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When Windows works properly, it's relatively easy to ignore; you can concentrate on the work you're trying to do and forget about the plumbing inside your computer. But when something goes wrong, it often requires an experienced guide to solve the problem and restore the computer to working condition. Everybody who uses Microsoft Windows eventually has to deal with cryptic error messages, frozen screens, and other more or less dramatic problems. Windows troubleshooting is the set of tools and techniques that can identify the source of a problem and find a solution.
It's Never Done That Before is a guide to Windows XP troubleshooting for people who don't spend their lives fixing computer problems. It includes basic troubleshooting techniques, specific instructions for solving the most common problems in Windows XP, and more general information for finding and fixing more obscure ones. It also provides pointers to explanations of BIOS beep codes and blue screen errors, instructions for using the troubleshooting tools supplied with Windows XP such as Safe Mode and the Recovery Console, and advice for dealing with device drivers, the ROM BIOS, and the Windows Registry. Viruses, spyware, and Internet connection problems are all included, along with advice for getting the most out of the Microsoft Knowledge base and other online information resources, and dealing with help desks and technical support centers.
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Good advice for the basic user.......2006-09-25
What a great book title and if you've worked with Windows XP you are sure to have heard it or thought it many times. If you are tired of the strange things that Windows XP does at the most inopportune times then this text is for you. If you are not already a power user with good technical skills at troubleshooting Windows problems but are not afraid to try things yourself then you will find this book one of the best places to start when you have problems.
The author starts with the basics of troubleshooting including common problems, black screens, blue screens, error messages, startup problems, safe mode, and recovery console. From there he then looks at the all too common device driver problems, using the Microsoft knowledge base, and working with the BIOS and registry.
Of course those are just one the many different types of problems that may occur. John Ross also examines other types of problems that may be introduced from the outside including things like viruses and spyware. Each of these subjects is examined and the author details how they affect your system as well as what to do to get rid of the most common ones. Of course the all too common network problems including Internet connections as well as LAN problems are covered as well.
The book ends with a section on troubleshooting and replacing hardware. This text is too basic for the power user but hits the target very well for the new or average user who is unafraid to try to fix problems their self. It's Never Done That Before is a recommended read as a good first level resource for the home user.
Solid troubleshooting information..........2006-07-05
I can think of a number of times over the past few years I could have used this book... It's Never Done That Before! - A Guide To Troubleshooting Windows XP by John Ross. This is a solid volume on figuring out what just happened to your computer...
Contents: Troubleshooting Methods and Tools; Types of Windows Problems and Failures; What to Do When Windows Won't Start; Black Screens and Blue Screens; Solving Device Driver Problems; Using the Microsoft Knowledge Base and Other Online Resources; Using System Restore and Other Rollback Techniques; Underneath It All - The BIOS; The Windows Registry - Here Be Demons; Dealing with Individual Programs and Files; Service Packs, Patches, and Other Updates; Viruses, Spyware, and Other Nasties; Internet Connection Problems; Local Network Problems; Dealing with Hardware Problems; Troubleshooting and Replacing Hard Drives; Troubleshooting and Replacing Other Hardware; If All Else Fails... Call Tech Support; Cutting Your Losses - What to Do When Nothing Else Works; Things to Do Now, Before Your Computer Crashes; Device Manager Error Codes and BIOS POST Beep Codes; Free and Inexpensive Security Programs for Windows XP; Index
The nice thing about this book is that it's completely focused on fixing problems. It's not just an add-on to a larger book on how Windows works. As such, you end up getting much more troubleshooting detail that you might see in other books. Ross writes in a conversational style, so you end up with information that doesn't intimidate at the same point in time that you're already stressed out to start with. Even better, it's enjoyable enough to read *before* you end up with problems that bring your computer to it's knees. There's good defensive information contained in there, such as how to back up data and create restore disks (which I still need to do). This can help you minimize the damage in case things go completely south...
I've rebuilt my Windows OS enough times now that I'm not quite as freaked out as I used to be when things went wrong. But a book like this would have been a lifesaver the first time I got a blue screen of death that wouldn't go away. If you don't have any Windows troubleshooting titles in your bookshelf, this might be a good place to start.
