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Alan Simpson's Windows 98 Bible Take full command of Windows 98's new Internet functionality and multimedia capabilities! With detailed instructions, hands-on examples, and a fun, engaging style, bestselling author Alan Simpson offers complete coverage of every Windows 98 task from setup to shutdown including how to take advantage of Internet channels, DVD, multiple monitors, and all the other powerful new features of Windows 98. Inside, You'll find complete coverage of Windows 98
- Customize your environment Active Desktop, menus, toolbars, and more
- Optimize your system by automating routine maintenance tasks
- Master Windows 98's new audio, video, TV, and DVD capabilities
- Use Multiple Display Support to extend your desktop across multiple monitors
- Dock your laptop to your home or office computer
- Use Briefcase for mobile computing with your laptop
- Connect to your office computer while on the road
- Configure and maintain your own LAN
- Manipulate the Registry using Tweak UI
Over 160 powerful shareware programs on CD-ROM! Utilities FontLister, FontPak, Holyear vs. Teethson Screensaver, HyperCam, RISS Icon Pack Home and Home Office Checkbook, Genius, Things to Do, Ultimate Event Planner, Zip Express, Just the Fax Business and Professional Employee Scheduling for Windows, Medlin Accounts Payable, Medlin Accounts Receivable, Medlin General Ledger, Medlin Payroll Children Animals-n-Things, Kids at Play, Mattie's Math Games, Roxie's Reading Fish, My First Computer Book of Faces, Wordtrix Education Desktop Guitarist, Knowledge Machine, PC Insight, Type Now!, Word of the Day Games and Sports Hong Kong Mahjong, Lotto PC, MVP Backgammon, MVP Bridge, Vegas Poker and Blackjack, Xross Words Multimedia and Graphics Crystal 3D IMPACT!, EZ Animator, EZ SlideShow, Noteworthy Composer, Paint Shop Pro and much more! Shareware programs are fully functional, free trial versions of copyrighted programs. If you like particular programs, register with their authors for a nominal fee and receive licenses, enhanced versions, and technical support. Freeware programs are free copyrighted games, applications, and utilities. You can copy them to as many PCs as you likefreebut they have no technical support. http://www.idgbooks.com System Requirements: PC running Windows 98
Synopsis
Welcome to the brave new world of Windows 98, where Internet functionality is paramount and multimedia rules. And for a comprehensive Windows 98 manual, look no farther than
Alan Simpson's Windows 98 Bible. Simpson covers Windows 98 inside and out, from setup and configuration to complex commands and advanced interactive features such as DVD, Internet channels, and even installing multiple monitors with Multiple Display Support.
Inside Alan Simpson's Windows 98 Bible you'll also find complete coverage of the Active Desktop, mobile computing with Briefcase, Tweak UI, LAN configuration and maintenance, the Web Publishing Wizard, your Personal Web Server, and the Windows Scripting Host.
Alan Simpson's Windows 98 Bible doesn't end with the appendixes, glossary, and detailed index ? there's a companion CD-ROM packed with helpful Windows 98 utilities and over 160 robust shareware applications. Software titles include Knowledge Machine, Noteworthy Composer, Zip Express, Just the Fax, and more.
Synopsis
Alan Simpson's Windows 98 Bible doesn't end with the appendixes, glossary, and detailed index ? there's a companion CD-ROM packed with helpful Windows 98 utilities and over 160 robust shareware applications. Software titles include Knowledge Machine, Noteworthy Composer, Zip Express, Just the Fax, and more.
Description
System requirements for the accompanying computer disc : PC running Windows 98.
About the Author
About the Author Alan Simpson is a veteran author of digilit (digital literature) and bestselling computer books with over 2.5 million books in print, including Windows® 95 Uncut, HTML Publishing Bible, and Windows® 95 Bible. Simpson has won over the hearts of technophobes and technophiles alike with his distinctive, conversational style.
Table of Contents
Preface.
Acknowledgments.
PART I: Know This or Suffer.
Chapter 1: What Is Windows 98?
Chapter 2: Getting Around Like a Pro.
Chapter 3: Opening Programs and Documents.
Chapter 4: Shortcuts and Other Cool Tricks.
PART II:Have It Your Way.
Chapter 5: General Housekeeping (Copying, Deleting, and So On).
Chapter 6: Personalizing the Screen.
Chapter 7: Mouse, Keyboard, and Game Controllers.
Chapter 8: Organizing Your Virtual Office.
PART III:Growth, Maintenance, and General Tweaking.
Chapter 9: Installing and Removing Programs.
Chapter 10: Installing and Removing Hardware.
Chapter 11: Updates, Upgrades, and Optimization.
Chapter 12: Using Multiple Monitors.
Chapter 13: Managing Multiple Users and Hardware.
PART IV: Work and Play.
Chapter 14: Numbers, Text, Pictures, and Scraps.
Chapter 15: Printers and Fonts.
Chapter 16: Multimedia Madness.
Chapter 17: Enhanced TV and DVD.
PART V: Out into the World.
Chapter 18: Choosing and Installing a Modem.
Chapter 19: Cruising the Microsoft Network.
Chapter 20: Connecting to a Bulletin Board System or PC.
Chapter 21: Road Warrior Tools and Techniques.
PART VI: Becoming an Internet Guru.
Chapter 22: Connecting to the Internet.
Chapter 23: Browsing the World Wide Web.
Chapter 24: Subscriptions, Channels, and Active Desktop.
Chapter 25: Doing Internet E-Mail.
Chapter 26: Participating in Usenet Newsgroups.
Chapter 27: Conferencing with Microsoft NetMeeting.
Chapter 28: Fun with Microsoft Chat.
PART VII: Local Area Networks.
Chapter 29: Why Bother with a Local Area Network?
Chapter 30: Create Your Own LAN.
Chapter 31: Sharing Resources on a LAN.
Chapter 32: Cool LAN Tricks.
PART VIII: Advanced Stuff.
Chapter 33: File Icons, Associations, and Properties.
Chapter 34: Dealing with the Windows 98 Registry.
Chapter 35: Web Authoring and Publishing.
Chapter 36: The Windows Scripting Host.
Appendixes.
Appendix A: Installing Windows 98.
Appendix B: What's New in Windows 98?
Appendix C: Special Folders and Shortcut Keys.
Appendix D: Your Free Best of Windows Shareware CD-ROM.
Appendix E: Shareware Vendors.
Glossary.
Index.
End-User License Agreement.
CD-ROM Installation Instructions.