Is there a Vista book?

[Michael Holloway]

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

 

[John Inzer]

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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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somewhat outdated.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.

--

J. Inzer MS-MVP
Digital Media Experience

Notice
This is not tech support
I am a volunteer

Solutions that work for
me may not work for you

Proceed at your own risk

 

[Gene E. Bloch]

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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somewhat outdated.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.

 

[Ken Blake, MVP]

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.

 

[Andrew W]

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.

 

[roman modic]

Hello!

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/product.aspx?isbn=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

 

[R. C. White]

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
--
R. C. White, CPA
San Marcos, TX
(e-mail address removed)
Microsoft Windows MVP
Windows Live Mail 2009 (14.0.8064.0206) in Win7 Ultimate x64 RC 7100

 

[Ken Blake, MVP]

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.

 

[R. C. White]

Hi, Ken.

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

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
(e-mail address removed)
Microsoft Windows MVP
Windows Live Mail 2009 (14.0.8064.0206) in Win7 Ultimate x64 RC 7100

 

[Ken Blake, MVP]

Hi, Ken.

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

OK, good. Glad to hear that.