Windows® 98 Secrets® (Paperback)

by Brian Livingston (Author), Davis Straub (Author) "Windows 98 is a large and complicated piece-actually many pieces-of software with thousands of features and capabilities..." (more)
Key Phrases: file opener, common file dialog boxes, multilingual identifiers, Internet Explorer, Windows Messaging, Outlook Express (more...)

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Product Description
Windows 98, the ballyhooed new Microsoft operating system, is finally here and the best-selling Windows author duo ñ Brian Livingston and Davis Straub ñ 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.

From the Back Cover
Windows® 98 secrets® "If you buy only one Windows book this year, make it this one … [it] towers above the competition." — PC Magazine on Windows® 95 Secrets® Fully revised to uncover the latest features of Windows 98 Second Edition, Livingston and Straub's internationally acclaimed guide reveals dozens of expert techniques and timesaving shortcuts that will help you unlock the capabilities of Windows 98 — from customizing your desktop to editing the Registry. Realize the Full Potential of Windows 98

• Customize your system to suit your unique style
• Save time using the Active Desktop's direct connection to the Net
• Optimize performance with shortcuts to programs, folders, printers, Web sites, and more
• Download Web pages, sound, and images easily from the Internet
• Make use of the latest communication advances in e-mail, networking, and more
• Find out how to transfer files back and forth from your laptop to your desktop — without hassle
• Exploit new security options
• Manipulate the Registry — edit, backup, import, and export

Sample Livingston's and Straub's top 200 software picks for Windows 98

• Automation tools
• File managers and compression tools
• Memory and system management tools
• Virus protection software
• Calendar and time management programs
• Personal finance managers
• Database managers
• Graphics and text editing tools
• Mail clients and utilities
• Dial-up networking tools
• Remote computing tools
• FTP clients
• Internet suites
• Web browsing and authoring tools
• HTML editors
• Networking tools

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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.com Sales Rank: #956,710 in Books (See Bestsellers 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

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

By	Manny Hernandez "Author of Ning For Dummies" (Bay Area, CA) - See all my reviews (TOP 100 REVIEWER)

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

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.