Easy Microsoft

Acknowledgments

I’ve been using Windows since its beginnings as a toy-like front end for MS-DOS, but I’ve had plenty of help along the way in reaching this point.

Thanks first and always to God, who showed me my life’s work (with much help from my wife Cheryl’s encouragement) and has been with me in good times and bad.

I also want to thank the many people who helped me learn about Windows 7 and its many predecessors, including Jim Peck and Mayer Rubin, who gave me the opportunity to teach thousands of students about earlier versions of Windows; magazine editors Edie Rockwood and Ron Kobler, for assigning me to dig deeper into Windows; Ed Bott, who provided my first opportunity to contribute to a major Windows book; Ivy Tech State College, Bob ...