TechTV Microsoft(R) Windows XP for Home Users - Softcover

Louderback, Jim

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0789726513 ISBN 13: 9780789726513

Publisher: Que Pub, 2001

Synopsis

This guide for the beginning to intermediate home user describes the features of the new home edition of Microsoft's Windows XP. Coverage includes managing files, surfing the web with Internet Explorer, installing Windows XP on portable PCs, building a small home network, and recovering from system crashes. Louderback is the editorial director of TechTV, a cable television channel devoted to technology industry news. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

About this title

About the Author

Jim Louderback is vice president and editorial director of TechTV. Louderback is responsible for overseeing the network's technical content. Prior to TechTV, Louderback was vice president and editorial director of PC Week (now eWeek), editor-in-chief of Windows Sources, and the director of PC Week Labs.

Louderback grew up in the Northeast. He graduated from the University of Vermont, where he studied mathematics, and holds an MBA in computer applications from New York University.

He is an avid outdoorsman who enjoys living on the Northern California coast where his favorite activities are hiking and sailing.

From the Back Cover

TechTV's Microsoft Windows XP for Home Users is written in a lighthearted and conversational style but at the core is clear, practical information. This book shows readers how to customize and configure their systems, how to prevent and fix problems, how to add hardware and software, and how to have fun with Windows XP by exploring its many features. The entertaining style makes it fun to read, but readers will come away feeling as if the have learned a lot, too. It is assumed that most readers will have this software, although someone might buy the book as an introduction to Windows XP before upgrading from an earlier version. This book focuses almost exclusively on Windows XP and how earlier versions worked differently.

Reviews

These four guides approach Microsoft's newest operating system (which may or may not be generating requests at your library) from different perspectives. TechTV focuses only on Windows XP Home Edition yet assumes some familiarity with previous Windows versions and is more appropriate for upgraders or those buying an additional PC than for first-time Windows users. A valuable addition to XP collections, it will supplement more basic guides. On the other hand, Teach Yourself, Norton's, and Unleashed clearly target intermediate to advanced users and include information on both XP Home and Professional editions. A self-study resource for patrons who quickly need to get up to speed with XP, Teach Yourself is a solid series addition, with helpful summaries, Q&As, quizzes, and exercises. Norton's is a characteristically thorough reference packed with tips for power users and resources for further information. Unleashed mostly covers Windows XP Professional and features useful appendixes on related topics such as TCP/IP, but it is less clear and less detailed than Norton's. All three will suit larger public libraries with a business and technical population. [For more reviews of XP titles, see Computer Media, LJ 11/1/01. Ed.]
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Edition details

• Publisher: Que Pub
• Publication date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0789726513
• ISBN 13: 9780789726513
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 380