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Microsoft Windows 7 In Depth
Publisher: Que; 1 edition (September 10, 2009)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0789741997
ISBN-13: 978-0789741998

Microsoft®

Windows 7 In Depth

Beyond the Basics…Beneath the Surface…In Depth

Microsoft Windows 7 In Depth is the comprehensive guide to Microsoft’s Windows 7 for everyone who’s no longer a Windows beginner: corporate, small office/home office, and personal users alike. Top Windows authors Robert Cowart and Brian Knittel have packed this 1,100-page book with intensely useful and practical information that can’t be found elsewhere. You can turn here for expert... (Read More)

Filed Under: Operating Systems, Windows

Tricks of the Windows Game Programming Gurus
Publisher: Andre Lamothe | 1999-09-27 | ISBN 0672313618 | PDF | 1040 pages | 15.0 MB

Summary:
New from bestselling video game guru, Andre LaMothe, Tricks of the Windows Game Programming Gurus provides an incredibly rich tour of today?s video game programming techniques for the Microsoft DirectX gaming platform. Filled with entertaining and challenging code examples in C, this book sets a high standard as a tutorial for getting started with game programming and will certainly earn a place on the bookshelf of any working (or aspiring) game developer.
The incredibly rich detail within this book on virtually all facets of game development on the DirectX... (Read More)

Filed Under: Others IT eBooks, Windows

Windows XP Under the Hood: Hardcore Windows Scripting and Command Line Power By Brian Knittel
Publisher: Que 2003 | 736 Pages | ISBN: 0789727331 | PDF | 3 MB

Get ready to roll up those shirtsleeves, pop the hood, and get a little Windows grime under those fingernails! This is a book about tools, nuts and bolts. Through lucid tutorials and examples, Windows XP Under the Hood shows how to use scripting and batch tools to automate repetitive tasks. You?ll master the gory details of the automation, management, command-line and diagnostic tools that are often given short shrift in both online documentation and standard end-user books. Then, the detailed reference sections will keep you coming back time and... (Read More)

Filed Under: Others IT eBooks, Windows

Leveraging WMI Scripting

Leveraging Scripting is the second in a series of two books dedicated to WMI. Understanding WMI, Lissoir?s first book, explained to Windows Administrators the various WMI scripting techniques and manageability capabilities of this new Windows Server 2003 platform. Illustrated with hundreds of scripts and detailed tables, the book explained the underlying technology and how WMI can be put to work. Lissoir focused not only on WMI programming aspects for developers but on how administrators can use what is available in Windows for their admin work.

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Breakthrough Windows Vista: Find Your Favorite Features and Discover the Possibilities
Publisher: Microsoft Press | ISBN: 0735623627 | edition 2007 | PDF | 352 pages | 10,8 mb
Learn how to use the Microsoft Windows Vista features that interest you most with this full-colour guide that gives you the straight scoop. Packed with information in manageable-sized projects, you can jump right in to any topic that interests you. Youll discover everything from how to set up your new operating system, to accessing the Windows Vista Sidebar and customizing it with the gadgets you use most
, to helping ensure a more secure setup. Plus, you can discover the media possibilities with Windows Vista: set up Media Center and watch... (Read More)

Filed Under: Windows

Creating a Digital Home Entertainment System with Windows Media Center by Michael Miller, The Green Button
Publisher: Que; 1st edition (April 21, 2006) | ISBN-10: 0789735423 | CHM | 24,2 Mb | 408 pages
Even though the Windows Media Center interface is simple to operate, not all activities are intuitive or easy to implement. You may need help determining which type of Media Center PC to buy, or with connecting and configuring the Media Center PC in your home theater system.
Creating a Digital Home Entertainment System with Windows Media Center book brings the experience and expertise of The Green Button (the premiere Media Center website) and author Michael Miller to help you plan, use, and troubleshoot your new... (Read More)

Filed Under: Windows

Windows XP Annoyances by David A. Karp
Publisher: O`Reilly | Number Of Pages: 586 | Publication Date: 2002-10-08 | ISBN-10: 0596004168 | CHM | 2 Mb
Microsoft Windows XP may be the latest in a popular family of operating systems, but that doesn`t mean it`s perfect. However, the designers of Windows XP have built enough flexibility into their product and provided users with a sufficiently large toolkit to overcome most shortcomings. In Windows XP Annoyances David Karp reveals his ideas about how to use Windows XP most effectively,
for maximum fun and productivity and as little aggravation as possible. If you`re comfortable working with Windows XP (or any of its recent predecessors) but find certain aspects of... (Read More)

Filed Under: Programming, Windows

- Windows Live is the collective name for a group of Microsoft tools
whose services and user data are available anywhere-without ever having
to install an application
– Windows Live currently consists of: Windows Live Mail, Windows Live
Safety Center, Windows Live Favorites, Windows Live OneCare, Windows
Live Messenger, Windows Live Search, and Windows Live Local
– Certified Microsoft Software Developer Jon Arking shares his
experience in developing for Windows Live, and teaches readers how to
build applications that embrace the Windows Live platform
– Packed with examples, this hands-on guide offers an insightful look
at the tools and technologies behind Windows Live,... (Read More)

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Professional Windows Vista Gadgets Programming covers sidebar and
sideshow gadget development each in their own part of the book. Part 1
will cover Sidebar gadgets while Part 2 covers SideShow gadgets. In each
part, the book first explains the motivation behind each technology and
its features. Then, the reader is taken on a quick walkthrough of how to
develop a simple gadget, using the traditional “Hello World” approach to
quickly introduce the key concepts. After the quick walkthrough,
subsequent chapters will then dive into each specific API that is
relevant to enhancing the gadget. Finally, when the reader has mastered
all the important APIs, each part will end with a chapter... (Read More)

Filed Under: Others IT eBooks, Windows

Microsoft Active Directory Administration does a good job explaining Active Directory and serving as a quick-reference resource for administrators. The key difference between Microsoft Windows 2000 and its immediate predecessor is Active Directory, the distributed filesystem infrastructure that enables you to interact with files and directories that are spread over computers that are widely separated geographically. Though Windows 2000 servers make the distributed directory structure work transparently to individual users, administering those machines requires some special knowledge and some careful design work.

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Filed Under: Others IT eBooks, Windows