Updated with Service Pack 2 content, this text offers the comprehensive coverage of Microsoft Windows XP Professional students need to become power users. It allows them to quickly review the basics of Windows XP before moving on to cover more advanced concepts. This Update Edition also includes coverage of the latest in storage devices, current information on how to protect the security and privacy of a computer, and a preview of the next version of Windows. This text does not assume prior knowledge of Windows XP, but does require that students are proficient with computers and operating systems.