Windows 7 - The Missing Manual 2010 Edition-RWT911

Product Details

* Pub. Date: April 2010
* Publisher: O'Reilly Media, Incorporated
* Sales Rank: 9,540
* ISBN-13: 9780596806392
* ISBN: 0596806396

Synopsis

In early reviews, geeks raved about Windows 7. But if you're an ordinary mortal,
learning what this new system is all about will be challenging. Fear not: David
Pogue's Windows 7: The Missing Manual comes to the rescue. Like its
predecessors, this book illuminates its subject with reader-friendly insight,
plenty of wit, and hardnosed objectivity for beginners as well as veteran PC
users.

Windows 7 fixes many of Vista's most painful shortcomings. It's speedier, has
fewer intrusive and nagging screens, and is more compatible with peripherals.
Plus, Windows 7 introduces a slew of new features, including better organization
tools, easier WiFi connections and home networking setup, and even touchscreen
computing for those lucky enough to own the latest hardware.

With this book, you'll learn how to:

* Navigate the desktop, including the fast and powerful search function
* Take advantage of Window's apps and gadgets, and tap into 40 free programs
* Breeze the Web with Internet Explorer 8, and learn the email, chat, and
videoconferencing programs
* Record TV and radio, display photos, play music, and record any of these to
DVD using the Media Center
* Use your printer, fax, laptop, tablet PC, or smartphone with Windows 7
* Beef up your system and back up your files
* Collaborate and share documents and other files by setting up a workgroup
network

David Pogue, Yale '85, is the weekly personal-technology columnist for the New
York Times and an Emmy award-winning tech correspondent for CBS News. His funny
tech videos appear weekly on CNBC. And with 3 million books in print, he is also
one of the world's bestselling how- to authors. In 1999, he launched his own
series of amusing, practical, and user-friendly computer books called Missing
Manuals, which now includes 100 titles.