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The Mother of All Windows 95 Books by Woody Leonhard & Barry Simon Recommended

ISBN: 0-201-40971-2       Publisher: Addison-Wesley       Pages: 922pp&CD       Price: £41-05

Categories:   MS Windows     internals and hardware

Reviewed by Francis Glassborow in C Vu 8-4 (May 1996)

Those that know that I refuse to have Windows 95 anywhere on my network may wonder what I am doing with The Mother of All Windows 95 Books. The answer is that I am a devoted fan of the lead author. Woody Leonhard writes in a style that would drive some of you climbing up the wall, but the rest would enjoy his down to earth, highly irreverent commentary on the operating system from hell (my description, not his). I also have clients who have, for good or bad reasons, installed Windows 95 on their machines. (Remember that I do not program for money, but I do provide technical support and training across a range of hardware and software used by small businesses in the Oxford area.)
If you have read any of Leonhard's other books you will know if you like his style. If you do and have to use Windows 95 you will need little encouragement from me to buy this book. If you have never come across any of his previous books, I suggest you browse through one before committing yourself to purchase

Simon
An Embedded Software Primer by David E Simon [Not Recommended]  (Reviewed Dec 2000)
Data Structures in C by Adam Drozdek & Donald Simon [Recommended]  (Reviewed Jan 1996)
Internet Starter Kit for Windows by Adam C Engst & Corwin S Low & Michael A Simon [Not Recommended]  (Reviewed Mar 1995)
Mother of All Windows 98 Books, The by W. Leonhard & B Simon [Highly Recommended]  (Reviewed Jan 1999)
VBScript Super Bible by Jinjer Simon  (Reviewed Mar 1998)
Windows NT WIN32 API Super Bible by Richard Simon  (Reviewed Jul 1997)