| Windows Vista: The Missing Manual | 
 enlarge | Author: David Pogue
Publisher: Pogue Press
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  39 reviews
Sales Rank: 2795
Format: Illustrated
Media: Paperback
Edition: 1
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 848
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.7
Dimensions (in): 9.1 x 7 x 1.5
ISBN: 0596528272
Dewey Decimal Number: 005.446
EAN: 9780596528270
ASIN: 0596528272
Publication Date: December 27, 2006
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Product Description
Windows Vista is Microsoft's most important software release in more than a decade. It offers users an abundance of new and upgraded features that were more than five years in the making: a gorgeous, glass-like visual overhaul; superior searching and organization tools; a multimedia and collaboration suite; and above all, a massive, top-to-bottom security-shield overhaul. There's scarcely a single feature of the older versions of Windows that hasn't been tweaked, overhauled, or replaced entirely. But when users first encounter this beautiful new operating system, there's gonna be a whole lotta head-scratchin', starting with trying to figure out which of the five versions of Vista is installed on the PC (Home, Premium, Business, Enterprise, Ultimate). Thankfully, Windows Vista: The Missing Manual offers coverage of all five versions. Like its predecessors, this book from New York Times columnist, bestselling author, and Missing Manuals creator David Pogue illuminates its subject with technical insight, plenty of wit, and hardnosed objectivity for beginners, veteran standalone PC users, and those who know their way around a network. Readers will learn how to: Navigate Vista's elegant new desktop Locate anything on your hard drive quickly with the fast, powerful, and fully integrated search function Use the Media Center to record TV and radio, present photos, play music, and record any of the above to DVD Chat, videoconference, and surf the Web with the vastly improved Internet Explorer 7 tabbed browser Build a network for file sharing, set up workgroups, and connect from the road Protect your PC and network with Vista's beefed up security And much more. This jargon-freeguide explains Vista's features clearly and thoroughly, revealing which work well and which don't. It's the book that should have been in the box!
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 A much needed manual April 5, 2008
I purchased this book for a friend and he told me that it was very helpful
 Here's the missing Manual April 5, 2008
This is a great reference book. They're right, it should have been in the box. A must have to save time figuring out the little quirks Vista has. Very easy read.
Information you need March 9, 2008
This book gives you all of the answers you need for all levels of computer users. Excellent inforamtion and easy to read. Also amusing and light, now like a test book.
 Not as helpful as I would have thought March 8, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
As a big fan of David Pogue in the NY Times, I was greatly disappointed with this very lengthy book. What I, and most people trying to learn Vista, need to know, is how to accomplish the tasks we used in previous operating systems in Vista...this book did not help at all.
Comparing the "old" methods, with hints for how to do it in the "new" system would have been a good first chapter...particularly how to transfer data files without the use of a hired computer Guru.
A must for Vista Users February 29, 2008
An excellent resource for anyone using Windows Vista as their operating system. The book is extremely well-written by an obviously knowledgeable person, but is written in such a way that it is easily understood by a wide range of Vista users, from the novice to the "power user". Of particular value to me was the frequent inclusion of illustrative sample Windows screens to supplement the text. Mr. Pogue's writing skills bridge the gap that can often exist between a text book on a technically based topic and a book that can hold the reader's interest in an entertaining manner.
Since I made the leap from Windows ME to Vista, the Missing Manual has proven to be an invaluable aid that has allowed me to progress at a much faster rate in my understanding of this operating system. It has proven to be far more helpful than the "Help" dialogue provided by Microsoft in Vista!
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