Book Description
Windows XP Home Edition offers dozens of new features for consumers: an elegant user interface, drag-and-drop CD burning, and powerful ways to view and manage digital photos and music, among other features. With the release of Service Pack 2 (SP2), Windows XP now provides better protection against viruses, worms, and malicious hackers. But it still comes without a single page of printed instructions. Fortunately, the new edition of Windows XP Home Edition: The Missing Manual fills the void. With its wealth of tips, instructions, and expert advice, this comprehensive resource is your ticket to making your time at the computer safer, easier, and more fun. And best of all, it's been updated to include detailed coverage of Service Pack 2. Written in easy-to-follow, jargon-free language, Windows XP Home Edition: The Missing Manual, Second Edition is perfectly suited for both first-time PC fans and budding power users. And like the rest of the Missing Manual series, it also relies on technical insight, crystal-clear objectivity, and a sense of humor--meaning no one will be left behind. The book begins with a tour of the Desktop and instructions for customizing the Taskbar and toolbars. It also includes a primer on how to organize files, folders, and windows for maximum efficiency. More advanced chapters explore control panels and built-in applications; walk through configurations like how to set up a PC for Internet use; and address the standard Windows rituals of troubleshooting, installation, and upgrading. For the height of manageability and control, the book also conveys all the need-to-know information about the security technologies featured in Windows XP SP2, so you can better defend yourself against viruses, worms, and hackers. Readers even receive guidelines and instructions for installing SP2 on their PC, or across a network of computers. Co-authored by David Pogue, New York Times computer columnist and Missing Manuals creator, this newly updated guide is the friendly, authoritative book that should have been in the box. It's sure to become your preferred guide whenever you sit down to Windows XP.
Windows XP Home Edition: The Missing Manual FROM OUR EDITORS
The Barnes & Noble Review
Imagine the perfect Windows XP Home manual. Thorough, but no wasted words. Well organized. Fun to read. Practical. Up-to-date. Full of shortcuts. Focused on what you really need to know. On a scale of 10, David Pogueᄑs Windows XP Home Edition: The Missing Manual, Second Edition easily hits 9.9.
Pogue covers everything from finding files to uploading digital camera photos, from playing Internet radio stations to controlling notebook power settings. He offers efficient techniques most Windows users simply havenᄑt explored (from right-click shortcuts to, occasionally, the command line). And he covers pretty much all of Windows XPᄑs sprawling set of components: Internet Explorer, Outlook Express, MSN Messenger, Windows Media Player 10, Movie Maker 2, Windows Firewall, you name it. Heᄑs hit the sweet spot -- in content, usability, and even price. Bill Camarda, from the March 2005 Read Only
FROM THE PUBLISHER
Windows XP Home Edition offers dozens of new features for
consumers: an elegant user interface, drag-and-drop CD
burning, and powerful ways to view and manage digital photos
and music, among other features. With the release of Service
Pack 2 (SP2), Windows XP now provides better protection
against viruses, worms, and malicious hackers. But it still
comes without a single page of printed instructions.
Fortunately, the new edition of Windows XP Home Edition: The
Missing Manual fills the void. With its wealth of tips,
instructions, and expert advice, this comprehensive resource
is your ticket to making your time at the computer safer,
easier, and more fun. And best of all, it's been updated to
include detailed coverage of Service Pack 2.
Written in easy-to-follow, jargon-free language, Windows XP
Home Edition: The Missing Manual, Second Edition is
perfectly suited for both first-time PC fans and budding
power users. And like the rest of the Missing Manual
series, it also relies on technical insight, crystal-clear
objectivity, and a sense of humor--meaning no one will be
left behind.
The book begins with a tour of the Desktop and instructions
for customizing the Taskbar and toolbars. It also includes
a primer on how to organize files, folders, and windows for
maximum efficiency. More advanced chapters explore control
panels and built-in applications; walk through
configurations like how to set up a PC for Internet use; and
address the standard Windows rituals of troubleshooting,
installation, and upgrading.
For the height of manageability and control, the book also
conveys all the need-to-know information about the security
technologies featured in Windows XP SP2, so you can better
defend yourself against viruses, worms, and hackers.
Readers even receive guidelines and instructions for
installing SP2 on their PC, or across a network of
computers.
Co-authored by David Pogue, New York Times computer
columnist and Missing Manuals creator, this newly updated
guide is the friendly, authoritative book that should have
been in the box. It's sure to become your preferred guide
whenever you sit down to Windows XP.