Hi:

I'm getting a Vista Ultimate machine next week (UPS willing). I
understand that Microsoft does not provide a manual. I am an
experienced user (38 years of software development and management).
What book(s) would you recommend to help me get started without
tearing out the little bit of hair I have left.
Thanks

Ira

On Tue, 06 Mar 2007 23:34:28 -0500, Ira Solomon
<isolomon@solomonltd.com> wrote:
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>Hi:
>
>I'm getting a Vista Ultimate machine next week (UPS willing). I
>understand that Microsoft does not provide a manual.[/color]

Microsoft does not provide a FREE manual. However there is Microsoft
Press (small publishing house) which already has several books out. A
fairly good author who wrote the "bible" for XP authored "Windows XP
Inside and Out" and has done the same already for Vista. I quickly
thumbed through it the other day at my local bookstore. It runs about
1,500 pages and costs $50. There are of course many other titles out
and many more coming from many publishers. I suggest your visit one of
the big online book stores like Amazon and at least read some comments
from people that already bought a book on Vista. Most titles also have
a preview of sometimes up to a whole chapter.

As an alternative Vista has a much improved and user friendly build-in
help system that surprise... is actually very good. Try that first
when you get your computer. It even has serious hand holding where it
automates many common how-to tasks where it dims the screen and step
by step you follow the on screen instructions as it moves around the
desktop openeing what it needs to, but lets you push the button. Kind
of cute. Also has several build in mini movies on how to do common
things plus the written text is well written and loaded with graphics.

My opinion, way too early to buy any serious book on Vista yet, way
too many bugs being found in Vista daily. Better to wait.

Two Dummies books....Vista & Office 2007. More will be written later, such as
the Inside Out series. Otherwise, we have newsgroups to ponder over.


"Ira Solomon" <isolomon@solomonltd.com> wrote in message
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| Hi:
|
| I'm getting a Vista Ultimate machine next week (UPS willing). I
| understand that Microsoft does not provide a manual. I am an
| experienced user (38 years of software development and management).
| What book(s) would you recommend to help me get started without
| tearing out the little bit of hair I have left.
| Thanks
|
| Ira

Windows Vista Product Guide -
A free comprehensive feature-by-feature guide to Windows Vista
[url]http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=bbc16ebf-4823-4a12-afe1-5b40b2ad3725&DisplayLang=en[/url]

--
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows - Shell/User

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"Ira Solomon" wrote:

Hi:

I'm getting a Vista Ultimate machine next week (UPS willing). I
understand that Microsoft does not provide a manual. I am an
experienced user (38 years of software development and management).
What book(s) would you recommend to help me get started without
tearing out the little bit of hair I have left.
Thanks

Ira

Ira Solomon wrote:[color=blue]
> Hi:
>
> I'm getting a Vista Ultimate machine next week (UPS willing). I
> understand that Microsoft does not provide a manual. I am an
> experienced user (38 years of software development and management).
> What book(s) would you recommend to help me get started without
> tearing out the little bit of hair I have left.
> Thanks
>
> Ira[/color]
==============================
The following book has been very
useful for me.

"Windows Vista: The Missing Manual"
Written by: David Pogue

--
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Notice
This is not tech support
I am a volunteer

Solutions that work for
me may not work for you

Proceed at your own risk

"Ira Solomon" <isolomon@solomonltd.com> wrote in message
news:8vfsu2d8fhmn0m7rrio28e1nm46fj7ko9m@4ax.com...[color=blue]
> Hi:
>
> I'm getting a Vista Ultimate machine next week (UPS willing). I
> understand that Microsoft does not provide a manual. I am an
> experienced user (38 years of software development and management).
> What book(s) would you recommend to help me get started without
> tearing out the little bit of hair I have left.
> Thanks
>
> Ira[/color]

I think if you hit the F1 key there will be more than enough reading matter
to get you over the initial hurdles.
Mind you... not as easy to read as a book.. but it's all in there anyway!!!

Concur with Adam... Vista Help is much improved over XP's help, and may be
sufficient to your needs.

Lang


"Ira Solomon" <isolomon@solomonltd.com> wrote in message
news:8vfsu2d8fhmn0m7rrio28e1nm46fj7ko9m@4ax.com...[color=blue]
> Hi:
>
> I'm getting a Vista Ultimate machine next week (UPS willing). I
> understand that Microsoft does not provide a manual. I am an
> experienced user (38 years of software development and management).
> What book(s) would you recommend to help me get started without
> tearing out the little bit of hair I have left.
> Thanks
>
> Ira[/color]

Ira, I'm sure all of the suggestions are good.

But I would suggest a starting point that Adam Albright suggested: use
those Help files/scenarios contained in the Vista program itself. They
are the best I have ever seen with an operating system.

Thor

John Inzer wrote:[color=blue]
> Ira Solomon wrote:[color=green]
>> Hi:
>>
>> I'm getting a Vista Ultimate machine next week (UPS willing). I
>> understand that Microsoft does not provide a manual. I am an
>> experienced user (38 years of software development and management).
>> What book(s) would you recommend to help me get started without
>> tearing out the little bit of hair I have left.
>> Thanks
>>
>> Ira[/color]
> ==============================
> The following book has been very
> useful for me.
>
> "Windows Vista: The Missing Manual"
> Written by: David Pogue
>[/color]

But I would a

The best thing on Vista is a free download that you can get here
[url]http://www.tweakguides.com/files/TGTC_Vista_1.0.zip[/url] It is in .pdf format so
you will need Acrobat or Foxit reader to open it. It explains everything
about Vista and how to modify it to make it into the system that it should
be .
"Lang Murphy" <lang_murphy********.com> wrote in message
news:45E87DBE-50A0-4793-8A9F-4CF812F31503@microsoft.com...[color=blue]
> Concur with Adam... Vista Help is much improved over XP's help, and may be
> sufficient to your needs.
>
> Lang
>
>
> "Ira Solomon" <isolomon@solomonltd.com> wrote in message
> news:8vfsu2d8fhmn0m7rrio28e1nm46fj7ko9m@4ax.com...[color=green]
>> Hi:
>>
>> I'm getting a Vista Ultimate machine next week (UPS willing). I
>> understand that Microsoft does not provide a manual. I am an
>> experienced user (38 years of software development and management).
>> What book(s) would you recommend to help me get started without
>> tearing out the little bit of hair I have left.
>> Thanks
>>
>> Ira[/color]
>[/color]