Windows Xp Annoyances

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In an ideal world, an operating system would do its work in the background while you did your work in the foreground. In our world, however, operating systems constantly get in the way, and Windows XP is no exception. Windows XP contains dozens of important new features designed to make your work easier, including improved performance, but also introduces numerous quirks and unaccountable behaviors that are guaranteed to increase your level of perplexity and frustration. O'Reilly's popular series for troubleshooting Windows comes to the rescue with Windows XP Annoyances . This book is not designed to complain or criticize, but to acknowledge the problems and shortcomings of the operating system in order to overcome them. Complete with a collection of tools and techniques, this book allows users to improve their experience with Windows XP and establish control of the machine--rather than the other way around.

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ABC Amber CHM Converter Trial version, http://www.processtext.com/abcchm.html [Next] ABC Amber CHM Converter Trial version, http://www.processtext.com/abcchm.html Copyright © 2003 O'Reilly & Associates, Inc. All rights reserved. Printed in the United States of America. Published by O'Reilly & Associates, Inc., 1005 Gravenstein Highway North, Sebastopol, CA 95472. Portions of this book have been previously published as follows: March 2001: Windows Me Annoyances October 1998: Windows 98 Annoyances April 1997: Windows Annoyances O'Reilly & Associates books may be purchased for educational, business, or sales promotional use. Online editions are also available for most titles (http://safari.oreilly.com). For more information contact our corporate/institutional sales department: 800-998-9938 or [email protected] Nutshell Handbook, the Nutshell Handbook logo, and the O'Reilly logo are registered trademarks of O'Reilly & Associates, Inc. Many of the designations used by manufacturers and sellers to distinguish their products are claimed as trademarks. Where those designations appear in this book, and O'Reilly & Associates, Inc. was aware of a trademark claim, the designations have been printed in caps or initial caps. The association between the image of a Surinam toad and the topic of Windows XP is a trademark of O'Reilly & Associates, Inc. While every precaution has been taken in the preparation of this book, the publisher and the author assume no responsibility for errors or omissions, or for damages resulting from the use of the information contained herein. ABC Amber CHM Converter Trial version, http://www.processtext.com/abcchm.html Preface I admit it—I'm the guy people call when they need answers. Something doesn't work; my phone rings. Someone can't figure something out; I get an email. More often than not, the problem can be traced to Microsoft Windows, a product with which I've developed a healthy love-hate relationship. Luckily, I've channeled my rage into this book—many of the solutions, tips, workarounds, and warnings you're about to read are my responses to questions I get asked every day by inexperienced and seasoned Windows users alike. I've written this book with the philosophy that the more you know about a tool you use—specifically, Microsoft Windows XP—the better your day-to-day experience with it will be. If this contradicts what you've seen in other books or the Windows manual, you're getting the idea. ABC Amber CHM Converter Trial version, http://www.processtext.com/abcchm.html How This Book Came to Be Back in early 1995, I was using a beta (pre-release version) of Windows 95 on my machine. Only a few hours after installing it, I became aware of the extent to which the previous version of Windows (Windows f