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The Complete Idiots Guide to MORE Windows 98 represents the logical next reading choice for any user of the Complete Idiots Guide or similar title who wants to learn more advanced features of Windows 98 but enjoys the irreverent style of the CIG brand. Expert author mixes an irreverent, light writing style with a keen sense of what the target audience needs to know about Windows 98 to be productive. The reader can count on the book providing much needed information without weighing them down with unnecessary details. This new edition feature complete coverage of all new Windows 98 advanced features and tips/tricks including OLE, Personal Web Server, system tools, Device Manager, networking, and more.

Table of Contents:
I. MORE MISCELLANEOUS (BUT USEFUL) WINDOWS 98 TRICKS AND TECHNIQUES. 1. Beginning at the Beginning: Windows 98 Startup Techniques. Startup and at `Em: Taking Charge of Startup. Ending at the End: Shutting Down Windows 98. From Here. 2. Taking Charge of Your Files and Folders. File Style: Downright Useful File Know-How and Secrets. The Complete Drag-and-Drop. The Handy Send To Command. Expediting Explorer: More Shortcuts and Options. From Here. 3. Sharing Data: The Mysterious Snake Oil of OLE. Dividing the Spoils: Data Sharing Basics. OLE: Can You See? Should I Link or Embed? Doing the Linking and Embedding Thing. 4. Taming the DOS Beast. Dirty DOS Dancing: Starting a DOS Session. Working at the DOS Prompt. Using MS-DOS Mode for DOS Games and Other Finicky Programs. DOS Deluxe: Customizing DOS Windows. 5. More Windows Goodies: Microsoft Plus! 98. Installing Microsoft Plus! 98. What You Get For Your Money: The Plus! 98 Components. 6. A Few of My Favorite Windows Things. Ten Transcendental Tips and Tricks. A Few of My Favorite Practical Windows Things. A Few of My Favorite Fun Windows Things. II. "JUST SO" WINDOWS: MORE CUSTOMIZATION TOMFOOLERY. 7. Customizing Web Integration and the Active Desktop. Which Windows: Web or Classic? Creating a Custom Web View for a Folder. Customizing the Active Desktop. 8. Refurbishing the Start Menu and Taskbar. Understanding the Start Menu Folder. Putting Some Tricks Up Your Start Menus Sleeve. Some Taskbar Tweaks. 9. A Few Other Ways to Dress Windows for Success. Rolling Your Own Windows 98. The Hopped-Up Keyboard. Jumping for Joystick: Calibrating Your Game Controller. Going Global: The Windows 98 Regional Settings. Geek Chic: Customizing with TweakUI. 10. The Registry: The Soul of the Windows Machine. What in Tarnation Is the Registry? The Registry Editor: Your Royal Road to the Registry. Understanding Keys and Other Registry Doodads. How to Work with Registry Entries. 11. Revving Up the Registry: A Few Handy Techniques. Editing Some Setup Info. Doctoring the Desktop Icons. More File Type Frivolity. III. MORE ONLINE FUN: COMMUNICATIONS AND THE INTERNET. 12. Getting Your Modems Mojo Working. Bits and Ports and Stuff: An Encyclopedic Primer. Setting Up a Modem from Scratch. Changing Your Modems Modus Operandi. Its Alive! Or Is It? Modem Diagnostics. Locations, Locations, Locations: Working with Dialing Locations. Fast Fax Facts: Using Microsoft Fax. 13. The Savvy Surfer: Extending Internet Explorer. Saving Sites for Subsequent Surfs. Managing Your Subscriptions. Caveat Surfer: Internet Explorer and Security. A Few More Useful Internet Explorer Options. 14. The Ins and Outs of Outlook Express. Taking Charge of Your Message Folders. Some Handy Message Maneuvers. Finding Folks on the Internet. Customizing Outlook Express. 15. Joining the Chattering Classes with Microsoft Chat. Opening Lines: Getting Started with Microsoft Chat. Rat-a-Tat Chat: Connecting to a Chat Server. Chat Chinwagging: Holding Up Your End of the Conversation. Disconnecting from the Chat Server. Dis and Dat Chat: Some Microsoft Chat Options. 16. The Self-Serve Web: Running Personal Web Server. Getting Personal Web Server Ready for Action. Publishing Pages to Your Web Site. IV. SWIFTER, HIGHER, STRONGER: MORE WINDOWS 98 SYSTEM TOOLS. 17. From Slowpoke to Speed Demon: Making Windows Fly. Thanks for the Memory: Maximizing Your Systems Memory. The Hot Rod Hard Disk. Putting the Whip to Windows Video. 18. A Windows Lifeline: The Emergency Boot Disk. Boot Disk Basics. Forging and Using the Emergency Boot Disk. If Worse Comes to Worst: Using System Recovery. 19. For the Nerd in You: Higher-End System Tools. Knowledge is Power: The System Information Utility. A Windows Checkup: The System File Checker. Keeping the Registry Regular: The Registry Checker. Streamlining Startups with the System Configuration Utility. Peace Negotiations: Using the Version Conflict Manager. Hands-Free Windows: The Task Scheduler. V. HARDWARE HOOTENANNY: MORE DEVICE ADVICE. 20. Using Device Manager to Take Control of Your Hardware. Understanding Device Mumbo-Jumbo. The Device Database: Device Manager. Setting Up Hardware Profiles. 21. Graphics Gadgetry: Working with Video Cards and Monitors. No Guts, No Graphics: Working with Video Cards. Image Is Everything: Windows 98 and Your Monitor. VI. MORE NETWORKING KNOW-HOW. 22. Working with Network Connections. Networking for Novices. Some Notes About Network Hardware. Getting Your System Network-Ready. Logging On to Your Network. A Drive Around the Network Neighborhood. Accessing Network Resources. Playing Nicely with Others: Sharing Your Resources. From Here. 23. Using Windows Messaging to Exchange Email Notes. Installing Windows Messaging and Microsoft Mail. Messing Around with Messaging: A Few Email Chores. Your Personal Postmaster-General: Setting Up a Postoffice. From Here. 24. Keeping In Touch: Mobile Computing with Dial-Up Networking. Setting Up a Dial-Up Networking Connection. Do It Yourself: Creating a Dial-Up Networking Internet Connection. Remote Network Connecting and Disconnecting. A Better Connection: Dial-Up Networking Settings. Accessing Microsoft Mail Remotely. From Here. APPENDIXES. Appendix A. Speak Like a Geek: More Windows Words. Appendix B. More Windows 98 Online Resources. The World Wide Web. Usenet Newsgroups. Appendix C. More Symbols: The Windows ANSI Character Set. Index.

About the Author :
Paul McFedries has been a computer programmer for more than 20 years and, as a principal in Lone Wolf Software, specializes in database applications. McFedries has written or co-authored more than 20 books on topics such as dBase, FoxPro, Access, and Windows.


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780789717399
  • Publisher: Macmillan Computer Publishing (a Pearson Education company)
  • Publisher Imprint: Que
  • Height: 232 mm
  • Returnable: N
  • Spine Width: 27 mm
  • Width: 187 mm
  • ISBN-10: 0789717395
  • Publisher Date: 18 Aug 1998
  • Binding: Counterpack – filled
  • Language: English
  • Series Title: The complete idiot's guide
  • Weight: 755 gr


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