The Complete Idiot's Guide To Microsoft Windows XP, 2nd Edition

This completely updated and revised guide to the functions of Windows XP offers a host of multimedia features so users will be able to play movies, burn CDs, and edit videos and digital images with less effort than ever before.
"Computer users can breathe easier when they open Windows XP.

Tossing technical jargon out the window, this newly revised edition of "The Complete Idiots Guide to Windows XP" presents easy-to-understand, step-by-step methods of navigating the Windows XP operating system, providing lots of useful examples to illustrate the many uses of the system. Inside, readers will find:
Instructions on how to maintain and troubleshoot Windows XP, including a 10-Step maintenance programand new information on how to perform simple hacks
Up-to-date coverage of Windows XP, including critical information on Service Pack 2
Extensive coverage of Windows XPs graphic programs, including working with images, obtaining pictures from a scanner and digital camera, using Media Player, and more
Special emphasis on Windows XPs Internet features such as Internet Explorer, Outlook Express, and security features built into XP

Paul Mc Fedries has contributed to The Complete Idiot's Guide to Microsoft Windows XP, 2nd Edition as an author.Paul McFedries is the president of Logophilia Limited, a technical writing company. He has worked with computers in one form or another since 1975 and has used Windows since version 1 was foisted upon an unsuspecting (and underwhelmed) world in the mid-1980s. He is the author of more than 50 computer books that have sold more than three million copies worldwide. His recent titles include the Sams Publishing book "Microsoft Windows Home Server Unleashed "and the Que Publishing books "Networking with Microsoft Windows Vista," "Formulas and Functions with Microsoft Excel 2007," "Tricks of the Mic