Features
- Cover Type: Paperback with 590 pages
- Published by: For Dummies
- Edition: 2nd Edition January 13, 2005
- Written in: English
- ISBN 10 Number: 0764578839
- ISBN 13 Number: 978-0764578830
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Book Dimensions:
8.9 x 8 x 1.3 inches
- Weighs: 2 pounds
Product Description
Computers were supposed to save us time, but Windows XP users know how often the opposite seems to be true. What if you could get a list of shortcuts that would save you time every single day?
Windows XP Timesaving Techniques For Dummies, 2nd Edition includes seventy of them, great tips and tricks that make Windows work faster, more reliably, and more like the way
you work.
Collected and tested by Windows guru Woody Leonhard, these timesavers are organized into groups of related tasks so you can quickly find the ones that will help you at any given time. You can set up your desktop and launch your programs in the way that makes sense for you, take back control of the Internet and e-mail, manage your music and visual media, and protect your system in a few simple steps. You’ll find no-nonsense advice on
- Eliminating irritating programs that start automatically
- Speeding up the restart or shutdown process
- Streamlining searches, the Start menu, and Outlook Express
- Strengthening your firewall and zapping scumware
- Adjusting your monitor to reduce eyestrain
- Reducing download time for photographs
- Enhancing the performance of your network
- Making online shopping faster as well as safer
- Scheduling maintenance chores to run while you sleep
From the most basic to somewhat advanced tricks designed for power users, this grocery list of timesavers has something for every Windows XP user— including you!
Back Cover Copy
Improve security, find files faster, and post pictures online
Over seventy techniques that help you save time by:
- Customizing the desktop and Start menu
- Speeding the restart or shutdown process
- Preventing automatic program launches
- Streamlining Outlook® Express
- Strengthening your Windows XP firewall
- Decreasing download time for pictures
- Zapping spyware, adware, and unwanted cookies
Reader Reviews
The machine I'm using to write this review is the slowest machine to shut down that I've ever seen. When I was first flipping through this book, I saw Technique 6: Shut Down, Restart, and Switch Users Quickly. It turns out that there is an undocumented feature built into XP called shutdown. The book says that the machine will shut down in half the time. I found that it shuts down much faster than that. It's clear that this fellow knows an awful lot about windows that I didn't know. I suspect no one is going to use all the techniques that he describes, but some of them are really helpful. His discussion of SPAM, for instance, is excellent. Unlike most of the For Dummies books, this one isn't for the absolute beginner. While his techniques are not difficult, they do presume that you have just a bit more knowledge than trying to find the on switch. This is a very helpful book.
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