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| Windows Vista All-in-One Desk Reference For Dummies (For Dummies (Computer/Tech)) | 
 enlarge | Author: Woody Leonhard
Publisher: For Dummies
Category: Book
List Price: $29.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  21 reviews
Sales Rank: 4192
Media: Paperback
Edition: 1
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 792
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.5
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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| Customer Reviews:
Save me from VISTA December 29, 2007
Thank you for helping me try to survive with this challenging product is all I will say, boy oh boy no wonder the Apple commercials are getting so much airtime.
 Shallow for nine books December 28, 2007
4 out of 5 found this review helpful
I am warming to Vista but not because of this book. I thought it would be a good reference but it's pretty shallow. When I've had questions, the answers often aren't in the book; e.g., I just wanted to change file associations today, can't find that in index, briefly mentioned in Chapter 3 which says go to Book I, but it's not really there. Finally, I just used the built-in help. Two ways to do it, not bad!
The Dummies style is often cute, but here is the thing: Vista is an operating system and I just want the answers I don't really want the long-winded cuteness and this author has too much style. The book is over 700 pages, far as i can tell, because several hundred pages seem like folksy anecdote or anti-MS (he's really steamed about the lack of default extensions)...
My main criticism, and maybe i just misunderstood the book so i don't know if this is fair, is that I expected 9-in-1 to be a comprehensive Vista reference but (i) it doesn't cover certain things at all/in depth an (ii) much of the other "books" are really basic and about other stuff (e.g., internet, podcasting). So maybe this is a good introduction for someone who hasn't used Windows before and the associated tools, but as a reference, i am reaching for the built in help
Easy read December 21, 2007
I purchased for my wife to use with her new laptop a vista.
She seems to enjoy the writing style and I see her with it frequently
Worth buying.
 Filled with complaints...Why not just go to Slashdot? December 18, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I bought this book thinking I'd get more familiar with Vista, since some of my clients may have it. Instead, I find the guy proselytizing about "software as a service," DRM, anti-competitive behavior, bloat, and everything else you can hate Microsoft for. While many of his criticisms are valid from my perspective, they have nothing to do with a reference or introduction to Vista, and I was very disappointed.
 good resource September 29, 2007
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
I purchased this book to use to get acquainted with my new vista software. It helped me to solve some small inital problems. But as I read through the book it showed me lots of ways to make my computer work better for me. It is a great reference book. It is something I will pick up and check as I continue to work with vista.
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