Brightness Temporarily adjusts the brightness of your display. To adjust the display
brightness settings for your power plan, click the icon on the tile to open Power Options
in Control Panel.
■ Volume Adjusts the speaker volume of your mobile PC and lets you select the Mute
check box.
■ Battery Status Shows how much charge remains on your battery and lets you select a
power plan from the list.
■ Wireless Network Indicates the status of your wireless network connection and lets you
select a network to connect to or turn your wireless adapter on or off.
■ Screen Rotation Lets you change the screen orientation from portrait to landscape or
vice versa.
■ External Display Lets you connect an additional monitor to your mobile PC and cus-
tomize display settings.
■ Sync Center Lets you view the status of an in-progress file synchronization, start a new
synchronization, set up a synchronization partnership, and adjust your synchronization
settings.
■ Presentation Settings Lets you adjust presentation settings, such as the speaker volume
and the desktop background image.
If you need to access Control Panel to make additional adjustments, you can click the icon on
a tile to open Control Panel for that setting. If a tile does not appear, it might be because the
required hardware or drivers are missing.
NOTE Additional tiles
Your mobile PC manufacturer might add tiles to the Mobility Center. For more information, check
the manufacturer’s documentation or access the manufacturer’s website.
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Configuring Presentation Settings

Presentation settings are a collection of options on a mobile PC that you can apply when you
or a user you support needs to give a presentation. For example, you can change the volume
level and block notifications and reminders. Enabling presentation settings also blocks instant
messaging—the last thing a lecturer or salesperson wants is for private instant messages to pop
up on the screen when giving a presentation.
When presentation settings are turned on, the mobile PC stays awake and system notifications
and instant messages are turned off. You can also choose to turn off the screen saver, adjust the
speaker volume, and change your desktop background image. The settings can be automati-
cally saved and applied every time the computer is used to give a presentation, unless you, or
the computer’s user, manually turns them off. You can turn on presentation settings when
connecting the mobile PC to a network projector or connecting it to an additional monitor.
You can enable presentation settings by clicking Turn On in the Presentation Settings tile of
the Mobility Center. You can configure presentation settings at any time by clicking Presenta-
tion Settings in the Presentations Settings tile of the Mobility Center. Figure 13-2 shows the
Presentation Settings dialog box. You typically configure display and audio settings when con-
necting to an additional monitor or a network projector. You configure presentation settings in
the practice session later in this lesson.
Figure 13-2 Presentation Settings dialog box
Presentation settings automatically turn off when you disconnect a mobile PC from a network
projector or additional monitor or when you shut down or log off from the mobile PC. You can
manually turn off presentation settings by opening the Mobility Center and clicking Turn Off
in the Presentation Settings tile.
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Configuring Multiple Monitors
If you, or a user you support, are using a mobile PC to give a presentation or demonstration
to a small number of people—for example, in a conference room—it is usually sufficient to
connect a large monitor such as a wall-mounted plasma display or TV-type monitor to the PC
for this purpose. You can also treat a non-networked data projector as if it were an additional
monitor.
Also, smaller and neater mobile PCs have a limited screen size—probably acceptable for work-

ing on a train but inconvenient when working in the office. In this case, you can connect a sec-
ond, larger monitor for your own use.
You can connect an additional monitor to your mobile PC and configure presentation settings
for that monitor. These presentation settings are disabled when you disconnect the monitor
from the PC. If you have the appropriate hardware, you can connect multiple monitors to your
mobile PC and configure presentation settings for each of them.
If you connect an additional monitor to your mobile PC, Windows Vista might (depending
upon the monitor you connect) automatically detect the monitor and display your computer’s
desktop. You can then choose how you want your desktop to appear and customize the dis-
play settings, such as screen resolution and color depth.
If Windows Vista cannot identify the monitor, press the keyboard shortcut that opens the New
Display Detected dialog box by using the keyboard shortcut that turns on an additional dis-
play. In most mobile PCs this is FN+F5, but if this does not work on your mobile PC, check the
manufacturer’s documentation or go to the manufacturer’s website.
You can also use the Mobility Center to connect to the monitor by clicking Connect Display on
the External Display tile. If Windows Vista detects the new monitor, the New Display Detected
dialog box appears. The following display options are available:
■ Mirrored Mirrors, or duplicates, your desktop on each display that you connect. This is
the default display option and is useful if you plan to use your mobile PC to give a pre-
sentation on a data projector or a fixed display.
■ Extended Extends your desktop across all of the displays to which you connect. You
can use this if you want to increase your desktop area.
■ External Display Only Shows your desktop on each display to which you connect, but
not on the mobile PC display. You can use this if you are employing a mobile PC to give
a demonstration and want to conserve battery power. You can also use this option when
you play a digital versatile disk (DVD) on a mobile PC that supports full-screen video
playback on only one display.
If Windows Vista cannot identify the connected monitor but only the monitor type, it auto-
matically applies the last display settings that you used for that type of monitor and asks
whether you want to keep the settings. You can click OK to keep these settings; if you click

