We waited more than five years for Vista. As you may recall, Windows XP was released with much fanfare in October 2001. But instead of the next Windows version shipping in just a couple of years, as originally expected, Microsoft lost its way in the development process. Vista didn’t make it to consumers until early 2007.

Go beyond Microsoft's Help guide and discover the true secrets of Windows Vista that are essential to power users. Written by two of the most recognized Windows authorities, this resource provides you with numerous tips, tricks, and undocumented features that aren't available anywhere else. You'll find extensive screenshots, tables, and illustrations that clearly show how to achieve optimal performance, fix desktop problems, and take advantage of the robust features of Windows Vista.

In a nutshell, this book is for people who are clueless about computers and want to stop being that way. It’s a book for people who have Windows Vista on their computers, but aren’t sure why, or what they’re supposed to do with it. It’s a book about using your computer to do the things that most people want to do, including (but not limited to) those activities described in the aforementioned title-with-too-many-words.

This is a book for people who have never touched a computer in their lives or have just enough experience to want to touch their PC extremely hard with a sledgehammer. It’s a book for people who either don’t realize yet, or have come to realize the hard way, that when it comes to using a PC, the following is dead-bang true: "Guessing doesn’t work."

If you can read the following sentence and picture clearly how, when, and why you want to do what it says, this may not be the right book for you:
Right-drag the selected items to the destination folder, drop, and then choose Copy Here or Move Here, depending on which you want to do, from the shortcut menu.

this is a book for people who can read the above sentence and honestly say, “I have no idea what he’s talking about.”

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Here's a handy household hint - getting control of all the clutter on your PC will make it run faster and more efficiently. This book is like a closet full of cleaning tools that help you organize your data and e-mail, archive the stuff you do need to keep, toss old cookies, tune up your file system, and much more.

Your computer does get messy; have no doubt about it. Programs load and unload, files pop into existence and then slither off to unknown parts of your hard drive, and spyware tries to adhere itself to your operating system. Every day, your system changes as information is added and new demands are placed on old programs.

All these things add to the unique clutter that comes to define and weigh down your system. You can redefine your system and free your system, all  by identifying and removing the clutter. Cleaning Windows Vista For Dummies shows you how.

I’m a firm believer that you should read this book out loud, while standing on the coffee table in your neighbor’s living room. It surely will make an impression on the neighbor’s kids and free up time you previously spent going to dinner parties.

This book is a record of my in-depth exploration of several prerelease versions of Windows Vista, Microsoft's next major operating system (OS) and the successor to Windows XP. Don't have Windows Vista yet? That's not a problem because this is not a "how-to" book. Instead, it's more of a "what-is" book. That is, Windows Vista Unveiled takes you on a detailed tour of all the new and improved technologies, features, tools, and programs that the Microsoft programmers have stitched into the Vista fabric.

You'll learn not only what features are new in Vista, but also why they're important (or not), who they were designed for, and how they will affect your computing life. My goal is to give you an exhaustive sneak preview of Vista's innovations and changes so that by the end of the book you know whether Vista is for you and what to expect when you sit down in front of this new OS.

All writers write with an audience in mind. Actually, I'm not sure whether that's true for novelists and poets and the like, but it should be true for any technical writer who wants to create a useful and comprehensible book. Here are the members of my own imagined audience:
- IT professionals
- Developers
- Power users
- Business users
- Road warriors
- Small business owners
- Multimedia users
- Gamers

Windows Vista is a very robust piece of software, with about as much functionality as Einstein on a good day. If you own a Windows Vista computer (and I assume you do, or you should rush back to the bookstore for a refund, pronto!) you likely spend a lot of time everyday in the Windows Vista environment. Knowing how to harness the power of this operating system is what this book is all about. As the title suggests, I give you just the steps you need to do many of the most common Windows Vista tasks. This book is all about getting productive right away.

You can’t wait weeks to master Windows Vista. It’s where all your software lives as well as how you get to your e-mail and documents. You have to figure out Windows Vista quickly. You might need to poke around Windows Vista and do work while learning. When you hit a bump in the road, you need a quick answer to get you moving again. This book is full of quick, clear steps that keep your learning in high gear.

I was itching to write a book where I could get right to the details of how to do things — and move on. None of that telling you what I’m going to tell you, saying my piece, and then reviewing for you what I just said. That’s why I was delighted to tackle a Just the Steps For Dummies book on Windows Vista.

Don’t try to read this book in one sitting; there’s no need. Instead, treat this book like a dictionary or an encyclopedia. Turn to the page with the information you need and say, “Ah, so that’s what they’re talking about.” Then put down the book and move on.

Don’t bother trying to memorize all the Windows Vista jargon, such as Select the Menu Item from the Drop-Down List Box. Leave that stuff for the computer enthusiasts. In fact, if anything technical comes up in a chapter, a road sign warns you well in advance. Depending on your mood, you can either slow down to read it or speed on around it.

When something in Windows Vista leaves you stumped, use this book as a reference. Look for the troublesome topic in this book’s table of contents or index. The table of contents lists chapter and section titles and page numbers. The index lists topics and page numbers. Page through the table of contents or index to the spot that deals with that particular bit of computer obscurity, read only what you have to, close the book, and apply what you’ve read.

Get hands-on guidance for developing smart client applications using Windows Forms with the Composite UI Application Block (CAB) and the Smart Client Software Factory. Smart clients, the evolved intersection of thin clients and rich clients, have been hampered by the complexities involved in using traditional Web development methods. With just your fundamental Microsoft Visual Basic or Microsoft Visual C# skills, this guide will help you understand the prefabricated classes of CAB and the proven patterns that the Smart Client Software Factory provides. This book offers classroom-tested guidance, hands-on instruction, and a proven building-block approach. Through seven modular lessons, developers of moderate experience with learn how to create functional, robust smart client applications.

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 Clear and Concise Directives
"Must Know" Terms & Subjects
 Essential Procedures
 Overlooked Topics
 No Fluff, Easy Navigation
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Chapter 1: Introducing Microsoft Windows Server 2003.Chapter 2: Administering Microsoft Windows Server 2003.
Chapter 3: Monitoring Microsoft Windows Server 2003.
Chapter 4: Backing Up.
Chapter 5: Maintaining The Operating System.
Chapter 6: Working with User Accounts.
Chapter 7: Working with Groups.
Chapter 8: Working with Computer Accounts.
Chapter 9: Sharing System Resources.
Chapter 10: Working with Printers.
Chapter 11: Managing Device Drivers.
Chapter 12: Managing Disk Storage.