Windows XP Annoyances
by David A. Karp

The following corrections were made to the 12/02 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 23 
First paragraph (under "/select") - the word "subobject" NOW APPEARS italicized (replaceable style). 


Page 24 
The caption for Figure 2-2 NOW READS: "Right-click the Start button 
for quick access to the current user's Start Menu folder."


Page 42 
Second paragraph - "See Part 4" NOW READS "See Part 3" 


Page 43 
The heading "Part 4: Search tips" NOW READS "Part 3: Search tips" 


Page 45 
Third paragraph, last line - "foldres" NOW READS "folders" 


Page 47 
Second-to-last paragraph - "recepticle" NOW READS "receptacle" 


Page 47 
Second-to-last line - "foldres" NOW READS "folders" 


Page 48 
First paragraph - "cutsy" NOW READS "cutesy" 


Page 50 
Second paragraph - "along the" NOW READS "alongside the" 


Page 52
Step 4 - "created with the" NOW READS: "created without the"


Page 53 
Third paragraph - "PowerSchemes" NOW READS "Power Schemes" 
and "tab" NO LONGER APPEARS in bold. 


Page 70 
First heading - "versus." NOW READS "vs." 


Page 90 
Second-to-last paragraph - filename NOW READS "e:\big_program" 


Page 94 
The text in the tip that follows step 3 NOW READS: 
You can also save Registry patches for use in earlier versions 
of Windows right in the Registry Editor. Go to File -> Export, 
and then choose Win9x/NT 4 Registration Files from the Save as 
type list. 


Page 96 
The font used for the text, "Chapter 4," in the footnote HAS BEEN down-sized. 

Page 474 
In the SET commands on this page, spaces NOW APPEAR before and after each of the equals signs.


Page 474 
The following note HAS BEEN ADDED to the end of the page: 

You may encounter an error to the effect that the Set command is currently 
disabled; unfortunately, this can only be fixed by returning to Windows and 
following this procedure: 

	Start the Local Security Settings editor (secpol.msc). 
	Navigate to \Security Settings\Local Policies\Security Options in 
	the tree. 
	Double-click the Recovery Console: Allow floppy copy and access to 
	all drives and all folders entry. 
	Click Enabled and then click Ok. 
	Close the Local Security Settings editor when you're done. 
	Return to the Recovery Console and try again. 


Page 513 
"IDE Controller" entry -  extra period at end of paragraph HAS BEEN DELETED. 


Page 518 
"right-click a a file" NOW READS "right-click a file" 


Page 520 
The errant "stet" entry HAS BEEN REMOVED. In it's place, the following 
NOW APPEARS: 

set [variable=[string]] 
When used without any arguments, displays a list of active environment variables 
(described in See "Variables and the Environment," later in this appendix). The 
set command is also used to assign data to environment variables.