Windows Vista Timesaving Techniques For Dummies (For Dummies (Computers)) [Paperback]

Woody Leonhard (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0470053682 | ISBN-13: 978-0470053683 | Publication Date: April 2, 2007

Speed up your PC, search smarter, and secure your data


* Customizing Vista for the way you work
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Launching your most-used programs and finding files fast
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Making the most of the new interface and search functions
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Taking advantage of Internet Explorer? and Firefox?
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Installing and securing a wireless network
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Protecting your PC with Vista's improved security features

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From the Back Cover

Speed up your PC, search smarter, and secure your data

• Customizing Vista for the way you work

• Launching your most-used programs and finding files fast

• Making the most of the new interface and search functions

• Taking advantage of Internet Explorer® and Firefox®

• Installing and securing a wireless network

• Protecting your PC with Vista's improved security features

About the Author

Woody Leonhard is a well-known Windows and Office guru and author of the bestselling Windows Vista All-in-One Desk Reference For Dummies.

Product Details

• Paperback: 560 pages
• Publisher: For Dummies (April 2, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0470053682
• ISBN-13: 978-0470053683
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 7.4 x 1.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.8 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,108,159 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

I've written a whole lotta computer books over the years, starting with "Windows Programming for Mere Mortals" in 1991, going through the "Hacker's Guide to Word for Windows" (with Vince Chen and Scott Krueger), the "Mother of All Windows Books" and "Mother of All PC Books" series (all with Barry Simon), then the "Underground Guides" to Word, Office, Telecommuting, and many more, "Word Annoyances", the "Woody Teaches Office" series, and the "Special Edition Using Office" series (with Ed Bott). I'm probably best-known for my "Dummies" books, which tell the straight story (whether Microsoft likes it or not!) in a way that won't put you to sleep.

My books have been translated into dozens of languages, and are widely available at bookstores, computer shops and warehouse chains all over the world. I've edited several series of books for various publishers. I've also written hundreds of magazine articles, most recently for PC World and the late, lamented PC/Computing magazine. I used to publish a handful of electronic newsletters, and print newsletters before that, but now confine myself to dispensing news, advice, and a wee bit o' insight, at www.AskWoody.com and my column in the Windows Secrets newsletter, www.WindowsSecrets.com.

I started in the computer book biz in a very odd way. I wrote a novel. An action-adventure novel, no less, set in Saudi Arabia. I never found a publisher, although I keep threatening to dust the novel off and submit it again. But along the way, I came to know - and love and hate - a brand new word processor known as Word for Windows. I wrote a lengthy electronic book about all of WinWord 1.10's bugs, which were legion, and how to work around a whole bunch of 'em. Posted it on CompuServe. Andrew Schulman (who wrote "Undocumented DOS" and "Undocumented Windows" among many others) stumbled into my "Hacker's Guide to the Univers", and he asked me to write a book for him. It all went downhill from there.

My writing has won an unprecedented eight Computer Press Association awards and two American Business Press awards - more than any other computer book author, I think. I was one of the first Microsoft Consulting Partners, and a charter member of the Microsoft Solutions Provider organization.

I still think of computers as a "means", not an "end". I wonder when people lost sight of the fact that PCs were invented to make life easier, to get your work done and get home early. I firmly believe that PCs make passable slaves but horrible masters.

I'm impressed with much of what Microsoft is doing to Windows, although the continuing security screw-ups really leave me shaking my head. I'm much less impressed with what's happening to Offfice. In my opinion, Microsoft is using its monopoly on the desktop to sell more server software, making Office updates less and less compelling for the individual or small business user. Like me. And I'm appalled that Microsoft is now selling a "service" that protects us from the flaws in their own product.

Yes, indeed, the gods must be crazy.

I went to grad school in Boulder, Colorado (M.S. and A.B.D. in CS/Software Engineering), worked in Saudi Arabia for five years, then spent 15 years on top of a mountain in the Rockies. I moved to Phu ket in 2000, with my teenage son, Cocker spaniel and beagle. I live in the hills above Patong now, with my long-time girlfriend, Add. If you ever get to Phu ket, drop me a line! It's an incredibly beautiful place to visit. Or to live, for that matter.

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent book for all Vista users, October 15, 2008

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D. Spittlehouse (Lawrenceville New Jersey) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Windows Vista Timesaving Techniques For Dummies (For Dummies (Computers)) (Paperback)

This book is great!! Easy to read and follow techniques for getting the most out of Vista. Recommended to all computer users who upgraded to Vista after XP. I just love it!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful Help, January 10, 2009

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Maryann H. Stanton (Greenwood, MS, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Windows Vista Timesaving Techniques For Dummies (For Dummies (Computers)) (Paperback)

Has been very helpful in teaching me about the new Vista Program on my new HP... very clear instructions for the Chief of Dummies -- ME!

5.0 out of 5 stars Window's Vista Timeserving Technjques For Dummies, April 28, 2010

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This review is from: Windows Vista Timesaving Techniques For Dummies (For Dummies (Computers)) (Paperback)

This book was a big help. I didn't know how to get around with Vista. Windows "98" was much different.