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The fact is that Windows Me isn't much different from its predecessor, Windows 98. If you're already familiar with the older operating system, you don't need this or any other Windows Me book. If you're using Windows Me as your first or second stepping stone into personal computing, however, Microsoft Windows Millennium Edition Step by Step will be a worthy resource as you work your way to mastery of the system. The authors--a team from a technical training company--chose to organize this book as an extended hands-on exercise. You start with a virgin machine (it's assumed that you or your PC vendor chose the Typical setup option from the Windows Me installation CD-ROM) and work your way through various configuration changes and other experiments. The approach yields a book that's great for gaining fundamental knowledge of Windows Me, and better than you'd expect as a reference volume. This book, as you might guess from its title, is heavy on procedures. There's a sequence of steps to follow for every popular Windows Me feature, and it's easy to locate the procedure that you want in the index. Step by Step is not well illustrated, however, and novice Windows users might get nervous without visual assurances that they're seeing the right windows and messages on their screens. The book ships with a CD-ROM that contains files for use with Windows Me; they're meant to help you get familiar with using the multimedia tools and other little applications. --David Wall Topics covered: Windows Me for novices, including its Internet, home-networking, multimedia, and utility features. Coverage of Outlook Express 5.5, as it's set up for multiple users (as in a family environment), is particularly good.
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