01-14-2005, 04:09 AM
Pete,Jan 10 2005, 12:04 PM Wrote:Hi,
So far, I've managed to avoid upgrading from Win98SE on both my game and work computers. Recently, however, I'm running into things that will not work with my older OS. So, I'm going to have to do battle with the tar baby known as XP.
What I'm looking for is a decent book that gets into the guts of XP. Things like:
Determining what is really running and how to shut down the useless 90%.
What hooks Micro$quish has in the system, what those hooks give them access to, and how to yank them.
Reliable security (OK, OK, I know it's MS -- you can quit laughing now).
Registry surgery.
I realize that, for a lot of this info, the Internet is the best source (shudder). But has anyone found a good, in depth book on XP? I've spent a few hours reading reviews on Amazon, and if I read another, "This is a great book. The section on creating folders was especially useful.", I'll have to clean barf off of my keyboard.
--Pete
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Hi, Pete. Have you ever looked at books put out by QUE Publishing? I've got the Win98 book, which was pretty good. I'm in the same boat as you, having been on Win98 forever and just now needing to make the jump over to XP. I don't have this book, but I'm seriously considering it as I need to get smarter about XP. Maybe Peter Norton's not your style, though....
~SB~