New Perspectives on Microsoft Windows XP, Comprehensive, 2005...

Features

• Cover Type: Paperback with 616 pages
• Published by: Course Technology
• Edition: 2nd Edition February 21, 2005
• Written in: English
• ISBN 10 Number: 0619268182
• ISBN 13 Number: 978-0619268183
• Book Dimensions: 10.7 x 8.4 x 0.9 inches
• Weighs: 2.8 pounds

Product Description
New Perspectives on Windows XP-Comprehensive, 2005 Service Pack 2 Update offers new coverage on how to protect your computer using the new Security Center features that are part of Windows Service Pack 2, including the Windows Firewall, Automatic Updates, and Virus Protection. This critical information ensures that students are prepared to protect their PCs from security and privacy threats.

About The Author
June Parsons and Dan Oja purchased their first computer, an Apple II+, in 1981 and quickly became fluent in BASIC, dBASE II, Lotus 123, WordStar, and a variety of accounting programs. The next year, they opened a successful small computer retail store that also offered software instruction to children and adults. June taught at the university level for more than twenty years and has a doctorate in Educational Technology and was certified by the ICCP in 1995.

June and Dan began writing and creating educational software for Thomson Course Technology in 1992, contributing to the Windows for Business and Illustrated series, and developing the New Perspectives, e-Course, and Practical series. They work via Internet connections with a team of highly-skilled media specialists and desktop publishers located in various states and provinces.

Patrick Carey received his M.S. in Biostatistics from the University of Wisconsin, where he worked as a researcher designing and analyzing clinical studies. He co-authored his first textbook on using Excel as a statistical tool. Patrick has authored or co-authored over twenty academic and trade texts for the software industry.

Lisa Ruffolo has been a technical writer and editor for over twenty years, with a recent emphasis on operating systems. She also teaches professional development courses in technical writing at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and is an avid gardener in her free time.