Windows Vista: The Missing Manual

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Windows Vista: The Missing Manual
David Pogue
Manufacturer: O'Reilly Media, Inc.
Product Group: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: 0596528272

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Book Description

Windows Vista is Microsoft's most important software release in more than a decade. It offers users an abundance of new and upgraded features that were more than five years in the making: a gorgeous, glass-like visual overhaul; superior searching and organization tools; a multimedia and collaboration suite; and above all, a massive, top-to-bottom security-shield overhaul. There's scarcely a single feature of the older versions of Windows that hasn't been tweaked, overhauled, or replaced entirely.

But when users first encounter this beautiful new operating system, there's gonna be a whole lotta head-scratchin', starting with trying to figure out which of the five versions of Vista is installed on the PC (Home, Premium, Business, Enterprise, Ultimate).

Thankfully, Windows Vista: The Missing Manual offers coverage of all five versions. Like its predecessors, this book from New York Times columnist, bestselling author, and Missing Manuals creator David Pogue illuminates its subject with technical insight, plenty of wit, and hardnosed objectivity for beginners, veteran standalone PC users, and those who know their way around a network. Readers will learn how to:

<ul>

Navigate Vista's elegant new desktop </li>

Locate anything on your hard drive quickly with the fast, powerful, and fully integrated search function </li>

Use the Media Center to record TV and radio, present photos, play music, and record any of the above to DVD </li>

Chat, videoconference, and surf the Web with the vastly improved Internet Explorer 7 tabbed browser </li>

Build a network for file sharing, set up workgroups, and connect from the road </li>

Protect your PC and network with Vista's beefed up security </li>

And much more.</li></ul>

This jargon-free guide explains Vista's features clearly and thoroughly, revealing which work well and which don't. It's the book that should have been in the box!

Customer Reviews:

A bit lightweight.......2007-06-12

I'm a pretty experienced computer user. I found this book a bit light weight for my needs. If the author had cut out all the, not as funny as he thinks, jokes, a lot of trees could have been saved.

OK for beginner/intermediate user.

The layout of the book is very good. It definitely has eye-appeal. (Seems superficial but I find this really affects whether I like a book or not).

NOT really that good.......2007-05-25

I hate to break up the love fest for this book, but this isn't really such a good book. There are better books for both admins and power users, and Pogue is a MAC GUY to boot. This is the only computer book I've ever returned.

Exactly what I needed!.......2007-05-18

Although not a complete computer novice, Vista is several operating systems newer than the one on my old computer, (which I never really learned to use anyway because I've always had a Resident Techie around, until now.) This is exactly the book I needed! As the subtitle on the cover states, this is The Book That Should Have Been in the Box.

Since I've been out of the loop so long, I started at the beginning and picked up lots of information I needed to know in the "up to speed" sidebars. After five minutes, I felt confident enough with author David Pogue's explanations and instructions to skip to the index, and to the problem that had prompted my purchase of the book: The first day with my new computer, I'd accidentally uninstalled the RSS Feed Gadget while attempting to get it to update news headlines.

The Help menu and the new Vista search feature were so unhelpful, I'd even gone through files individually to see if I could find it. (not a total loss, since I found an old favorite, Minesweeper.) After five minutes with the Missing Manual, I not only found and reinstalled the Gadget, but learned I have to subscribe to a feed to make it display current headlines. (Who knew? It had current headlines on it the first day.)

David Pogue's writing style is so good, and his instructions are so clear, I'm looking forward to sitting down and reading the book cover to cover so I don't miss anything. I'll never need a resident techie again!

The Essential Manual.......2007-05-12

I'm so glad I bought this book. It's hard to believe that no manual ships with the new operating system. The other Windows upgrades were not so different that you needed specific information. I'm a person who likes to have a reference book handy. Wading through help menus in the system does not always result in finding answers to your questions. I recommend this manual to both the novice and the expert.

Good Work, Here...........2007-04-21

To my mind, the concept of a an Operating System as complex as Vista NOT coming with a manual is absurd. David Pogue's work here is essental -- at 800+ pages, thicker than the Minneapolis phone book, you're pretty much guaranteed an answer to any Vista-related question which might cross your mind. Good work, here. Truly, the book that should have been in the box. Well done.

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