| Overview
Windows XP is the latest, most reliable, and best-looking version
of the world's most widely used operating system. The new Windows
combines the same stress-tested, extremely stable engine that
drives Windows 2000-Microsoft's corporate operating system-with the
far superior compatibility of Windows Me. Windows XP offers dozens
of important new features. In addition to the vastly more elegant
user interface, it offers drag-and-drop CD burning, powerful
built-in features for viewing and managing digital photos and
music, and a Remote Assistance feature that lets invited PC gurus
or help-desk technicians see and even manipulate what's on your
screen over the Internet. But one major failing of Windows remains
unaddressed in the XP edition: It comes without a single page of
printed instructions. In Windows XP Home Edition: The Missing
Manual, New York Times technology columnist (and Missing Manual
series creator) David Pogue provides the friendly, authoritative
book that should have been in the box. It's the ideal users' guide
for the world's most popular operating system. The book begins at
the beginning: with a tour of the Desktop, the new, two-column
Start menu, and instructions for customizing the Taskbar and
toolbars. A special focus: Organizing files, folders, and windows
for maximum efficiency and minimum clutter. More advanced chapters
explore each control panel and built-in application; walk through
every conceivable configuration (setting up a PC for Internet use,
peripheral equipment, laptop life, and so on); and setting up a
small network, including how to share a single Internet connection
among several PCs. Finally, special chapters are dedicated to
standard rituals of Windows life: troubleshooting, installation,
and upgrading. Windows XP Home Edition: The Missing Manual
is a one-stop reference for the Windows user. In keeping with the
high standards of the Missing Manual line, the book features superb
writing, special features for both absolute novices and power
users, and complete coverage. If Microsoft could wave its magic
software wand and wish for the perfect guide to its flagship
product, Windows XP Home Edition: The Missing Manual would
appear like magic.
Editorial ReviewsProduct DescriptionWindows XP is the latest, most reliable, and best-looking version of the world's most widely used operating system, combining the extremely stable engine of Windows 2000 with the far superior compatibility of Windows Me. But one major failing of Windows remains unaddressed in the XP edition: It comes without a single page of printed instructions. In Windows XP Home Edition: The Missing Manual, New York Times technology columnist (and bestselling Missing Manual series creator) David Pogue provides the friendly, authoritative book that should have been in the box. It includes witty, authoritative coverage of every feature, from the new two-column Start menu to setting up a small-office network and sharing an Internet connection among several PCs. |
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Reader Reviews From Amazon (Ranked by 'Helpfulness') Average Customer Rating: based on 30 reviews. Windows XP Home Edition, 2009-02-06 Reviewer rating: Excellent manual ... keep on my desk all the time. Has saved me some headaches that for sure. | Wonderful Series - Missing Manuals!, 2009-01-21 Reviewer rating: Pogue's idea of the Missing Manual series keeps rolling along. This is another of the great issues from the MM notion. Pogue has contributed something to the computer world that few can do - the idea of the Missing Manual.
This selection is just as good as the others. Pogue's Windows XP Home Edition is just as good as the others. No one, and I mean no one, can go wrong with a Missing Manual title - especially this one. Buy it!!! | Windows XP Home Edition: The Missing Manual (2nd EDition), 2008-08-31 Reviewer rating: Now, this is a must have for anyone with XP. It is well written, well researched, and totally understandable.Written in plain English with a humorous style,plenty of illustrations and easy to follow instructions.A 'newbie' like me, needs all the help he can get and this fills the bill.I have the Windows Vista Edition by the same author, have only had a quick look through it, but it should be just as enlightening. | good book, 2008-01-19 Reviewer rating: I recommend this book.
It is well organized, and informative, without being too informative. The author strikes a good balance between skipping important stuff, and getting the reader stuck in excessive detail. After reading the book, I felt comfortable in the new OS.
Another thing I liked about this book was its style. Manuals such as this can be so dull your eyes glaze over. The author uses a light-hearted style which makes you chuckle a few times. It is an easy read.
I liked the book so much that I actually went to the publisher's website to see if they had any other books I would be interested in.
If you are getting started in XP, this is a good book to read. | A useful and well layered owner's manual, 2007-12-05 Reviewer rating: This very well composed book is up to the mark set by the consistently excellent O'Reilly Publishing Co. to which Mr. Pogue's company is affiliated.
The book is written in a companionable, informal style; one is listening to a friend, not an instructor. There are numerous side bars and screen shots to add variety to the graphic presentation and all the internal cross references are correct.
Whether just starting out with a personal computer or an experienced user, there is ample material, presented in an intelligent manner, to earn a space for this manual on your bookshelf. |
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