Introducing Microsoft Windows 98: Bata Edition [Paperback]

Russell Borland (Author)

Book Description

Series: Introducing | Publication Date: December 1, 1997

To help millions of users get up to speed quickly, "Introducing Microsoft Windows 98" provides a valuable overview of the features, benefits, and behavior of the newest version of Windows. The book gives readers a crisp, clear introduction to the ways they will use Windows 98, both on their own machine and online, through the Internet and Intranets. Cover Title

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Introducing Microsoft Windows 98: The Official First Look at the Next Version of Microsoft Windows, from Microsoft Press, was written to support beta releases of this new operating system. This guide is largely oriented toward end users but administrators will find enough technical depth to get an overview of the entire product.

The biggest change that Windows 98 will bring is the integration of browser and traditional desktop metaphors. Many end users are sure to find this somewhat disorienting; the first third of Introducing Microsoft Windows 98 will give them some guidance. Much of this material, over 150 pages, is devoted to Internet Explorer 4.0 and NetMeeting 2.0, which supply the most visible new elements of Windows 98.

A chapter on applications and utilities gives users a good overview of Quick Viewers, WordPad, HyperTerminal, ScanDisk, and the new system file checker. The book also features two detailed chapters on communications and mobile user support, although neither feature has changed radically since Windows 95. The chapter on TV-in-a-Windows support for systems with an installed NTSC or PAL card will be of interest to end users.

A long chapter on networking, which is aimed at administrators, gives a good overview of Windows 98 client connectivity within a Novell NetWare environment, in a Microsoft peer network, and on TCP/IP networks. It also provides some details on the Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol (PPTP) that is new to Windows 98. PPTP will allow secure connections over public networks to Windows NT hosts.

The chapter on the core system architecture provides an overview of Windows 98 internals (kernel services, the device driver model, installable file systems, and the protection model) and goes into more detail on the practicalities of MS-DOS application support and the FAT 32 file system. Additional chapters cover Plug and Play, display support, device support, and more. An overview chapter on systems management looks at the Registry and user management, although it doesn't go into the kind of depth you'd expect from a resource kit.

Overall, Introducing Windows 98 provides a good way to make a beta program run smoothly and will be especially valuable in helping end users help themselves.

Product Details

• Paperback: 384 pages
• Publisher: Microsoft Press (December 1, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1572316306
• ISBN-13: 978-1572316300
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 7.4 x 1.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.3 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #8,582,412 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A good book for learning about Windows 98 but out of date., November 8, 1997

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This review is from: Introducing Microsoft Windows 98: Bata Edition (Paperback)

Introducing Microsoft Windows 98 by Russell Borland offers good information for all users on Windows 98. It gives most of the features and so on. It is out of date. Therefore it contains alot of inacurate information. If you really want the most complete guide to Windows 98 for right now this is it.

1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Introducing Windows 98, May 13, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Introducing Microsoft Windows 98: Bata Edition (Paperback)

This is a exlellent book I ever read about Windows 98, with the low price but give me much knowledgeble about Windows 98