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Title: Windows XP in a Nutshell by Tim O'Reilly, Troy Mott, David A. Karp ISBN: 0-596-00249-1 Publisher: O'Reilly & Associates Pub. Date: April, 2002 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.25 (12 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Excellent reference for Windows XP
Comment: If you want a single source reference for Windows XP, this is it. It is written for someone who is familiar with Windows and computers, yet needs more information about the new features of XP.
The book methodically goes through all of the Windows XP features in an easy to read fashion.
There are also a lot of configuration settings that are useful, but nonetheless hard to find from Microsoft.
Overall, an excellent reference.
Rating: 5
Summary: Perfect Handbook for the Technically Inclined
Comment: This book suits my purposes perfectly. If you are comfortable with computers, if you like details, if you get frustrated with the fluff in most Windows OS books, then this book is for you, too.
The book is well organized, nicely formatted, and printed to the usual O'Reilly standards. The text I've read is clear and brief.
It is a very complete, but dense, reference. The biggest section is a 250-page listing of XP applications and tools and how to use each one--applets, control panels, disk tools, network tools, games, task manager, address book, etc. If itcan be used from the command line, details are included for that as well. There is special 50-page index just for this section where you can look up concepts and tasks to find the right tool.
It also includes:
Full documentation on all the usual console commands.
A good introduction to the registry and what you can do with it.
Everything you really need to know about Windows Script Host.
Full listing of keyboard shortcuts.
Notes on Power Toys you can download from Microsoft.
Keyboard Equivalents for special characters.
A list of file extensions in common use.
Keyboard shortcuts (accelerators) by key and by function.
Descriptions of all the services that are available with XP.
Does that sound great, or what?
Rating: 5
Summary: Valuable resource for tweaking and using XP
Comment: This book does a great job of covering the middle ground between a book for novices and a techie's manual. It covers the basics briefly and moves on to the details useful to an experienced Windows user. It even goes into scripting and into the Registry, topics for expert users, but that's at the end of the book so it doesn't get in the way of the things the typical reader will want to know. It's exceptionally well organized and reasonably well-indexed. The typeface is crisp -- other computer books look they were mimeographed -- and the screen captures are reasonably clear, although color would make them better. The website lists errata and changes in the 3rd edition -- a nice feature. (I have the first edition.)
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Title: Windows XP Annoyances by David A. Karp ISBN: 0596004168 Publisher: O'Reilly & Associates Pub. Date: 08 October, 2002 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
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Title: Windows XP Pocket Reference by David A. Karp ISBN: 0596004257 Publisher: O'Reilly & Associates Pub. Date: December, 2002 List Price(USD): $9.95 |
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Title: Windows XP Hacks by Preston Gralla ISBN: 0596005113 Publisher: O'Reilly & Associates Pub. Date: 22 August, 2003 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: Windows XP Pro: The Missing Manual by David Pogue, Craig Zacker, L. J. Zacker ISBN: 059600348X Publisher: O'Reilly & Associates Pub. Date: January, 2003 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
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Title: Microsoft Windows XP Inside Out by Ed Bott, Carl Siechert ISBN: 0735613826 Publisher: Microsoft Press Pub. Date: 25 October, 2001 List Price(USD): $44.99 |
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