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Accept no limits! Tweak Windows XP for ultimate performance with the undocumented secrets and hidden gems of the experts who work with the technology every day. Three Microsoft Consulting Services (MCS) professionals have teamed with well-known Windows book author Paul McFedries to reveal their best from-the-field-techniques, practices, hacks, tricks, and workarounds for putting all of your PCs muscle to work. Smart, straightforward, and uncompromisingly practical, this book is the ultimate insider’s guide to pushing Windows XP as far as it can go!

Put professional-level practices to work for you:

  • Tweak registry settings without getting burned
  • Employ lethal techniques to help fight viruses, intruders, and spam
  • Customize startup and shutdown—get work done behind the scenes
  • Install devices and drivers—painlessly
  • Learn 10 ways to help give your system rock-solid stability
  • Write your own scripts—or run the ones inside
  • Share your PC using group policies, account lock-outs, and other management tools
  • Optimize memory, performance, and usability
  • Easily synchronize files between your mobile and desktop PCs
  • Troubleshoot problems the way experts do

About the Authors

Paul McFedries has written more than 40 computer-related books that have sold nearly three million copies worldwide. He is the president of Logophilia Limited, a technical writing company, and has experience as a consultant, Windows programmer, and Web site developer.

Scott Andersen, MCS Service Line Architect, has more than 10 years of experience as an IT professional and has been involved in many aspects of building and deploying Windows XP desktop solutions.

Austin Wilson, MCS Service Line Architect, has been involved with Microsoft Windows NT deployments since version 3.1, including Windows XP early adopter programs. He has been in the IT industry for 15 years.

Geoff Winslow, MCS Service Line Architect, has more than 10 years of professional field experience and has been designing and deploying Windows infrastructure solutions from Windows NT 3.51 to the present.




Insider Power Techniques for Microsoft Windows XP
Insider Power Techniques for Microsoft Windows XP (Bpg-Other)
ISBN: 0735618968
EAN: 2147483647
Year: 2005
Pages: 126

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