Hi Guys. I was just about to ask what book would be the best to buy.. for Windows XP Pro.. T hanks Ralph.. Same question I had.. except. you bought the book, and I was looking to buy one..<smile>
Now, I have some great sites. and I thank you..I've added them to my favorites. and have them as links.. up on my tool bar. I have ALOT of reading, and learning to do.. <smile> Thanks again.. For everyones time and patience. and GREAT HELP.. XP is fun.. but it's going to take some getting used to..LOL Helene ----- Original Message ----- From: "rb47" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, September 28, 2003 12:00 AM Subject: PCWorks: Win98 vs WinXP - Where in the world are some of those settings??? > To one and all, > > Well, I am getting to realize that I just dont know these days where a > LOT of the common locations where you set values in Win98 are in XP - > for example, I could instantly tell you how to set all file extensions > to be hid or displayed in 98, how to turn on or off all hidden or system > files, and a LOT of other system settings. > > And after looking at my reference books for XP, I get to think a lot of > the authors seem to almost assume that you know exactly what to look > under in the index or table of content to find these values (this is > what I bought this book for??? - to be frustrated???) By the way, we are > talking XP Pro in this case. > > I have gotten to know where a number of things are located but I sure > have discovered I just dont know these days where in the world MS hid > them at now in many cases. > > And trying to find information on a lot of these topics on MS's web site > of tech info is sometimes a total experience in frustration as well - > put in the phrase which should give at least 1 answer gives a grand > total of Null and Void. Or you get 100 articles back, none of which have > the answer you originally were looking for (what in the world are they > using for their search engine drivers???) > > So WHERE in the world is the best source of some of those most > fundamental setting questions that I used to get in a snap of the > fingers in 98 but seem to be totally dogging me in XP (trying to find > the same stuff in 2000 is also the same kind of hair pulling exercise I > have found as well.) > > HELP!!!! > > Ralph ============= PCWorks Mailing List ================= Don't see your post? Check our posting guidelines & make sure you've followed proper posting procedures, http://pcworkers.com/rules.htm Contact list owner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Unsubscribing and other changes: http://pcworkers.com =====================================================
