Overview
* The proven, step-by-step format of the 50 Fast series shows readers how to master fifty easy and useful Windows XP techniques* Ideal for anyone who already uses Windows XP, but wants to learn helpful techniques that will improve their computing skills and save them time and effort
* Topics covered include improving performance with toolbar enhancements, stretching laptop battery life, using system restore points, setting up wireless networking, encrypting files, playing music and videos, and many more
* Shows readers how to customize Windows XP and make it work the way they want it to work-not the other way around
Synopsis
Windows XP is the world’s most popular operating system, but what good is that if you can’t make it do what you want it to? These quick and easy techniques will help you customize the interface, boost system speed, banish Internet pop-ups, work with digital media, become a wireless whiz, and much more. Each is fully illustrated so you can learn them in minutes and use them to save hours.
Your guide to amazing results with Windows XP
- Control startup items, manage memory, and change the way files open
- Track errors and events and learn to make backups
- Discover how to extend the life of your laptop battery
- Move between the new and classic interfaces
- Perform regular system tune-ups, create multiple partitions, and set up dual monitors
- Configure a network, diagnose network problems, and do wireless networking
- Protect your system with firewalls, learn how to encrypt files, manage cookies, and eliminate spyware
- Explore Windows XP’s digital media features and learn how to chat in real time using pictures and sound
Editorials
From Barnes & Noble
The Barnes & Noble ReviewYou could do thousands of things to improve your Windows XP experience. But who’s got time for that? What if someone picked out 50 tasks that would help you run Windows more safely, more productively -- and maybe even have more fun? Keith Underdahl’s done it.
This book gives you the top tips and techniques for everything from wireless networking to multimedia. We suspect you’ll especially jump on the security tips. (Squash pop-ups. Manage cookies. Truly delete a file, with no stray fragments.) But there’s lots more.
Restore your PC to how it behaved before it went haywire. Edit movies. Stretch notebook battery life. Stock your jukebox. In just a few hours, you could do most of this -- and you’d be a much happier user. Bill Camarda
Bill Camarda is a consultant, writer, and web/multimedia content developer. His 15 books include Special Edition Using Word 2003 and Upgrading & Fixing Networks for Dummies, Second Edition.