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 Windows Vista for Starters: The Missing Manual

 

Published by: O'REILLY & ASSOCIATES
Author: David Pogue
Number of pages: 408
Group: WINDOWS VISTA
ISBN: 0596528264/9780596528263
User level: Beginner
Objective: Tutorial
Date Published: February 2007
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Fast-paced and easy to use, this concise book teaches you
the basics of Windows Vista so you can start using this
operating system right away. Written by "New York Times"
columnist, bestselling author, Emmy-winning CBS News
correspondent and Missing Manuals creator David Pogue, the
book will help you:

Navigate the desktop, including the fast, powerful and fully
integrated desktop search function
Use the Media Center to record TV and radio, present photos,
play music, and record all of these to a DVD
Breeze across the Web with the vastly improved Internet
Explorer 7 tabbed browser
Become familiar with Vista's beefed up security, and much
more

Windows Vista is a vast improvement over its predecessors,
with an appealing, glass-like visual overhaul, superior
searching and organization tools, a multimedia and
collaboration suite, and a massive, top-to-bottom
security-shield reconstruction. Every corner of the
traditional Windows operating system has been tweaked,
overhauled, or replaced entirely.
Aimed at new and experienced computer users alike, Windows
Vista for Starters: The Missing Manual is right there when
you need it. This jargon-free book explains Vista's features
quickly and clearly -- revealing which work well and which
don't.