December 2006
Beginner
750 pages
25h 49m
English
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Acknowledgments
This is the fourth In a Nutshell book covering a version of Microsoft Windows. Although this book has evolved substantially from its progenitors, Windows 95 in a Nutshell, Windows 98 in a Nutshell, and Windows XP in a Nutshell (as Windows itself has evolved), its existence is due to the hard work of those who worked on those earlier volumes.
Tim O’Reilly developed the original concept for the book; he and Troy Mott were the principal authors of the first edition. Andrew Schulman was also instrumental in helping get the first edition of this book off the ground, and it was he who insisted on the importance of the command line. Walter Glenn was a major contributor to the second edition. The Windows XP edition was developed by David Karp and incorporated some material from his bestselling Windows Annoyances series; David offered advice for this edition as well.
For this edition, old friend and Windows guru, Scot Finnie, offered much advice and support, and helped with getting me out of some thorny dual-boot installation problems during early Windows Vista betas. David Pogue offered a variety of tips and suggestions; for his look at Windows Vista, check out Windows Vista: The Missing Manual(O’Reilly). Editor of this edition, Brian Jepson, deserves combat pay for extremely fine-grained editing of this book with extensive attention to minute detail, while at the same time managing to get the book out the door on time. His technically astute analysis and overall solid editorial ...
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