Windows 8 Kickstart - Softcover

Russell, James

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0071805826 ISBN 13: 9780071805827

Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education, 2012

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Your full-color go-to guide―covering the final version of Windows 8!

Get started enjoying the innovative features of Microsoft’s latest operating system release on any device quickly and easily with Windows 8 Kickstart. Loaded with crisp, full-color screenshots, this practical, visual guide focuses on the best ways to maximize the operating system’s capabilities. Customize and secure your system, manage files, browse the Web, download apps, enjoy multimedia, manage photos, connect to social media networks, and much more. Tips, Notes, Warnings, and Now You Know sidebars offer solutions to potential pitfalls and veteran insight helps you get the most out of Windows 8.

Configure and customize Windows 8
Manage your desktop
Organize files with Windows Explorer
Keep Windows 8 up to date and secure
Get started with Windows 8-style apps
Surf the web
Connect with social media and instant messaging
View and manage photos
Play music, video, and games
Print files and manage devices

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About the Author:

James Howard Russell (Atascadero, CA) is a co-author of Facebook for Dummies, both Mini and Pocket Editions (Wiley) as well as The Official Red Hat Linux User's Guide (Red Hat Press/Wiley), The SAIR Linux and GNU Certified Administrator All-in-One Exam Guide (McGraw Hill), practice exam questions for the Linux+ Certification Bible CD-ROM (Hungry Minds, Inc.) and HTML: Your Visual Blueprint for Designing Web Pages with HTML, CSS, and XHTML (Wiley). He also writes and edits technical articles for Demand Media Studios on technical topics including Windows 7, Android smartphones, and World of Warcraft. Russell has installed, configured, and debugged Windows for a variety of OS versions including the Windows 8 Consumer Preview, Windows 7, Windows Visa, and all versions of Windows back to Windows 3. Russell digs deep into configuration issues on Windows PCs and has removed viruses, repaired sound and other hardware driver issues, and fixed a myriad of other configuration problems on PCs.

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