upgrading solutions unofficial simplified

books:

Microsoft Windows Home Server Unleashed

9 reviews
Paul McFedries

Sams, 2007

Excellent book for knowledgeable "home server" reader
This book is for people who build home server from a regular pc. It assumes you have a keyboard, mouse, and monitor connected, and not headless (like HP MediaSmart Server). It reveals technical material in very detail. In addition, this book will teach you many ways to enhance its functionality. The author is extremely knowledgeable and a very good writer.

iPhone 3G Portable Genius

7 reviews
Paul McFedries, David Pabian

Wiley, 2008

A great look into the iPhone 3G.
I consider myself pretty tech suave and have been watching the iPhone 3g from when it just started as a rumor until I had one of my own. Being one to keep an eye on the cellphone market, I believe that the iPhone 3G blows away all other hand-helds available right now. The reason the iPhone 3G (and the original iPhone) is so ahead of the competition is because of the Cocoa Mobile developing ...

Microsoft Windows Vista Simplified

5 reviews
Paul McFedries

Visual, 2007

EXCELLENT!!!!
The Vista Simplified Is absolutely terrific!! It gives pictured illustrations, with step by step of what to do, by each illustraton, in very simplified wording and I just love this book!! It is a very MUST HAVE BOOK, for those folks who are not computer literate, like me. One can learn how to do just any task, by following the easy, easy instructions this book offers! I LOVE IT!!!!

Windows Vista: Top 100 Simplified Tips & Tricks (Top 100 Simplified Tips & Tricks)

6 reviews
Paul McFedries

Visual, 2006

Excellent
This is one of the finest instructional books I have ever come across. The step-by-step instructions are very clearly written and illustrated. There is no guess-work required regarding the interpretation of the instructions. Each task is preceded by an informative narrative explaining its' purpose and effect. Every command is numbered, with a corresponding number highlighted in relavent screen ...

Teach Yourself VISUALLY Windows XP 2nd Edition (TECH)

13 reviews
Paul McFedries

Visual, 2005

Clear, concise, easy to use
Although we make extensive use of laptops in our photography business, I am learning many new things that I can do with Windows XP to make our laptops run better and faster and to access programs more quickly. This wonderful little book is very clear, with illustrations that are easy to see and follow. Highly recommended.

Microsoft Access 2003 Forms, Reports, and Queries (Business Solutions)

13 reviews
Paul McFedries

Que, 2004

Useful book
This book is very useful for a beginner in Access. Not very difficult to go through, however, seems to lack examples. Nevertheless, the book is worth the purchase for someone willing to learn querying, reporting and forms.

Teach Yourself VISUALLY Windows Vista (Teach Yourself VISUALLY (Tech))

11 reviews
Paul McFedries

Visual, 2006

GREAT FOR A QUICK REFERENCE FOR VISTA-GREAT INFO WHEN YOU NEED IT!
This was the very first Vista book I purchased last March, 2007 when Vista first came out. This book got me up and running from the move from XP to Vista very quickly. The topics that this wonderful writer wrote are I believe the most important Vista items so you can quickly get up and running with Vista. This is a very easy to understand book which I highly suggest for someone that is moving ...

Build It. Fix It. Own It: A Beginner's Guide to Building and Upgrading a PC

2 reviews
Paul McFedries

Que, 2008

A good choice for anyone!
Really good book so far! I didn't know anything about motherboards, and now I feel more better. The reason this book is good is because it's nice to read even if you don't make a PC. But the proccessors are where it got blurry with numbers for me.

Excel Pivot Tables and Pivot Charts: Your visual blueprint for creating dynamic spreadsheets (Visual ...

2 reviews
Paul McFedries

Visual, 2006

PivotTables for skill Excel users
I think this book is great and helped me a lot to master both PivotTables and PivotCharts. Before this book, I knew Excel very well and only the Pivot features were unkown to me. I like this book because it does not go over basic feature of Excel. The author assumes that you already know Excel very well. If you do not feel very confortable with Excel, do not buy this book. I am pretty ...

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Creating a Web Page & Blog, 6th Edition (The Complete Idiot's Guide)

7 reviews
Paul McFedries

Alpha, 2004

Very Comprehensive!
There are many books on the marketplace that teach the fundamentals of blogging, but this one takes it to a whole new level. Written in a very understandable, user-friendly format, blogging newcomers will be able to effectively create a blog in no time at all. The information written by Paul McFedries, guides you through every step of the process, from the very basics of setting up your blog ...

