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Good intro to Windows 7?

S

Stan Brown

Flightless Bird
I bought /Windows 7 Up and Running/ which was a total waste of money,
and /Windows 7 Annoyances/, which is good but focuses on "trees" to
the exclusion of "forest".

Can someone suggest a good introduction to the "philosophy" of
Windows 7, by which I mean the purpose and best use of the major
features? It wouldn't have to be a printed book; I'd actually prefer
something on the Web.


--
Stan Brown, Oak Road Systems, Tompkins County, New York, USA
http://OakRoadSystems.com
Shikata ga nai...
 
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a@b.c

Flightless Bird
On Sun, 29 Aug 2010 21:40:34 -0400, Stan Brown
<the_stan_brown@fastmail.fm> wrote:

>I bought /Windows 7 Up and Running/ which was a total waste of money,
>and /Windows 7 Annoyances/, which is good but focuses on "trees" to
>the exclusion of "forest".
>
>Can someone suggest a good introduction to the "philosophy" of
>Windows 7, by which I mean the purpose and best use of the major
>features? It wouldn't have to be a printed book; I'd actually prefer
>something on the Web.


The two ebooks I read and liked best were Windows 7 In Depth by Que
and Windows 7 Inside Out by Microsoft Press.
 
T

Tony

Flightless Bird
http://hotfile.com/dl/61583260/d3724de/Windows.7.Inside.rar.html

Stan Brown wrote:

> I bought /Windows 7 Up and Running/ which was a total waste of money,
> and /Windows 7 Annoyances/, which is good but focuses on "trees" to
> the exclusion of "forest".
>
> Can someone suggest a good introduction to the "philosophy" of
> Windows 7, by which I mean the purpose and best use of the major
> features? It wouldn't have to be a printed book; I'd actually prefer
> something on the Web.
>
> --
> Stan Brown, Oak Road Systems, Tompkins County, New York, USA
> http://OakRoadSystems.com
> Shikata ga nai...

--
The Grandmaster of the CyberFROG

Come get your ticket to CyberFROG city

Nay, Art thou decideth playeth ye simpleton games. *Some* of us know
proper manners

Very few. I used to take calls from *rank* noobs but got fired the first
day on the job for potty mouth,

Hamster isn't a newsreader it's a mistake!

El-Gonzo Jackson FROGS both me and Chuckcar

Master Juba was a black man imitating a white man imitating a black man

Using my technical prowess and computer abilities to answer questions
beyond the realm of understandability

Regards Tony... Making usenet better for everyone everyday
 
F

Frank

Flightless Bird
On 8/29/2010 6:40 PM, Stan Brown wrote:
> I bought /Windows 7 Up and Running/ which was a total waste of money,
> and /Windows 7 Annoyances/, which is good but focuses on "trees" to
> the exclusion of "forest".
>
> Can someone suggest a good introduction to the "philosophy" of
> Windows 7, by which I mean the purpose and best use of the major
> features? It wouldn't have to be a printed book; I'd actually prefer
> something on the Web.
>
>
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windows-7/default.aspx
 
L

LouB

Flightless Bird
Stan Brown wrote:
> I bought /Windows 7 Up and Running/ which was a total waste of money,
> and /Windows 7 Annoyances/, which is good but focuses on "trees" to
> the exclusion of "forest".
>
> Can someone suggest a good introduction to the "philosophy" of
> Windows 7, by which I mean the purpose and best use of the major
> features? It wouldn't have to be a printed book; I'd actually prefer
> something on the Web.
>
>
The "philosophy" is really just to make Vista into a proper system.
The code base is from Vista but was "cleaned" up.
Quite a bit of help came with the Win7 system and Google is your friend too.
 
K

Ken Blake

Flightless Bird
On Sun, 29 Aug 2010 18:59:28 -0700, "a@b.c" <a@b.c> wrote:

> On Sun, 29 Aug 2010 21:40:34 -0400, Stan Brown
> <the_stan_brown@fastmail.fm> wrote:
>
> >I bought /Windows 7 Up and Running/ which was a total waste of money,
> >and /Windows 7 Annoyances/, which is good but focuses on "trees" to
> >the exclusion of "forest".
> >
> >Can someone suggest a good introduction to the "philosophy" of
> >Windows 7, by which I mean the purpose and best use of the major
> >features? It wouldn't have to be a printed book; I'd actually prefer
> >something on the Web.
>
>
> The two ebooks I read and liked best were Windows 7 In Depth by Que
> and Windows 7 Inside Out by Microsoft Press.


"Windows 7 Inside Out" is by Ed Bott (and two others). Bott's books
are always terrific, and I join you in recommending this one.


--
Ken Blake
 
T

Tony

Flightless Bird
Is that you Steve?