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Cancel or do nothing or if no settings are available for the type of monitor selected, the Display
Settings dialog box appears, as shown in Figure 13-3. You can then manually choose the dis-
play settings.
Figure 13-3 The Display Settings dialog box
Any time you want to change your display settings you can access the Display Settings dialog
box, shown in Figure 13-3, by opening Control Panel, clicking Appearance And Personaliza-
tion, clicking Personalization, and clicking Display Settings. You can also use this method to
install external monitors that Windows Vista does not automatically detect or to install more
than one external monitor. You manually configure an external monitor and extend your
desktop onto it in the practice session later in this lesson.
Quick Check
■ You want to play an educational video from the DVD-ROM drive on your mobile
PC on a wall-mounted plasma display. Your mobile PC supports full-screen video
playback on only one display. What display option should you select in the New
Display Detected dialog box?
Quick Check Answer
■ External Display Only
Using a Network Projector
A Windows Network Projector is a display device such as a conference room projector that
uses Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) over an Internet Protocol (IP) network (typically a
wireless network) to display the desktop of a Windows Vista-based mobile PC. Using this
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technology, you can quickly connect your mobile PC to a conference room projector over the
local wireless network.
MORE INFO Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP)
For more information about RDP, access
Although this article does not mention Windows Vista, the information it gives is valid for the
Windows Vista operating system (OS).
The following connection scenarios exist:

■ Infrastructure Network Connection The network projector is part of an organization’s
infrastructure. If it is on the same subnet as the computer you want to connect to it, you
can use the connection wizard or specify a Universal Naming Convention (UNC) path to
the projector. A step-by-step procedure for doing this is given later in this lesson. If the
network projector is a component in an Internetwork, you can identify it by using a URL.
■ Ad Hoc Connection Ad hoc connections were described in Chapter 7, “Configuring
Network Connectivity.” If you are at a meeting (for example, in a hotel conference room)
where you and other participants have formed an ad hoc network, a network projector
can be included in that network, enabling you or any other participant to give a presen-
tation.
■ Connection through a Network Projector Adapter If you or the organization for which
you work does not have a network projector, you can use an existing data projector for
that purpose by connecting to it through a network projector adapter. Typically, the
adapter connects to the network wirelessly but has a wired connection to the projector.
Figure 13-4 illustrates the various network projector connection scenarios.
Figure 13-4 Network projector scenarios
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MORE INFO Network projector design and specification
Microsoft issues specifications for the hardware and software design of network projectors. For
example, a wireless connection is mandatory, while a wired connection is optional. A network
projector consists of a data projector controlled by microprocessor and memory chips. The con-
trol section is in effect a built-in computer and is called the network projector server. If you want
more information about the network projector specification, access
/en-us/library/aa934274.aspx. This URL goes into much more depth than is required for the
70-620 examination.
You can use a network projector to support the following business scenarios:
■ Microsoft PowerPoint presentations with simple animations and still image display

■ Displays to a single projector (one-to-one connection)
■ Mirrored or extended display
A network projector uses RDP for display and can support wired or wireless network connec-
tions between the computer and the projector, although wireless is more common. It is impor-
tant to distinguish between a connection through a wired network between a computer and a
network projector, both of which are network components, and a direct connection through a
port between a computer and a (non-network) data projector. In the latter case, Windows
Vista treats the data projector as an additional monitor rather than as a network projector.
Connecting to a Network Projector
You can use the Connect To A Network Projector wizard to find a network projector by
searching for one on the network or by entering a projector’s network address (this can be
a UNC path or a URL, or you can use the network projector’s IPv4 address). If you search for
a network projector, the wizard can find it only if the projector is connected to the local sub-
net (the network segment that your computer is connected to). However, when you enter a
projector’s network address, the wizard can find the projector regardless of where it is
located on the network.
To open the Connect To A Network Projector wizard, click Accessories in the All Programs
Menu, and then select Connect To A Network Projector. Depending on your firewall settings,
you might then need to give permission to communicate with the network projector through
the firewall and clear a UAC dialog box. The Connect To A Network Projector wizard is shown
in Figure 13-5.
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Figure 13-5 The Connect To A Network Projector wizard
To find a network projector on your local subnet automatically, click Search For A Projector
(Recommended). The wizard searches, as shown in Figure 13-6.
Figure 13-6 The wizard searches in the local subnet
You can then choose from a list of available network projectors. Projectors you used recently
are at the top of the list. Projectors can be either security enabled (password-protected) or
unsecured. An icon beside the projector on the list indicates whether a password is required,
as shown in Figure 13-7.

