50 Fast Windows XP Techniques [Paperback]

Keith Underdahl (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0764558234 | ISBN-13: 978-0764558238 | Publication Date: April 9, 2004 | Edition: 1

* The proven, step-by-step format of the 50 Fast series shows readers how to master fifty easy and useful Windows XP techniques
* Ideal for anyone who already uses Windows XP, but wants to learn helpful techniques that will improve their computing skills and save them time and effort
* Topics covered include improving performance with toolbar enhancements, stretching laptop battery life, using system restore points, setting up wireless networking, encrypting files, playing music and videos, and many more
* Shows readers how to customize Windows XP and make it work the way they want it to work-not the other way around

Editorial Reviews

Review

"…ideal book…" (Windows XP Made Easy magazine, August 2006)

From the Back Cover

Windows XP is the world’s most popular operating system, but what good is that if you can’t make it do what you want it to? These quick and easy techniques will help you customize the interface, boost system speed, banish Internet pop-ups, work with digital media, become a wireless whiz, and much more. Each is fully illustrated so you can learn them in minutes and use them to save hours.

Your guide to amazing results with Windows XP

• Control startup items, manage memory, and change the way files open
• Track errors and events and learn to make backups
• Discover how to extend the life of your laptop battery
• Move between the new and classic interfaces
• Perform regular system tune-ups, create multiple partitions, and set up dual monitors
• Configure a network, diagnose network problems, and do wireless networking
• Protect your system with firewalls, learn how to encrypt files, manage cookies, and eliminate spyware
• Explore Windows XP’s digital media features and learn how to chat in real time using pictures and sound

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Product Details

• Paperback: 302 pages
• Publisher: Visual; 1 edition (April 9, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0764558234
• ISBN-13: 978-0764558238
• Product Dimensions: 8.1 x 0.8 x 9.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,296,348 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Keith Underdahl has produced professional marketing and kiosk videos and also enjoys hobby moviemaking. He is the author of Adobe Premiere Pro For Dummies and Digital Video For Dummies, 4th Edition.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

10 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars There's lots more you can do with XP than meets the eye!, September 17, 2004

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Joe (Paso Robles, CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: 50 Fast Windows XP Techniques (Paperback)

I'm no expert with computers or Windows XP, but after reading this book I feel like I'm getting there. The techniques described are truly fast and useful. I don't have much time for reading, so I go through one or two new techniques each morning. This has been time well spent, and has made me much more efficient on my PC.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Very Comprehensive 'HowTo' for experienced XP Power Users, November 6, 2006

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Gregg B. Morrison (Atlanta, GA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: 50 Fast Windows XP Techniques (Paperback)

If you are a complete XP novice, get familiar with XP before trying these techniques. They are not difficult, but you need to be at least familiar with XP. This book offers a wide variety of important, but hard to find, techniques that are indispensible to XP Power Users.

Keith Underdahl takes you through many techniques to accomplish incredible feats of control and configuration using a step-by-step instruction method that is very easy to follow. This book covers everything from installing and booting multiple Operating Systems, calibrating battery percentage (on notebooks), Managing, protecting and customising nearly every XP feature and interface, and enhancing the power of the system with free add-ons and easy user adjustments, tweaks, and techniques - Keith even covers how to make home movies on your PC!

This book is a "must have" for every XP power user. As a Developer, I've got dozens of books on XP tweaks, tricks, and technical magic - but none of them have this much immediately useable information, or contain as many useful Power-User techniques. This is my all-time favorite XP Power User book.