Windows Vista For Dummies

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Windows Vista For Dummies
Andy Rathbone
Manufacturer: For Dummies
Product Group: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: 0471754218

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Book Description

Create music CDs and photo DVDs or even watch TV

Move your files to a new computer, or get your old PC ready for Vista

The thing that's made Windows For Dummies so successful is that it's packed with the basics you need to make Windows work. This book gets you through all the Windows Vista tasks and tripwires, including starting programs, finding files, navigating the new see-through interface, staying safe while you cruise the Internet, and much more.

Discover how to <ul>

Find files when they're hiding

Hook up with another computer

Make Vista work like XP

Block Internet bad guys

Share a PC without sharing your files

Fix problems yourself </ul>

Customer Reviews:

Vista Vs. XP.......2007-06-12

I was pleased with Andy's xp for dummies so I bought this one mainly for help installing old xp programs on vista ,but found very little help in that department.The rest of the book is very informative,but if you own the xp book you won't be impressed.

Excellent Reference.......2007-06-02

This book is simply wonderful for someone who buys a new computer with Vista preinstalled and, if you actually pay attention to the advice it gives, it will be a big help.

The most important thing with Vista is to create a Recovery Disk IMMEDIATELY. We didn't and had to wait for a week before we could buy one from HP. Meanwhile the computer sat like a paperweight.

Vista for dummies.......2007-05-13

this dummies book has been a great help being that I had no clue what Vista was and that is what my new Dell Laptop came with.

Love it!.......2007-05-12

Just like the previous Windows book I find it very helpful. I enjoy his humor, and it is easy to read. Andy Rathbone takes you step by step, and makes it understandable. I would reccommend it to anyone.

Finally, the Dummies Series is Kaput - R.I.P........2007-05-11

This marks the ultimate... although not the Windows Vista Ultimate edition!... of Dummies titles gone wrong.

What began years ago, Dos for Dummies, has turned into a mish-mesh of topics that do not relate, do not connect, and do nothing more than confuse newcomers.

As an advanced Windows user and programmer, I understood the concepts herein. It was my first exposure to Vista. But all through the book I kept wondering HOW anybody who does not already consider themself a master at operating systems could go from one point to the next.

The topics appear almost randomly.

The Dummies publisher does this intentionally, and it used to work because it would be a surprise and not a planned, contrived way to just look, well, dumb.

The more traditional titles, especially Sams Teach Yourself Microsoft Windows Vista All in One (Sams Teach Yourself), go out of their way to address BOTH the newcomer's needs as well as getting the more advanced user up to speed.

This Dummies title, and unfortunately many others these days, rely on their series gimmicks to fill the book and rely far less on content that will truly help the newcomer to the topic.

If you know Vista or don't, you will get little value. I do like the cartoons! And I do like the top ten lists, but is the book worth buying just for those?

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