Here's what those who have read the book are saying about it:

• Dr. Dobb's Journal (March, 2003): "[Karp] understands not only annoying features, but also the more organic annoyances of the soon-to-be-nearly-ubiquitous-like-nearly-every-previous-release-of-Windows XP."

• Mantex Information Design: "This is another excellent technical reference manual from O'Reilly. My partner claims it's the ugliest book cover image she's ever seen, and wanted me to finish reading it as soon as possible. But I found I was learning something useful on nearly every page. It's also very good value for money."

• Windows XP Annoyances hits #4 on the Netsurfer Library Besteller list for August 2002 - January 2003.

• Golden Triangle PC Club: " This highly useful book could easily be considered essential for any computer user and especially pc technicians."