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By David A. Karp
First Edition
March 2006
Pages: 239
Series: Annoyances
ISBN 10: 0-596-10053-1 |
ISBN 13: 9780596100537
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Inspired by author David Karp's Windows XP Annoyances for Geeks, this all-new tome pulls together tips, tricks, insider workarounds, and fixes for PC novices and pros, in a handy, accessible Q&A format that lets you find the solutions in a flash . Fixing Windows XP Annoyances will not only increase your productivity but lower your blood pressure.
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Inspired by author David Karp's Windows XP Annoyances for Geeks, this all-new tome pulls together tips, tricks, insider workarounds, and fixes for PC novices and pros, in a handy, accessible Q&A format that lets you find the solutions in a flash. Fixing Windows XP Annoyances will not only increase your productivity but lower your blood pressure. Karp's new book covers:
- Setup and Hardware-Update Windows, reinstall Windows safely, speed up start up, resolve driver-hardware conflicts, and more.
- Windows Interface-Navigate quickly, fix screen resolution problems, customize the desktop, and switch applications more quickly.
- Windows Explorer-Force XP's file & folder management application to remember your view settings, save your default application choices, and get XP's Search tool to behave.
- Multimedia-Having a problem playing a video or burning a CD? Want to do more with your digital photo collection? We have the answers.
- Web and Email-Get a handle on spyware, spam and pop-ups; protect your privacy online; learn how to improve your online experience.
- Wireless and Home Networking-Connect all your PCs; share Internet connections; share files and drives securely; make your wireless network purr; share network printers; and more.
If you're having a problem, just look through the Table of Contents for the annoyance that most closely matches your problem, or feel free to start thumbing through the pages. You'll likely find a fix to a problem you didn't even know could be solved.
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First Edition: March 2006
Series:
Annoyances
ISBN: 0-596-10053-1
Pages: 239
Average Customer Reviews: (Based on 0 Reviews)
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RE: Turn Off Administrative Shares, February 13 2007
Submitted by Anonymous Reader [Respond | View]
Create a new DWORD value of either 'AutoShareWks' for NT Workstation or 'AutoShareServer' for NT server. Then set the value to equal '0' to disable automatic sharing. If the values already exist then modify them to change the value.
RE: 5.1.7. Turn Off Administrative Shares, February 13 2007
Submitted by Anonymous Reader [Respond | View]
If the following was addressed in the book it's my error for not finding it.
Book:
- To patch this hole, open the Registry Editor (go to Start Run and type regedit), and navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\lanmanserver\parameters. In the right pane, double-click the AutoShareServer value, type 0 in the "Value data" field, and click OK. Then double-click the AutoShareWks value, type 0 in the "Value data" field, and click OK. Close the Registry Editor when you're done.
Problem:
- My Windows XP Pro SP2 doesn't have those two entries (AutoShareServer AutoShareWks). The book makes no reference to this situation. Do I need to add the keys if they're not there? If yes, it's unknown what type of "Key" to create in the Registry. If I want to add both keys, "AutoShareServer value, type 0" "AutoShareWks value, type 0", are they a String or DWORD?
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"Is Windows making your computing life a nightmare? If it is, then this book is for you. Author David A. Karp, has done an outstanding job of writing a book that shows you how to fix Windows...Several techniques are used in this most excellent book to help you better understand and retain the information you need to fix Windows. More importantly, the preceding approach is what makes this book a more effective learning tool than other books on the shelf."
-- John Vacca, Amazon.com
