Is there a Vista book?

I would much prefer reading a "Dummies" book, rather than try to outguess
the database of "Help" or some of the web pages. Any ideas?

Michael

Michael Holloway;1075746 Wrote:
> I would much prefer reading a "Dummies" book, rather than try to
> outguess
> the database of "Help" or some of the web pages. Any ideas?
>
> Michael

Hi Michael,

You may find "Windows Vista in Easy Steps" is suitable.

ISBN 9781840783162.

'In Easy Steps: Books' (http://www.computerstep.com/books/)

'In Easy Steps: Windows Vista in easy steps - 2nd ed. updated for
Service Pack 1'
(http://www.ineasysteps.co.uk/books/d...?9781840783667)

There is a follow up "Windows Vista Tips & Tricks in Easy Steps" by
Stuart Yarnold

ISBN 9781840783384.

'Amazon.com: Windows Vista Tips and Tricks in Easy Steps: Stuart
Yarnold: Books'
(http://www.amazon.com/Windows-Vista-.../dp/1840783389)


Hope it helps

SIW2


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Michael Holloway wrote:
> I would much prefer reading a "Dummies" book, rather than try to
> outguess the database of "Help" or some of the web pages. Any ideas?
>
> Michael
=============================
If you search Amazon for vista manual
or vista book you'll find several choices...
including 'Windows Vista For Dummies'.

Only problem is...IMHO...most of these
books were printed a few years ago...a
lot has changed since then and they are
somewhat outdated.

Personally I found "Windows Vista: The
Missing Manual" by David Pogue to be
useful. But as I said...it was published in
December of 2006.

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This is not tech support
I am a volunteer

Solutions that work for
me may not work for you

Proceed at your own risk

On Fri, 26 Jun 2009 21:03:21 -0400, John Inzer wrote:

> Michael Holloway wrote:
>> I would much prefer reading a "Dummies" book, rather than try to
>> outguess the database of "Help" or some of the web pages. Any ideas?
>>
>> Michael
> =============================
> If you search Amazon for vista manual
> or vista book you'll find several choices...
> including 'Windows Vista For Dummies'.
>
> Only problem is...IMHO...most of these
> books were printed a few years ago...a
> lot has changed since then and they are
> somewhat outdated.
>
> Personally I found "Windows Vista: The
> Missing Manual" by David Pogue to be
> useful. But as I said...it was published in
> December of 2006.

I bough both of the above books when I got a Vista system..

Unfortunately, almost every question I had was not answered in either one
:-(

In all fairness, the two books, especially the Dummies one, got me started
fairly well :-)

YMMV.

--
Gene E. Bloch letters0x40blochg0x2Ecom

On Fri, 26 Jun 2009 17:22:25 -0700, "Michael Holloway"
<> wrote:

> I would much prefer reading a "Dummies" book, rather than try to outguess
> the database of "Help" or some of the web pages. Any ideas?



I recommend "Windows Vista Inside Out" by Bott, Siechert, and Stinson.

Personally, I find the titles of "Dummies" books insulting, and I
would never choose to buy or even read one of them. But if they are
your choice, that's OK with me.


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Michael Holloway wrote:
> I would much prefer reading a "Dummies" book, rather than try to
> outguess the database of "Help" or some of the web pages. Any ideas?
>
> Michael
>

Yes, in the humour section of your local book store.
In some shops it will be in the history of tragedies section.

Hello!


"Michael Holloway" <> wrote in message news:...
> I would much prefer reading a "Dummies" book, rather than try to outguess

Easy Microsoft Windows Vista (2nd Edition, 2008-MAY-13)
http://www.informit.com/store/produc...sbn=0789738295
<quote>
Dimensions 8 X 10
Pages: 360
Edition: 2nd.
ISBN-10: 0-7897-3829-5
ISBN-13: 978-0-7897-3829-5
</quote>

Roman

Hi, Michael.

My advice is different from most - except that I agree with Ken Blake that
"Windows Vista Inside Out" is an excellent resource. I'll be looking for
the Win7 version of Inside Out as soon as it is available!

My favorite resource for understanding the successive Windows versions has
always been the Resource Kits published by Microsoft Press. They are thick
(1400+ pages), expensive (usually about $50), and they cover a LOT more than
I need to know - like how to deploy the new system to your thousands of
computers in dozens of offices. :>( Stuff like that is nearly half the
book and does me no good at all for my one computer and no network.

But the remaining half of the Resource Kit is worth the full price of the
book! An afternoon invested in studying (not just skimming) the chapters on
disks and file systems, and the startup sequence, and on troubleshooting
problems, will pay you big dividends, not just for Vista and not just for
today, but for as long as you use computers - which just might be for the
rest of your life.

Although operating systems have evolved through several generations, I still
use every day much of the basic knowledge of computers, hard disks,
operating systems (including MS-DOS and Windows) and file systems that I
learned in the 1950's. Much of that knowledge came from the original Norton
Utilities (especially DiskEdit) before Symantec bought out Norton and dumbed
down those utilities. Now all we can learn from them is which button to
push in the GUI, not what goes on inside the computer when that button gets
pushed. Today's Symantec programs are like "Norton Utilities for Dummies".
:>(

I recommend spending your money AND investing your TIME in understanding
in-depth resources like Inside Out and the Resource Kits - after you've
graduated from "for Dummies".