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Microsoft Windows Vista (Complete Idiot's Guide to)

4 reviews
Paul McFedries

Alpha, 2007

Computer manuals
I just got a laptop and needed some guidance on how to use Windows Vista. The book came in very handy.

Computers Simplified
Paul McFedries

Visual, 2007

Here’s the easiest guide ever to computers — a book that skips the long-winded explanations and shows you how things work. Full-color screen shots walk you through each step, and self-contained, two-page lessons make learning a snap. You’ll learn to use different types of computers and software, create documents and use different programs, get online, start using e-mail, and manage your music and digital photos. A friendly ...

Microsoft Office Access 2007 Forms, Reports, and Queries (Business Solutions)
Paul McFedries

Que, 2007

“Everything you need to master Access 2007 forms, reports, and queries.” –Charles Carr, Reviews Editor, ComputorEdge Magazine Create Forms for Business Ensure Data Entry Accuracy Build Elegant Form Interfaces Collect Data Via Email Design Effective Business Reports Make an Invoice Report Create Mailing Labels Extract Data Work with Multiple Tables Calculate Discounts Analyze Data Develop your ...

Teach Yourself VISUALLY Computers (Teach Yourself VISUALLY (Tech))

2 reviews
Paul McFedries

Visual, 2007

Teach yourself computers.....
This book is absolutely wonderful. It puts the information out there in a precise and easily comprehensible format. If you ever want to learn a skill or something, the visual books are a must! Whoever came up with this concept,GOT IT RIGHT!!!!!! Great product, great transaction, great price also.......Thank you

Microsoft Windows Vista Visual Quick Tips

2 reviews
Paul McFedries

Visual, 2006

It is Visual and Quick But...
I also found this book of limited usefulness. This is not an introduction to Vista but a tip sheet for those familiar with the program. The format and the graphics are too small for these old eyes. Some of the tips, especially the ones for the internet are also applicable to Windows XP. The view is not expansive here. It's a limited vista.

MySpace Visual Quick Tips

2 reviews
Sherry Willard Kinkoph, Paul McFedries

Visual, 2006

OK Book
The book is a good basic overview of most of the things you can do in My Space.

The Unofficial Guide to Microsoft Office 2007 (Unofficial Guides)

3 reviews
Paul McFedries

Wiley, 2006

Great book to learn the quick things, and the not so obvious
I consider myself a power user, and I still learned things about Office 2007 by browsing through this book. I bought it for my wife to learn the new features in Office 2007 and I ended up keeping it for myself! It is a good reference (you can quickly thumb through to find things), and a good exploration tool. I found myself time and again saying "I didn't know you could do that". I am sure ...

Formulas and Functions with Microsoft Excel 2003 (Business Solutions)

5 reviews
Paul McFedries

Que, 2004

Excel Formula Fixer
. I have been teaching Excel and other Microsoft application for twelve-years, and I still found new information in this book. The information is from the basic to the "WOW, Who thought of that?" Working with and calculating TIME and DATE functions has always been a pain....pain solved Chapter 10. Automated time cards are a breeze. If you already know a lot about Excel, but don't use all ...

Absolute Beginner's Guide to VBA (Absolute Beginner's Guide)

12 reviews
Paul McFedries

Que, 2004

Pretty satisfied
I came to this book about two years ago after about a year of VBA programming in Excel. At the time I was mostly hoping to learn how to automate Outlook and Word from Excel. Although I enjoyed the book and found it to be fairly straightforward reading, I didn't walk away feeling I had picked up the skills to succeed with the automation tasks I was hoping to work on. In coming back to the ...

Formulas and Functions with Microsoft Office Excel 2007 (Business Solutions)

1 review
Paul McFedries

Que, 2007

Good Review of Formulas and Functions
This book does a nice job on reviewing formulas and functions. It covers a lot of functions that other books gloss over or don't mention such as arrays, rounding, date/time functions etc.It spends a lot of time on logic and lookup functions. Best of all, it uses good business examples that help explain how to use the function. My big gripe with the book is that at times it skips details and just ...

search for books
simplified, solutions, spreadsheets, unofficial, upgrading

Impressum / about us