Books for Windows (7)

[Joerg Jaeger]

I am looking for a book that give inside tips, advance troubleshooting
and references.
Last i stumbled over a book with the title "Troubleshooting Windows 7
Inside Out" from Mike Halsey. I like to hear an opinion about it. Is it
good or are there better books?
O'Reilly usually has good books but not sure about the Windows books in
general.

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[Tony]

Forget it Windows 8 will be out soon so anything you read on Windows 7 will
be for nothing.

I am looking for a book that give inside tips, advance troubleshooting
and references.
Last i stumbled over a book with the title "Troubleshooting Windows 7
Inside Out" from Mike Halsey. I like to hear an opinion about it. Is it
good or are there better books?
O'Reilly usually has good books but not sure about the Windows books in
general.

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The Grandmaster of the CyberFROG

Come get your ticket to CyberFROG city

Nay, Art thou decideth playeth ye simpleton games. *Some* of us know proper
manners

Very few. I used to take calls from *rank* noobs but got fired the first
day on the job for potty mouth,

Bur-ring, i'll get this one: WHAT'S YOUR PROBLEM JERK!!? We're here to help
you dickweed, ok, ok give the power cord the jiggily piggily wiggily all
the while pushing the power button repeatedly now take everything out of
your computer except the power supply and *one* stick of ram. Ok get the
next sucker on the phone.

Deirdre Straughan (Roxio) is a LIAR (Deirdre McFibber)

There's the employer and the employee and the FROGGER and the FROGEE, which
one are you?

Hamster isn't a newsreader it's a mistake!

El-Gonzo Jackson FROGS both me and Chuckcar (I just got EL-FROG-OED!!)

I hate them both, With useless bogus bullshit you need at least *three*
fulltime jobs to afford either one of them

I'm a fulltime text *only* man on usenet now. The rest of the world
downloads the binary files not me i can't afford thousands of dollars a
month

VBB = Volume based billing. How many bytes can we shove down your throat
and out your arse sir?

UBB = User based bullFROGGING

Master Juba was a black man imitating a white man imitating a black man

Using my technical prowess and computer abilities to answer questions
beyond the realm of understandability

Regards Tony... Making usenet better for everyone everyday

This sig file was compiled via my journeys through usenet

 

[Steve Hayes]

Using my technical prowess and computer abilities to answer questions
beyond the realm of understandability

Well you got that right.

 

[Jeff Layman]

I am looking for a book that give inside tips, advance troubleshooting
and references.
Last i stumbled over a book with the title "Troubleshooting Windows 7
Inside Out" from Mike Halsey. I like to hear an opinion about it. Is it
good or are there better books?
O'Reilly usually has good books but not sure about the Windows books in
general.

Windows 7 Inside Out
Ed Bott, Carl Siechert, Craig Stinson
(Published by Microsoft)

It's pretty comprehensive.

You have to read the blurb to see what you might be getting. I also
have "The Windows 7 Power Users Guide" by Mike Halsey. Well, it might
be entitled "Power Users Guide", but inside it says:

"Who is this book for?

This guide is for non-technical, casual, users of Windows. If you use a
PC at home for sending and receiving email, browsing the web and maybe
odd jobs like writing letters and editing digital photographs then this
is the book for you.

Any features for advanced users will be highlighted with this logo.
(cogs logo)."

So is it for advanced users or not?

 

[Ken Blake]

Windows 7 Inside Out
Ed Bott, Carl Siechert, Craig Stinson
(Published by Microsoft)

I'll second that recommendation. It's the best Windows 7 book that
I've seen. I've liked all of Bott's books.

 

[Jeff Layman]

I'll second that recommendation. It's the best Windows 7 book that
I've seen. I've liked all of Bott's books.

I got mine as a freebie pdf download about 18 months ago. Sure does
make searching through it a lot easier!

 

[Philip Herlihy]

I got mine as a freebie pdf download about 18 months ago. Sure does
make searching through it a lot easier!

Well-written, well laid-out, and comes with a searchable PDF. Well worth
the money.

 

[Peter Jason]

Well-written, well laid-out, and comes with a searchable PDF. Well worth
the money.

Do any of these tomes tell how to maintain a view within a desktop
folder? Mine always revert to "details" view'

*sulk*

 

[Dave-UK]

Do any of these tomes tell how to maintain a view within a desktop
folder? Mine always revert to "details" view'

*sulk*

Have you read this?
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/813711

 

[Joerg Jaeger]

Windows 7 Inside Out
Ed Bott, Carl Siechert, Craig Stinson
(Published by Microsoft)

It's pretty comprehensive.

You have to read the blurb to see what you might be getting. I also have
"The Windows 7 Power Users Guide" by Mike Halsey. Well, it might be
entitled "Power Users Guide", but inside it says:

"Who is this book for?

This guide is for non-technical, casual, users of Windows. If you use a
PC at home for sending and receiving email, browsing the web and maybe
odd jobs like writing letters and editing digital photographs then this
is the book for you.

Any features for advanced users will be highlighted with this logo.
(cogs logo)."

So is it for advanced users or not?

Advanced. The basic i know. I am more interested in the insight or
secrets of Windows, perhaps some troubleshooting.

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[Peter Jason]

Have you read this?
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/813711

Thanks so much. I am trying this now and I have set all the icons to
my requirements. I'll report back in a few days with the results.

PS: The program trashed the desktop shortcut order and slightly
increased their size. The saved-shortcut configuration did not work.

 

[J. P. Gilliver (John)]

In message <[email protected]>, Jeff Layman

Windows 7 Inside Out
Ed Bott, Carl Siechert, Craig Stinson
(Published by Microsoft) []
"Who is this book for?

This guide is for non-technical, casual, users of Windows. If you use
a PC at home for sending and receiving email, browsing the web and
maybe odd jobs like writing letters and editing digital photographs
then this is the book for you.

Any features for advanced users will be highlighted with this logo.
(cogs logo)."

So is it for advanced users or not?

I would interpret the above as meaning it's mostly for non-technical,
casual users, but contains odd bits of strong details - shown with a
marker so the casual reader knows to skip them if s/he wants. I've
encountered this quite frequently in general books; the specialist
bit(s) is/are usually separated out in some way, such as in a box with a
different background shade.