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The errata list is a list of errors and their corrections that were found after the product was released. If the error was corrected in a later version or reprint the date of the correction will be displayed in the column titled "Corrected".

The following errata were submitted by our customers and approved as valid errors by the author or editor.

Color Key: Serious Technical Mistake Minor Technical Mistake Language or formatting error Typo Question



Version Location Description Submitted By Corrected
Printed Page 119

Inserted footnote after "don't do this" in item #3 that reads:

In some cases, installation programs write to the WIndows
temporary directory, reboot the system, and then access
the .tmp file. In such cases, this customization will cause
the installation program to fail, usually in subtle ways.
To prevent this, you should remember to comment out the DEL
command in Autoexec.bat before installing any new software.
To "comment out" the DEL command, use a text editor to insert
a Rem statement in front of it.

The following figures have been updated:
3-2
5-1
5-2
6-3
7-1
7-11
7-13
AppB-1

For updated figures, return to the main errata page and check the
figure links.

 Anonymous  Nov 1998
Printed Page 136
The box contains a warning, so this was changed to a turkey icon instead

of an owl icon.

 Anonymous  Apr 1999
Printed Page 159
In the first paragraph, lines 6-7, the sentence "You can launch it from

the Start Menu by selecting..." was deleted.

 Anonymous  Apr 1999
Printed Page 172

The first paragraph line 2 used to read:

"and is located in your Windows folder"

It now reads:

"and is usually located in your Windows folder"

 Anonymous  Apr 1999
Printed Page 177
In the section "Special Considerations", 1st b.l. item, line 4, "Turn on

the Show all files option" was changed to "Choose the Show all
files option."

 Anonymous  Apr 1999
Printed Page 181

The 4th n.l. item, line 3, used to read:

"Turn on the Show all files option"

It now reads:

"Choose the Show all files option"

 Anonymous  Apr 1999
Printed Page 273
There are five comments in Example 6-1 and one in Example 6-2. The last

three in Example 6-1 occupy two lines, and the remainder occupy one.
They have been italicized.

 Anonymous  Apr 1999
Printed Page 373

The last line used to read:

"using the Window"

It now reads:

"using the Windows"

 Anonymous  Apr 1999
Printed Page 400
In the "Run a shortcut" section, the two code fragments in the section

begin "start..." The "S" of "start" was capitalized.

 Anonymous  Apr 1999