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Fixing Windows XP Annoyances: How to Fix the Most Annoying Things About the Windows OS [Paperback]

David A. Karp (Author)
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Publication Date: 22 Mar 2006 | ISBN-10: 0596100531 | ISBN-13: 978-0596100537 | Edition: 1

Windows XP is the most popular operating system on the planet--and the most annoying. From incomprehensible error messages to inexplicable crashes, from wonky wireless setups to just finding a file, Windows can make your computing life a nightmare. But thanks to Fixing Windows XP Annoyances, you can banish the bugs, speed up operations, and just make Windows work right.

Inspired by author David Karp's Windows XP Annoyances for Geeks, this all-new tome pulls together tips, tricks, insider workarounds, and fixes for PC novices and pros, in a handy, accessible Q&A format that lets you find the solutions in a flash. Fixing Windows XP Annoyances will not only increase your productivity but lower your blood pressure. Karp's new book covers:

  • Setup and Hardware-Update Windows, reinstall Windows safely, speed up start up, resolve driver-hardware conflicts, and more.
  • Windows Interface-Navigate quickly, fix screen resolution problems, customize the desktop, and switch applications more quickly.
  • Windows Explorer-Force XP's file & folder management application to remember your view settings, save your default application choices, and get XP's Search tool to behave.
  • Multimedia-Having a problem playing a video or burning a CD? Want to do more with your digital photo collection? We have the answers.
  • Web and Email-Get a handle on spyware, spam and pop-ups; protect your privacy online; learn how to improve your online experience.
  • Wireless and Home Networking-Connect all your PCs; share Internet connections; share files and drives securely; make your wireless network purr; share network printers; and more.

If you're having a problem, just look through the Table of Contents for the annoyance that most closely matches your problem, or feel free to start thumbing through the pages. You'll likely find a fix to a problem you didn't even know could be solved.

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  • Paperback: 240 pages
  • Publisher: O'Reilly Media; 1 edition (22 Mar 2006)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0596100531
  • ISBN-13: 978-0596100537
  • Product Dimensions: 17.8 x 1.3 x 23.2 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,016,882 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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"This book gives an insight into how frustrated end-users can get when what should be simple and intuitive is anything but. It's required reading for any PC developer, especially those living in Redmont..." PC Plus, June 2006

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30 of 30 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Very handy if you're new to XP 18 April 2003
By Vodkasim
Format:Paperback
Great book if you know a little about Windows but want more detail than that offered in the 'Dummies' series. Takes you into and behind many of the key features common to Windows (registry, the start menu, right click context menus, speeding up startup and shutdown, backups, to name a few) and shows you not to be afraid, that it's not all that complicated and that you can really improve the how you use XP with loads of little tweaks.

I especially liked how it went into detail over many individual quirks, walking you through the changes required in a straightforward list-style manner. It also points out many shortcomings and, helpfully, lists measures necessary to work around them. Just off the top of my head, some really handy tips are listed with Explorer, backing bits of the registry before making changes, closing holes in XP security. The book is just packed with ways that you can adapt and adjust XP.

If you're at all a bit of a control freak who wants to know what all the 'secret rules' are for Windows XP and where they are hidden, then this book is probably for you.

Watch out for all the typos in the first edition though.

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22 of 22 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent hackers' guide to Windows XP 16 Jun 2003
By C. C. Williams
Format:Paperback
Windows XP is the best version of Windows but it isn't perfect. This is a guide to monkeying around with the system to make it work how you want it to and ranges from minor tinkering to major hacking. At the same time, it's a rather good user guide, at least from the perspective of the computer savvy user, covering such areas as the registry, performance, networking (the coverage of this is particularly good) and scripting. There are lots of nice touches as well - for example, the lists of BIOS settings and blue-screen-of-death error messages. This book goes very well with 'Windows XP in a Nutshell'.
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11 of 13 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Windows XP Annoyances 23 Sep 2003
By Mr. S. Gregory VINE™ VOICE
Format:Paperback
This is an excellent book, covers a lot of useful information. You will not probably follow all of the examples in the book but you will certainly pick out the ones suited to your preferences. It is very detailed about the examples and how they work.
The only thing that lets this book down is that there are quite a few spelling mistakes.
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