Plenty of troubleshooting techniques and tips for resolving common XP programs .......2006-07-03
If you're frustrated with Windows XP, turn to John Ross' It's Never Done That Before! before calling in the techs. Chapters offer plenty of troubleshooting techniques and tips for resolving common XP programs and many an obscure detail as well. From using XP's built-in troubleshooting tools to handling problems with device drivers and even registry issues and viruses, reach for this before the telephone when troubleshooting: it'll save you a bundle.
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When Windows works properly, it's relatively easy to ignore; you can concentrate on the work you're trying to do and forget about the plumbing inside your computer. But when something goes wrong, it often requires an experienced guide to solve the problem and restore the computer to working condition. Everybody who uses Microsoft Windows eventually has to deal with cryptic error messages, frozen screens, and other more or less dramatic problems. Windows troubleshooting is the set of tools and techniques that can identify the source of a problem and find a solution.
It's Never Done That Before is a guide to Windows XP troubleshooting for people who don't spend their lives fixing computer problems. It includes basic troubleshooting techniques, specific instructions for solving the most common problems in Windows XP, and more general information for finding and fixing more obscure ones. It also provides pointers to explanations of BIOS beep codes and blue screen errors, instructions for using the troubleshooting tools supplied with Windows XP such as Safe Mode and the Recovery Console, and advice for dealing with device drivers, the ROM BIOS, and the Windows Registry. Viruses, spyware, and Internet connection problems are all included, along with advice for getting the most out of the Microsoft Knowledge base and other online information resources, and dealing with help desks and technical support centers.
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- Two well written plays
- 2 Great American plays, full of thought and feeling.
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Reckless and Blue Window
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Two well written plays.......2004-09-10
It's interesting that the only two Craig Lucas plays I've read happen to be published together here. Both were surprising to me, particularly Reckless, which tied itself up in an emotionally and symbolically moving way. Blue Window is a very lyrical play. The juggling that Lucas did to write it is impressive in reading it, and the performance of the piece-where actors must time the simulateous speeches and cues from each other-would be very engaging and swift, were it done as it must be.
I liked Reckless better though. I think it's quirkier, funnier and uses images and styles of expression in a more theatrically thrilling way.
Blue Window had a Big Chill feel-"the party" being the device of a gathering. These characters are not old friends though. It is a gathering of contemporaries and an ensuing discovery that each remains an individual no matter what company they keep. There is within it an infinite philisophy and spiritual depth as each character urges toward transcendence. Reading Blue Window is very much different than seeing it would be. Upon a stage the seeming jumble of activity and speech clarifies itself as actors embody each character. As a read there is alot of juggling which morphed much of the personality traits into a kind of collective character essence.
I recommend them both, and must praise Lucas for two plays that offer what I know would be terrific theatre experiences, as they offer terrific reading.
2 Great American plays, full of thought and feeling........1996-11-26
These are two of the best contemporary American plays being performed today.
BLUE WINDOW, reminiscent of Virginia Woolf's "Mrs. Dalloway",
explores the possibility of sharing thought, words, and
perception, through the device of a party attended by several
disparate people.
RECKLESS is a wildly funny and disturbing trek across America
with Rachel, an Everywoman whose optimism is betrayed at every
turn.
Both can be seen as movies.
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Frequently caricatured as the religion that rejects medical treatment, Christian Science gets a balanced, nuanced appraisal in this memoir by a writer who grew up within the faith. Barbara Wilson appreciates Christian Science's unusual openness to women, who gained self-respect and status as its practitioners and healers, but she bares its inadequacies in a wrenching account of her mother's battle with cancer, suicide attempt, and eventual death. Her precise, unsentimental prose delineates a decades-long journey toward self-knowledge and peace with her past: it's a very American saga, sensitively told.
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From Mary Baker Eddy, the founder of the Church of Christian Science, to Deepak Chopra, Americans have struggled with the connection between health and happiness. Barbara Wilson was taught by her Christian Scientist family that there was no sickness or evil, and that by maintaining this belief she would be protected. But such beliefs were challenged when Wilson's own mother died of breast cancer after deciding not to seek medical attention, having been driven mad by the contradiction between her religion and her reality. In this perceptive and textured memoir, Wilson surveys the complex history of Christian Science and the role of women in religion and healing.
