Naked Windows XP

By Dan Gookin

At Last A Book for Intermediate Users Do you find Windows XP frustrating? You're not alone. Best-selling author Dan Gookin lays bare the best (and worst) of Windows XP in this book for users who want to work faster, easier, and smarter. If you want real help dealing with Windows XP's imperfections, take a deep breath and let Dan be your guide. Using easy-to-follow instructions, Dan reveals alternative (and better) ways of completing particular tasks, shows you how to use powerful productivity-increasing commands, and teaches you how to configure Windows to suit your needs. You'll also learn how Windows works so that you can always remain one step ahead of it. Dan Gookin's Naked Windows XP transforms you into a more expert, dynamic, and headache-free user. Expert Advice That Will Change Life As You Know It (for the Better) * Why the System Configuration utility is a buried treasure...and what it can do for you * Whipping Internet Explorer into shape * Dinking with and wrangling the Taskbar * Sending the Quick Launch bar to obedience school * Fixing, pruning, and grafting menus * Making the Desktop your own * Protecting files from death, destruction, or mere accidental erasure * Teaching the Notification Area to obey your whim * Secrets and solutions for working with images and graphics * How MediaPlayer's playlists can make your life easier * Curing those Internet connection blues * How to say "No " to spam * Disk management chores you really need to do * And much more

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0782140769
• ISBN13: 9780782140767
• Release Date: May 2002
• Publisher: Sybex
• Length: 464 Pages
• Weight: 1.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 7.4" x 9.2"

Customer Reviews

Must have for XP users

When I bought my new computer it came with Windows XP, being a long time Win 98 user I quickly learned to hate XP. It wouldn't run many of my programs and I couldn't navigate around it. The next best purchase I made was this book!This book is written for those you have a working knowledge of Windows. If you have no experience with a computer and can't use a mouse, get one of the "For Dummies" books first or one of the free cd's you see advertised on tv to gain a basic knowledge. Gookin doesn't waste your time with chapters on how to move the mouse, etc. Instead he gives you an in depth view of the capabilities of XP. Much time is spent on alternate ways to accomplish tasks and on the new and versatile XP. I have to admit that I now do love XP, since I have learned to use it more effectively.The book is easy reading and although Gookin's humor is somewhat corny, I read the book cover to cover. Enough said.He also gives his email address in the book should you have any problems that were not addressed there. Yeh right. Well I sent him an email about a problem I had and I received an answer in 2 days. Microsoft and the software manufacturers can learn a big lesson here!Bottom line. New to Windows XP. Get this book!

Excellent book! Great for any XP user!

Excellent book!! I thought I knew quite a bit about PCs and Windows, but this book pointed out several great features and tricks that I had no idea were possible in XP! It has the perfect blend useful information and humor, unlike some books that are either stuffy and boring, or waste too much time trying to be funny (and fail miserably at it) instead of giving information. If you use Windows XP, get this book!

Tailored and Honed my Skills

I'm 31yrs old and would consider myself an intermediate user. I was planning on taking a XP course but I didn't want to sit through all that repetitive 'right click to CUT' stuff.Naked XP tailored and honed my skills to a new level and paid for itself in the first five chapters. Hopefully now I can say I'm an Advanced Intermediate User w/ Extensive Integration.ps: When you read the book you'll understand that last part.

Dan Gookin's Naked Windows XP

Oh Danny boy,the pipes,the pipes,they are a calling.Ahh!!I feel better now.I started my confuser days with the dummy and mega bible books.The dummy books were somewhat helpful,the bible's I have no use for.Tooo many pages.Tooo clinical and cold.Could never find the answer to my dilema's.Your Naked Win XP is the type of book I've always looked for but could never find.And I shop at the giant bookstores.I've never found anyone,until now,writing for the intermediate user.Bravo.When humor is added it's a much more enjoyable read.Thanx,Mike

A must-have if you're new to XP

As a new user of XP, I liked the OS but was having problems getting used to the differences from Windows 98. This book made everything so clear to me, I feel like I now have my system set up in the way that's best for me. By following Dan's recommendations, I have a computer that's secure from accidental mess-ups by friends and family. Actually this book would even be helpful to someone deciding whether to upgrade to XP. I have a friend using Windows 98 who's presently scrounging the Internet for little programs and utilities to accomplish tasks that are built in to XP; but without Dan Gookin's book I would never have even known they were there! It's also written with a lot of humor; I wouldn't have thought a book about an Operating System could be amusing. Easy to read and understand if you have a basic knowledge of Windows; and clear directions to let you get the most from XP without having to wade through pages and pages of horrific, dull manuals.