Integrates textual explanation and hands-on exercises, providing a balance between real-world practice and conceptual understanding. This innovative, highly visual, project-based book features hands-on exercises that are built around a running case study. For anyone interested in learning Microsoft Windows 95 and 98.

The best way to get up and running with Windows 98 This fast-paced, easy-to-read reference guide uses pictures rather than lengthy explanations to provide a comprehensive introduction to the newest version of Microsoft's desktop operating system: Windows 98. Windows 98: Visual QuickStart Guide succinctly focuses on the features that most average users will need, using nontechnical language and more than 800 screen shots throughout the book. Three years in the making and the first major upgrade to Microsoft's operating system since Windows 95, Windows 98 will offer a host of features and capabilities that millions of new users will want to investigate. New features of interest include the integration of Internet Explorer 4 and Active Desktop, which integrates the entire computer interface into the integrated Internet Explorer 4 Web browser. This book will cover the most useful of these features and techniques, presented in a clear, step-by-step format. -- Aimed at the vast majority of new Windows 98 users who need to quickly learn the most useful features -- Covers all the new features of the new consumer OS from Microsoft, including Active Desktop -- Generous use of screen shots -- almost half the book -- makes it easy to learn Windows 98

By showing readers how to optimize their knowledge of the Win95 OS, as well as how to more closely integrate all their computer activities with the Internet, this title is a valuable guide for how to get Windows 98 functionality now. The CD-ROM includes a copy of IE 4.0 and Service Pak.

This guide shows students how to perform and use the most important features of Microsoft's operating system, Windows 98. This system marks the beginning of the active desktop. New features include a streamlined setup procedure, multiple display support and enhanced Internet capabilities.

Delivered entirely on CD-ROM with self-paced lessons, hands-on labs, and animation clips presented in HTML format, "Microsoft Windows 98 Upgrade Training" is designed to migrate a systems engineer's knowledge and skills from Windows 95 to Windows 98. The kit supports a systems engineer's efforts to keep certification current.

Windows 98, the ballyhooed new Microsoft operating system, is finally here and the best-selling Windows author duo ? Brian Livingston and Davis Straub ? mark this momentous software release with their seminal guide, Windows 98 Secrets. Livingston and Straub divulge undocumented features and time-saving shortcuts designed to maximize your Windows 98 experience. Windows 98 Secrets explains how to connect directly to the Web using the Active Desktop, take advantage of dynamic communication advances, optimize new security options, tweak the registry, customize your desktop, and much more. You can also sample 200 Windows 98 software programs hand-picked by Livingston and Straub on the Windows 98 Secrets bonus CD-ROM. There is also a bevy of handy resources packed onto the CD including FTP clients, HTML editors, database managers, automation tools, and Internet suites. Thanks to Livingston and Straub, the Windows 98 wizard has been exposed and with Windows 98 Secrets, you can reap the rewards.

This is the ideal quick reference for beginning to intermediate users. Alphabetical listings and rich cross-referencing make it easy to find solutions to problems. In addition, its small format makes it extremely portable--appealing to travelers and users of laptop computers.

Having in mind the huge market upgrade from Windows 95 to 98, this guide details the major changes with the new software. The Active Desktop feature which allows personal customisation of your workspace', and the inclusion of the Internet Explorer are explained.

In a concise and clear format, O'Reilly and Mott deliver all the pertinent information that Windows 98 users will need to know. The readers get both the nitty-gritty details and the bigger context as they learn about the Active Desktop, file management, and basic communication features.

Introduces the new features of Microsoft Windows 98, including the user interface, active desktop, Outlook Express, Internet Explorer, and networking.