Peter Norton's Complete Guide to Microsoft Windows XP is a comprehensive, user-friendly guide written in the highly acclaimed Norton style. This unique approach teaches the features of Windows XP with clear explanations of the many new technologies designed to improve your system performance. The book demonstrates all of the newest features available for increasing your OS performance. You will find Peter's Principles, communications, networking, printing, performance, troubleshooting, and compatibility tips throughout the book. Whether you're just starting out or have years of experience, Peter Norton's Guide to Microsoft Windows XP has the answers, explanations, and examples you need.
Peter Norton's Windows XP is a stand-alone tutorial that features a strong instructional design. Small blocks of concepts followed by hands on activities and numerous full-screen illustrations result in clear-cut, easy-to-read instruction, making learning easy for students!
Windows 2000 introduces many new technologies designed to improve system performance and capability. This book explains the underlying technologies and their practical implications. Topics covered include customizing the new interface, and installation and configuration wizards and options.
Written by award-winning author Peter Norton, this book provides expert advice using a friendly, hands-on, step-by-step approach. This second edition explains the many benefits of Service Pack 1 and, especially, of OEM Service Release (OSR) 2, with Internet addresses from where to download many of these enhancements for free.
A complete guide to using Windows X.0 for beginners, written in the clear, approachable style that readers of both Peter Norton and Judi Fernandez have grown to expect. The book features a two-color format that makes heavy use of icons and step-by-step procedures to make ideas crystal clear, and is designed to lead the reader through Windows tasks to provide "on the job" training.
Ever looked at a great Web site and thought, “How did they do that?” Now you can do it with Front Page 2003, Microsoft’s popular Web site creation and management program. FrontPage 2003 All-in-One Desk Reference For Dummies lives up to its name! It contains nine minibooks that cover all aspects of FrontPage. Book I explains basic concepts and shows you how to create your first Web page Book II gets you started with basic Web pages and covers topics such as working with forms, tables, frames and templates Book III guides you through working with an existing Web site, creating a new Web site, using Front Page views and reports, and more Book IV gets you into advanced design features, such as using cascading Style Sheets (CSS) and clip art, adding multimedia, creating dynamic Web sites, and securing Web sites Book V covers database topics, including creating interactive Web pages with Access and developing applications with SQL Server Book VI explains how to create pages that work with XML and XSTL Book VII covers scripting techniques, such as how to perform common scripting tasks and work with cookies Book VIII covers VBA programming topics, such as storing and modifying data, creating structured programs, and trapping errors and fixing bugs Book IX offers unique coverage of advanced programming topics, such as using Front Page with Active Server Pages (ASP) and PHP, and working with Web Services (e.g., creating connections with Google, Amazon, and eBay) Written by John Paul Mueller, author of more than 63 books and 300 articles on computer topics, this book is helpful for the FrontPage newbie, who will start at the very beginning, and work at his/her own pace, and for experienced users who will forge ahead to improve and expand their skills and take advantage of all the capabilities of FrontPage 2003.
Profit with Amazon Web Services—as a Buyer, Seller, or Independent Developer In a few short years, Amazon has evolved from an online bookstore into a complex marketplace comprised of thousands of vendors, millions of customers, and an ever-widening selection of products. With the launch of Amazon Web Services, buyers and sellers have unprecedented access to the immense body of data underpinning this marketplace. Mining Amazon Web Services: Building Applications with the Amazon API shows you what you can do with these powerful tools, and exactly how to do it. As a buyer, you'll build applications that let you comparison-shop far more effectively, consistently saving money and finding exactly the right product. As a seller, you'll leverage Amazon Web Services in ways that help you attract more customers, make more commissioned referrals, and improve your bottom line. This book is also a great resource for independent developers who want to create and publish—even make money with—applications for others. Here's some of what you'll find covered inside: Performing complex product searches Analyzing the data obtained in your searches Connecting Amazon Web Services to a local database Building a Web Services-based shopping cart Using Amazon-supported search technologies, including XML over HTTP and SOAP Improving speed and reliability Building applications for mobile devices Building and publishing applications for others All that's required is some basic experience with any one of several programming languages, including VBA, Visual Basic 6, Visual C++ 6, Visual Basic .NET, Visual C# .NET, Java, and PHP, all of which are fully represented in the book's downloadable code.
