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Intended for the average home user, this illustrated guide shows how to edit text in documents, search the internet, work with pictures and music, manage files, and secure a computer using the latest Windows operating system. Step-by-step instructions tied to screenshots walk through each task. The second edition covers Service Pack 2.Copyright © 2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

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The Barnes & Noble Review
This Windows XP guide makes a bold promise: "No computerese!" How do they do? Pretty darned well.

The full-color format is perfect both for beginners and for any experienced WinXP user who's looking for an easier way to find answers but has no interest in becoming a computer expert. And in just a couple hundred pages, it manages to cover the tasks typical users ask about most often, from setting up email addresses in Outlook Express to connecting a wireless network.

This Second Edition has just been thoroughly updated for Windows XP Service Pack 2's urgent security improvements. It also covers most everything else that's new with Windows XP since it was first launched a couple of years ago, including new media features you can download free from Microsoft or get with Microsoft Plus! Digital Media Edition.

You'll find all the coverage you'd hope for in a Windows XP guide for committed non-techies: how to manage and search for files; run DVDs and music CDs with Windows Media Player; set a new home page with Internet Explorer; manage your email and contacts with Outlook Express; keep your files private; set up a new printer; and so forth. But there's some content here you might not expect: how to run older programs that need to be tricked into working with Windows XP; how to create video slide shows; control pop-up windows; label your CD-ROMs; create a multimedia screen saver...

Between the colorful numbered steps and the friendly, informal writing, Windows XP Plain & Simple will make WinXP more useful and more fun for a whole lot of people. Bill Camarda

Bill Camarda is a consultant, writer, and web/multimedia content developer. His 15 books include Special Edition Using Word 2003 and Upgrading & Fixing Networks for Dummies, Second Edition.

FROM THE PUBLISHER

Get the fast answers-in full color-that make learning the Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition operating system plain and simple! This no-nonsense guide uses easy numbered steps and concise, jargon-free language to show the most expedient ways to learn a new skill or solve a problem. You'll discover how to perform everyday tasks and answer your own questions quickly-learning the essentials for customizing your desktop, setting up a home network, enjoying digital media, performing easy tune-ups, publishing files on the Web, and more. Plus this popular guide has been fully updated to cover the latest service packs, technologies, and security updates. With PLAIN & SIMPLE, you don't have to wade through all kinds of superfluous detail. You get fast, precise, and up-to-date information-exactly when you need it!

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