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Windows Forum / Windows 98 / General Topics / November 2006Big Fat Win98 Book
Hello all, I ran a search of the NG and didn't see the author's name or title mentioned here so here they are just FYI: "Running Microsoft Windows98" by Craig Stinson. It is an 800 page manual on Windows98. A relative loaned it to me...she got it from the used or outdated books stand in a public library for less than a buck. It has a companion CD with it which is a copy on disk of the book itself. I ran a cursory search and it might be found at places like Amazon.com. The copywrite on this one is 1998. I don't know about the CD being on the internet....didn't search for that. It's funny how many things have seemed to appear by magic in the book after reading about it here, from the experts. :) RVW ps...ug...it's heavy...(poundwise).. - and is a paperback. > "Running Microsoft Windows98" by Craig Stinson. > [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > have seemed to appear by magic in the book after reading about it here, from > the experts. :) There were half a dozen such works, most with accompanying CDs (Livingston & Straub, Jim Boyce, the Que manual etc.) several now indeed being remaindered very cheaply. What is the question?  SignatureDon Phillipson Carlsbad Springs (Ottawa, Canada) I think it was an FYI post, but I, too, wondered if there was a question. SignatureGary S. Terhune MS-MVP Shell/User http://grystmill.org/articles/cleanboot.htm http://grystmill.org/articles/security.htm >> "Running Microsoft Windows98" by Craig Stinson. >> [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > the Que manual etc.) several now indeed being > remaindered very cheaply. What is the question? The Great Carnac says: What caused the disk in my back to herniate? <G> SignatureRegards Ron Badour, MS MVP for W98 Tips: http://home.satx.rr.com/badour Knowledge Base Info: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?pr=kbinfo >I think it was an FYI post, but I, too, wondered if there was a question. LOL! For some reason, that immediately brought to mind the laptop my brother's sending me today. Various problems to deal with, starting with breaking into it -- forgot the local administrator password and for various reasons, I'd disconnected it from the SBS domain last week, so now I can't reconnect it (I work on this system remotely.) But another issue is that on one of the domain user logons it will go into hibernation after 15 minutes of non-use. This machine's primary use is as the shop computer in an aircraft maintenance shop. Typically, the mechanic has to do something on it every half hour to an hour. A real PITA. The domain user apparently doesn't have permission to set power management settings, or they aren't sticking, I dunno. Anyway, when I first glanced at your post... Herniate<>Hibernate...<g> SignatureGary S. Terhune MS MVP Shell/User http://grystmill.com/articles/cleanboot.htm http://grystmill.com/articles/security.htm > The Great Carnac says: What caused the disk in my back to herniate? > > <G> > > >I think it was an FYI post, but I, too, wondered if there was a question. lol....it's my neck that gits me. It was only FYI, there was no question- but the answer is I have had this computer stuck up in a corner shelf of my camper and have been in the process of moving and getting settled in a new state and just got back online again after quite a few years; hence the name "-rv-winkle" as in Rip Van.....yawn ;)...I guess I just thought there might still be a few like me out there who might not know about it and maybe could still find it around or at a library...much better than the small OEM manual that came with the computer...so please consider it a naive but well intended gesture. rvw > LOL! > [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] > > > > >I think it was an FYI post, but I, too, wondered if there was a question. >lol....it's my neck that gits me. It was only FYI, there was no question- >but the answer is I have had this computer stuck up in a corner shelf of my [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] >that came with the computer...so please consider it a naive but well intended >gesture. Unless you find the tome to be usefull, it's not worth mentioning. I never found these to be of any value - they tend to be written before the OS described has been used much - hence there is little reference to actual problems an 'average user' might run into. By the time a useful manual might be available, the OS is approaching it's 'not supported' date. RL |
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