Windows® 2000 Secrets®

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Summary: No secrets.
Review: Windows 2000 has lots of secrets, but this book (unlike the first "Secrets" books) describes few of them. It is close to what the manual should be.

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Summary: Learning Windows 2000
Review: Windows 2000 operating system is no longer the latest and greatest, but there are still millions of PC's that have this system installed. For those who are new to Windows 2000 or for those who want answers to questions and/or guidance for ways to better utilize its features, this reference guide can prove to be very useful.

With this book, beginners, intermediate users, and advanced students of Windows 2000 can find answers to questions and valuable tips and other information on ways to make the system more useful. I know the Windows 2000 system pretty well, but I was still surprised by some of the information contained in this guide. There are features of Windows 2000 that I never knew existed until I read this book.

The pages of this guide include bullets, boldface text, screen shots, and other things you associate with a reference book. In the left- hand margin of each page, the book includes symbols that make it easy to find a particular reference point. Tips are designated by a light bulb, "secrets" are shown with a padlock, general notes are highlighted with a notebook and pen, etc. This makes it quick and easy to find these important highlights as you scan down each page.

This book would probably be a little better if it further expanded on some of the key topics and if it included even more screen shots to go with the user- friendly outline format. But this is still a very good reference guide regardless. It can help educate new users and it can show more advanced users some important ways to enhance their Windows 2000 operating system so that they can get the most out of it. There is a lot to be discovered with Windows 2000, and this guide helps lead the way to a better understanding.