Insider Power Techniques for Microsoft Windows XP | Insider Power Techniques for Microsoft Windows XP (Bpg-Other)

Paul McFedries
Scott Andersen
Austin Wilson
Geoff Winslow

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Insider Power Techniques for Microsoft Windows XP / Paul McFedries ... [et al.].
p. cm.
Includes index.
ISBN 0-7356-1896-8
1. Microsoft Windows (Computer file) 2. Operating systems (Computers) I. McFedries,
Paul.
QA76.76.O63I555 2003
005.4’469—dc21 2002044882

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Acknowledgments

The gurus keep talking about the coming age of self-publishing, where every Tom, Dick, and Harriet can foist their prose on an unsuspecting world. That’s fine, but the gurus never talk about an important corollary: Self-publishing almost always means self-editing, too. And that’s a big problem, because even the best writers need editing, and not even the best writers can do it themselves. The world needs editors not only because it’s hard to dot every “i” and cross every “t,” but because we need experts to look dispassionately at our prose and give us good advice about how to fix it. And we have been fortunate, indeed, that we’ve had the expert editors at Microsoft Press to help us whip this book into shape. We extend sincere thanks to everyone at Microsoft Press who had a hand in bringing this book to print, particularly those with whom we worked directly: acquisitions editor Alex Blanton, project editor Jenny Moss Benson, technical editor Jim Johnson, copy editor Marilyn Orozco, and project manager Barb Levy.

We also want to thank our family and friends for their support and, well, just for being there.

To Karen and Gypsy

—Paul McFedries

To Barbara, Jaguar, Nick, and Luke

—Scott Andersen

To Laura, Molly, and Chaz

—Austin Wilson

To Carol and Sydney

—Geoff Winslow