Special Edition Using Microsoft Windows Xp Professional

Explains how to perform everyday tasks and how to customize a desktop, set up a home network, manage digital media, and publish files on the Web.

Written for and by real-people-While many authors spend time trying to impress the reader with their technical expertise, Bob and Brian drive right to the point with clear, natural language that their readers have come to love and expect. Their books explain deep technical concepts in a way that is truly meaningful to people who have better things to do with their lives than pour over stately and obtuse computer tomes. Hands-on, roll-up-your-shirt-sleeves advice. Bob and Brian don't just tell readers how to use the Windows features and point them elsewhere for networking or hardware advice. In.

If you want to go beyond the basics of learning the Windows XP operating system, this is the book for you. "Special Edition Using Microsoft Windows XP Home, 3rd Edition" has been updated to include Service Pack 2 features and coverage of Windows XP Media Center. Windows XP Home touches everything you do with your computer, so this book is full of hands-on, roll-up-your-shirtsleeves advice that will help you learn to choose, install and configure network hardware and software for Windows XP. Topics include: Gettins Your Hardware and Software Ready for Windows XP Using the Simple Supplied Application Internet and TCP/IP Connection Options Chatting and Conferencing with Windows Messenger Creating a Windows XP Home Network Network Security Troubleshooting and Repairing Windows XP and More! Expert authors Robert Cowart and Brian Knittel will help guide you through Windows XP so that you'll never need another Windows XP book again!

Windows XP is the unification of the Windows 95/98/Me and Windows NT/2000 worlds. Windows XP signals the end of the divisions between 16 and 32 bit code, legacy code, NT code, and incompatible drivers between classes of Windows. This text is for beginner to intermediate knowledge level people purchasing OEM machines with Windows XP pre-loaded, those upgrading from Windows 98 to Windows Me and SOHO, and small business users. It explains technical concepts, and helps you choose, install and configure network hardware and software that work with Windows.

Explores the Microsoft Windows XP interface, covering the batch file language and documenting the commandline utilities.

The authors have turned Windows Vista inside out, shook out all the loose parts and figured out just what makes this beast tick. This resource features hands-on coverage of installing, configuring, and surviving on a Windows Vista-based network.

A guide to the integrated software package for experienced users delves into hundreds of undocumented secrets, hidden tools, and little-known field codes.