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Well worth reading.......2007-06-24
This book is a fairly good memoir, despite long digressions into overly detailed memories. I skimmed some chapters, especially in the first half. However, as therapy for a recovering Christian Scientist, it was a wonderful experience that I would highly recommend. Particularly in the second half of the book, when Ms. Wilson gets into the meat of her family's troubles, her writing style hits its stride and the insights are especially clear and penetrating.
It may be flogging a dead horse to critique Christian Science these days, as it fades away with the passing of the last generation to grow up without antibiotics. However, those of us who were raised in it need to critique it for our own benefit. The public image of CS has to do with shunning doctors and medicine. There's much more to it. In my family, as in Wilson's, the greatest pain was caused by the avoidance of relationship problems and mental disorders. An untreated infection may kill you quickly, but an abusive parent can affect your quality of life, and those of the rest of your family, over many years.
My father was a third-generation Christian Scientist, First Reader of our church, and served on the board of a CS sanitorium. He went to church twice a week and served on countless church committees. I'm sure he never once tasted alcohol or tobacco, he never went to a doctor, and he always had one of us sitting by the TV (in the days before remote controls) to turn down the volume when ads for medicine came on. He was also an abuser with chronic untreated depression and suicidal impulses.
Nobody could acknowledge that my father's abuse was happening because we had to pretend that life was Perfect. This made us all enablers. Society is full of abusers and people who enable them, but few have a basis for enabling that's as powerful as the belief that the abuse literally doesn't exist. In Christian Science, if you see abuse, this is a problem in your perception--an instance of Error. You need to work on your perception, not on the person who seems to be imperfect. Domestic abuse thrives in such a setting. There are statistics that show Christian Scientists live shorter lives. I don't know of any statistics on how common abuse or mental illness is in CS families. My guess: very common.
Kudos to Barbara Wilson for talking about this in her own life, and helping the rest of us survivors of CS to confront and fix the problems in our families that medicine can't touch.
If you can recite the scientific statement of being..........2007-04-11
... then you were raised in Christian Science and may be struggling to make sense of your experience. Read this book. If you love someone who is a lapsed Christian Scientist, read this book. Wilson lends historical perspective and emotional insight as she lovingly and thoughtfully articulates that peculiar childhood. I found her explanations thought-provoking, tremendously helpful and well-written.
a practicing Christian Scientist speaks.......2006-11-09
It's interesting that not one of these reviews mentions Christ Jesus and that he healed without medicine. Christian Science is often condemned because it's proponents don't go to doctors. This infers that using conventional medicine and doctors is the only right option. Other religions also practice spiritual healing. Jesus disciples did it and his adherents did it into the 3rd Century at which time Jesus was arbitrarily designated as God and healing through prayer for all intents and purposes ceased. That decision made healing prayer a miracle and not natural. Understanding man as the image and likeness of God (not an manlike/anthropomorphic God) is the key to seeing healing. The emphasis in the book and a few of the reviews is that Christian Scientists claim matter isn't real. Again that is like trying to state a truth by beginning with the falsehood. The truth is that God is all therefore the human existence has no substance - which physicists know is the truth. Mary Baker Eddy received her inspiration by reading the Bible and she kept reading it. She had struggles throughout her whole life with very human problems just like all of us do. She makes a clear distinction between the relative human experience and the absolute divine thought acknowledging that we have to grow into the understanding of God as all. She specifically states that we can't demonstrate what we don't know. This religion does not hypnotize, mesmerize or otherwise brain wash people. People make their own choices. I know many Christian Scientists who have had phenomenal healings of deadly diseases. And I know Christian Scientists who have used conventional medicine and I know Christian Scientists who have died under medical care as well as under Christian Science treatment. Don't be tempted to pillory the religion over the ability or lack thereof of it's adherents to heal. If you do so you are then like those who put Jesus on the cross out of fear of what they didn't understand.
