Sams Teach Yourself Windows: Millennium Edition - Softcover

Perry, Greg M.

9780672319532: Sams Teach Yourself Windows: Millennium Edition

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0672319535 ISBN 13: 9780672319532

Publisher: Sams, 2000

Sams Teach Yourself Windows Me (Millennium Edition) in 24 Hours is novice-level book designed to teach you how to get the most out of your desktop computer. This book also provides additional intermediate coverage if you want to dig deeper into the operating system and its features. Extensive coverage of Windows Me's new features includes user interface enhancements and changes, Internet Explorer 5.5, enhanced home networking and Internet Connection Sharing features, improved security features, installing hardware and software using the new installation wizard, and the Games Options Control Panel.

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Review:

Microsoft Windows Millennium Edition, or Windows Me, is more than the software that makes your computer look and act the way that it does: it's your ticket to fun and productivity. Teach Yourself Microsoft Windows Me in 24 Hours provides all of the background information that you need on running programs, connecting to the Internet, communicating with friends, and enjoying multimedia. In addition, it gives clear and well-thought-out instructions for executing the tasks that you'll have to know how to do. You'll be happy with this book if you've used computers a little bit before, but haven't connected to the Internet, or haven't used either Microsoft Windows 95 or Windows 98.

Each chapter deals with a particular set of details about using Windows Me, introducing first each capability, and presenting then a brief series of steps for readers to follow. It's the "learn-by-doing" approach, and it works well for Windows Me. Each chapter concludes with a question-and-answer section that further engages the reader. Oddly, the book makes no mention of establishing an Internet connection. That must be up to you and your service provider's support desk. --David Wall

Topics covered:

Windows Millennium Edition (Windows Me), explained at a basic level
Managing files
Moving windows around
Installing and removing software
Using Internet tools like Microsoft Outlook Express and Microsoft Internet Explorer

About the Author:

Greg Perry is a best-selling author and co-designer of the "by Example" series. He has written more than 60 computer books, and has sold more than two million books worldwide. Greg has been a programmer, trainer, and speaker for the past 20 years. Once an advanced programming instructor, Greg now lectures at programming conferences across the country and is fluent in nine computer languages. Among his bestselling titles are Sams Teach Yourself Beginning Programming in 24 hours, QBasic by Example, and Sams Teach Yourself Visual Basic 6 in 21 days. He recently wrote C by Example, published in 1999.

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