WINDOWS 98 SECRETS

Windows 98, the ballyhooed new Microsoft operating system, is finally here and the best-selling Windows author duo ? Brian Livingston and Davis Straub ? mark this momentous software release with their seminal guide, Windows 98 Secrets. Livingston and Straub divulge undocumented features and time-saving shortcuts designed to maximize your Windows 98 experience.

Windows 98 Secrets explains how to connect directly to the Web using the Active Desktop, take advantage of dynamic communication advances, optimize new security options, tweak the registry, customize your desktop, and much more.

You can also sample 200 Windows 98 software programs hand-picked by Livingston and Straub on the Windows 98 Secrets bonus CD-ROM. There is also a bevy of handy resources packed onto the CD including FTP clients, HTML editors, database managers, automation tools, and Internet suites. Thanks to Livingston and Straub, the Windows 98 wizard has been exposed and with Windows 98 Secrets, you can reap the rewards.

About the Authors Brian Livingston is the author of IDG Books Worldwide's bestselling Windows?? 3.1 Secrets??; Windows?? 3.1 Secrets??, 2nd Edition; More Windows?? 3.1 Secrets??; and coauthor of Windows?? 95 Secrets??, Windows?? 95 Secrets?? Gold, and Windows?? Gizmos??. His books have been published in more than 20 languages. Mr. Livingston is also a contributing editor of InfoWorld and Windows Sources magazines. Davis Straub, coauthor of Windows?? 95 Secrets?? and Windows?? 95 Secrets?? Gold, has written over 200 magazine articles. Former president of Generic Software, developer of Generic CADD, Mr. Straub is currently a multimedia software developer.

Acknowledgments.

PART I: Introduction, Installation, and Startup.

Chapter 1: Read This First.

Chapter 2: Installing and Setting Up Windows 98.

Chapter 3: A Quick Look at Windows 98.

Chapter 4: A Tutorial for Windows 98.

Chapter 5: Customizing Your Windows 98 Startup.

PART II: Interface to the Desktop and the Internet.

Chapter 6: The Desktop and the Taskbar.

Chapter 7: My Computer -- Folders and Windows.

Chapter 8: The Explorer.

Chapter 9: Internet Explorer.

Chapter 10: Shortcuts at Home and Abroad.

Chapter 11: The Start Button and Finding.

Chapter 12: Desktop Strategies -- Making Windows 98 Your Own.

Chapter 13: Documents First.

Chapter 14: The Recycle Bin: Going Through the Trash.

Chapter 15: The Registry: The Real User Interface.

Chapter 16: The Control Panel and Properties.

PART III: Internet Applications.

Chapter 17: Dial-Up Networking.

Chapter 18: Connecting to the Internet.

Chapter 19: Outlook Express.

Chapter 20: Windows Messaging.

PART IV: Connectivity.

Chapter 21: Calling the Bulletin Boards.

Chapter 22: Laptop to Desktop.

Chapter 23: Synchronized Filing -- The Briefcase.

Chapter 24: Networking.

PART V: Plug and Play.

Chapter 25: Plug and Play: Device Management.

Chapter 26: Fonts.

Chapter 27: Keyboards and Characters.

Chapter 28: Displays.

Chapter 29: Printer Drivers.

Chapter 30: The Mighty Mouse (Other Pointing Devices, Too).

Chapter 31: Modems, Serial Ports, and Parallel Ports.

Chapter 32: Telephony.

Chapter 33: Disk Tools and File Systems.

PART VI: DOS Secrets.

Chapter 34: Meet the New DOS . Same As the Old DOS.

Chapter 35: Configuring Windows 98 Memory.

PART VII: Shareware.

Chapter 36: The Best in Windows Shareware.

Index.

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CD-ROM Installation Instructions.