Windows® 7 Secrets®

Acknowledgments

I don't even know where to start, so I'll start at the beginning.

Thanks Mom and Dad, for pushing me to pursue my passions.

Thanks Gary, for starting me down this path in 1993. I miss you.

Thanks Adam, for having big ideas and taking a chance on me.

Thanks to everyone at Windows IT Pro Magazine—past and present—for an amazing decade of growth and change.

Thanks to Jeff, Aimee, and Brittany at Lenovo. You are the best.

Thanks to Allen, Glen, and Marco at HP. My infrastructure is built on your stuff, and I appreciate all your help.

Thanks, Stephanie, for believing in me and for giving me the time and space I need to get this kind of thing completed. As always, you are the glue that makes our family work.

Thanks to Mark and Kelly for understanding about the missed baseball and softball games. You both make me smile every day.

Thanks to Rafael for joining me on this confusing, busy, and stressful adventure. It's nice to have a true co-author for a change, one I can trust with anything, bounce ideas off, and truly collaborate with. Welcome aboard.

Thanks to Kevin and Jen at Wiley for all your help. Hey, we finally got one done on time! Also, thanks to Katie, who has moved on to bigger and better things, and to all the editors who worked on this title. Thanks, too, to Carol for your invaluable help. You know why.

Thanks to Lucas for always being ready to find the answer. Thanks, too, to all my friends and acquaintances at Microsoft and Wagged who helped me along the way.

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