Andy Rathbone

Windows 98 for Dummies

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

"This book feels your pain and prescribes a chuckle." --Business Week Praise for Windows 98 For Dummies, the # 1 Computer Book Bestseller* "It's the most fun you'll have with a computer book." --Business Week "Informative, friendly, conversational, and slightly irreverent.... It could help save you time and ease your frustration level." --San Diego Union-Tribune "Written in a humorous style that gets the job done." --Chicago Sun-Times *Publishers Weekly (Computer Bestsellers, Operating Systems) Covers Windows 98 Second Edition and Internet Explorer 5 Quick and easy answers to common Windows 98 questions The fun and easy way to take command of your PC's operating system Windows 98 controls your computer. But how do you control Windows 98? Don't worry! With bestselling computer-book author Andy Rathbone at your side, you'll figure out how to tame all those buttons and boxes, install software, connect to the Internet, and make your computer work the way you do. Discover how to: * Conquer Windows 98 basics * Personalize your PC * Send and receive e-mail * Get more out of the Web * Have fun with audio and video * Deal with common problems and aggravations Get smart! www.dummies.com * Register to win cool prizes * Browse exclusive articles and excerpts * Get a free Dummies Daily e-mail newsletter * Chat with authors and preview other books * Talk to us, ask questions, get answers

Produktdetails

• Verlag: HUNGRY MINDS TRADE CO
• Seitenzahl: 408
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. Juni 1998
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 191mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 759g
• ISBN-13: 9780764502613
• ISBN-10: 0764502611
• Artikelnr.: 21422568

Autorenporträt

Andy Rathbone's computer books, which include Windows? 2000 Professional For Dummies? and Upgrading and Fixing PCs For Dummies?, have sold more than 11 million copies.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction.

PART I: Bare-Bones Windows 98 Stuff (Start Here).

Chapter 1: What Is Windows 98?

Chapter 2: Ignore This Chapter on Computer Parts.

Chapter 3: Windows 98 Stuff Everybody Thinks You AlreadyKnow.

PART II: Making Windows 98 Do Something.

Chapter 4: Starting Windows 98.

Chapter 5: Field Guide to Buttons, Bars, Boxes, Folders, andFiles.

Chapter 6: Moving Windows Around.

Chapter 7: I Can't Find It!

Chapter 8: That "Cut and Paste" Stuff (Moving Around Words,Pictures, and Sounds).

Chapter 9: Customizing Windows 98 (Fiddling with the ControlPanel and Other Settings).

PART III: Using Windows 98 Applications (And Surfing the Web,Should the Mood Strike).

Chapter 10: The Windows 98 Desktop, Start Button, andTaskbar.

Chapter 11: Those Scary Windows Explorer and My ComputerPrograms.

Chapter 12: The Free Programs!

Chapter 13: Cruising the Web, Sending E-Mail, and UsingNewsgroups.

PART IV: Help!

Chapter 14: The Case of the Broken Window.

Chapter 15: Error Messages (What You Did Does Not Compute).

Chapter 16: Help on the Windows 98 Help System.

PART V: The Part of Tens.

Chapter 17: Ten Exciting Windows 98 Features Worth CheckingOut.

Chapter 18: Ten Aggravating Things about Windows 98 (And How toFix Them).

Chapter 19: Ten Expensive Things You Can Do to Make Windows 98Run Better.

Chapter 20: Ten Windows 98 Icons and What They Do.

Chapter 21: Ten Ways to Fix Confusing Internet, Web, and ActiveDesktop Problems.

Appendix A: Installing Windows 98.

Appendix B: Glossary.

Index.

Book Registration Information.

Rezensionen

"This book feels your pain and prescribes a chuckle." --BusinessWeek

"It's the most fun you'll have with a computer book." --BusinessWeek

"Informative, friendly, conversational, and slightly irreverent....It could help save you time and ease your frustration level." --SanDiego Union-Tribune