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Windows 98 Secrets

Windows 98 Secrets


By Brian Livingston, Davis Straub

ISBN: 978-0-7645-3186-6
Format: Paper
Pages: 1246 Pages
Pub. Date: June 1998

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Price: $49.99
Description
Author Information
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments.

PART I: Introduction, Installation, and Startup.

Chapter 1: Read This First.

Chapter 2: Installing and Setting Up Windows 98.

Chapter 3: A Quick Look at Windows 98.

Chapter 4: A Tutorial for Windows 98.

Chapter 5: Customizing Your Windows 98 Startup.

PART II: Interface to the Desktop and the Internet.

Chapter 6: The Desktop and the Taskbar.

Chapter 7: My Computer -- Folders and Windows.

Chapter 8: The Explorer.

Chapter 9: Internet Explorer.

Chapter 10: Shortcuts at Home and Abroad.

Chapter 11: The Start Button and Finding.

Chapter 12: Desktop Strategies -- Making Windows 98 Your Own.

Chapter 13: Documents First.

Chapter 14: The Recycle Bin: Going Through the Trash.

Chapter 15: The Registry: The Real User Interface.

Chapter 16: The Control Panel and Properties.

PART III: Internet Applications.

Chapter 17: Dial-Up Networking.

Chapter 18: Connecting to the Internet.

Chapter 19: Outlook Express.

Chapter 20: Windows Messaging.

PART IV: Connectivity.

Chapter 21: Calling the Bulletin Boards.

Chapter 22: Laptop to Desktop.

Chapter 23: Synchronized Filing -- The Briefcase.

Chapter 24: Networking.

PART V: Plug and Play.

Chapter 25: Plug and Play: Device Management.

Chapter 26: Fonts.

Chapter 27: Keyboards and Characters.

Chapter 28: Displays.

Chapter 29: Printer Drivers.

Chapter 30: The Mighty Mouse (Other Pointing Devices, Too).

Chapter 31: Modems, Serial Ports, and Parallel Ports.

Chapter 32: Telephony.

Chapter 33: Disk Tools and File Systems.

PART VI: DOS Secrets.

Chapter 34: Meet the New DOS . Same As the Old DOS.

Chapter 35: Configuring Windows 98 Memory.

PART VII: Shareware.

Chapter 36: The Best in Windows Shareware.

Index.

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CD-ROM Installation Instructions.
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