Windows XP in a Nutshell
by David A. Karp, Tim O'Reilly, Troy Mott

This errata page lists errors outstanding in the most recent printing.

If you have technical questions or error reports, you can send them to
booktech@oreilly.com.  Please specify the printing date of your copy.

This page was updated April 20, 2004.

Here's a key to the markup:
	[page-number]: serious technical mistake
	{page-number}: minor technical mistake
	<page-number>: important language/formatting problem
	(page-number): language change or minor formatting problem
	?page-number?: reader question or request for clarification



Confirmed errors:


Page 9 
Callout #2 in Figure 2-1 should read "My Network Places lets you browse the local area network." 


(Page 15) 
Some of the callouts in Figure 2-4 are wrong. The arrows in the picture for items #6, #7, 
and #8 should be changed as follows: 

6. should point to the gray area between the scrollbar thumb (current #6) and the down arrow (#5) 
7. should point to the scrollbar thumb (current #6) 
8. should point to the up arrow (current #7) 



Page 44
    First bullet item - the text here is correct, but the hockey reference is not. It is indeed possible for more than one person per team to occupy an ice hockey penalty box, each for separate lengths of time.


Page 45 
Figure 3-8 is wrong. The icon and context menu should be of a Recycle Bin. 


Page 54
    The "Shortcuts" paragraph should be set apart as a tip.



<Page 124> 
Reference to Appendix C should be to Chapter 6. 



(153) the 5th line up from the bottom
... to most users, they diagnostic information...
should be:
... to most users, the diagnostic information...


Page 195
    The "Internet Reversi" entry should appear after the "Internet Options" section.


(Page 207)
The word "Several" shouldn't be capitalized. 



(212)  Shared Folders last sentence;
"... prevent unauthorized access your computer."
should be
"... access to your computer."



Page 228 
In the "Connect to the Internet" section, the phrase "Most users want" should read "Most users will want" 


(237) second paragraph, second line
...or you encounter some other program that requires....
should be:
...or you encounter some other problem that requires....


Page 237 
In the second bulletted item on this page, the following note should be added for clarification: "You can re-import a .pfx file (generated by the /r option) by double-clicking it in Explorer." 



{Page 249} 
The text "new values" should not be set apart in a mono-spaced font 



(Page 290) 
The "System Properties" section is out of order (alphabetically). 



{Page 311} User Accounts
"The information discussed in the second and third paragraphs under "User
Accounts" applies to both Windows XP Home and Windows XP Professional."


(Page 325) 
"Windows Messenge" should be "Windows Messenger" 


(429)  3rd line;
"it's name" should read "its name" 

(502) Box at top of page, 4th line
remove "- see Appendix A"


{Page 505} 
In tip #7, "Try something new with My Computer," there's a step missing. In order for this tip to work, 
you'll also need to navigate to HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\ CLSID\ {20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}\ shell 
and change the (default) value to open. 


(547) first paragraph under "Potential Problems During Setup", line 3;
Luckily, about 95 percnet of the....
should be
Luckily, about 95 percent of the....



(560) table C-6
WIN-M             Minimize current window
Shift WIN-M       Undo minimize current window
should be:
WIN-M             Minimize all windows
Shift WIN-M       Undo minimize all windows



{Page 582} 
Although the alphabetical listing of filename extensions is not intended to include every extension in 
existence, the following extensions should've been included here: 
	.pot  PowerPoint Template 
	.pps  PowerPoint Presentation that opens into slide show 
	.ppt  PowerPoint Presentation (document) 
	.pst  Outlook personal folder file 


Page 604 
The last item under the letter I in the index, "!IXGEN_DONT_EDIT_THIS," should not appear here. 


Page 609, Index
    The last sub-entry under "programs (applications), "Win 3.1, compatible with Win95" should be removed.


Page 614, Index 
    Page 458 should also be listed under UNC.