Windows XP in a Nutshell
by David A. Karp, Tim O'Reilly, Troy Mott

The following corrections were made to the 11/03 reprint:

Here's a key to the markup:
	[page-number]: serious technical mistake
	{page-number}: minor technical mistake
	<page-number>: important language/formatting problem
	(page-number): language change or minor formatting problem



Page 6)
The first row in Table 1-1, the one that begins with "User Accounts," HAS BEEN DELETED. 


Page 6 
Table 1-1: the text in the second row, third column, NOW READS: 
Single and dual-processor systems are supported. 


Page 7 
Table 1-1: the text in the first row (third overall), second column, NOW READS: 
Built-in support for peer-to-peer networking for up to five computers. 


Page 14
Second paragrah - the location of the Startup folder NOW READS \Documents and Settings\{username}\Start Menu\Startup


Page 16
Third paragraph
"... distinguished in some way from than the rest, ..."

NOW READ:
"... distinguished in some way from the rest, ..." 


Page 17
Fifth paragraph - the text "as shown in Figure 2-3" HAS BEEN DELETED.


Page 17 
In the second tip on this page, first line, "Windows XP" NOW READS "Windows." 


(Page 21) 
The last sentence in the (5) Grayed-out (inactive) controls paragraph NOW READS:
"In the dialog box shown in Figure 2-5, the currently selected screensaver doesn't have any applicable settings, 
so the Settings button is disabled." 


Page 24 In the fifth paragraph, the sentence that begins with "Additional dots" NOW READS:
Use of additional dots (such as "...") used in some previous versions of Windows are not supported in Windows XP. 


Page 24 
In the last paragraph, the UNC path NOW HAS a double-backslash prefix ("\\shoebox\o..." instead of "\shoebox\o..."). 


Page 28
In the last paragraph, "Like Current Folder" NOW READS "Apply to All Folders"


Page 38
Paragraph 3
(Doubleday))

NOW READS:
(Doubleday)


Page 38 In the fifth paragraph, "Password protected" NOW READS:
"Single-click to open an item"


Page 39 In the first paragraph, "its inner parameter" NOW READS:
"its inner parameter (classic style only)"


Page 39
Paragraph 1
"... will receive input from keyboard."

NOW READS:
"... will receive input from the keyboard."


Page 43 Second paragraph - the reference to Figure 3-7 NOW READS Figure 3-6.


Page 44 Third bullet item; "test in the Address" NOW READS "text in the Address"


Page 44-45The last bullet item under "Clipboard" was redundant and HAS BEEN DELETED.


Page 51 Last line - "masked with asterisks"

NOW READS:
"masked with asterisks or dots"


Page 75Tabbed Dialogs
"... flip between taps."

NOW READS:
"... flip between tabs."


Page 105
/interactive
Last sentence
"..., since won't be able to ..."

NOW READS:
"..., since you won't be able to ..."


(115)  Table 4-2 "CE";
"Clearthe last entry"

NOW READS:
"Clear the last entry"


Page 121
Fourth buletted item, "secure errors" NOW READS "obscure errors."


(129)  6th paragraph;
"..., it's important understand ..."

NOW READS:
"..., it's important to understand ..."


(130)  1st paragraph;
"treflistvhe"

NOW READS: 
"the"


Page 130 Fourth paragraph - "control.exe" NOW READS "control"


Page 132 Example following first bullet item - "\stuff\printers and faxes.lnk" NOW READS:
"\stuff\Taskbar and Start Menu.lnk"


Page 132 Last bullet - The colon at the end of the paragraph HAS BEEN CHANGED to a period.


(138)  2nd paragraph;
... stop recognizing the uninstall device ...

NOW READS:
... stop recognizing the uninstalled device ...


(141)  2. Next,;
... DirectX Version of the bottom ...

NOW READS:
... DIrectX Version on the bottom ...


(Page 160) 
The last note for File Compare (comp.exe) NOW READS: 
"Regardless of the outcome of the comparison, comp.exe will ask if you want to perform another 
comparison.  Although there's no way to disable this prompt, you can use the following workaround 
to bypass it: 

echo n | comp file1 file2

See Chapter 6 for more information on the Echo command." 



{Page 161}
At the end of the first paragraph, "Comp.exe" NOW READS "fc.exe." 


{182}  put;
"Transfers local_file from the server to the local machine."

NOW READS:
"Transfers local_file from the local machine to the server."



(183)  6th bullet;
"C:\>lcd a:/"

NOW READS:
"ftp>lcd a:/"


(190)  3rd paragraph, second sentence, NOW READS:
"This package can ... CD, a floppy, ..."


Page 193 Second paragraph - the parenthetical statement "(using your favorite search engine)" HAS BEEN DELETED.


Page 193 Last paragraph - "the pages that addressed in IE" HAS BEEN CHANGED to "the page at that address."


(194)  3rd bullet;
"... Notepad window.However ..."

NOW READS:
"... Notepad window.  However ..."