Memoir writing at its best.......2005-07-12
Whether you are familiar with Christian Science or not, you will be absorbed by this memoir. It is nearly novelistic in its writing, not surprising given that its author is also a novelist. Somehow she survived a childhood impacted by incest, mental illness, disease, and death. She survived efforts by a stepmother bent on turning her into the frilly, silly teenager she could never be. Barbara Wilson laces her story with absorbing asides into philosophy and theology, always bringing it back to Christian Science and its devastating effect on her life. Read this book!
It makes you think.......2000-08-02
My father was raised in a household of three women. His mother and aunt were CS, his grandmother was not. He respected women all his life and at a time (the 50s) when few men did. Long after he abandoned his childhood faith he respected the CS determination, optimism, and power of both sexes to achieve worthwhile goals. Wilson's book helped me understand why he was able to do that.
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- A great way to teach your children prioritization.
- too much snotty attitude
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No Blue Food Allegra'S Windows #4 (Allegra's Window)
Richie Chevat
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A great way to teach your children prioritization........2006-05-19
As a child, I have many memories of being force-fed rancid food from my parents, and so I have a special place in my heart for this book. It teaches children how to refuse things that they don't want (which will come in handy when they are offered drugs), and how to try new things (by her eating the food so her brother can't have any, she discovers a new favorite food, thus showing her that trying new food/ideas is never a bad thing)! I consider both to be essential moral values, and great notions for a kid to understand!
Since I purchased this story, I have found it be an essential part in raising my children! In fact, My youngest child's first word was "blue" because of how often he's read it! I recommend all parents add this to their home library this instant!!
too much snotty attitude.......2005-12-19
This book is a drag. After I read it I threw it away, without reading it to my kids. Allegra is rude and snotty about the food offered to her (blue pancakes). She won't eat it until her parents threaten to give it to her brother. Then she selfishly eats it, only so he can't have it. She finds out she likes it. However, she maintains the rude snotty attitude for the next thing. I would prefer a book that teaches right attitudes and manners, instead of one that models rotten ones.
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Contents of Blue's Clues ABC Time Activities .......2005-11-12
My review is simply information about this learning game. JoAnn Dodson of Plano, Texas ., who describes herself as a "Preschool Computer Lab Teacher", under "Blue's Clues ABC Time Activities by Humongous Entertainment", which I think is very much worth reading regarding her success or lack of it with different aged preschool children. On her reviews page she has provided feedback regarding several preschool computer learning games and has indicated her success or lack of such in using different computer learning games.
What I'm trying to do in this article is just to give you more information about the game itself. I found helpful explanations in the booklet which accompanied their game, and since I am not a good writer, I just want to let you know about this game, I will mostly quote from what they say about it.
"Blue and her friends greet you in Steve's Living Room."
Steve introduces you to a word book where you collect words to put into it. All together there are 6 different basic stories with different colored pages for each story. Each story has two blanks that you can fill in with the words that you have collected for that story by playing the other games. You can collect up to 10 words for each story and you can put any of these words on either or both blanks. Then Blue will draw a picture for the story you have written filling in these two blanks. As you can put any of these words anywhere in the story, you don't have to actually have to read the story to place them. Steve will read the story for you after Blue has drawn the picture. To earn a word for the word book you have to have successfully played a game right for each letter of the 3 to 4 letter words that you accumulate. Which gives your child the motivation to play the games a total of 216 times in order to fill the book! That's a lot of fun practice! Actually, most of the games you only have to play once to get a letter, but with the mailbox you have to put three letters in 3 letters to get one letter in your word book word. In the Snackroom you only play the game once, but you have to get 2 letters right to finish one game. In slippery soap you have to guess 2 pictures representing 2 words to complete a rhyme and complete a game. So it is actually more playtime fun than that before the book is complete.
From Steve's Living Room you can click on the picture of...
Felt Friends - Word Puzzles
"Objective: to make words and pictures from letters and shapes. Skills:Letter and shape recognition, phonics and word formation."
First the player can warm up their pattern recognition by putting the "felt" patterns into the two to three parts of the picture which have the outline to put them in. Then they can put the three to four "felt" letters into their outlines. Then the word, which has been spelled out letter by letter as each letter is put in place is spelled out then sounded out and then spoken as a word.
