Research Catalog

Title

The mother of all Windows 98 books / Woody Leonhard & Barry Simon.

Author

Leonhard, Woody.

Publication

Reading, Mass. : Addison Wesley Longman, [1999], ©1999.

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Details

Additional Authors

Simon, Barry.

Description

xxx, 829 pages : illustrations; 24 cm

Summary

MOM98 illustrates how - and more important, why - things work (or don't work), enabling even novices to quickly become wizards with Win98. Written in plain language, MOM98 is packed with insight, unique tips, and shortcuts so you can customize and fine-tune Win98 to reap the maximum benefits of this powerful new operating system.

Subjects

• Operating systems (Computers)
• Microsoft Windows (Computer file)

Note

• Includes index.

Contents

• Do you need MOM98? -- Conventions -- Billy98's Road Map -- The Facts -- System Requirements -- What's New in 98? -- Is Win98 for you? -- Plus -- Janet and the Grasshoppers -- MOM98 for Upgraders -- Of Mice and Menus -- Objection, your Honor -- A First Look under the Hood -- And Dots not all -- Putting up a Good Font -- Winning on the First Palette -- Putting Windows on a Sound Basis -- No PC is an Island -- Explorering the Great Unknown -- You gave me such a Start -- Desktop Dancing -- Configuring Context Menus and Associations -- I've Got it under Control Panel -- DOS V'Danya -- Mr. Rogers's Network -- Browsing the Net -- Outlook Express -- Microsoft Fax -- Helping those who Help themselves -- Disk'n Dat -- Undercover Agents -- Let me work that into my Schedule -- Gettin' it together -- Gettin' Hitched to the Net -- Internet Tools -- Your Wordpad or Mine? -- Draw, Pardner -- Little 'ns -- Multimediaaaaahhhhh -- Da Games -- Microsoft Presents -- File Utilities --
• Internet Tools -- Other Goodies -- Installation Blues -- Deciding how to Install -- Preparing for Installation -- Setup Verite -- A Perfect Installation -- What can go Wrong? -- Postpartum Blues, Part 1 -- Tooling Along -- Postpartum Blues, Part 2 -- How Win98 Starts -- Nonstandard Ways of Starting -- How Win98 Really Boots -- Setup -- Startup -- System Files -- Other Files and Programs -- Active Desktop -- Accessibility Options -- Add New Hardware -- Add/Remove Programs -- Date/Time -- Desktop Themes -- Display -- Fonts -- Game Controllers -- Internet -- Keyboard -- Modems -- Mouse -- Multimedia -- Network -- Passwords -- Power Management -- Printers -- Regional Settings -- Zounds! ... er, Sounds -- System -- Telephony -- Tweak UI -- Users -- Regedit -- Care and Feeding of the Registry -- Gettin' Around -- HKCR -- HKCU -- HKLM -- Registry Hacks, Ultimate Power Users' Tricks.

ISBN

0201433125

LCCN

98039309

OCLC

• 39714448
• ocm39714448

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries