Customizing Windows XP: Visual QuickProject Guide (Paperback)

~ John Rizzo (Author)

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Product Description

Every new PC sold comes installed with Windows XP, so there are millions of  XP users out there, so why not make your Windows XP machine work and look the way you want it to and stand out from the rest? Customizing Windows XP: Visual QuickProject Guide shows you how to customize you machine so you can work the way you want to. Each chapter uses large, four-color screenshots and focused instructions to lead you through common customizing tasks. This guide will help you learn the hidden productivity tricks, inside tips, and little known shortcuts to navigating and customizing your windows; changing backgrounds and screensavers; altering icons and mouse pointers; customizing and arranging folders; configuring for multiple users; and much more!

About the Author

John Rizzo has been writing about computers for nearly 20 years. His work has appeared in CNET, eWeek.com, the San Francisco Chronicle, PC Magazine, and other publications. Rizzo is the author of a numerous books, including the Little Network Book for Peachpit Press. He also publishes MacWindows.com, a news and information web site devoted to helping Macs users get along in a Windows world.

Product Details

• Paperback: 144 pages
• Publisher: Peachpit Press (March 13, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0321321243
• ISBN-13: 978-0321321244
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 7 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #2,250,007 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars Good for Beginners, April 8, 2005

By	reviewer at HuNTUG (Huntsville Alabama) - See all my reviews

A Visual QuickProject Guide
Reviewed by Jim Lauria HuNTUG member

A good beginner's book for customizing an XP computer. Presented in easy to read text and full-color illustrations which hold your hand as you make your XP computer truly personal.

Personalize the desktop, toolbars, start menu, folders and windows. Customize internet access, hardware and how to set up multiple users.

This truly is a beginner's book and it may be too simple for anyone with even a little experience with XP, but for newbies it would be an excellent aide to getting the hang of one's computer.

For a beginner book I'd give it 4 stars