Yes, Windows is Dumb 

  Selections from my new book 

These selections are previews of chapters from my new book on Microsoft's amazingly powerful and often inept operating system.



• Folk tales and myths about Windows 95
• Put your Favorites folder on the Start Menu (without Internet Explorer 4)
• How the Taskbar really works
• Make your own launcher for startup programs
• DOS help is right at your fingertips
• DELTREE's hidden power
• The silly questions asked by ScanDisk
• The little known power of your CONFIG.SYS
• Microsoft's little-known WINSET program lets DOS programs communicate with each other
• WordPad: An oddity you may find irresistible
• Speed up Windows by taming Vcache
• Why you need a BIG monitor
• Making shortcuts work for you
• 'Send To' tips and tricks
• Making Windows 95 Explorer windows behave
• How to make a real Start Menu
• How to make sense out of Windows’ long file names
• How to get the most out of Windows file-and-folder shortcuts and hotkeys
• Get Windows to play your WAV audio files right
• A few little tricks Microsoft didn’t tell you about
• Control Panel tricks, Part 1
• Control Panel tricks, Part 2
• How to get things done without using a mouse
• Keyboard shortcuts nobody ever told you about
• All the Windows keyboard shortcuts
• Why can't Microsoft get things right?
• Time for Mac fans to get a life

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