Pogue is a clear and gifted writer who is able to cut through the technobabble and show the reader how to solve problems and get stuff done. The Missing Manual is an ideal companion for both first-time XP users and more experienced users who find themselves flummoxed by the software.
—Larry Blasko, Associated Press
A visit to http://www.missingmanuals.com can offer instant relief to headaches generated by mounting XP glitches. David Pogue, a columnist for The New York Times and the genius behind the Missing Manual series of books, has adapted his easy-to-follow, humorous style of writing to help us survive our often-exasperating bouts with computer mania. This is an extremely easy-to-follow guide to everything you need to know about Windows XP without insulting our intelligence, as we sometimes find in the Idiots’ or Dummies’ series of books, giving us step-by-step solutions to our problems.
—Mike Berman, Scripps Howard News Service
A masterful treatment of Windows XP, written in a direct and lively style.
—Ed Laskowski, The Vista PC Journal
I enjoyed following the pages in this sensibly written guide. It is the way to go for first-time and intermediate PC fans. The author’s warm, witty, and jargon-free writing style is applied to every nook of Windows XP.
—Sam Gardner, PC News
[This book is] outstanding in the way it presents its subject matter and in the amount of material it covers, yet manages to present it all in an easily understood manner. If you are looking for a good book on Windows XP, this is it. I highly recommend it for beginners as well as for more advanced users, for the learning of Windows XP as well as for troubleshooting. It is truly the book that should have been in the box’ and will help you get the most out of your Windows XP computer.
—Gerhard R. Fischer, Charlotte Bytes
This book will help first-time and intermediate PC fans greatly, and it has enough depth to aid experienced Windows users, tooSince it stays clear of jargon, and does an excellent job of explaining any technical terms it has to use, a beginner should have no problem understanding the material.
—Bob Esch, The Databus
If you’ve ever struggled with XP (and if that’s the OS on your notebook or desktop, you’re lying if you say you haven’t), this book offers rock-solid advice as well as terrific tips on every crumb XP has to offer.
— Michael Cahlin, Emerging Tip World
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