Gain complete control over Windows 98's many hidden customization and performance enhancing features with this hands-on, results-oriented book. The CD-ROM contains Que's PowerTools --a completely automated way to change hundreds of registry settings safely and quickly.

Now you can ignore the ominous warnings and set your registry fears aside thanks to John Woram's new book, The Windows 98 Registry: A Survival Guide For Users. Despite Microsoft's well-documented recommendations to not configure, customize, or in any way alter registry files, Woram demonstrates how the Windows registry is the most effective way to optimize your PC. The Windows 98 Registry: A Survival Guide For Users explains how to repair a corrupted registry, troubleshoot common problems, remove leftovers," and edit INI files. Woram also includes a complete blueprint of the six HKEYs and an appendix dedicated to Tweak UI and the registry. So temper your registry trepidation with The Windows 98 Registry: A Survival Guide For Users and start getting the most out of your Windows PC.

Fortunately, most of us don't need to fiddle with the Registry. But if it's your job, this book is the reference you'll want to have close by. The book-and-CD set provides an overview, starting from the baseline tools of the Registry that are directly accessible, like RegEdit and .INF files. Concepts and recurring features of the Registry are explained, so developers can ensure that their applications are well behaved in the many flavors of 32-bit Windows. They'll also be able to extend the functionality of the various Windows shells through proper modification of Registry files. It's a single comprehensive source of much-needed information and tools. "Inside The Microsoft Windows 98 Registry" topics include: - The basics - The Registry Editor and other Registry tools - Registering filename extensions - Customizing the desktop, Start Menu, and Control Panel - Customizing the Explorer menu and shell icon settings - Miscellaneous Registry settings - Programming issues

This compact guide reveals Microsoft's best-kept secrets on its Registry--thekey to writing programs that personalize and optimize a PC's performance. Thebook also offers quick tips and solutions to speed up performance and improvea PC's error checking. Cover Title

This hands-on, results-oriented title lets the reader take control of Windows 98 and squeeze every possible bit of performance from Windows 98. Readers will learn how the registry works and how to get the information they need to back up, edit, and repair the registry. There is also extensive customization and personalization information as well as dozens of ways to make their system faster and more responsive.

This authoritative overview covers one of the least-understood aspects of Windows 95--the Registry. This unique volume helps developers go deep into Registry features and issues.

The author of the popular "Windows Annoyances" takes readers step-by-step through the workarounds for the annoyances found in the new Windows 98 operating system.