"As the game becomes more challenging, there will be more pieces available than you need."
For all of these games, the "difficulty levels automatically adjust to meet each child's skill level."
"Shovel and Pail - Alphabet Maze
"Objective: To help Blue find Shovel and Pail by following an alphabet or sentence trail.
Skills: Alphabet sequencing, pre-spelling and letter identification."
There is the alphabet at the bottom of the page in its sequence so that the player can follow along in knowing which letter to look for next in the alphabet sequencing games. When each letter is clicked on its name is given. After clicking on all of the alphabet letters in the path, Blue follows the path again giving the name of each letter one at a time. If the player goes the wrong way, when (s)he realizes the mistake (s)he can back up one letter at a time until the right path can be followed again. Even in these mistakes there is learning done as these letter's name is given each time it is clicked.
"As the game becomes more challenging, the maze will become more complicated and you will spell words and make sentences to find Shovel and Pail." I have to admit, though, that I played the game 75 times, and while it became more complicated, I never got to the point where it began to have me spell words and makes sentences. As all the other parts of this game (except the mailbox) did do what it stated it would do as it became more challenging, I am sure that it will eventually happen with this as well, I just can't devote any more time to finding out about when. This is good, of course, because it gives the child ALOT of practice reviewing the alphabet in the process of learning it.
Mr. Salt and Mrs. Pepper - Snacktime
"Objective: To help Blue find snacks that begin with the specific letters and sounds.
Skills: Phonics, vocabulary and auditory discrimination.
They have 4 or 5 snacks on the table. They show a letter of the alphabet, let you know the sound of that letter, and then ask you to find the snack that begins with the same sound. You then can move it onto a plate. As you pass the cursor over each food Mr. Salt and Mrs. Pepper will tell you the name of the food so that you can decide if the food begins with the correct sound. "Mr. Salt and Mrs. Pepper will repeat the name of the letter, the sound they're looking for and then say the name of the food you selected. If the food you selected begins with the sound they are looking for, they'll tell you. If the sound does not match , you may try again. When the correct food is chosen, its name appears on the screen. When you have correctly selected two snacks, Blue's friends will enjoy the snacks at the snack table."
"As the game becomes more challenging, Mr. Salt and Mrs. Pepper will ask for snacks that begin with letter blends, like 'gr' as in 'grapes' ." An extra bonus is that most of the snacks they have are very healthy! Who knows what healthy snack your child might get interested in eating!
Jungle Picture - Safari Snapshots
"Objective: To help Blue photograph jungle animals and fill the Animal Alphabet Album.
Skills: Initial letter identification and word recognition. ...
As you move through the jungle, click on the animal whose name starts wit the letter on the photo album" in the picture. "To see [and hear] the name of each animal move your cursor over the animal as it appears."
"As the game becomes more challenging, you will move faster through the jungle and you won't see or hear the names of animals as you move your cursor over them." By then you will know what they are with all of the previous times you will have met with the same pictures.
As you can see from what I have copied from their booklet, they give very good instructions.
Slippery Soap - Bathtime Rhymes
"Objective: To help Blue and Slippery create rhymes.
Skills: Recognizing rhymes and early vocabulary"
Four bubbles appear over Blue. Each bubble has a picture in it. Slippery gives the names of the objects in each one and the word is presented in writing. You click on the bubble that you want used in a rhyme. Slippery then presents it at the end of the first line of a rhyme and then has all but the last word of the second part of the rhyme presented as well. Four more bubbles appear over Blue's head and you choose the one that rhymes with your first choice of a word. Slippery then reads both words you have chosen. If they rhyme he reads the entire rhyme. If they don't then you can try again to choose the word which rhymes. The word bubbles with the picture can be pointed at to hear and see the word as many times as you want to in making your decisions. "After two more tries, Slippery will help you with the answer."
Mailbox - Mailtime
"objective: To help Mailbox identify and match the missing letters.
Skills: Letter identification and upper and lower case letter discrimination."
