Sams Teach Yourself Microsoft Windows® 7 in 10 Minutes gives you straightforward, practical answers when you need fast results. By working through its 10-minute lessons, you’ll learn how to get more done with Windows 7…get it done quicker with no hassle…and have more fun along the way!
Tips point out shortcuts and solutions.
Cautions help you avoid common pitfalls.
Notes provide additional information.
10 minutes is all you need to learn how to…
Quickly discover Windows 7’s best new features
Personalize Windows 7 just the way you like it
Use the newest Internet Explorer to browse the web faster and more safely
Set up and connect to wireless networks quickly
Create and use network Homegroups
Find files and programs in no time with Instant Desktop Search
Accomplish tasks more quickly with Jump Lists and Libraries
Create slideshows with Windows 7’s media tools
Enjoy videos and music with Windows 7’s media tools
Safeguard your files with Windows Backup
Reliably set up printers and other devices
Make the most of Windows 7 on netbooks and notebooks
Maintain and troubleshoot any Windows 7 computer
Recover lost account passwords with a password reset disk
Mark Edward Soper is the author or coauthor of more than 20 books on technology topics, including two books on Windows Vista, one previous book on Windows 7, and many print and online articles on Windows Vista and Windows 7 for Maximum PC print and online editions and InformIT.com. Mark has also contributed to Special Edition Using and In Depth books on Windows versions from Me and XP through Windows 7 and has also written and coauthored three A+ Certification books. Mark also has 20 years of consumer and corporate training experience in Windows, application software, networking, and hardware upgrading and repair.
I've always been interested in things that go fast, like airplanes and trains. However, it took me until my late 20's to discover that the world's fastest ' and most versatile ' devices didn't have wheels. My background in English, history, and French makes me somewhat unusual in the technology writing field, but it gives me a big advantage when it comes to helping ordinary people understand how the Internet, PCs, servers, and digital cameras work. I stay up to date by reading technology blogs, newsletters and websites, and experimenting on 'FrankenPC' and my office network. Although I've been contributing to books since 1999, I cut my technology writing teeth in the mid-1980's. Do you remember the Commodore 64 and its inscrutable 1541 floppy disk drive manual? My first piece of tech writing crunched down the essentials an ordinary user needed to know to get programs running to a single page. A few years later, exasperated with salespeople who kept selling PC clone configurations the techs in the back room could never get to work right, I wrote a compatibility handbook for my then-employer, a computer store. In the meantime, I spent a lot of time talking users through configuring startup files with DOS's ghastly Edlin line editor and discovering the brave new world of desktop publishing and scalable fonts. I turned that expertise into a new part-time career as a magazine writer, first for WordPerfect Magazine (1989-1995), and later for Sandhills Publishing (1991-2001). In the meantime, I provided consulting and training services to area businesses, and, starting in 1992, spent most of the rest of the decade traveling the US and teaching classes on computer troubleshooting, workgroup networking, and other subjects. I also wrote three book-length training manuals in 1992-1993. Before email was common, I often submitted magazine stories by bringing my laptop computer and portable printer to the nearest UPS or FedEx drop box, hand-feeding the printer and hoping that the pick-up time shown on the box was accurate! Beginning in early 1999, I made the decision to become a full-time writer, cheering my wife and children (who area also big technology users) by getting off the road. I teamed up with Scott Mueller, dean of computer hardware books, to help get Upgrading and Repairing PCs, 11th Edition, wrapped up on schedule. I've contributed to every edition since, and have also co-authored many books with Scott. I've also teamed up with TechTV to write two books on computer upgrades, paired up with radio and TV tech guru Leo Laporte for two books on computer troubleshooting, and written several other books on the Internet, home networking, Windows Vista, troubleshooting, and digital photography. Right now, I'm wrapping up work on a new A+ Certification guide and a new book on Windows 7. I'm also a freelance author for MaximumPC magazine (since 2004) and a frequent blogger on the MaximumPC.com website, with some of my articles finding a second life in the books The Maximum PC Guide to Building a Dream PC and The MaximumPC Ultimate PC Performance Guide. To keep my finger on the pulse of PC users, I also teach classes on digital photography, digital imaging, and specialized training for the Evansville campus of IvyTech Community College of Indiana (www.ivytech.edu/evansville/). I attend Grace Church of the Nazarene (www.nazarene.org). If you have questions about my books or other projects, please drop me a line.
This review is from: Sams Teach Yourself Microsoft Windows 7 in 10 Minutes (Sams Teach Yourself -- Minutes) (Paperback)
Several years ago, I purchased a new laptop that had the Vista operating system. Since this was my first introduction to that OS , I felt that I needed to read a book that described what new features the OS had. Needless to say, I went out and bought a 400+ page book which I might have read once or twice. What I really needed was just a book that highlighted the new features and how to use them and not bore me to death with details.
Just recently, I purchased a new laptop that had Windows 7 on it. Again I was faced with the need to get some basic information about what Windows 7 had to offer but I did not want to repeat my previous mistake. I discovered a small book called Sams Teach Yourself Microsoft Windows 7 in 10 Minutes . The book consists of 11 chapters and while it will take you more than 10 minutes to read a chapter especially if you want to try it out on your PC , it shouldn't take more than 1 half hour. I liked this book because each chapter stuck to its topics and gave me a good overview of the new features in Windows 7. I highly recommend this book if you want to get a well written and quick overview of what to expect from Windows 7.
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This book was great,short an right to the point know unexcessive reading.Plus what I liked most was the tips,notes,and cautions.Great job I would also recommend this book to friends.
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