- Paperback: 706 pages
- Publisher: Pogue Press; 2 edition (30 Nov 2004)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0596008988
- ISBN-13: 978-0596008987
- Product Dimensions: 23.5 x 17.7 x 3.5 cm
- Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 697,634 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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With the release of Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2), Microsoft latest and most reliable corporate desktop operating system now provides better protection against viruses, worms, and malicious hackers. SP2 includes Windows Firewall, Pop-up Blocker for Internet Explorer, and the new Windows Security Center. But it still comes without a single page of printed instructions.
This superbly written guide fills the gap. Coauthored by David Pogue, New York Times technology columnist and Missing Manuals creator, Windows XP Pro: The Missing Manual uses wit, technical insight, and scrupulous objectivity to light the way for first-time and intermediate network and standalone PC users. In fact, this jargon-free book explains XP's features so clearly revealing which work well and which don't that it should have been in the box in the first place.
The book reveals which features work well and which don't, such as the Remote Desktop software that enables people to connect to the office from home, the encryption file system that protects sensitive information, and the Windows Messenger that enables real-time text, voice and video communication. Contents include:
- Getting started. The book's early chapters cover using menus, finding lost files, reducing window clutter, and taming the new, multi-column Start menu.
- Mastering the network. Special chapters help you navigate the corporate network, dial in from the road, and even set up your own small-office (peer-to-peer) network, step by step.
- Understanding security. User accounts, file encryption, and the NTFS file system keep your private files private, while still offering network access to coworkers you specify.
- Flying the Net. This book demystifies Outlook Express 6 for email, Internet Explorer 6 for Web browsing, and the new Windows Messenger for voice, chat, and video conferencing.
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Completely refreshed and updated for Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2), this bestseller is for the novice or budding power user who wants to master Microsoft's latest operating system and get down to work. This is easily the most accessible and comprehensive book for XP Pro on the market today.
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67 of 70 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I've got a few of David Pogue's book's all of then have been good. As a long time windows user (since Win95) I thought I knew everything about windows well I don't!! This book covers XP pro with service pack 1. The book has lots of little things such as shortcuts that I never realised XP had or could do. XP isn't just fancy window dressing after all. All the subjects are covered well with humour scattered here and there. It's not a in-depth book for pros listing every little detail of this and that but after reading it you'll be a power user for sure.
7 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I thought this book was going to be full of things Microsoft don't tell you such as hints and tips. But no, its stuff they don't tell you because most of it is insanely obvious. Like minimising and maximising or adding a Printer. Microsoft are probably just saving paper by not printing this sort of stuff. If you're a complete newbie to Windows buy it. If you're looking for stuff they don't tell you, like (well I'm not sure now because I didnt find it here!).
This book will NOT make you and XP expert. At best it might save you from embarrasment.
This book will NOT make you and XP expert. At best it might save you from embarrasment.
11 of 18 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Again a good book full of information and again nothing much written by Microsoft dont they want you to know how to use their software? send a copy of this to Bill Gates Amazon!
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