Features
- Cover Type: Paperback with 552 pages
- Published by: Wiley
- Edition: 2nd Edition November 7, 2005
- Written in: English
- ISBN 10 Number: 0471747521
- ISBN 13 Number: 978-0471747529
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Book Dimensions:
9.6 x 7.4 x 1.4 inches
- Weighs: 1.8 pounds
Product Description
- From the #1 source for computing information, trusted by more than six million readers worldwide
- Shows Windows users how to turn off features they don't want, clean up the Registry after an uninstall, safely remove old drivers, use the Recovery Console after a crash, and much more
- Packed with authoritative advice and instruction, this latest edition includes more than 100 pages of new coverage and provides insight and suggestions for hundreds of third party tools and software for Windows XP
- New sections are the result of feedback from readers who asked for additional coverage of security, fighting spyware, disaster recovery, and more
Back Cover Copy
You wanted more Windows XP solutions.
Here they are
PC Magazine's Neil Randall heard you when you asked for more about Windows XP security, fighting spy- ware, and surviving a crash. This second edition includes more than 100 pages of new information about protecting your system, preventing problems, and rescuing data if something does go wrong. It also helps you optimize your Internet experience, understand permissions and policies, maximize Windows XP for small business use, and more, with recommendations for helpful utilities in every section.
Your questions find answers here
Neil Randall can tell you how to do everything with Windows XP- work with its programs, build a network, add hardware and software, make Windows XP the center of your Internet activity, and fix every major problem. And it's all right here.
Solutions for a safer, more efficient Windows XP
- Install firewalls and use anti-spyware and antivirus software
- Dodge disaster by knowing how to use System Restore
- Discover Windows' remote-control programs
- Explore creative and entertainment tools
- Customize the interface to meet your needs
- Add and remove hardware and software
- Understand Group Policy settings and learn how to protect your files
- Use XP's built-in support to set up a wireless network
Reader Reviews
This review is from: PC Magazine Windows XP Solutions (Paperback)
I've had the book for a couple of weeks now, and I keep learning new tricks. Most recently the book taught me how to create screen capture movies that I can e-mail to others. I'm using this trick mostly to create "here's how you do this" videos for my parents, which is a lot easier than trying to talk them through the computer challenge du jour over the phone. Probably the next most useful sections of the book for me have been the parts covering User Profile managment. I've never found those tasks to be intuitive in WinXP, and the book does a great job of showing me how I can finally get some benefit out of Profiles, rather than the headaches they've been giving me since I got WinXP. The book has other chapters on these topics, too: *Working With Digital Cameras *Making Videos *Recording & Ripping Music *Remote Control of Windows XP via the internet *Using Windows XP as an Internet Server Plus, of course, chapters on security, backups, installing hardware/software, and the other sorts of topics you'd expect from PC Magazine.
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