Curt Simmons

How to Do Everything with Windows Xp Curt Simmons

Jacket Description/Back: Learn to run this sophisticated operating system with ease and enjoy the many features that make XP an efficient, rock-solid computing environment. Tap powerful functionality like home and small-office networking, Media Player, system security, and privacy protection. Manage files and folders, searches, and taskbar grouping with the simplified visual design. Communicate through text messaging, voice, or video through Windows Messenger. View, store, and organize digital photographs with My Pictures. Quickly change custom desktop configurations with fast user-switching. "How To Do Everything with Windows XP will help you accomplish more in less time than you ever imagined. Operate effectively in the Home or Professional environments Configure the XP desktop and master the XP Control Panel Use the innovative features of Internet Explorer 6 and Network Setup Wizard Access and run a virtual desktop through Remote Desktop and Remote Assistance Capture, edit, organize, and share home movies with Windows Movie Maker Play DVDs, store digital music, or burn CDs with the media player Unleash greater networking capabilities Bridge networks, create firewalls, and use new security features Play games with greater stability and support features Learn the advantages of Windows 2000-generation codePublisher Marketing: Windows XP is the long-awaited operating system from Microsoft that will end the Windows 9X generation and place the highly effective Windows 2000 code on the computers of home and office users. This title covers all updates including home and office networking and faster boot features.

Contributor Bio:  Simmons, Curt Curt Simmons (Saint Jo, TX) is a freelance author and technical trainer. He's written more than thirty computing and technology books since 1998, including "How To Do Everything with Windows XP, Windows XP Headaches, " and "Mac OS X Headaches." He also teaches several Internet courses on computing and digital photography which are distributed through the Education To Go network. These courses are available at hundreds of junior and senior colleges throughout the U. S but are not directly available to the public on the Internet -- students have to sign up at a local college first.