Windows Vista All-in-One Desk Reference For Dummies (For Dummies (Computer/Tech)) | 
| Author: Woody Leonhard
Publisher: For Dummies
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Rating:  25 reviews
Sales Rank: 6271
Media: Paperback
Edition: 1
Pages: 792
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Dimensions (in): 9.2 x 7.4 x 1.8
ISBN: 0471749419
Dewey Decimal Number: 005.446
EAN: 9780471749417
ASIN: 0471749419
Publication Date: December 15, 2006
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Product Description
With Vista, Windows has had an extreme makeover. Many of the features that were old friends in Windows XP now look and act differently. And if you’re thinking of upgrading to Vista but haven’t done it yet, wow — there are eight different versions! How do you know which one to choose? That’s easy — look in Book One of Windows Vista All-in-One Desk Reference For Dummies. Windows expert Woody Leonhard starts off this everything-you-want-to-know-about -Vista guide by helping you choose the version that fits your needs. He follows that with minibooks Two through Nine, each devoted to one specific area — setting up, securing, and customizing Vista, going online, adding cool hardware, getting the most from multimedia, exploring Vista video, and setting up a network. You’ll find out about: -
Ripping and burning discs of data, music, or movies -
Organizing desktop files and folders -
Collecting and editing your digital photos in the Photo Gallery -
Controlling users, making backups, and maintaining your system -
Locking down your system to deflect spam, scams, spyware, phishers, and viruses -
Exploring alternatives to Internet Explorer -
Adding hard drives, printers, key drives, USB hubs, and other hardware -
Making movies, adding music to your iPod, and setting up Media Center Covering almost anything you will ever need to know for a long and happy relationship with Vista, Windows Vista All-in-One Desk Reference For Dummies is a guide you’ll refer to again and again.
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 Very Helpful Book March 11, 2007
Dr. James E. Tille (Lakewood, WA, USA)
30 out of 30 found this review helpful
I found the book Windows Vista All-in-One Desk Reference quite helpful in learning the new features of Vista. I wish I could say the same for Vista. It is a memory hungry, slow dog of a system. It was definitely released before it was ready. If I knew what I know now about drivers, slowness, and lack of a great deal of backward compatibility in the 32-bit version, I would have stayed with Windows XP Pro. Anyway, the book is a great help for me to use when I encounter some the silly built in features of Vista. Buy the book, if you plan to use Vista. It will help keep you sane.
Vista Bound January 22, 2007
Michael Kerner (Brooklyn, New York U.S.A.)
28 out of 31 found this review helpful
These days, everyone knows how to purchase a computer. Yet, while everybody does know how to get one, they just really don't knwo how to operate one. There are so many owners who've thrived at this point with Windows XP on their computers as the main operating system whether it is the original operating system, or the now popular media center edition, which is currently standard on all Windows XP computers. Yet, there has been so much hype now with the next operating system, Windows Vista. Nevertheless, it does work very well for some, others might not know whether to upgrade to the next edition. This book will help you decide that choice.
Windows Vista All-in-one For Dummies is a much more decresptive and reflective look into the next edition of Microsoft Windows. The version covers all the versions from the basic Vista, to the popular Media center edition. This book reflects on every aspect for the premium Vista user. The book teaches you how to operate on all the new chapters and changes in operating programs like the newest Internet Explorer 7, which including phishing filters for identity theft protection, and Windows Media Player 11, which includes the ability to download music from new music and video sites like Urge. The photos and the graphs give die hard wannabe Vista operators a real reflection of every aspect of knowing how to use anything for the system including the new interface, and the method of programming earlier programs that aren't as compatable to Vista.
All in all, Windows Vista All-in-One is a comprehensive reflection on the new upcoming operating sytem that is sure to give Windows users a run for their money. Before you decide to get the new version, you definitely should consider buying this and see how easy it can be to operate on your computer. I definitely recommend buying this a whole lot.
Price: B
Convience: B-
Photos and Graphs: B 1/2+
Overall: B
Great help with all sorts of questions. April 10, 2007
Joan E. Fogleman (Inverness, Fl)
21 out of 21 found this review helpful
I ordered this book for Windows Vista but figured I wouldn't really need it...Wrong. This book has answered a great many questions and helped me handle a few of the glitches that come in every new operating system.
I highly recommend it.
A Lot of Info, and Little Microsoft Hype December 29, 2006
John Matlock (Winnemucca, NV)
17 out of 23 found this review helpful
Let's see.
Vista is shipping to selected large customers, and in today's paper there is an article on a major security hole having been found. I guess Vista has made it after all.
So here's one of the big giant books on Vista. This is a For Dummies books, although a true dummy couldn't make sense out of it. I happen to like their style, and I happen to like Woody Leonhard's way of writing. For instance in discussing the various versions of Vista (there are eight) he says about 'The Ultimate' edition: 'Sure, it's a cool toy, but can live without it. Unless you absolutely have to get one of the games.'
It's nice to see an author who isn't totally committed to everything Microsoft says.
One point, Vista is going to require a fairly powerful computer: 1-GHz CPU, 1 GByte of memory (and 2 GByte is much better), and a DVD drive. (Vista comes on a DVD, not a CD.)
These are the kinds of things that abound in this book. It is organized as nine books, bound together in one volume. This enables you to find your way around fairly easily. If you are not interested in Multimedia, skip Book VII. If your first task is setting up a network -- Book IX.
One of the best Dummies so far May 22, 2007
M. Kirk (Acampo, California United States)
13 out of 15 found this review helpful
Windows Vista All-in-One Desk Reference for Dummies is one of the best
desktop reference books I now own. Came to my attention just in the nick of time when I was floundering around in the new Vista OS & solved one of my worst problems with the first chapter!
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