Mailbox has a letter for you. But before he can read the letter to you you need to help him fill in the letter. There are three pages to each letter. On each page a letter is missing from one of the words. The letter that is missing is indicated with a light grey letter in its place. At the bottom of the page there are five letters. It is your job to choose which letter is the letter which is missing (IE. which letter matches the letter in the light grey). When you have chosen the right letter, mailbox tells you the name of that letter and goes on the the next page. After all three pages have all their letters on them then Mailbox will read the letter.
"As the game becomes more challenging you will receive fewer visual hints." After playing this part of the game over 60 times, I have to admit that I had not yet come to the place where any visual clues started decreasing, which , or course is good, because then the child will have a lot of time to learn to recognize the words of these letters. There are a number of letters, but having played the game over 60 times, I can tell you that they do eventually start recycling as you can imagine. The letters that are missing are different every time, but the letters themselves eventually start recycling. Anyway, the child will be very familiar with these letters before the clues start becoming fewer.
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Nathan Wallace's COM/DCOM Blue Book provides an excellent guide to the Component Object Model (COM) development using today's Microsoft tools, from the Active Template Library (ATL) and Microsoft Foundation Classes (MFC) in Visual C++ to Visual Basic and Visual J++. Alternating chapters in this book feature either tools-based programming exercises (using ATL, MFC, VB, and Visual J++) or explanations of the technical details underlying COM's many attributes and functions.
After showing off basic COM projects, the author presents a short history of COM and its elemental pieces such as interfaces, reference counting, containment, and aggregation. The book also spotlights coding with object linking and embedding (OLE) Automation, including an early example of a simple COM server for encrypting string data, a sample that's just right for demonstrating essential COM principles.
COM/DCOM then looks at ActiveX controls; shows off properties (and property pages), event handling, and persistence; and discusses distributed COM (DCOM) with examples that show how to run COM servers from remote clients.
The best sections of the book cover the COM Variant data-type, Strings (or BSTRs), and the SAFEARRAY data type in all four programming environments. The book does a fine job of explaining these essential COM topics. Later sections glance at Internet programming (with ASP and dynamic HTML [DHTML] support in each tool). More in-depth coverage of Microsoft Transaction Server (MTS) comes at the end of the book (though the final chapter repeats whole paragraphs from an earlier section verbatim--obviously an editorial glitch).
Overall, this book is a perfect choice for developers who want to take their COM skills to the next level. It demystifies many of the trickier aspects of COM using concise examples from each of Microsoft's major COM development tools. --Richard Dragan
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To demonstrate COM's language independence, the book develops projects in four different development environments from the industry's leading vendor--ATL, MFC, VB, and VJ++. Integrates learning about all four aspects of COM (Component Object Model): COM, Automation, ActiveX, and DCOM. Emphasizes component creation and use techniques independent of any single programming language. Focuses on technologies created atop COM: MTS (Microsoft Transaction Server), ASP (Active Server Pages), and OLE DB. Demonstrates COM techniques most appropriate for real-world development in the corporate world. No "ivory tower" demos!
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Good Qucik Reference.......2005-10-01
Even though this Book might not be the Best book to learn every thing about COM/DCOM/Automation, atleast it will great foundation about the basic programming and the History of evolution of the same. Probably you can build on basic Practical programming in these areas.
An impulse buy victim.......2001-08-18
Yet another example of how dangerous it is to impulse buy a computer book at a bookstore based on it's potential.
It's a great concept, but the depth of the errors and inconsistency in the language make it clear much of the content is surface level regurgation and not the teaching of someone who really gets it. There is much more wrong here than typos and cut and paste oversights; some of the errors are fundamental, and grievously misleading. Furthermore, I've tried to contact the publisher about corrections or explanations of specific issues and gotten no response.
The bright side is you will actually learn something as you struggle to understand how to make the examples work. It was painfull but I made progress using MSDN info and ATL source. I've also formed plenty of questions that I'm sure I'll now better apreciate expert answers for.
Beware, don't let it's potential suck you in. It took me way to long to give up on this book.
Other lessons learned:
1) Resist the bookstore computer book section, the odds are worse than the lotery. 2) Look for author's that stand behind their work with a personal email address for comments, questions, and suggestions. 3) Be extra suspicious of this publisher.