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Figure 13-7 Security enabled and unsecured network projector icons
You connect to a projector by selecting it from the list and clicking Next. You then supply a
password if necessary.
If you know the network address of the projector and want to enter this directly, or if the pro-
jector is not on the local subnet, in the Connect To A Network Projector wizard, you can click
Enter The Projector Address. You then enter a network address for the projector and (if neces-
sary) a password, as shown in Figure 13-8. If the projector is on the same subnet as your com-
puter, you can enter a UNC address, such as \\myserver\projectors\myprojector. If the projector
is elsewhere on a network, you need to enter a URL—for example, http://myserver/projectors
/myprojector. You then click Connect to connect to the projector.
Figure 13-8 Entering the projector network address
Whether you choose to search for a projector or specify a network address, when you connect,
the Network Presentation dialog box opens and then minimizes on the Windows taskbar. You
can use this dialog box to pause or resume your presentation or to disconnect from the net-
work projector. When you have chosen and connected to a network projector, you can open
Unsecured network projector
Security-enabled network projector
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the Mobility Center and configure and enable presentation settings for that projector. You con-
figure presentation settings in the practice session later in this lesson.
Troubleshooting Network Projector Problems
In general, if you can connect to a network projector, it should work. Problems with network
projectors are mainly network connection problems, which were discussed in Chapter 7,
“Configuring Network Connectivity.” The following are common problems:
■ No projectors appear on the list when you search for projectors in the Connect To A
Network Projector wizard
First you need to make sure your computer is connected to a
wireless or wired local area network (LAN). To do this, you click Network on the Start
menu and then click Network And Sharing Center. If your computer is not connected to

the LAN, Not Connected appears. To see which network connections on your computer
are not working, click Manage Network Connections in the left pane of the Network And
Sharing Center. A red “X” on the connection icon indicates that the connection is not
working. If your computer is connected to a network but the Connect To A Network Pro-
jector wizard does not list any projectors, it is likely that the network does not include
any shared network projectors.
■ You connect to a network projector, but then nothing happens In this case, turn off the
projector, and then restart it. If this does not work, check whether someone else is
already using the projector.
■ You entered the correct network address, but the Connect To A Network Projector wizard
did not find the projector
If you are certain that the network address of the network
projector is correct, try turning off the projector and then restarting it. If the wizard
still cannot find a projector, try refreshing the Domain Name System (DNS) cache. To
do this, right-click Command Prompt on the Accessories menu, select Run As Admin-
istrator, and supply administrator credentials or click Continue as prompted to clear
the User Access Control (UAC) dialog box. At the command prompt, enter ipconfig /
registerdns. Restart the projector, and try to connect to it again.
MORE INFO DNS
For more information about DNS, see Chapter 7, “Configuring Network Connectivity.”
■ You click Resume in the Network Presentation dialog box, but your presentation does not
restart
Your computer’s central processing unit (CPU) might be busy with another sys-
tem task. Wait a few minutes, and try again. If the problem persists, examine CPU usage
as described in Chapter 7, “Configuring Network Connectivity.” Some presentations are
processor-intensive, and you might need to close down other processes or upgrade your
processor.
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■ A video clip in a presentation plays for a few seconds, stops, and then restarts Network
projectors are designed to transmit and display still images, such as photographs and

