Windows? 95 SECRETS? - Softcover

Livingston, Brian; Straub, Davis

3.38

13 ratings by Goodreads

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0764530704 ISBN 13: 9780764530708

Publisher: Wiley, 1997

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Windows 95 secrets 4th Edition "You can't get the beast to run? Does the Registry need CPR? ... Don't boot up without Windows 95 Secrets." — Robert Luhn, Computer Currents Now in its fourth edition, the internationally acclaimed Windows 95 Secrets contains hundreds of invaluable inside techniques for optimizing your operating system. Experts Brian Livingston and Davis Straub have spent more than three years taking apart Windows 95. With precise and detailed instructions, they reveal the many undocumented features and time-saving shortcuts that will help you realize the promise of Windows 95 — from installing and configuring software to connecting to the Internet and networking. Optimize your Windows 95 performance!

Use shortcuts to open your system and files
Customize your startup, desktop settings, and file management system
Edit the Registry to change underlying parameters
Run and optimize your DOS applications
Install new plug-and-play devices without conflicting with your existing peripherals
Create briefcases to edit and update files on both your desktop and your laptop
Take full advantage of Windows' built-in dial-up networking capabilities
Configure your computer as a networking client
Connect to the Internet with Internet Explorer

Try out Livingston's and Straub's top 275+ picks of high-performance freeware and shareware for Windows 95 Internet and Web Publishing Tools

Communication Tools
Mail Clients and Utilities
Dial-up Networking Tools
Remote Computing Tools
FTP Clients
Internet Suites
Web Browsing and Authoring Tools
HTML Editors
Networking Tools

Productivity Tools and Utilities

Automation Tools
File Managers and Compression Tools
Memory and Benchmarking Tools
Virus Protection Software
Calendar and Time Management Programs
Personal Finance Managers
Database Managers
Graphics and Text Editing Tools
Programming Tools

Multimedia, Games, and More ...

MS Power Toys
Desktop Enhancements
Onscreen Notes and Stickies
Presentations and Slide Shows
Video and Animation Tools
T-shirt Designs
Exercise Programs

Shareware programs are fully functional, free trial versions of copyrighted programs. If you like particular programs, register with their authors for a nominal fee and receive licenses, enhanced versions, and technical support. Freeware programs are free, copyrighted games, applications, and utilities. You can copy them to as many PCs as you like—free—but they have no technical support.

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Review:

If you've ever installed Windows 95, reinstalled Windows 95, wished you had never installed Windows 95, or are stalled just at the thought of Windows 95, you need this book on your shelf. Windows 95 Secrets, Fourth Edition, is the kind of reference book that operating systems should ship with. Since it may be awhile until that day comes, it's good to know that someone is publishing the information.

The authors fill each chapter with plenty of tips and tricks that range from the cosmetic to the utilitarian. You'll discover how to configure every facet of the Windows 95 interface, including those New Age startup and shutdown graphics. You'll also learn many keystroke and mouse tricks to zipping around the desktop and browsing the hard drive more efficiently.

This book brings the hazy world of the Registry to light with clear guides to editing and managing the files. Windows 95 Secrets lists and explains the available Windows 95 upgrades, expansion packs, and "unofficial" utilities, such as Power Toys, right up front, so you can make sure you're running the latest version with all of the coolest and most useful gadgets.

Previews of Internet Explorer 4.0 shell integration features pepper the entire volume. Windows 95 Secrets also reports on the functionality you can expect when the operating system and the Web browser collide. However, the author marks the juiciest tidbits with icons that indicate tips, undocumented features, and secrets. These tidbits are excellent skimming aids if you want to go straight to the good stuff.

About the Author:

About the Authors Brian Livingston is the author of IDG Books Worldwide's bestselling Windows 3.1 Secrets, MORE Windows 3.1 Secrets, and coauthor of Windows 95 Secrets, 3rd Edition, Windows 95 Secrets, Gold, and Windows Gizmos. His books have been published in more than 20 languages. Mr. Livingston is also a contributing editor of InfoWorld and Windows Sources magazines. Davis Straub, coauthor of Windows 95 Secrets, 3rd Edition and Windows 95 Secrets, Gold, has written over 200 magazine articles. Former president of Generic Software, developer of Generic CADD, Mr. Straub is currently a multimedia software developer.

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