Page 202
The URL at the end of the "Java Command-Line Loader" section NOW READS:
http://www.microsoft.com/java/


Page 203
Usage for "Label" - the "label" parameter NOW APPEARS in italics.


(Page 204)
Second paragraph: "enter current session" NOW READS "end the current session."


(Page 211) 
1st paragraph, 1st sentence: "then" NOW READS "than" 


(222)  Narrator ;
"Start -> Programs -> Accessories -> Accessibility -> Magnifier"

NOW READS:
"Start -> Programs -> Accessories -> Accessibility -> Narrator"


(223)  Events on screen;
"Announced ..."

NOW READS:
"Announce ..."


Page 237, the program "Encryption Plus Folders" no longer seems to be "freeware". The previous reference to it HAS BEEN DELETED.



Page 265
Second paragraph, last sentence: "Valuename can also specify the remote"
 
NOW READS:
"Keyname can also include the name of a remote" 



(295)  line 6;
 "...installed to operating systems..." 

NOW READS:
"...installed two operating systems..."


Page 307
The first and third occurrences of "Taskkill" in the Description paragraph NOW READ "Tasklist."


(Page 325) 
"Windows Messenge" NOW READS "Windows Messenger" 


(390)  next-to-last line;
"up and down error keys" 

NOW READS:
"up and down arrow keys"


Page 396
The fourth example (referring to "...") HAS BEEN DELETED.


Page 396
In the sixth example, the "\d" parameter NOW READS "/d"


Page 404
In the "Exit" section, "dir accepts" NOW READS "exit accepts"


Page 406
In the examples for the "md" command, "rolling tones" NOW READS "rolling stones"


(407)  near the end;
/+n  NOW READS  +n



Page 408
The last example NOW READS: 
D:\>move d:\files myfiles


Page 418
The description for the "filename" NOW READS "The name (and optionally, full path) of the file to sort."


Page 442 
Under "Ports:" the port for newsgroups NOW READS 119. 


Page 457
Third paragraph, "not using the NTFS file" NOW READS "not using the NTFS file system"


Page 459 
Third paragraph, "as the shares can be accessed" NOW READS "as the shares cannot be accessed." 


Page 463 
Step 9, first sentence, the text "is not physically attached to the computer" HAS BEEN DELETED. 


Page 466
Last paragraph - the second IP address mentioned here NOW READS 192.168.0.2


(Page 472) 
Fourth paragraph, first line: "it's" NOW READS "its" 


(483)  3rd paragraph;
"I simply need to double-click on "won" ...

NOW READS:
"I simply need to double-click on "wins" ...


(484)  Fourth paragraph - 
"New Value #1" NOW READS "wins"


(486) First paragraph - 
The text, "as shown in Figure 8-5" HAS BEEN DELETED.


(487)  Third paragraph - 
"As shown in Figure 8-1, the top level..." 

NOW READS:
"The top level..."


(491) Fifth paragraph - 
The sentence, "ShellNew can also contain one or more of the following values:" HAS BEEN DELETED.


(492)  3rd paragraph;
"Before leaving HKEY_CURRENT_USER"
  
NOW READS:
"Before leaving HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT"


(492)  5th paragraph;
The extra period following the word 'Registry' and preceding the word 'box' HAS BEEN DELETED.


(494)  5th chapter;
"(see "Hives," earlier in this chapter.)"

NOW READS:
"(see "Hives," later in this chapter.)"



Page 512 The second prefix in Table 9-2 NOW READS "dat," not "date"


{Page 517} 
The showhello code example NOW READS: 

Sub showhello(strMessage, strMessage2)
    Wscript.Echo strMessage & " " & strMessage2
End Sub
showhello "Hello", "World"


Page 524 
The registry path immediately after Table 9-8 NOW READS:
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\CurrentVersion. 


{Page 527} 
The code example near the top of the page NOW READS: 

'display a popup with yes/no buttons and question mark icon
Set objShell = CreateObject("Wscript.Shell")
intValue = objShell.Popup("Do you wish to continue?",,,36)
'test if the Yes button was selected
If intValue = 6
    'do something
End If


Page 533 
The fifth line of the example at the top of the page NOW READS: 

If objDrive.IsReady() Then


Page 539 
The code example was missing a line. The loop NOW READS: 

Do While Not objRst.EOF
	Wscript.Echo objRst("CompanyName")
	objRst.MoveNext
Loop


Page 540 
The registry key in the example NOW READS:
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Windows Messaging Subsystem\Profiles\DefaultProfile. 



{Page 555} 
The first paragraph on this page discusses the missing My Computer icon on the desktop, but the tip 
immediately following was wrong.

NOW READS: 
"By default, the My Computer icon is not shown on the Windows XP desktop, but it's there if you need it. 
Go to Control Panel -> Display -> Desktop tab -> Customize Desktop and turn on the My Computer option."


Page 565 
The second Microsoft Power Toy mentioned here, the Super-Fast User Switcher,
has been removed from Microsoft's website, and is no longer available. Therefore, the paragraph referring to it HAS BEEN DELETED.