Microsoft PowerPoint slides, not high-bandwidth transmissions such as video streams.
The projector can transmit video, but the playback quality is sometimes poor. You might
need to upgrade your equipment or use a data projector or plasma TV screen that is
directly connected to your computer.
■ Firewall settings prevent connection If firewall settings block protocols or services that
are required for connection, you might need to configure the firewall on your mobile PC.
This tends to happen when third-party firewalls are enabled. You need to reconfigure
your firewall settings. Alternatively, you can try disabling the third-party firewall and
enabling Windows Firewall instead. If the DNS service is not working, the Search option
will not find a projector, and entering a UNC path or a URL will not work either. In this
case, if you know the IP address of the network projector, click Enter A Projector Address
in the Connect To A Network Projector Wizard, and then type in the IP address.
Practice: Connecting to an External Monitor and Configuring
Presentation Settings
In this practice session, you connect to an external monitor that is not detected automatically.
You can use the same procedure to connect to a plasma screen monitor or a directly connected
(non-network) data projector. You then enable and configure presentation settings.
 Practice 1: Manually Connecting an External Monitor and Configuring Colors and
Resolution Settings
In this practice, you connect a second monitor and extend the Windows Vista desktop to this
monitor. When Windows Vista detects the monitor automatically and applies the optimum
settings for this monitor, the procedure is trivial. However, you might be called upon to install
an older monitor or a lesser-known make of monitor that is not automatically detected. You
might also need to install several external monitors. For these reasons, you should be familiar
with the manual procedure.
Although this procedure does not require elevated privileges, an administrator is most likely to
carry it out. For that reason, the procedure asks you to log on by using an administrator
account.
1. Log on by using the account (Kim_Ackers) that you created when you installed Windows
Vista.

2. Connect an external monitor, and turn it on.
3. In Control Panel, click Appearance And Personalization, click Personalization, and click
Display Settings.
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4. In the Display Settings dialog box, shown in Figure 13-9, select the second monitor (the
box that contains the number 2), and select the Extend The Desktop Onto This Monitor
check box.
Figure 13-9 The Display Settings dialog box
5. Click Apply. Your second monitor should show a Windows Vista desktop, possibly at a
very low resolution and color setting.
6. Click Yes to keep display settings.
7. Click Identify Monitors. You should see a large “1” on your mobile PC monitor and a
large “2” on your external monitor.
8. In the Display Settings dialog box, ensure that your external monitor is still selected, and
configure a suitable Colors setting, as shown in Figure 13-10.
Figure 13-10 Configuring a Colors setting
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9. Move the Resolution slider to select a suitable resolution. Click OK.
NOTE Extended Display Identification Data (EDID)
Most modern monitors and projectors support Extended Display Identification Data (EDID).
This is a standard video data format that contains basic information about a display’s capa-
bilities, including maximum screen size, screen resolution, refresh rate, color depth, and ori-
entation. If a display is EDID-enabled, Windows Vista automatically identifies the display and
applies the appropriate display settings, so manually setting the color and resolution settings
is unnecessary. However, an EDID-enabled display will be detected automatically, and the
procedure described in this practice for manual setup will be required only if you are setting
up more than one additional monitor.
10. Click Yes to keep display settings.
11. Open the Windows Mobility Center.
12. In the Presentation Settings tile, in the Mobility Center, click Turn On.

13. Drag the Mobility Center window past the right edge of your mobile PC screen. It should
appear on the left side of your external screen.
 Practice 2: Configuring Presentation Settings
It is not essential that you carry out this practice directly after completing Practice 1, but you
will see the results of the procedure much more plainly if you do. For that reason, you are
asked to log on with the same account as before, although elevated privileges are not required
to complete this practice.
1. If necessary, log on by using the Kim_Ackers account that you created when you
installed Windows Vista.
2. Open the Windows Mobility Center.
3. In the Presentations Settings tile, click the icon beside either Presenting or Not Presenting.
4. If necessary, select the I am Currently Giving A Presentation check box.
5. If necessary, select the Turn Off The Screensaver check box.
6. Select the Set The Volume To check box, and move the slider to set volume as appropriate.
7. Select the Show This Background check box. Select a background—for example, Img8.
8. Ensure that the Position is Fit To Screen. The dialog box should look like Figure 13-11.
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Figure 13-11 Presentation settings
9. Click OK. The background in your external monitor should now be the one selected in
the Presentations Settings dialog box.
Lesson Summary
■ The Mobility Center provides a single tool for configuring mobile PC settings.
■ You can extend the display on a mobile PC to use an external monitor.
■ You can connect to a network projector to give presentations. Typically, this connection
is wireless.
■ You can configure presentation settings that apply to an external monitor, a network
projector, or both.
Lesson Review
You can use the following questions to test your knowledge of the information in Lesson 1,
“Configuring Mobile Display Settings.” The questions are also available on the companion CD

