Windows 8.1: The Missing Manual

Windows 8.1 continues the evolution of the most radical redesign in Microsoft's history. It combines the familiar Windows desktop with a new, touchscreen-friendly world of tiles and full-screen apps. Luckily, David Pogue is back to help you make sense of it--with humor, authority, and 500 illustrations.

The important stuff you need to know:

• What's new in 8.1. The update to 8.1 offers new apps, a universal Search, the return of the Start menu, and several zillion other nips and tucks.
• New features. Storage Spaces, Windows To Go, File Histories--if Microsoft wrote it, this book covers it.
• Security. Protect your PC from viruses, spyware, spam, sick hard drives, and out-of-control kids.
• The network. HomeGroups, connecting from the road, mail, Web, music streaming among PCs--this book has your network covered.
• The software. Media Center, Photo Gallery, Internet Explorer, speech recognition--this one authoritative, witty guide makes it all crystal clear. It's the book that should have been in the box.

Author: David Pogue
Publisher: O'Reilly Media
Published: 12/31/2013
Pages: 948
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 3.30lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.90w x 2.20d
ISBN: 9781449371623

About the Author

David Pogue, Yale '85, is the weekly personal-technology columnist for the New York Times and an Emmy award-winning tech correspondent for CBS News. His funny tech videos appear weekly on CNBC. And with 3 million books in print, he is also one of the world's bestselling how- to authors. In 1999, he launched his own series of amusing, practical, and user-friendly computer books called Missing Manuals, which now includes 100 titles.