by WoodyLeonhard (Author), Barry Simon (Author)
In this irreverent sequel to the bestselling The Mother of All Windows 95 Books, the irascible and irrepressible Mom and her loyal sidekicks return to give you the inside track on Windows 98. With a wacky sense of humor and in-depth insider knowledge, The Mother of All Windows 98 Books (a.k.a. MOM98) goes right to the heart of what you need to know to become a Win98 power user. MOM98 illustrates how--and more important, why--things work (or don't work) enabling even novices to quickly become wizards with Win98. Written in plain language (so even your Mom can understand it) MOM98 is packed with insight, unique tips, and shortcuts so you can customize and fine-tune Win98 to get the maximum benefit of this powerful new operating system. MOM98 isn't just another Win98 book; no way! Mom serves up a hearty helping of features and coverage for your benefit. Here's some samples of Mom's work: *Describes how Windows 98 really works, not how it's supposed to work *Includes a fast track chapter to get experienced Windows 95 users rapidly up-to-speed *Reveals what works, what doesn't, and how to work around the obstacles (this coverage is worth the price of the book alone!) *Explains all of Win98's snazziest features: the Update Manager, Multilink Channel Aggregation, Virtual Private Networking, FAT32, Win32 Driver Model, DirectX 5.0, The Tune-Up Wizard, HTML Help, VBScript, control panel applets, and more *Covers the Windows 98 Registry in depth *Based entirely on the final shrink-wrapped version of Windows 98; no beta stuff in here And, MOM98 has a comprehensive supporting Web site, that is updated regularly to give you the latest work-arounds as inherent bugs emerge. MOM98 offers you the most on the market--a comprehensive reference and timely updates when you need them. Reviews from previous MOM books: Witty, idiosyncratic, sometimes cranky, and often corny, the book captures the feeling of a Windows expert sitting at your elbow, chatting away, listening to your complaints, agreeing, offering solutions. --Jim Seymour, PC Magazine An exceptional value...written in a style that is at once irreverent, witty and, well, strange. --Brit Hume and T.R. Reid, The Washington Post 0201433125B04062001
Format: Paperback
Pages: 864
Edition: 1
Publisher: Addison Wesley
Published: 23 Oct 1998
ISBN 10: 0201433125
ISBN 13: 9780201433128
A noted authority on Microsoft Windows, Woody Leonhard is a contributing editor at PC Computing and publisher of the infamous electronic newsletter Woody's Office Watch. Woody has written or co-written more than a dozen books on Windows and Microsoft Office, including The Hacker's Guide to Word for Windows, PC MOM: The Mother of All PC Books, and The Mother of All Windows 95 Books.
Barry Simon has written for PC Magazine since 1987 and has been a Contributing Editor there for more than seven years. He has also written for PC Computing, Windows Sources, Family PC, and Desktop Engineering. He is the co-author, with Woody Leonhard, of the three MOM books as well as co-author, with Michael Reed, of Methods of Modern Mathematical Physics.