if you prefer to review them in electronic form.
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NOTE Answers
Answers to these questions and explanations of why each answer choice is correct or incorrect are
located in the “Answers” section at the end of the book.
1. Which of the following functions can you perform directly from the Windows Mobility
Center? (Choose all that apply.)
A. Mute the speaker.
B. Access offline files.
C. Select a power plan.
D. Turn presentation settings on or off.
E. Access Sync Settings.
F. Open your My Documents folder.
2. Which of the following functions can you perform from the Presentation Settings dialog
box? (Choose all that apply.)
A. Change the screen background.
B. Connect to a network projector.
C. Select a new screensaver.
D. Turn off system notifications.
E. Access a list of connected displays.
F. Set the speaker volume.
3. You are extending the screen of your mobile PC on to a second monitor. You connect the
monitor and access the Display Settings dialog box. You then click the icon for the sec-
ond monitor to select it. You notice that the icon for the second monitor is much smaller
than the icon for the first, and a colleague has advised you that you will get the best
results if both icons are approximately the same size. What control will resize the mon-
itor icon?
A. Identify Monitors. When Windows Vista identifies the second monitor, it will
adjust the size of the icon.
B. This Is My Main Monitor. To extend a Mobile PC display on to an external monitor,

you need to make this the main monitor.
C. Resolution. Increasing resolution increases the size of the icon.
D. Colors. Increasing color depth increases the size of the icon.
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4. You are connecting to a network projector so you can give a presentation at an off-site
meeting. You start the Connect To A Network Projector wizard and choose to search for
a network projector. The projector to which you want to connect appears on the list but
has a padlocked icon beside it. What does this indicate?
A. You can connect to the projector, but you will need to specify a password.
B. The projector is unsecured. You can connect to it, but this is at your own risk and
is not recommended.
C. The projector is turned off. You cannot connect to it.
D. The projector is on a different subnet. You need to specify a URL in order to con-
nect to it.
5. You identify a projector by using the Search function in the Connect To A Network Pro-
jector wizard but cannot connect to the projector. You try turning the projector off and
back on again and wait a short while, but then you still cannot connect. What should you
check next?
A. Whether the projector is on the same subnet as your computer
B. Whether someone else is connected to the projector
C. Whether the projector is showing streamed video
D. Whether the projector is security-protected
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Lesson 2: Configuring Mobile Devices
A mobile PC is, by definition, mobile, but it is not normally regarded as a mobile (handheld)
device. Users will travel on business with their mobile PCs and expect their work in progress
to travel with them. But a mobile PC, no matter how small and neat it is, probably does not fit
in a pocket or purse. PDAs, digital cameras, mobile camera phones, and even mp3 players and
digital sound recorders are computers in all but name. These devices are truly mobile—users
take them everywhere.

This lesson discusses both the synchronization between a mobile PC and a network server
and a PC (mobile or static) and mobile handheld devices. It also discusses SideShow devices—
computers within computers.
After this lesson, you will be able to:
■ Use the Microsoft Sync Center to synchronize network files.
■ Set up synch partnerships between mobile devices and computers.
■ Use the Windows Mobile Device Center (WMDC) to set up Windows Mobile part-
nerships and manage compliant handheld devices.
■ Configure and troubleshoot Windows SideShow devices.
Estimated lesson time: 55 minutes
Real World
Ian McLean
I’m told education isn’t as good as it used to be—but then it never was.
The nature of my rather strange mode of employment means that I travel at odd times.
Sometimes, as a result, I share a train with a crowd of young people going to or coming
from school. Usually, most of them spend the journey working with mobile devices—
some use mobile phones or music players, but most access PDAs. These kids are a seri-
ous bunch.
All around me I can see configuring and text-messaging. Spreadsheets surround me. Sty-
luses and young fingers blur as data is entered at speeds I could never match. When they
get to school, the students will be using computers during a high percentage of their les-
sons. After school they will use a home PC or a complex games console. Technology is
second nature to them.
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In 1970 I attended a postgraduate computer programming course. I didn’t even get to
see the computer, never mind being able to get my grubby fingers on it.
Today’s technically aware kids are educated. They continue their education on public
transport and just about anywhere else. Mobile devices are an integral part of their lives
and seldom out of their hands. These devices are much more powerful than the com-
puter I didn’t get to see in 1970.

