Microsoft's Windows Vista will open up for its users a whole new way of using their PCs. With plenty of screenshots to guide users along the way, respected author Chris Fehily takes readers through Vista's breakthrough capabilities, including its new user interface, Sidebar, Internet Explorer, Media Player, anti-spyware, Mail, SideShow, and photo-sharing capabilities; as well as all the new enhancements included in the Service Pack 1 update. Windows Vista Service Pack 1 will deliver improvements and enhancements to the existing Vista features that will significantly impact customers, and this book is the quickest way to mastering them! The updates in Windows Vista SP1 cover quality improvements (reliability, security, and performance), support for emerging hardware and standards, and more. Windows Vista SP1 will include improvements that target some of the most common causes of crashes and hangs, giving users a more consistent experience.
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Microsoft's Windows Vista will open up for its users a whole new way of using their PCs. With plenty of screenshots to guide users along the way, respected author Chris Fehily takes readers through Vista's breakthrough capabilities, including its new user interface, Sidebar, Internet Explorer, Media Player, anti-spyware, Mail, SideShow, and photo-sharing capabilities; as well as all the new enhancements included in the Service Pack 1 update. Windows Vista Service Pack 1 will deliver improvements and enhancements to the existing Vista features that will significantly impact customers, and this book is the quickest way to mastering them! The updates in Windows Vista SP1 cover quality improvements (reliability, security, and performance), support for emerging hardware and standards, and more. Windows Vista SP1 will include improvements that target some of the most common causes of crashes and hangs, giving users a more consistent experience.
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Chris Fehily is a writer and consultant living in San Francisco.
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By J. Roddy
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This book is a great way to help with Windows Vista , a clear guide to all novices like myself. Borowed it from the library and was so impressed I bought one
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covers every question on vista I had
19 July 2008
By Suz
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I bought another book earlier from local bookstore I thought would answer my questions but it was pretty and was easy to understand but partly cause it was so shallow. Was good for someone that was new to all operating systems and not just xp.
Calling this a quick start guide is misleading but might be a good selling point. I was looking for something that could guide me thru the differences of vista and xp and this is it.
I am so used to vista now I hardly remember xp even tho it is only been around a month. If something didn't work intuitively I could just open this book. What really sold me on this book was the look inside option, I could look at the table of contents and see that it was just what I was looking for.
Great reference, so far it has answered everything I needed to know.
Calling this a quick start guide is misleading but might be a good selling point. I was looking for something that could guide me thru the differences of vista and xp and this is it.
I am so used to vista now I hardly remember xp even tho it is only been around a month. If something didn't work intuitively I could just open this book. What really sold me on this book was the look inside option, I could look at the table of contents and see that it was just what I was looking for.
Great reference, so far it has answered everything I needed to know.
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Microsoft Windows Vista by Chris Fehily
19 Mar 2010
By Slow Poke
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This book is the best one I've found for Vista and includes references and information not specifically from Microsoft, and therefore not included in the Microsoft Vista manual. The writing style is quite readable. Also, my buying experience from Amazon was first rate.
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Quick Start Guide to Vista 2nd edition
23 May 2008
By L. Hickok
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Couldn't live without it. Know XP like the back of my hand, but Vista is so obtuse. Probably meant to be easy for first time users. However, this book eliminates having to jump through so many hoops to get things to work. Didn't want Vista on my new computer, but took it because I teach computers, and thought I should keep up with technology. Still haven't found any advantage of Vista over XP, I also have the Visual Quick Start Guide to MAC OS Tiger and found it very useful. "The Missing Manual - Switching to the MAC" has also been extremely helpful to one who thinks XP and needs to translate to "MAC Speak" .
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