LouB wrote:

> Stan Brown wrote:
> > I bought /Windows 7 Up and Running/ which was a total waste of money,
> > and /Windows 7 Annoyances/, which is good but focuses on "trees" to
> > the exclusion of "forest".
> >
> > Can someone suggest a good introduction to the "philosophy" of
> > Windows 7, by which I mean the purpose and best use of the major
> > features? It wouldn't have to be a printed book; I'd actually prefer
> > something on the Web.
> >
> >
> The "philosophy" is really just to make Vista into a proper system.
> The code base is from Vista but was "cleaned" up.
> Quite a bit of help came with the Win7 system and Google is your friend too.

--
The Grandmaster of the CyberFROG

Come get your ticket to CyberFROG city

Nay, Art thou decideth playeth ye simpleton games. *Some* of us know proper
manners

Very few. I used to take calls from *rank* noobs but got fired the first day on
the job for potty mouth,

Hamster isn't a newsreader it's a mistake!

El-Gonzo Jackson FROGS both me and Chuckcar

Master Juba was a black man imitating a white man imitating a black man

Using my technical prowess and computer abilities to answer questions beyond the
realm of understandability

Regards Tony... Making usenet better for everyone everyday
 
D

Don McC

Flightless Bird
"Ken Blake" <kblake@this.is.an.invalid.domain> wrote:

> On Sun, 29 Aug 2010 18:59:28 -0700, "a@b.c" <a@b.c> wrote:

>> On Sun, 29 Aug 2010 21:40:34 -0400, Stan Brown
>> <the_stan_brown@fastmail.fm> wrote:

>>> I bought /Windows 7 Up and Running/ which was a total waste of money,
>>> and /Windows 7 Annoyances/, which is good but focuses on "trees" to
>>> the exclusion of "forest".

>>> Can someone suggest a good introduction to the "philosophy" of
>>> Windows 7, by which I mean the purpose and best use of the major
>>> features? It wouldn't have to be a printed book; I'd actually prefer
>>> something on the Web.

>> The two ebooks I read and liked best were Windows 7 In Depth

by Robert Cowart and Brian Knittel

> "Windows 7 Inside Out" is by Ed Bott (and two others). Bott's books
> are always terrific, and I join you in recommending this one.

Ditto on both of these books each of which is available as an e-book,
e.g. Kindle.

--
Don

Facts are stubborn things, but statistics are much more pliable.
~ Mark Twain
 
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Antares 531

Flightless Bird
On Sun, 29 Aug 2010 21:40:34 -0400, Stan Brown
<the_stan_brown@fastmail.fm> wrote:

>I bought /Windows 7 Up and Running/ which was a total waste of money,
>and /Windows 7 Annoyances/, which is good but focuses on "trees" to
>the exclusion of "forest".
>
>Can someone suggest a good introduction to the "philosophy" of
>Windows 7, by which I mean the purpose and best use of the major
>features? It wouldn't have to be a printed book; I'd actually prefer
>something on the Web.
>
I bought a copy of Windows 7 Visual Quick Tips, by Paul McFedries,
ISBN 978-0-470-52117-5 and like it very much. It's one of those, "A
picture is worth a thousand words" format books but the general layout
is very well set up. I got my copy at the local Barnes & Noble Book
Store. You could probably go to one or to a similar store and loon
this book over before you buy a copy.

Gordon
 
J

John Morrison

Flightless Bird
On Sun, 29 Aug 2010 21:40:34 -0400, Stan Brown
<the_stan_brown@fastmail.fm> wrote:

>Can someone suggest a good introduction to the "philosophy" of
>Windows 7, by which I mean the purpose and best use of the major
>features? It wouldn't have to be a printed book; I'd actually prefer
>something on the Web.

Not a direct response to your question but I find the following helpful.

"How-To Geek" <http://www.howtogeek.com/email-subscription/>

I receive a free daily newsletter from "How-To Geek" which occasionally
provides a tip that I find extremely useful.

Also their web page displays all their previous tips.
--

John
 
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Stan Brown

Flightless Bird
Re: Good intro to Windows 7? (summary)

On Sun, 29 Aug 2010 21:40:34 -0400, Stan Brown wrote:
>
> I bought /Windows 7 Up and Running/ which was a total waste of money,
> and /Windows 7 Annoyances/, which is good but focuses on "trees" to
> the exclusion of "forest".
>
> Can someone suggest a good introduction to the "philosophy" of
> Windows 7, by which I mean the purpose and best use of the major
> features? It wouldn't have to be a printed book; I'd actually prefer
> something on the Web.

Thanks to those who answered. Here's a summary for everyone's
benefit:

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windows-7/default.aspx

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows7/products/features/

Robert Cowart and Brian Knittel: /Windows 7 in Depth/
Ed Bott: /Windows 7 Inside Out/
(Both the above got several recommendations.)

Paul McFedries: /Windows 7 Visual Quick Tips/

"How-To Geek" <http://www.howtogeek.com/email-subscription/>
(free subscription with tips which are "occasionally ... extremely
useful")

--
Stan Brown, Oak Road Systems, Tompkins County, New York, USA
http://OakRoadSystems.com
Shikata ga nai...
 
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