Technology has changed education. The schoolchildren might not know that the plural
of stylus is styli and not styluses, as I typed earlier. You see, styli is not in their spellcheck-
ers. Nevertheless, they are unlikely to be freaked out by new devices coming on the mar-
ket. As an old traditionalist, I have only one complaint. Today’s kids are literate in text-
message abbreviation rather than English. Truly, text-messaging has a lot 2 &sr 4.
Using the Sync Center to Synchronize Network Files
If you, or users you support, store files in several locations—for example, on a mobile PC, on a
static computer (file server) in your company network, and on mobile devices such as portable
music players, PDAs, or mobile phones—keeping track of these files and ensuring that they
remain synchronized can be a major problem. If your users take their mobile PCs on business
trips or use them at home, they want to be sure that the files they are working on are the most
recent versions. When they return to base, they want any updates they have made to be imple-
mented in the files on the static office computer. Home users might want to synchronize music
files so that downloads they store on their Windows Vista computers are also available on
their portable music players.
Copying files manually can be tedious and is an irksome task when a user is in a hurry to get
home. It is error prone, and a user can all too easily copy an old version of a file over the most
recent version rather than vice versa, losing several hours of work. In Windows Vista, the eas-
iest, most efficient, and safest way is to sync files automatically by using Sync Center.
Sync is short for synchronization. In Windows Vista, sync is the process of storing two or more
matching versions of the same file in different locations. If you add, change, or delete a file in
one location, Windows Vista adds, changes, or deletes the same file in the other locations
whenever you choose to sync. Sync Center allows you to sync information between your com-
puter and mobile devices that you plug in to your computer or to which you connect wire-
lessly. It also permits you to sync information with files stored in folders on another computer
(on larger networks, a network file server). These files are called offline files because you can
access them even when your computer or the server is not connected to the network. You can
sync files with programs that support Sync Center.
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You can access the Sync Center through the Mobility Center. You can also open it from Acces-

sories in the All Programs menu. The Sync Center is shown in Figure 13-12.
Figure 13-12 The Sync Center
NOTE Windows Vista editions and network folders
The ability to sync with network folders is not included in Windows Vista Starter, Windows Vista
Home Basic, and Windows Vista Home Premium.
Each time you sync files between two or more locations, the Sync Center compares the files in
each location to see if they have changed. If the file details differ (one file was amended more
recently than the other), the Sync Center determines which version of each file to keep and
copies that version to the other location, overwriting the existing files at that location.
If the file details are identical, the Sync Center does nothing. If the Sync Center finds a new file
in one location (such as on a computer but not on a mobile device set up to sync with the com-
puter), it copies the file to the other location. If you delete a file in one location, Sync Center
deletes the file in the other location.
Sync Partnerships
To sync between your computer and a mobile device, or to sync your mobile PC with a static
PC that acts as a network server on a company network, you need to form a sync partnership.
Clicking Set Up New Sync Partnerships in Sync Center lists the available partnership devices,
as shown in Figure 13-13.
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Figure 13-13 Available sync partnership devices
You can set up a partnership by selecting a device on the list and clicking Set Up. Alternatively,
you can right-click a device and either access the device’s sync properties or click Set Up. Dur-
ing the setup process, you select the files and folders that you want to sync. Clicking View Sync
Partnerships in Sync Center lists the available partnerships. In Figure 13-14, we set up a part-
nership between the mobile device and the computer. You set up a partnership to sync offline
files in the practice session later in this lesson.
Figure 13-14 A sync partnership
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You can select the device and click Browse to view the files that the sync process has placed on
the device and to sync additional files. Figure 13-15 shows the files that sync has placed on the

device.
Figure 13-15 Files on mobile device
Sync partnerships can be one-way or two-way. In one-way sync partnerships, files are copied
from the primary location to the secondary location, but no files are copied back to the pri-
mary location. In two-way sync partnerships, Sync Center copies files in both directions to
keep the two locations in sync. Most sync partnerships are automatically set up to perform
either one-way or two-way sync (depending upon the device chosen). Some sync partnerships
let you select one-way or two-way.
You could set up a one-way sync partnership with, for example, a portable music player where
new music files you download to your computer are copied to the mobile device, but music
files are never copied from the mobile device to the computer. Typically, you would use two-
way sync partnerships when you sync offline files with another computer. Offline files are dis-
cussed in detail later in this lesson.
You can sync most types of files, including documents, music, and photographs. If your
mobile phone supports Sync Center, you can sync information such as schedules and con-
tacts. You can find out if your device is compatible with Sync Center by plugging it into your
computer and (if necessary) installing any software that came with the device. If your device
is able to sync using Sync Center, it appears in the list when you click Set Up New Sync Part-
nerships in Sync Center. If this does not happen, visit the device manufacturer’s website where
you might be able to download additional software that implements Sync Center support. The
device manufacturer must support Sync Center for sync to work.