by Woody Leonhard
Windows Vista
™
ALL-IN-ONE DESK REFERENCE
FOR
DUMmIES
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Windows Vista
™
ALL-IN-ONE DESK REFERENCE
FOR
DUMmIES
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by Woody Leonhard
Windows Vista
™
ALL-IN-ONE DESK REFERENCE
FOR
DUMmIES
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Windows Vista™ All-in-One Desk Reference For Dummies
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About the Author
Curmudgeon, critic, and self-described “Windows Victim,” Woody Leonhard
runs www.AskWoody.com, the Web’s single best source of up-to-the-nanosecond
news about Windows and Office — warts and all. Check it out for answers to
your most pressing questions, no-bull analysis of Microsoft’s latest gaffes,
and all sorts of information that you can’t find anywhere else.
With several dozen computer books under his belt, Woody knows where the
bodies are buried. He was one of the first Microsoft Consulting Partners and a
charter member of the Microsoft Solutions Provider organization. He’s a one-
man, major Microsoft beta testing site and delights in being a constant thorn
in Microsoft’s side. Along with several coauthors and editors, he’s won an