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Summary: Great book-covers every imaginable topic that's needed
Review: This is a great book! Of course, you have to be sure that your ready for this information. First let me start by telling you that even though this book says its for both Home and Professional editions, it's not. The only sections in which they discuss Home related issues are the ones concerning digital media. The title really does speak for itself, it covers everything you would need to know about XP, for the scope of the book that is. If you upgrading from 2000 to XP Pro, or are totally new to it, as I am, get this book! XP is my first NT os, and even though I'm totally new to it, the book still explains everything clear and simple, while giving me all the information I demand.
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Summary: Details! Details!
Review: This is a highly detailed 1400 page text produced by the good people at Microsoft. Typical Microsoft, the book tends to read like stereo instructions. That aside, I gave it 5 stars because of its detailed and comprehensive coverage of the subject. The included CD is also impressive, with a networking encyclopedia and dictionary included.This book is not for light weights. If you are a home or private user of XP, I would recommend you shop elsewhere. However, if you are an administrator then you need to ask yourself, Why is this book not on my reference shelf? Get your boss to buy it for you. Compare this book to Mark Minasi's "Mastering Windows XP Professional" (ISBN: 0782141145).
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Summary: Hefty, beany, beefy
Review: This is a huge book, 1165 pages filled with good stuff, plus an index of 77 pages. Lots of stuff I didn't even know that I didn't know. It is worth the (rather reasonably low) price of this book just to get its recommendation for a really good shareware imaging program. A great value.
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Summary: Hefty, beany, beefy
Review: This is a huge book, 1165 pages filled with good stuff, plus an index of 77 pages. Lots of stuff I didn't even know that I didn't know. It is worth the (rather reasonably low) price of this book just to get its recommendation for a really good shareware imaging program. A great value.
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Summary: What you don't get in this book, doesn't exist!
Review: This is without doubt how best this describes a book that completely blanket covers the components, functionality and performance of perhaps the best operating system the world has yet seen, yes, Microsoft's Windows XP Pro or Home.
7cms or 3ΒΌ" +/- thick, this book delivers a punch of huge proportions supported with your very own copy of the same on CD. As big and as heavy as it is, it's difficult to put down; but when I do tire physically from holding it which is very seldom , I revert to the CD, or rather the books CD that I have copied to my HDD, et voila, instant access to everything included and contained for even quicker referencing. Microsoft Windows XP INSIDE OUT DELUXE EDITION is a 'must have' over any other XP related book that I have seen and familiarised myself with. I pre-ordered this book and couldn't wait to see how much I'd already applied and know; now I've got it, I'm still at it; finally total control of Windows XP. Excellently complied, and written in laypeople terms, it almost reveals itself as an encyclopaedia of XP, as you would expect from a Microsoft Press publication. But for the detail this book provides, there is one thing missing depending on your passion for technology and the depths to which this book extends, not least XP;
The missing link on your PC work top if you want 'Depth' has to be Microsoft WINDOWS XP REGISTRY GUIDE by Jerry Honeycutt and should be considered and used as an excellently thorough accompaniment and companion to Microsoft Windows XP INSIDE OUT DELUXE EDITION. For safe computing, the combination of the two books will give you what Microsoft doesn't of XP as standard, coupled with both being easy reads. Microsoft WINDOWS XP REGISTRY GUIDE by Jerry Honeycutt will give more than any other Registry book or Registry tweaking utility will ever give you; just for the Hacks alone you'll get your money's worth, but there's far more to it than that; go on, surprise yourself, it really isn't as difficult as you might think; happy safe Hacking.
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Summary: The definitive XP reference, not for casual users
Review: This Microsoft Press reference book is a tome and over kill for the casual user. But if you really want to learn how to use the very best of XP this is the standard, the premier, it is the definitive guide. XP Inside Out is an appropriate title. My first Windows user's manual was measured in ounces and a hundred plus pages. XP is over 1200 pages and almost 7 pounds. You need wheels to go desk to desk with it. You can take it to bed, it's bigger than your pillow. You can soak it in paraffin to make a Yule log. But it's this size that creates the very best topical layout, reference, and index that I have yet seen by Microsoft. Users can actually trace error messages to their plain English explanation and suggested solutions - a first for Microsoft. Authors Halverson, and Young, Microsoft "employees," have produced a superb reference tool for power users, developers, system designers, software instructors, consultants, and CIOs. If you want to know anything about XP, use this book. It is suitable for (interested) users 12 years of age to professional software and hardware systems experts. That's quite a span and good technical writing, editing, and layout is responsible. But there is more. The book includes a full text and illustrated e-book version on CD (40 MB on your hard drive and running with MS Internet Explorer or Netscape). That's worth the cost of the book by itself because standard XP search, find, and print tools can be used to navigate the 1,400 pages instantly. It's worth the Amazon.com price, no reservations by this reviewer.
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Summary: If you're not a nerd yet .......
Review: This was soooo difficult for me to follow. Every question I had did not seem to be in there or maybe I just did not ask it right. Big waste of MY MONEY.
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Summary: A must read....
Review: When I first saw the new XP design I have to admit that I hated it, I've since changed my opinion. I've been using it now for over 3 months and with the help of this book I've been able to get a lot from the new operating system. There's is so much that is new to XP that it's worth it to read up on. Trying to find this information in the tons of XP websites out there can be a real pain. This book includes all that you need to know to get the most from Microsoft's new offering.
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Summary: You need this book in your library
Review: Whether you're a newbie or an intermediate user of XP, their is never an end to tricks you can learn. I use this book in the classroom to train my students, they love it. People make a mistake and purchase the skinniest book they can find or one that has in the title "24 hours", or "weekend". Those books are great but their not going to help you at 12 o'clock in the morning when you have a XP or computer question. Buy this book you won't be sorry.
Carl
Software Trainer
www.johnsontraining.net
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Summary: Authors Know Just Enough To Be Dangerous
Review: With any technical book that has 1435 pages, you have to give the author(s) an "A" for effort. However, my experience has been that whenever I have an XP question, I can get a faster and better answer on the Google Newsgroups. I do have a more serious complaint about this book, though. While reading it, I stumbled acrossed a section on installing dual-boot system. The authors detailed all of the advantages, but failed to mention that once you do this you can't get rid of it. The system files wind up on one OS and the boot files wind up on another. Now I just have to live with the situation or reformat and start over. This problem is one of the most discussed XP problems on the newsgroups and was documented well before the book was published. I would have been much better off if I had never bought the book. My advice: Buy a smaller and cheaper book if you are a beginner and get your info off the newsgroups if you are more advanced.
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