Troubleshooting & maintaining your PC all-in-one for dummies
A comprehensive guide to troubleshooting and maintaining a personal computer that covers hardware, software, laptops, the Internet, networking, and other related topics
Compact Disc
xxvi, 739 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm + 1 DVD-ROM (sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.)
9780470396650, 0470396652
236326222
Introduction
Hardware. Let there be PC ; Birth pangs ; Death throes ; Mass storage issues ; Pain in the printer ; Seeing trouble ; Peripheralitis ; Deep inside the computer case
Software. Windows gone AWOL ; Programs, processes, and services ; The safe mode chapter ; Putting the pep back into the PC ; User accounts ; Unexpected application situations ; Reporting for duty ; Recovery options ; Registry fixes
Laptops. Laptop asleep, laptop awake, laptop dead ; A more usable laptop ; Out on the road ; Laptop maintenance
Internet. Internet malaise ; Woes on the Web ; E-mail postage due ; Wicked software ; The file transfer chapter
Networking. Network hardware help ; The soft side of networking ; Peer-to-peer networking ; Networking unplugged
Maintenance. Backup, backup, backup ; Pampering the hard drive ; On schedule ; A time to clean
Appendix A: About the DVD
Companion DVD-ROM includes instructional videos created by the author, shareware and freeware programs, GNU software, and trial versions of PerfectDisk 2008 and Vopt9
Includes index
"6 books in 1 : hardware, software, laptops, internet, networking, maintenance"--Cover, p.1