Windows XP Home Networking: Complete Coverage of Windows XP Service Pack 2!

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Intended for the average home user, this guide provides instructions for setting up an internet connection that can be safely and securely shared with other PCs and devices in a home. Both modem and broadband connections are discussed, along with wireless networking, newsgroups, MSN Messenger, web publishing, remote access, and laptops. The second edition covers service pack 2.Copyright © 2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR


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Book Info
Covers both the professional and home editions of Windows XP. Includes information on connecting to the Internet with modem or broadband connections, planning and setting up a home network, sharing an Internet connection between two or more computers and sharing networking resources. Softcover.


From the Back Cover
Home networking is easy when you ask an expert

For most of us, it's not about the technology—it's about what we can do with it. A home network lets you share Internet connections, printers, and files between two or more computers. Go wireless, and you can read your e-mail, surf the Web, or download new music from anywhere in or around your home. And with the improvements and added security features in Service Pack 2, Windows XP home networking is safer and more fun than ever before. Paul Thurrott shows you just how it's done, in language that makes sense. Understand networking software, learn what hardware you need, and configure a modem Explore broadband options and their security issues Use Windows XP's network and wireless network setup wizards Set up security to protect shared files and user accounts Participate in multiplayer games Integrate Bluetooth devices and add Mac OS® X or Linux machines to your network Deal with spam, pop-ups, malicious add-ons, and other malware Manage instant communication with Windows® Messenger and MSN® Messenger Synchronize your Palm OS® device or Pocket PC with your desktop


About the Author
Paul Thurrott is News Editor for Windows & .NET Magazine and Connected Home Media. A Windows aficionado, he contributes to numerous Windows-oriented print publications, online newsletters, and Web sites. He is the author or coauthor of more than fifteen books, including PC Magazine Windows XP Digital Media Solutions, also from Wiley.


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What the book covers: Windows XP Home Networking 2E approaches complex networking technologies through Paul Thurrott's well-known and appreciated conversational, personal style. The book focuses on home networking, specifically in an environment where one or more computers run Windows XP. Windows XP is by far the dominant personal computing platform today, and the skills users learn through this book transfer to corporate and portable computing environments. Windows XP Home Networking makes home networking easy. With more and more families keeping an older computer in service when a new PC is purchased, there is now an opportunity for hundreds of millions of people worldwide to take advantage of the benefits of home networking. This book teaches the reader how to share Internet connections, share local resources like files and printers, and also ensure that their network is safe from attackers, and it prepares users for a future of connected devices in the home. It is a task-based guide to setting up XP-based home networks and focuses heavily on security, wired and wireless networking topics, broadband connections, XP SP2-specific changes, new XP versions such as Tablet PC Edition 2005 and Media Center Edition 2005, non-Microsoft networking application alternatives where applicable, and leading edge technologies such as home media servers, PDAs, smartphones, and Bluetooth.


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