I wouldn't take this book from a friend for free........2001-08-05
Here's a little blurb from the "Why is COM Needed" section:
"... Each compiler produces a set of machine language instructions (binary numbers) that are designed to be fed by the operating system into the CPU of the computer in structured ways to produce program behavior....".
With gems like that early in the book, how could I take the rest of the book seriously as a technical work? I pressed on, but basically the rest of the book seemed disorganized and filled more with studying example output from "wizards" and such.
Maybe if you're looking to study micros~1 Visual Studio "wizard" output, then this book is for you. If you're looking for a solid understanding of the basics, stay away.
BTW, ALL authors should lay off the lame attempts at humor. Readnig bad attempts at humor are much worse than reading a technical book that is dry.
Good Reference.......2000-07-21
The fact the Mr. Wallace dedicated two big chapters to ActiveX, which includes builds in both ATL and MFC makes this book a definite addition in my reference library. If you read this book from cover to cover you kind of get lost in the process but as a programmer how reads cover to cover you just read the section you need.
COM/DCOM Blue Book.......2000-06-29
If you want to know more about SAFEARRAY, VARIANT, and BSTR how to write codes as associating with objects, you MUST buy that book! I would recommend that.
Book Description
From the growing number of Wi-Fi hotspots to the escalating sales of laptops and other portable wireless-enabled devices, it's clear that wireless technology is here and poised to play an increasingly important role in all our lives. Going wireless is a little like taking the training wheels off your first bike--once you taste the freedom, you don't want to go back to what you had before. Moreover, dramatic improvements in wireless technology in the last few years coupled with the growing affordability of wireless equipment make going wireless all the more attractive. And if you're a Windows XP user, it's even better. Windows XP contains many built-in supports for wireless computing, making it an ideal platform for going mobile. In Windows XP Unwired, you'll learn the basics of wireless computing, from the reasons why you'd want to go wireless in the first place, to setting up your wireless network or accessing wireless services on the road. The book provides a complete introduction to all the wireless technologies supported by Windows XP, including Wi-Fi (802.11b, a, and g), infrared, Bluetooth, CDMA2000, and GPRS. You'll learn how to set up your first wireless network using popular products from Linksys and D-Link. You'll also get a good understanding of the limitations and liabilities of each wireless technology. Other topics covered in the book include:
- Connecting to wireless hotspots
- Using Microsoft's Smart Display to go wireless without a laptop
- Putting GPS technology to use
- Wireless Security
Windows XP Unwired is a one-stop wireless information source for technically savvy Windows XP users. Whether you're considering wireless as a supplement or alternative to cable and DSL, or using wireless to network computers in your home or office, this book will show you the full-spectrum view of wireless capabilities of Windows XP, and how to take advantage of them.
Customer Reviews:
Wireless network made easy.......2003-10-22
Windows XP has one of the best fetures, i.e "native support" for LANs. Wireless support in XP makes upgrading to the new OS more appealing for all types of users who wants wireless connection availabe always. Users no longer need to worry about technical details of configuring wireless network, it is always available.
Windows XP Unwired explains what is wireless network and how to use wireless network in Windows XP. Author explained very well from the very basics about network, what is a network, uses. After that he explains about what are the advantages, challenges about wireless network, how to secure a wireless network, how to setup your own wireless network at home. Once you complete this book, you will be able to setup your own network without any expert help.
First it explains the fundamentals of network, like what is a TCP/IP, how it works, then radio waves. Then it explains what is Wi-Fi network, 802.11 Wirless standards, how to use 802.11 wireless on the road, wireless hotspots, how to find wireless hotspots. How to use Infrared port on your Palm / Pocket PC, Bluetooth technology, GPS, and Cellular Networking.
The entire book is organized to explain you about What a specific Technology is (for example Blue Tooth), what are the current standards, how to use that technology, advantages and disadvantages (if any), limitations, and how XP supports that technology.
The best part about this book is, though it says Windows XP unwired, it explains about wireless adapters, NIC. It has case studies on how to setup Home Network.
Other topics conved in this book includes, XP default firewall, Virtual Private Network (VPN), Remote Desktop. It is like a complete reference for wirelss networking technology.
I strongly recommend this book to everyone who wants to understand wirless networking.
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