100 Things You Need to Know about Microsoft Windows Vista eBook

100 Things You Need to Know about Microsoft Windows Vista

Geier, Eric

Pearson Education

eBook

About 100 Things You Need to Know about Microsoft Windows Vista
Windows Vista is the largest OS upgrade Microsoft has made since Windows 95 inched forward from Windows 3.1. Moving to Vista isn't nearly as easy as most people might think. The format of 100 Things is perfect for providing the most relevant information on the information that people need most. The information is succinct and to the point, allowing people to get in quickly, get the info and get back to work. Includes coverage on all the new cutting edge features and interface Windows Vista offers. This book walks you through, step-by-step on how to manually check if your PC and other hardware and software are supported for use with Windows Vista. We show you how to perform common upgrade tasks, if needed before Vista is installed. In addition, it provides tips and procedures on backing up data from various popular software applications. Next, the new Vista interface and the new and enhanced features are covered showing you things you didn't know and will help you make Vista do your bidding. And if you are a loyal XP user, this book will show you how to harness all the power of Vista while keeping your XP look and feel. Once the basics are down, this book shows you some of the cool things you can do with Vista, from customizing it's performance, to tweaking performance, to disabling the security controls, to connecting to a wireless network.

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