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Explains how to configure Windows XP for maximum control and flexibility, work effectively with the Registry, take advantage of the built-in firewall, and troubleshoot problems.

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Microsoft Windows XP may be the latest in a popular family of operating systems, but that doesn't mean it's perfect. However, the designers of Windows XP have built enough flexibility into their product and provided users with a sufficiently large toolkit to overcome most shortcomings. In Windows XP Annoyances David Karp reveals his ideas about how to use Windows XP most effectively, for maximum fun and productivity and as little aggravation as possible. If you're comfortable working with Windows XP (or any of its recent predecessors) but find certain aspects of it, well, annoying, you'll find this book to your liking. Karp guides his readers through potentially risky procedures, such as editing the Registry and adjusting hardware device drivers, with skill and precision.

The author's tone is to the point and professional without being dry, without any of the phony, forced humor that appears in a lot of operating-system books. Though he inexplicably ignores the Windows XP Power Toys--some very handy utilities you can get from Microsoft's Web site--he does a great job of handling important questions. Case in point, the important issue of which files can be deleted to free up disk space, and which you shouldn't touch even though they look like pointless garbage. Similarly useful attention goes to the question of which background processes can be safely halted, and which are important. There's fine coverage of scripting with the Windows Script Host (WSH), as well. --David Wall

Topics covered: How to get the most out of Windows XP, even when it appears that the operating system is working against you. Troubleshooting techniques, hardware advice, Registry hacking, interface customization, and advanced networking subjects all find a place in this book.

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0596004168
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978-0596004163
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1st
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Oreilly & Associates Inc
Publication date

October 1, 2002
Language

English
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5.98 x 1.06 x 9.02 inches
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586 pages
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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Oreilly & Associates Inc; 1st edition (October 1, 2002)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 586 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0596004168
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0596004163
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.53 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.98 x 1.06 x 9.02 inches

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The one esential XP manual, heads above the rest

Reviewed in the United States on June 1, 2004

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If you are an experienced Windows user and are about to move to, or have just moved to XP, this is the one essential book on the subject and probably the only one you will ever need. I have found it invaluable, and heads above Microsoft's "Windows XP Inside Out". Don't let the term annoyances fool you into thinking that this is just a book about problems encountered with XP, it also contains all the information you will need to make XP work the way you want, including:
How to avoid some serious problems with installation;
Differences from other Windows versions;
Ways to customize Windows not found in Microsoft's book;
And yes, all the quirks and pitfalls that make XP "annoying" compared to previous systems, and how to work around these annoyances.

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Arelian

Not the clearest sometimes, but...

Reviewed in the United States on February 15, 2008

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While some of the content wasn't easy to implement, I got quite a bit of use out of it. I tend to go back to it from time to time, even.

Reviewed in the United States on December 15, 2014

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Of little relevance to those of us with XP Service Pack 3 and/or Win 7 Pro 64 bit.

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Donald E. Halley

A blast from the past!

Reviewed in the United States on November 30, 2013

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This is fun! Apparently, Amazon has everything I ever bought there on file, and says I can review each purchase! Yes, I bought this back in the darker ages of computing and yes, it did a great job of finding a way around all the detours and obstacles Microsoft seemed to delight in building into their operating systems. To be faitr, I'm a life-long computer programmer (big iron) and XP was their first attempt at a "real" operating system. When I finally gave it up, it was for Win7, also a great OS. My new laptop came with Win8 - and it's back to la-la land. I suppose this book has some value as a historical reference, but I'd bet they're not selling like hotcakes nowadys.

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Jeff

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Reviewed in the United States on May 15, 2004

I bought this book with more expectation than what I got when I received it in the mail. I needed to fix the slow bootup of Windows XP and there is hardly anything mentioned in this book about it. The negative tone of voice and his opinon of how to do things in XP do not help the book either. He seems to not like Microsoft products very well so he critizes how they made Windows XP with extra effects, just for marketing purposes when they are quite interesting to me and I'm sure others too. The spelling errors aren't too good either and it shows how little time he put into proof reading it before it was published, thus showing how little he cared. His knowledge is questionable now too since he is careless on the spelling mistakes and grammar errors too. I knew I should have bought the Microsoft Windows XP Inside/Out. I recommend that over this lousy book which is of not much help for people who know a lot about computers.

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Jase T. Wolfe

Nice for its size

Reviewed in the United States on May 23, 2004

Any quick search for XP customization books and you quickly see that there are several around the 1000 page mark and with high user markings. Given this, there is only so much you can expect from a book half that size. However, despite other people's opinion on the information covered in this book, if you are looking for a fun and faster read which does actually target the portions of the operating system that most home users would like to cover, this is a perfect choice.
The biggest appreciations I have for this title is that the word "hack" never appears, the customizations are not 100% dependent on shareware or freeware downloads, the user is not sheltered from the realities of configuring the OS, and the range of configuration varies from novice to advanced - keeping the reader from stagnating at a particular level.
To weigh in on the decision to purchase this title, consider that not only does the title give you the ability to alter your environment, the author has dedicated space to educate the reader on how to identify and troubleshoot problems - a skill really needed and a topic quite often skipped by other titles. The book also ties in with the authors web site, which makes mentioned downloads easily accessible to the user, adding value to the static text with dynamic content.
Although this title differs slightly in overall feel from previous "Annoyances" titles (advancements in the OS are bound to reduce the need), this stands on it's own and is a very good addition to your XP library.

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Reviewed in the United States on February 8, 2021

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Albert

Good info, bad delivery

Reviewed in the United States on May 13, 2003

Personally, I find Windows very annoying sometimes. It seems to like to make me do things it's way. This book goes a long way to helping solve a lot of those issues. It's an invaluable reference.
Unfortunately, the author seems to have very strong opinions of the "right way" of doing things. I found it hard to read this book without feeling like he wanted me to do things his way. That doesn't seem any different than MS.. they just have different opinions on the right way to do things.
I'd much more enjoy the book if it simply told me how to make changes without the constant opinions on which changes are right or wrong.

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C. C. Williams

Excellent hackers' guide to Windows XP

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 16, 2003

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Windows XP is the best version of Windows but it isn't perfect. This is a guide to monkeying around with the system to make it work how you want it to and ranges from minor tinkering to major hacking. At the same time, it's a rather good user guide, at least from the perspective of the computer savvy user, covering such areas as the registry, performance, networking (the coverage of this is particularly good) and scripting. There are lots of nice touches as well - for example, the lists of BIOS settings and blue-screen-of-death error messages. This book goes very well with 'Windows XP in a Nutshell'.

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