RC
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R. C. White, CPA
San Marcos, TX

Microsoft Windows MVP
Windows Live Mail 2009 (14.0.8064.0206) in Win7 Ultimate x64 RC 7100


"Michael Holloway" <> wrote in message
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> I would much prefer reading a "Dummies" book, rather than try to outguess
> the database of "Help" or some of the web pages. Any ideas?
>
> Michael

On Sat, 27 Jun 2009 21:45:46 -0500, "R. C. White" <>
wrote:

> Hi, Michael.
>
> My advice is different from most - except that I agree with Ken Blake that
> "Windows Vista Inside Out" is an excellent resource. I'll be looking for
> the Win7 version of Inside Out as soon as it is available!
>
> My favorite resource for understanding the successive Windows versions has
> always been the Resource Kits published by Microsoft Press. They are thick
> (1400+ pages), expensive (usually about $50), and they cover a LOT more than
> I need to know - like how to deploy the new system to your thousands of
> computers in dozens of offices. :>( Stuff like that is nearly half the
> book and does me no good at all for my one computer and no network.



RC, I very much agree that the Resource Kit is an excellent source of
information. But they are generally difficult books to read unless you
start out knowing a substantial amount about the subject. For that
reason, I would not recommend them to most people, and certainly not
to someone considering a "... for Dummies" title.


> But the remaining half of the Resource Kit is worth the full price of the
> book! An afternoon invested in studying (not just skimming) the chapters on
> disks and file systems, and the startup sequence, and on troubleshooting
> problems, will pay you big dividends, not just for Vista and not just for
> today, but for as long as you use computers - which just might be for the
> rest of your life.
>
> Although operating systems have evolved through several generations, I still
> use every day much of the basic knowledge of computers, hard disks,
> operating systems (including MS-DOS and Windows) and file systems that I
> learned in the 1950's. Much of that knowledge came from the original Norton
> Utilities (especially DiskEdit) before Symantec bought out Norton and dumbed
> down those utilities. Now all we can learn from them is which button to
> push in the GUI, not what goes on inside the computer when that button gets
> pushed. Today's Symantec programs are like "Norton Utilities for Dummies".
> :>(
>
> I recommend spending your money AND investing your TIME in understanding
> in-depth resources like Inside Out and the Resource Kits - after you've
> graduated from "for Dummies".
>
> RC
> --
> R. C. White, CPA
> San Marcos, TX
>
> Microsoft Windows MVP
> Windows Live Mail 2009 (14.0.8064.0206) in Win7 Ultimate x64 RC 7100
>
>
> "Michael Holloway" <> wrote in message
> news:...
> > I would much prefer reading a "Dummies" book, rather than try to outguess
> > the database of "Help" or some of the web pages. Any ideas?
> >
> > Michael

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Hi, Ken.

We still agree. That's why I threw in my final line. :^}

>> - after you've
>> graduated from "for Dummies".

When I got my first computer back in 1977, there were no "dummies" books.
Even Adam Osborne's "Volume 0" was over my head. But I tried to read it
anyhow, and read many others that were, to me, just as dense. Gradually,
more and more light bulbs turned on in my head. The time I took to read
those books was not "spent", it was "invested" - and I've been reaping
dividends from it ever since. ;<)

RC
--
R. C. White, CPA
San Marcos, TX

Microsoft Windows MVP
Windows Live Mail 2009 (14.0.8064.0206) in Win7 Ultimate x64 RC 7100

"Ken Blake, MVP" <> wrote in message
news:...
> On Sat, 27 Jun 2009 21:45:46 -0500, "R. C. White" <>
> wrote:
>
>> Hi, Michael.
>>
>> My advice is different from most - except that I agree with Ken Blake
>> that
>> "Windows Vista Inside Out" is an excellent resource. I'll be looking for
>> the Win7 version of Inside Out as soon as it is available!
>>
>> My favorite resource for understanding the successive Windows versions
>> has
>> always been the Resource Kits published by Microsoft Press. They are
>> thick
>> (1400+ pages), expensive (usually about $50), and they cover a LOT more
>> than
>> I need to know - like how to deploy the new system to your thousands of
>> computers in dozens of offices. :>( Stuff like that is nearly half the
>> book and does me no good at all for my one computer and no network.
>
>
>
> RC, I very much agree that the Resource Kit is an excellent source of
> information. But they are generally difficult books to read unless you
> start out knowing a substantial amount about the subject. For that
> reason, I would not recommend them to most people, and certainly not
> to someone considering a "... for Dummies" title.
>
>
>> But the remaining half of the Resource Kit is worth the full price of the
>> book! An afternoon invested in studying (not just skimming) the chapters
>> on
>> disks and file systems, and the startup sequence, and on troubleshooting
>> problems, will pay you big dividends, not just for Vista and not just for
>> today, but for as long as you use computers - which just might be for the
>> rest of your life.
>>
>> Although operating systems have evolved through several generations, I
>> still
>> use every day much of the basic knowledge of computers, hard disks,
>> operating systems (including MS-DOS and Windows) and file systems that I
>> learned in the 1950's. Much of that knowledge came from the original
>> Norton
>> Utilities (especially DiskEdit) before Symantec bought out Norton and
>> dumbed
>> down those utilities. Now all we can learn from them is which button to
>> push in the GUI, not what goes on inside the computer when that button
>> gets
>> pushed. Today's Symantec programs are like "Norton Utilities for
>> Dummies".
>> :>(
>>
>> I recommend spending your money AND investing your TIME in understanding
>> in-depth resources like Inside Out and the Resource Kits - after you've
>> graduated from "for Dummies".
>>
>> RC
>>
>>
>> "Michael Holloway" <> wrote in message
>> news:...
>> > I would much prefer reading a "Dummies" book, rather than try to
>> > outguess
>> > the database of "Help" or some of the web pages. Any ideas?
>> >
>> > Michael
>
> --
> Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience
> Please Reply to the Newsgroup