What drives you nuts about Windows XP? What can you just never figure out how to do? Chances are, you'll find the answers and solutions you're looking for in Windows XP Tips & Tricks In Easy Steps.
This book covers the waterfront. Want to get rid of those stinkin' Balloon Tips? Find those desktop icons that Windows XP hid on you? Go back to 640 x 480 resolution, even though Microsoft officially eliminated that option? Speed up your Start menu? Shut down in one click instead of several? All here. Want to hide your web-browsing tracks? (Or maybe you didn't know Internet Explorer has been tracking every site you've visited in the last 20 days?) Want to turn off that cool AutoComplete feature that remembers your entire credit card number and will be happy to spit it out whenever you (or someone else) requests it? Keep your password somewhere safe in case you forget it (Post-It notes don't count). You'll find all that here, too. Windows XP is immensely tweakable, and Stuart Yarnold dedicates loads of tips to that. (Create your own wallpaper, your own screen saver, your own taskbar, even your own Control Panel.) There are tips on everything from reducing spam to tricking programs into thinking they're running on an older version of Windows, so they'll stop squawking about compatibility. Yarnold even tells you what that Windows key on your keyboard is for. Great tips, great deal.
