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Title: Special Edition Using Windows XP Home Edition, Bestseller Edition by Robert Cowart, Brian Knittel ISBN: 0-7897-2851-6 Publisher: Que Pub. Date: 13 September, 2002 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $44.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.7 (10 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: A REALLY useful and practical book!
Comment: I was VERY pleasantly suprised by this book: it actually tells you things you NEED to know and HOW to do it (in *detail*)!
I've been a professional in the computer industry for 20 years and buy all kinds of technical books on a regular basis (although I'd don't believe I've bought a Que book before). Normally I end up getting poor value - two or three useful bits of information for an entire book. I think this is due to the fact that authors generally just rehash the manual and have little genuine insight into the technology they're writing about. This is most definitely not the case with Robert Cowart and Brian Knittel. I found the book packed with really useful practical information that I haven't seen elsewhere. For example, the sections in the book dealing with Hone Networking, Internet Connection Sharing and network Security are brilliant!!
Using the detailed information in this book I've been able to get my home network, cable modem and gateway router internet connection sharing set up working (securely) with no problems at all. Other books I've purchased tell you only in the vaguest of terms to "install network hubs and cabling" without providing the real details (probably because they've never done it themselves). Robert and Brian's book tell you EXACTLY what to do. For instance, how to wire-up an RJ-45 plug (which colour wires go into which holes - I've not seen this described anywhere else and without this information I'd have been completely stumped!). The book also saved me plenty of problems with its excellent coverage on security. In fact, I took the book into work and spoke to our network administrator about a couple of points in the book and he obviously found it an eye opener as he borrowed it for a day!
I very strongly recommend this book.
Rating: 5
Summary: A valuable XP resource
Comment: When you upgrade to Windows XP, you can learn the new features by fumbling through the miniscule manual that comes with the software, struggle with the software's non-intuitive help menu, or read a good third party book. If you opt for the latter, Que's Special Edition Using Windows XP will quickly get you up and running with XP. The book is written in easy to understand language, well organized, and tells you everything you need to know about XP, including customizing the XP interface and setting up a network. You'll also learn how to optimize your system's performance and use XP on the Internet.
The book itself is an excellent well written resource and comes with a bonus CD where the authors lead you through a series of video presentations that show you how to get the most out of XP. It's like having your own personal XP tutors, but at a fraction of the cost. I can highly recommend this book and CD ROM combo to anyone who wants to cut to the chase and learn XP quickly and thoroughly.
Rating: 5
Summary: Great Intoduction to Concepts with Plenty of Detail
Comment: I sat down and read its 950+ pages from cover to cover. It is well written and organized and is successful in 2 ways. First, it offers an excellent overview and explanation of arcane and cryptic things like the Windows registry, disk partitioning, and Network Address Translation in a way that suffices perfectly for the educated but causal user who wants to know more about his computer. Secondly, it provides detailed descriptions of specific thing a user can do, from monitoring CPU usage to sharing files across networks to configuring the desktop. There are also numerous troubleshooting sections where you can learn what to do when things inevitably go wrong. I have been using Windows for 5 years and XP for 4 months, and only just decided to educate myself about all it can do. This book added tremendously to my knowledge, and I feel inspired to learn even more. Now I can diagnose problems more easily, plan new computer projects, and save money on software, since a lot of software that is available does things that Windows can do already. Highly recommended for anyone who is not already a power user.
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Title: Windows XP Tips & Techniques by Walter J. Glenn, Rowena White ISBN: 0072223340 Publisher: Osborne/McGraw-Hill Pub. Date: 26 March, 2002 List Price(USD): $39.99 |
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Title: Peter Norton's Complete Guide to Windows XP by Peter Norton, John Paul Mueller, John Mueller ISBN: 0672322919 Publisher: SAMS Pub. Date: 29 October, 2001 List Price(USD): $44.99 |
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Title: Easy Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition by Shelley O'Hara, Kate Shoup Welsh, Kate Welsh ISBN: 0789726599 Publisher: Que Pub. Date: 15 December, 2001 List Price(USD): $19.99 |
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Title: Windows(R) XP Home Edition: The Complete Reference by Margaret Levine Young, John R. Levine ISBN: 0072226641 Publisher: McGraw-Hill Osborne Media Pub. Date: 23 October, 2002 List Price(USD): $39.99 |
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Title: Windows XP Home Edition: The Missing Manual (O'Reilly Windows) by David Pogue ISBN: 0596002602 Publisher: Pogue Press Pub. Date: 06 May, 2002 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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