Wondering if it’s possible to work more efficiently in the X Windows System or squeeze more oomph from your existing hardware? Or perhaps you’re searching for a way to improve your web browser’s performance or want to know how to choose the best mail server for your needs. If you’ve mastered the basics and are itching...

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C# Complete is a one-of-a-kind book--valuable both for its broad content and its low price. Whether you're brand-new to C# programming, are migrating from Visual Basic or Visual C++ to C#, or have already developed some expertise in C#, you'll get the skills you need to become proficient with Microsoft's powerful new language...

Microsoft .NET is here, but COM and COM+ will be a valuable part of every Microsoft Windows programmer’s toolbox for years. This in-depth programming guide explains how and where COM and COM+ fit into the new .NET world, demonstrates the new technologies that are available in .NET, and shows how to interoperate between COM/COM+ and...

In this book, I am going to pull the curtain back and let you see the little man operating the switches and pulleys. You may be excited by what you see, or you may feel sorry that you decided to look. But as Enrico Fermi would agree, knowledge is always better than...

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Use VBScript to accomplish real-world, professional tasks. Incorporating four hands-on projects, Microsoft VBScript Professional Projects is your key to unlocking the power of VBScript. Each project focuses on a specific concept and is based on a real-world situation. You will be able to use the skills that you develop throughout...

In 1982 Tom Peters and Robert Waterman kicked off the modern business book era with In Search of Excellence: Lessons from America’s Best-Run Companies. The book was a runway best-seller, and soon authors from all corners of business life were exhorting companies and the people who worked in those companies to get out there and...

This book captures the knowledge of seasoned developers and presents it in the form of a patterns catalog. Each pattern contains a simple, proven mechanism that solves a commonly recurring technical challenge. Patterns provide a common vocabulary and taxonomy for developers and architects to describe solutions concisely. By providing a...

Understanding WMI Scripting is the first book of two dedicated to Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI). This first book explains to Windows Administrators the various WMI scripting techniques available to ease their day-to-day management tasks. Under Windows Server 2003, Microsoft made solid enhancements in WMI. This...

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