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-free guide 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!
