- Paperback: 192 pages
- Publisher: O'Reilly Media; 1 edition (26 Dec 2002)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0596004257
- ISBN-13: 978-0596004255
- Product Dimensions: 17.8 x 10.8 x 1.4 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 937,297 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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"The book is well laid out and considering that much of it is filled with lists of commands and settings, it is easy to follow. The author has reduced the potential dryness of the subject matter by including helpful tips among the text and giving examples where relevant." - Steve Boniwell, HP/Works
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Windows XP Pocket Reference is a handy book for power users and system administrators who need a solid reference with quick answers, but not a lot of explanation. This book is a powerful tool that quickly covers XP's applications and tools, tasks and settings, and commands.
Windows XP Pocket Reference covers the following topics:
- Getting Started
- Mouse and Keyboard Shortcuts
- Components of Windows XP
- Setting Locator
- Registry Tweaks
- Command Prompt & Recovery Console
- Error Messages
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Packed with information and extensive in its coverage,
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At 180 pages, this is one of the longer O'Reilly pocket guides, but not a sentence is wasted and the information is organised in an accessible manner. The largest section is an alphabetic "component" reference, but there is also a good settings locator (better, I'd say, than the one in 'Windows XP Annoyances') and a fairly decent command prompt reference. Note, however, that this is book is not essential if you have 'Windows XP in a Nutshell' and, given the choice, I would spend the extra few quid on the 'Nutshell' book.
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Finally, a pocket guide for the knowledgable user,
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This review is from: Windows XP Pocket Reference (Paperback)
I was surprised and pleased to discover the amount of thought that has gone into this little book. In addition to a rapid 'getting started' section, there's a lot of attention to the types of things I frequently need to look up, such as where a setting is found or what the syntax of an command is. But I was most interested in the last chapter, a "security checklist," which helps close all the "back doors" (as the author puts it) in my system. A bargain and a great find!
25 of 25 people found the following review helpful:
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The little book that could!,
By Robert L. Stinnett - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Windows XP Pocket Reference (Paperback)
I must admit, when I first saw the size of this book I thought that it was just going to be another half-hearted attempt at a reference manual for the basics of Windows XP. In fact, so sure I was of this, I let it sit on my shelf for over a month before I bothered to read through it. Was I ever wrong...This book covers a wide range of tasks under Windows XP. Everything from how to schedule tasks, to how to setup user accounts, even an entire section devoted to Windows XP security! The book does a good job of grouping each tip by category, and then going straight into detail with the tips: How do I do it; What are the benefits of doing it; What are the options for doing it? Advanced topics in this book get into how to use the recovery console (a godsend when needed!), how to boost performance through registry settings, even how to get down to the "brass tacks" of your system through some little-known command-line utility (such as diskpart, a disk partitioner -- something even I had no idea existed until I read about it). The only thing this book is missing would be a handy "tabbing" along the right side of the book to make it quick to finger over to a particular section. However, the content of this book more than make up for this minor flaw. This book is good for the moderate to advanced user of Windows XP. It covers many of the advanced tasks and not-so-subtle features that you will find in the OS, including such details as giving a handy class-id listing for common objects under XP. A good "pocket book" for anyone who uses Windows XP on a daily basis. 17 of 17 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
The little book that could!,
By Robert L. Stinnett - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Windows XP Pocket Reference (Paperback)
I must admit, when I first saw the size of this book I thought that it was just going to be another half-hearted attempt at a reference manual for the basics of Windows XP. In fact, so sure I was of this, I let it sit on my shelf for over a month before I bothered to read through it. Was I ever wrong...This book covers a wide range of tasks under Windows XP. Everything from how to schedule tasks, to how to setup user accounts, even an entire section devoted to Windows XP security! The book does a good job of grouping each tip by category, and then going straight into detail with the tips: How do I do it; What are the benefits of doing it; What are the options for doing it? The only thing this book is missing would be a handy "tabbing" along the right side of the book to make it quick to finger over to a particular section. However, the content of this book more than make up for this minor omission. This book is good for the moderate to advanced user of Windows XP. It covers many of the advanced tasks and not-so-subtle features that you will find in the OS, including such details as giving a handy class-id listing for common objects under XP. A good "pocket book" for anyone who uses Windows XP on a daily basis. |
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