The smart way to learn Windows Vista one step at a time! Updated with expanded coverage, this deluxe edition covers all of the latest Windows Vista features. You ll discover the smartest ways to stay organized with Windows® Mail, Windows Contact, Windows LiveTM Messenger, Windows Meeting Space, Windows Calendar, and Windows SidebarTM. You ll also learn how to work with graphics and documents by using Windows Paint, NotePad, and WordPad. Even more, learn how to have fun with Windows Vista and your digital media creating home videos and more! Plus, you still get coverage of the fundamentals of working with Windows Vista, including how to navigate the new user interface and how to use Instant Search to find anything on your desktop! Work at your own pace through the easy numbered steps, practice files on CD, helpful hints, and troubleshooting help and learn how to manage files and folders to simplify your work, hook up printers and other devices, and connect to the Internet. You will also discover how to use security-enhanced features to help protect your PC. The companion CD includes skill-building practice files, eBooks, and more! With STEP BY STEP, you can take just the lessons you need or work from cover to cover. Either way, you drive the instruction building and practicing the skills you need, just when you need them!

Key Book Benefits

Learn how to use Windows Vista by taking just the lessons you need or by working from cover to cover you set the pace

Features easy-to-follow lessons and hands-on skill-building exercises

Includes expanded coverage: Windows Mail, Windows Contacts, Windows Live Messenger, Windows Meeting Space, Windows Sidebar, and more

Includes a companion CD with skill-building practice files, an eBook, and sample chapters from other popular books

Amazon.com® Reader Reviews (Ranked by Helpfulness)

Average Amazon.com® Rating:  Based on 4 Ratings

Windows Vista Step by Step - 2008-05-23
Reviewer Rating:
Excellent book. Better than expected. I would recommend this book to anyone who wants to learn the Windows VISTA operating system. Very easy to understand.

Learning about Microsoft Vista - 2008-09-25
Reviewer Rating:
I picked this book based on the topics covered in the table of contents, and the book's layout. It was as good as similar books of this type, but seemed to have a better layout. For an XP user much of this book is redundant, since Vista for the most part is not very different from XP.

I would have liked some devoted chapters that only addressed what is different in Vista. This would be a fast track for one that is going from XP to Vista. Then for those that are new to both operating systems, the remaining chapters can cover all the functions that are common to Vista and XP.

The book's style can be a bit obtrusive in that, the topic headings, and procedural step numbering stand out too much, and smothers the content.

Having said that, this book is still a very good choice, and better than the others.

Step by step - 2009-05-18
Reviewer Rating:
I purchased this book due to the fact in the review it stated would assist in studying for the 70-621 Microsoft exam. I found very little info that would help pass that test. Overall, the book should have been called "The Idiots guide to Vista". Good information in the book just not designed for the test.

Vista help - 2009-04-06
Reviewer Rating:
We all know Vista and the pain it causes. This helped my pain. Good information in a usable format.

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