Oxenbury R. J. G.
December 6th 03, 10:24 AM
Dear Mary,
Many thanks for your kind, useful and very prompt reply.
I am certainly a dummy with computers and Windows, but I
have seen at my local bookshop the book you recommend,
and I have to say that in my humble opinion it is far
from comprehensive. Even if I were to buy it, I should
have to buy a more advanced tome not long afterwards;
which would be wasteful as well as initially less
effectual.
Most grateful all the same, especially for the advice
about "cookies". (Perhaps I have consulted the wrong sort
of "expert"! - but it certainly looks as if "cookies" are
not universally popular.)
Sincere best wishes,
Roger Oxenbury
>-----Original Message-----
>http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/search-handle-form/104-
0966137-0148708
>Windows XP for Dummies!
>
>I have no idea why your expert told you to
disable "cookies". You can manually delete
>any cookie you find objectionable. There are some very
helpful cookies. Could be the
>reason you are getting the same update over and over.
>Microsoft has a Knowledge Base that is second to none.
>http://support.microsoft.com/
>If you have a specific question, just ask; someone will
walk you through it.
>There are web sites devoted to Windows; for example
>http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp.htm
>
>--
>Mary Sauer MS MVP
>http://dgl.microsoft.com/
>http://mvps.org/msauer/
>"Oxenbury R. J. G." > wrote
in message
...
>> I have this new IBM-style computer and am using very
few
>> of its facilities. It runs Microsoft Windows XP: Home
>> Edition. I thought it would come with a comprehensive
>> manual, but the documentation is pathetic. There are
all
>> kinds of books about Windows XP, but I cannot find a
>> comprehensive Microsoft official manual for XP-HE
>> anywhere. "Help" files invariably refer me to the root
of
>> the Windows CD; why I cannot figure, as the blessed
thing
>> is supposed to have been installed: and besides, if I
try
>> to load it, it would not surprise me (Microsoft Windows
>> being what it is) if it re-installed the operating
system
>> without the updates I have religiously downloaded
>> recently and without which nothing works properly, if
at
>> all.
>>
>> I have been advised by an "expert" that it would
>> be "disastrous" to enable "cookies": as a result I
cannot
>> even order groceries from my local supermarket, let
alone
>> get in touch with Microsoft.
>>
>> What I need at the moment is hard-copy of fully
>> comprehensive documentation about the system: only then
>> can I begin to find out what I have and how I may use
it
>> in part, let alone in full. Microsoft and its system
are
>> not much use to me at the moment - I am still using my
>> word-processor for "snail mail" for
reliability, "Outlook
>> Express" not being fully accessible to me in terms of
>> drafting and attaching long documents and the like
>> through lack of a proper manual - and besides the
system
>> must still be a pig's breakfast because I keep
>> getting "pop-ups" on the opening screen telling me I
need
>> to download updates that have already been successfully
>> downloaded and successfully installed (according to the
>> installation history) ages ago. Perhaps the
installation
>> history programme is badly bugged, but I cannot find
out
>> at the moment.
>>
>> I realise that youngsters prefer to "dip into" 'help'
>> files for this and that, rather than wade through
>> reference materials; but that is not my way, and I am
>> getting nowhere with it: moreover, it seems to me that
>> the cost of printing out some of the little "snippets"
of
>> information available here and there (and elsewhere
that
>> cannot easily be determined) must be far higher than
>> getting a proper manual for the lot.
>>
>> I suppose this will sound like a bit of a Meldrew moan,
>> but I should be most grateful for any information that
>> might assist me with any of the above.
>
>
>.
>
Many thanks for your kind, useful and very prompt reply.
I am certainly a dummy with computers and Windows, but I
have seen at my local bookshop the book you recommend,
and I have to say that in my humble opinion it is far
from comprehensive. Even if I were to buy it, I should
have to buy a more advanced tome not long afterwards;
which would be wasteful as well as initially less
effectual.
Most grateful all the same, especially for the advice
about "cookies". (Perhaps I have consulted the wrong sort
of "expert"! - but it certainly looks as if "cookies" are
not universally popular.)
Sincere best wishes,
Roger Oxenbury
>-----Original Message-----
>http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/search-handle-form/104-
0966137-0148708
>Windows XP for Dummies!
>
>I have no idea why your expert told you to
disable "cookies". You can manually delete
>any cookie you find objectionable. There are some very
helpful cookies. Could be the
>reason you are getting the same update over and over.
>Microsoft has a Knowledge Base that is second to none.
>http://support.microsoft.com/
>If you have a specific question, just ask; someone will
walk you through it.
>There are web sites devoted to Windows; for example
>http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp.htm
>
>--
>Mary Sauer MS MVP
>http://dgl.microsoft.com/
>http://mvps.org/msauer/
>"Oxenbury R. J. G." > wrote
in message
...
>> I have this new IBM-style computer and am using very
few
>> of its facilities. It runs Microsoft Windows XP: Home
>> Edition. I thought it would come with a comprehensive
>> manual, but the documentation is pathetic. There are
all
>> kinds of books about Windows XP, but I cannot find a
>> comprehensive Microsoft official manual for XP-HE
>> anywhere. "Help" files invariably refer me to the root
of
>> the Windows CD; why I cannot figure, as the blessed
thing
>> is supposed to have been installed: and besides, if I
try
>> to load it, it would not surprise me (Microsoft Windows
>> being what it is) if it re-installed the operating
system
>> without the updates I have religiously downloaded
>> recently and without which nothing works properly, if
at
>> all.
>>
>> I have been advised by an "expert" that it would
>> be "disastrous" to enable "cookies": as a result I
cannot
>> even order groceries from my local supermarket, let
alone
>> get in touch with Microsoft.
>>
>> What I need at the moment is hard-copy of fully
>> comprehensive documentation about the system: only then
>> can I begin to find out what I have and how I may use
it
>> in part, let alone in full. Microsoft and its system
are
>> not much use to me at the moment - I am still using my
>> word-processor for "snail mail" for
reliability, "Outlook
>> Express" not being fully accessible to me in terms of
>> drafting and attaching long documents and the like
>> through lack of a proper manual - and besides the
system
>> must still be a pig's breakfast because I keep
>> getting "pop-ups" on the opening screen telling me I
need
>> to download updates that have already been successfully
>> downloaded and successfully installed (according to the
>> installation history) ages ago. Perhaps the
installation
>> history programme is badly bugged, but I cannot find
out
>> at the moment.
>>
>> I realise that youngsters prefer to "dip into" 'help'
>> files for this and that, rather than wade through
>> reference materials; but that is not my way, and I am
>> getting nowhere with it: moreover, it seems to me that
>> the cost of printing out some of the little "snippets"
of
>> information available here and there (and elsewhere
that
>> cannot easily be determined) must be far higher than
>> getting a proper manual for the lot.
>>
>> I suppose this will sound like a bit of a Meldrew moan,
>> but I should be most grateful for any information that
>> might assist me with any of the above.
>
>
>.
>