"Windows ME" is the ideal user's guide for the world's most popular operating system. It walks readers through every conceivable kind of configuration, including setting up a small network. It even provides instructions for one of the hottest PC uses today: listening to live radio or watching live TV.

Showcases the operating system's most recent upgrade, including personalized menus, Internet Explorer, Outlook Express, MSN Messenger Server, networking, digital camera, and scanners.

McFedries provides savvy consumers foolproof instruction in techniques that work and those that don't. The information is delivered with unbiased recommendations not influenced by the company, product or organization. Targeted to intermediate users, this guide provides comprehensive coverage of Windows Millennium while evaluating the pros and cons of the vital features.

Windows Me Clear & Simple will provide everything the novice needs to know to start using Windows Me efficiently. It is based on the existing, and successful, Windows 98 Clear & Simple, with new material on video and multimedia and on simple networking to reflect the improvements in the software. Windows Me (Millennium Edition) is the latest version of Microsoft's operating system for the home market. It is essentially an upgraded edition of Windows 98, with new multimedia facilities, improved hardware management, simpler networking, and amended Internet software. PC manufacturers are selling Windows Me PCs beginning in September 2000, initially alongside Windows 98 PCs, but gradually replacing them. Introduces new computer users to Windows software Offers lots of tips and illustrated suggestions Provides the intelligent person's approach to PCs

In an ideal world, an operating system is a collection of software that handles a computer's "dirty work" invisibly, quickly, and most of all, painlessly. For many of us, however, Microsoft Windows exists outside this ideal world. We are annoyed by "personalized Menus" that keep changing, icons we don't use cluttering up our workspace, periodic crashes, unintelligible error messages, and inadequate documentation to help us figure it all out. Windows Me Annoyances has the insider information you need for overcoming Windows' many annoyances and limitations. Whether you're looking to finally solve a nagging problem, dramatically improve system performance, or customize the interface to better suit your work habits, the Windows Me Annoyances solution-oriented format makes finding information and implementing solutions easy and pain free. Thanks to the thorough and relevant documentation on the registry, Windows Scripting Host, and Windows' built-in networking capabilities, customizing and improving Windows Me is easier than ever. Based on the author's extremely popular Annoyances.org web sites, Windows Me Annoyances delivers an authoritative collection of techniques and tools for customizing Windows Me, including: Several approaches and hidden tools for working with the Windows registry, the database of system- and application-specific configuration information How to bypass Windows roadblocks such as the Home Networking and System Restore wizards, allowing you to take control of the processes quickly and painlessly A tutorial and reference on automation with the Windows Scripting Host as a means of eliminating many Windows Me annoyances Using third-party software and utilities to handle some of the more complex workarounds and customizations Dealing with software that overwrites your file associations and other settings without warning Windows Me Annoyances is the intermediate and advanced Windows user's best resource for turning Windows into the user-friendly, customizable interface it was meant to be, but doesn't always manage to be on its own.

Bott zeroes in on topics, tools and techniques that help intermediate-advanced Windows users become more productive with their PCs. He covers the most important new technologies in this Windows upgrade for consumers, including MP3 audio, cable modems, home networking, scanners and digital cameras, and system utilities. Two-color interior.

Whether you're a PC novice or you're already familiar with certain aspects of your PC, the book will help you get more from your PC. It's packed with simple, detailed explanations to help you expand your knowledge.

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This "Step by Step" book is the easiest, fastest way to learn how to use the new Microsoft operating system for home PCs. With its self-paced, how-to approach, readers will confidently grasp the many exciting new features in Windows Me, such as sharing music and pictures over the Internet, networking multiple PCs at home, and more. The book is designed to help readers find their own best starting point so they can optimize their learning time. The step-by-step lessons use real-world examples that make mastering even complex tasks simple and fun. And the book's lay-flat binding makes it easy to read when open. A companion CD provides practice files and movie-style demos to enhance the learning experience.