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Summary: Good reference material
Review: This is a great book for reference in general. It covers XP across the board and gives some good defenitions. I was impressed at how it gives you step by step instructions for installing all versions of XP. Including OEM versions on a new hard drive. It also explains some of the new technologies that Microsoft has incorporated into XP such as the NTFS file system. This book has helped me as a newbie to XP navigate my way around this new OS. I would buy this book if you are new to XP Home or Pro.
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Summary: Windows xp bible
Review: very well written book on windows xp. Very informative and easy to read and understand. Covers everything on windows xp home and there is a section for windows xp professional. Definately a must have book for anyone using windows xp.
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Summary: Aimed at a mass audience
Review: WinXP is one of Microsoft's main operating systems. Aimed at a mass audience, it is probably more crash resistant and easier to use than its predecessors.
Its uses are probably innumerable, due to such a large user base. But the book tries to group the uses into various broad areas. Like printing documents or editing a document. You get a quick introduction to WordPad, for the latter usage. Simpson walks you through easy stuff like changing the font family, size and style. Deliberately, the editing program is WordPad, not Microsoft Word. Simpson shows enough to get you started, without overloading you with too many options. In fact, even in WordPad itself, I don't think he shows all its capabilities.
These days, of course, a big reason for having a PC is to hook it to the Internet. Some would claim, and Microsoft fears precisely this, that the main value of a PC is for just this purpose. Anyway, Simpson devotes several chapters to your Internet interaction via XP. Like using the browser (IE of course) and sending and getting email.
Lots more stuff is also discussed. Well explained, with a minimum of jargon.
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