Windows 98 Registry for Dummies [Illustrated] [Paperback]

Glenn E. Weadock (Author), Mark B. Wilkins (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0764504371 | ISBN-13: 978-0764504372 | Publication Date: August 1998

This manual seeks to help users to unlock the full potential of the Windows 98 Registry file. It acquaints readers with the Registry's organization, and covers customizing the Registry without even using the Registry Editor (though readers who want to use the Editor will find the information they need here too). The book also covers the Registry Checker feature that allows readers to back-up and restore Registry and system configuration files. The accompanying CD-ROM includes a free trial version of Norton Utilities, including Norton Registry Editor and Registry Tracker. It also contains a number of free utilities and registry assistance tools.

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About the Author

Glenn E. Weadock is president of Independent Software, Inc., a consulting firm he founded in 1982 after graduating from Stanford University's engineering school. One of the country's most popular technical trainers, Glenn has taught Windows to thousands of students in the United States, United Kingdom, and Canada in more than 180 seminars since 1988. He has written six intensive two-day seminars for Data-Tech Institute, including Windows on NetWare and Supporting and Troubleshooting Windows 98, and has written and presented four Data-Tech computer videos.

Glenn is the author of Small Business Networking For Dummies® and co-author of Windows® 98 Registry For Dummies®, Windows® 95 Registry For Dummies®, and Creating Cool® PowerPoint® 97 Presentations, all from IDG Books Worldwide, Inc. He has also written Bulletproofing Windows 98, Bulletproofing Windows 95, Bulletproofing NetWare, Bulletproofing Client/Server Systems, and Bulletproof Your PC Network for McGraw-Hill. Glenn is a member of the Association for Computing Machinery and the American Society for Training and Development.; Mark B. Wilkins is a professor at St. Lawrence College in Kingston, Ontario, where he teaches courses in computer networks and electronics. Mark is also a Microsoft Certified Professional and a member of the Association of Professional Computer Consultants of Canada. He is also a popular lecturer and presenter on Windows 95 and the Registry for Data-Tech Institute, and developed the seminar Supporting and Troubleshooting the Windows Registry. Mark is the coauthor of Windows® 95 Registry For Dummies® and Bulletproofing NetWare.

Glenn and Mark want to share with you their Registry knowledge so that you don't have to spend the thousands of hours they have in studying the Registry, reading about it, experimenting with it, and (occasionally) kicking their computers and spouting decidedly unprofessional language while trying to understand its vagaries.

Product Details

• Paperback: 432 pages
• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc (Computers) (August 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0764504371
• ISBN-13: 978-0764504372
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 7.3 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,496,041 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Well done!, March 31, 1999

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This review is from: Windows 98 Registry for Dummies (Paperback)

I bought three W98 Registry books and this one is hands down the best. Much better organized than Worem's book. The CD is good and the foldout registry map is *great* (wish it could be bigger tho??). The style is easygoing and so far every tip I've tried seems to work. Job well done.