Errata

Some of the callouts in Figure 2-4 are wrong. The arrows in the picture for items #6, #7,
and #8 should be changed as follows:

6. should point to the gray area between the scrollbar thumb (current #6) and the down arrow (#5)
7. should point to the scrollbar thumb (current #6)
8. should point to the up arrow (current #7)

Page 44
First bullet item - the text here is correct, but the hockey reference is not. It is indeed possible for more than one person per team to occupy an ice hockey penalty box, each for separate lengths of time.

Page 45
Figure 3-8 is wrong. The icon and context menu should be of a Recycle Bin.

Page 54
The "Shortcuts" paragraph should be set apart as a tip.

The word "Several" shouldn't be capitalized.

The "System Properties" section is out of order (alphabetically).

"Windows Messenge" should be "Windows Messenger"

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 ("\shoeboxo..." instead of "shoeboxo...").

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 ..."

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."

Second paragraph: "enter current session" NOW READS "end the current session."

1st paragraph, 1st sentence: "then" NOW READS "than"

"Windows Messenge" NOW READS "Windows Messenger"

Fourth paragraph, first line: "it's" NOW READS "its"

"Clearthe last entry"

NOW READS:
"Clear the last entry"

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

"..., it's important understand ..."

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

"treflistvhe"

NOW READS:
"the"

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

Page 132 Example following first bullet item - "stuffprinters and faxes.lnk" NOW READS:
"stuffTaskbar and Start Menu.lnk"

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

... stop recognizing the uninstall device ...

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

... DirectX Version of the bottom ...

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

... to most users, they diagnostic information...
should be:
... to most users, the diagnostic information...

Page 195
The "Internet Reversi" entry should appear after the "Internet Options" section.

"C:>lcd a:/"

NOW READS:
"ftp>lcd a:/"

"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."

"... 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.

"... prevent unauthorized access your computer."
should be
"... access to your computer."

Page 228
In the "Connect to the Internet" section, the phrase "Most users want" should read "Most users will want"

"Start -> Programs -> Accessories -> Accessibility -> Magnifier"

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

"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"

...or you encounter some other program that requires....
should be:
...or you encounter some other problem that requires....

Page 237
In the second bulletted item on this page, the following note should be added for clarification: "You can re-import a .pfx file (generated by the /r option) by double-clicking it in Explorer."

"...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."

"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"

/+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

"it's name" should read "its name"

"I simply need to double-click on "won" ...

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

"New Value #1" NOW READS "wins"

The text, "as shown in Figure 8-5" HAS BEEN DELETED.

"As shown in Figure 8-1, the top level..."

NOW READS:
"The top level..."

The sentence, "ShellNew can also contain one or more of the following values:" HAS BEEN DELETED.

"Before leaving HKEY_CURRENT_USER"

NOW READS:
"Before leaving HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT"

The extra period following the word 'Registry' and preceding the word 'box' HAS BEEN DELETED.

"(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"

remove "- see Appendix A"

Luckily, about 95 percnet of the....
should be
Luckily, about 95 percent of the....

WIN-M Minimize current window
Shift WIN-M Undo minimize current window
should be:
WIN-M Minimize all windows
Shift WIN-M Undo minimize all windows