Product Description

You’re beyond the basics so dive right in and really putyour PC to work! This supremely organized reference is packed withhundreds of timesaving solutions troubleshooting tips andworkarounds. It’s all muscle and no fluff. Discover how th

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #117781 in Books
• Brand: Microsoft
• Published on: 2007-01-17
• Platform: No Operating System
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: 3.70 pounds
• Binding: Paperback
• 1132 pages

About the Author
Ed Bott is an award-winning journalist and one of the most recognized
voices in the computing world. He's been working with and writing about
Windows for more than 15 years. Carl Siechert has coauthored several
Windows-related books, including Microsoft Windows Security and Networking
Inside Out with Ed Bott. Craig Stinson is contributing editor for PC
Magazine. He has written or coauthored more than 15 books, including
Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional Expert Companion.

Customer Reviews

Not what I needed
I'm just a home user and this book did provide some useful tips. Where it fell short though was when it came to giving 'easy to understand' descriptions of how things in Vista work. All I wanted to know sometimes was how to just do the simplest of things in the quickest way - I don't really want to know all the technical details - but I found myself having to read many things over and over before i got the gist of what was being explained.

I know most people are probably more into computers than i am and maybe they need to know all the technical stuff. I guess I just got the wrong guide.

It is nicely written and laid out though and for people who are IT professionals it will probably make much more sense than it did to me.

Business or Home?
If you are an IT pro looking for inforamtion on Vista, this is NOT the book for you. Unlike the [..] it does not contain any information on how to deploy Vista using automated setups, sysprep etc. Nor does it contain any information about domain integration, group policy or enterprise system management.

For home users there is plenty about how to configure your media player, how to do an in place upgrade etc. I give it 2 stars only for the home user. 0 for the IT pro.