Windows Vista Secrets by Brian Livingston

Product Description

"If one book can help you master Vista, this is it." --Fred Langa, former editor-in-chief of Byte Magazine

"These two know more about Windows than Microsoft does." --Chris Pirillo, editor of Lockergnome.com

Go beyond Microsoft's Help guide and discover the true secrets of Windows Vista that are essential to power users. Written by two of the most recognized Windows authorities, this resource provides you with numerous tips, tricks, and undocumented features that aren't available anywhere else. You'll find extensive screenshots, tables, and illustrations that clearly show how to achieve optimal performance, fix desktop problems, and take advantage of the robust features of Windows Vista.

The Insider's Guide to
Installing and upgrading your system (see Chapter 2)
Quickly finding and organizing all of your files (see Chapter 5)
Taking advantage of new security features (see Chapter 8)
Creating your own movies and DVDs (see Chapter 12)
Playing state-of-the-art games with amazing effects (see Chapter 14)
Going wireless using Windows Vista mobility features (see Chapter 15)
Managing your schedule with Windows® Calendar (see Chapter 20)
Product Details
Amazon Sales Rank: #11459 in Books
Published on: 2007-01-10
Number of items: 1
Binding: Paperback
672 pages
Editorial Reviews

From the Back Cover
Go beyond Microsoft's Help guide and discover the true secrets of Windows Vista that are essential to power users. Written by two of the most recognized Windows authorities, this resource provides you with numerous tips, tricks, and undocumented features that aren't available anywhere else. You'll find extensive screenshots, tables, and illustrations that clearly show how to achieve optimal performance, fix desktop problems, and take advantage of the robust features of Windows Vista.


The Insider's Guide to
Installing and upgrading your system (see Chapter 2)
Quickly finding and organizing all of your files (see Chapter 5)
Taking advantage of new security features (see Chapter 8)
Creating your own movies and DVDs (see Chapter 12)
Playing state-of-the-art games with amazing effects (see Chapter 14)
Going wireless using Windows Vista mobility features (see Chapter 15)
Managing your schedule with Windows® Calendar (see Chapter 20)

About the Author
Brian Livingston is the coauthor of 11 Windows Secrets books. He is also editorial director of the weekly Windows Secrets Newsletter and author of the Executive Tech column for Datamation.


Paul Thurrott is the author of more than a dozen books as well as the news editor of Windows IT Pro Media and editor of the SuperSite for Windows. He writes a daily Windows newsletter called WinInfo Daily UPDATE.
Customer Reviews

Great book...
Great book for beginners, and great for those quite a bit more savvy. Good discussion of Power Script but a little too in-depth, for my taste, in fonts and rendering. Overall, highly recommended.

Dissapointing
I found this book to be a large waste of my time, full of stuff I already knew, stuff I don't need to know, stuff I don't want to know. It is my opinion that about 70% of the books ever written are useless ripoffs
and this is certainly one of them.

not for the Techie
I have been repairing windows PCs since Win 95, and this book is useless.
It is nowhere in the same class as the old Windows 98 Secrets book written by Livingston which became a standard for all the under the hood configuration and behavior of the Operating System.

I have purchase Windows Vista Inside/Out, which although still not as technically detailed as I would like, at least covers all the issues.

The Livingston book has absolutely nothing usefull on how to deal with home networking and security, spends a whole chapter on Fonts, and has numerous pages of totally useless tables.

What a waste of effort.