Windows Vista for Starters: The Missing Manual

By David Pogue

Fast-paced and easy to use, this concise book teaches you the basics of Windows Vista so you can start using this operating system right away. Written by "New York Times" columnist, bestselling author, Emmy-winning CBS News correspondent and Missing Manuals creator David Pogue, the book will help you: Navigate the desktop, including the fast, powerful and fully integrated desktop search function Use the Media Center to record TV and radio, present photos, play music, and record all of these to a DVD Breeze across the Web with the vastly improved Internet Explorer 7 tabbed browser Become familiar with Vista's beefed up security, and much more Windows Vista is a vast improvement over its predecessors, with an appealing, glass-like visual overhaul, superior searching and organization tools, a multimedia and collaboration suite, and a massive, top-to-bottom security-shield reconstruction. Every corner of the traditional Windows operating system has been tweaked, overhauled, or replaced entirely.

Aimed at new and experienced computer users alike, Windows Vista for Starters: The Missing Manual is right there when you need it. This jargon-free book explains Vista's features quickly and clearly -- revealing which work well and which don't.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0043D2EPY
• ISBN13: 9780596528263
• Release Date: March 2007
• Publisher: O'Reilly Media
• Length: 423 Pages
• Weight: 1.46 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 7.1" x 9.2"

Customer Reviews

A Wonderful Starter!

This book delivers just what the title promises; Windows Vista for Starters. It's even readable and non-techie. I found the following explainations lucid and useful: - The differences between the 5 versions of Vista. - The new features of Vista and Aero. - Ripping and Burning CDs. - Handling Photographs. - Security and users.(some real useful stuff here) Microsoft should provide this book to every new user of vista. The book is well made and nicely covered as well.