A Good Vista Book for Rank Beginner?

I have a 70 year old friend who just got his first computer. He
doesn't know how to do anything. Does anybody know a good book for a
rank beginner?

jim

jim evans wrote:
> I have a 70 year old friend who just got his first computer. He
> doesn't know how to do anything. Does anybody know a good book for a
> rank beginner?
>
> jim

I thought the "Windows Vista - The Missing Manual - Starters" by David
Pogue was a pretty good book for a beginner.


Malke
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Vista for Dummies is excellent...... also Teach Yourself Visually

The TinyURL are to the same Amazon pages just easier to click.

http://tinyurl.com/27e9fr

http://www.amazon.com/Teach-Yourself...3478918&sr=8-9

http://tinyurl.com/2x872n

http://www.amazon.com/Windows-Vista-...3479172&sr=8-1


"jim evans" <> wrote in message
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>I have a 70 year old friend who just got his first computer. He
> doesn't know how to do anything. Does anybody know a good book for a
> rank beginner?
>
> jim

On Tue, 03 Jul 2007 11:06:26 -0500, jim evans
<> wrote:

>I have a 70 year old friend who just got his first computer. He
>doesn't know how to do anything. Does anybody know a good book for a
>rank beginner?
>
>jim


There are several do it by pictures type of hand holding books that
are out there and can be found at Internet sites like Amazon or in
larger computer stores or book stores.

"Windows Vista Plain and Simple" is one, "Teach yourself visually..."
a series of picture type books on a variety of topics is another and
"Microsoft Windows Vista simplified" also is aimed at beginners.

The one I'm waiting for from O'Reilly is called "Windows Vista
Annoyances: Tips, Secrets, and Hacks", but it isn't scheduled to come
out until late fall, pushed back from late summer. Almost anything
from this publisher is well research, well written, but lacking and
included CD and has few pictures, just meat and potatoes kind of book,
of which I have about a dozen already. ;-)

Thanks for the replies.

jim