Windows® 98 Secrets® [Paperback]

Brian Livingston (Author), Davis Straub (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0764531867 | ISBN-13: 978-0764531866 | Publication Date: June 5, 1998

Windows 98, the ballyhooed new Microsoft operating system, is finally here and the best-selling Windows author duo ? Brian Livingston and Davis Straub ? mark this momentous software release with their seminal guide, Windows 98 Secrets. Livingston and Straub divulge undocumented features and time-saving shortcuts designed to maximize your Windows 98 experience.

Windows 98 Secrets explains how to connect directly to the Web using the Active Desktop, take advantage of dynamic communication advances, optimize new security options, tweak the registry, customize your desktop, and much more.

You can also sample 200 Windows 98 software programs hand-picked by Livingston and Straub on the Windows 98 Secrets bonus CD-ROM. There is also a bevy of handy resources packed onto the CD including FTP clients, HTML editors, database managers, automation tools, and Internet suites. Thanks to Livingston and Straub, the Windows 98 wizard has been exposed and with Windows 98 Secrets, you can reap the rewards.

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About the Author

About the Authors Brian Livingston is the author of IDG Books Worldwide's bestselling Windows?? 3.1 Secrets??; Windows?? 3.1 Secrets??, 2nd Edition; More Windows?? 3.1 Secrets??; and coauthor of Windows?? 95 Secrets??, Windows?? 95 Secrets?? Gold, and Windows?? Gizmos??. His books have been published in more than 20 languages. Mr. Livingston is also a contributing editor of InfoWorld and Windows Sources magazines. Davis Straub, coauthor of Windows?? 95 Secrets?? and Windows?? 95 Secrets?? Gold, has written over 200 magazine articles. Former president of Generic Software, developer of Generic CADD, Mr. Straub is currently a multimedia software developer.

Product Details

• Paperback: 1210 pages
• Publisher: Wiley (June 5, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0764531867
• ISBN-13: 978-0764531866
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 7.4 x 2.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.7 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,788,857 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Best of the breed., November 16, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Windows® 98 Secrets® (Paperback)

Windows® 98 Secrets makes a great reference book. It has rescued me out of a couple of jams. It covers Tweak UI which Microsoft shuns. It shows how to restore Microsoft Fax which MS omitted. The list goes on...If I ever happen to lose my copy, I will buy another one. Can't say that about many books.

14 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Very helpful, just like its predecesors, June 18, 2000

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Manny Hernandez "@askmanny" (Bay Area, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Windows® 98 Secrets® (Paperback)

I found this Windows Secrets book just as helpful as its predecesors. I had used the Windows 3.1 Secrets years ago, in order to become more accuainted with the OS and learn some tricks that don't come well documented, and it certainly helped to do so.

However, if your goal is to become an EXPERT of Windows 98, i.e. learning the whereabouts of the Registry, you might be disappointed.

One last thing: this book does NOT deal with the Second Version of Windows 98. For example, it mentions tons of times a VERY useful un-documented tool called TweakUI, which is not supported by the Second Edition (sadly enough.)

11 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars More hype than secrets, August 27, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Windows® 98 Secrets® (Paperback)

Most of the info in this book can be found in the Windows98 help files. The few scant "secrets" that are mentioned could fill maybe one or two honest book-sized chapters. Perhaps by making the book over-bloated they felt justified at the over-bloated price. Do not fall for this scheme. Save your money.