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Windows Annoyances by D A Karp Recommended

ISBN: 1 56592 266 2       Publisher: O'Reilly       Pages: 285pp       Price: £21.95

Categories:   MS Windows     internals and hardware

Reviewed by Brian Bramer in C Vu 10-1 (Nov 1997)

After Chapter 1, introducing new Windows 95 and NT features Chapter 2, entitled 'Customising your system', covers Windows Explorer (handling folders and files; copying, moving, deleting, etc.) and customising the desktop. Chapter 3 covers the Registry (which is the database that holds system details such as screen colour, keyboard, applications installed, etc.) and the registry editor, which enables editing of the database. Chapter 4 shows how to edit the registry to perform advanced customisation. Chapters 5 and 6 cover maximising performance (upgrading and fine-tuning the system) and troubleshooting (from general preventive maintenance to crash recovery) respectively. Chapter 7 describes networking and how to set up Dial-in networking.

This is a good book full of useful practical tips and techniques. It would be useful for system administrators, IT managers, professional programmers or anyone who needs to overcome or at least alleviate problems with Windows 95 or NT. See http://www.ora.com/ or http://www.creativelement.com/win95ann/ for details, FAQs and free software.