Product Description

Microsoft Windows XP: Introductory Concepts and Techniques, Service Pack 2 Edition, part of the highly successful Shelly Cashman Series, offers a clear step-by-step, screen-by-screen approach to learning Microsoft Windows XP. Service Pack 2 information is included in the appendix and discusses preventive measures against security threats to your PC. The text includes sufficient material for a three- to five-week course that presents Windows XP basics. Projects throughout provide thorough coverage of basic through advanced Microsoft Windows XP skills for your Windows XP course.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #91223 in Books
• Published on: 2005-04-25
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 272 pages

From the Publisher
Three projects introduce fundamental Windows XP skills; working on the desktop; using Windows XP Explorer to manage files, documents, and folders; and Windows XP Help and Support. All projects and exercises take full advantage of the new features of Windows XP. Unique project-based approach provides a practical context for learning skills. Detailed step-by-step, screen-by-screen instructions ensure you stay on track. Extensive exercises at the end of each project help you become a more proficient user of Windows XP.

About the Author
Gary B. Shelly wrote and published his first computer education textbook in 1969. More than twenty million copies of Shelly Cashman Series' textbooks have been sold. Gary and a talented group of contributing authors have produced books on computer programming, computer concepts, and application software that are the leading textbooks in the computer technology market today. Gary has hosted the annual Shelly Cashman Institute, a week-long training event focusing on the latest topics in technology, for the past 34 years.

Thomas J. Cashman received his education at California State University, Los Angeles. He established one of the first business data processing programs in the U.S. at Long Beach City College in California, where he taught and served as department head. In 1969, he began collaborating with now best-selling author, Gary Shelly.

Steven G. Forsythe has been a member of the Shelly Cashman authoring team for twenty years, and has written more than three dozen textbooks, including the most recent Microsoft Windows XP and Microsoft Internet Explorer textbooks.

Customer Reviews

Microsoft Windows XP Introductory techniques
this is an excellent overview of the operating system and plenty of hands on excercises.