- Paperback: 768 pages
- Publisher: John Wiley & Sons; Pap/Cdr edition (27 Feb 2009)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0470396652
- ISBN-13: 978-0470396650
- Product Dimensions: 23.4 x 18.9 x 4.2 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 93,954 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Maintaining a PC is important, and troubleshooting a PC can be a challenge. Dan Gookin is great at explaining how to handle common PC problems, and he’s provided a complete, plain–English manual in Troubleshooting & Maintaining Your PC All–in–One For Dummies.
Liberally laced with Dan’s famous humor and clear instructions, Troubleshooting & Maintaining Your PC All–in–One For Dummies is divided into six minibooks covering hardware, software, laptops, Internet, networking, and maintenance. Each one gives you some background on what causes common problems, to help you understand what’s wrong as well as how to fix it. You’ll learn to:
- Troubleshoot both Windows XP and Vista
- Solve e–mail and Web woes, makes friends with ActiveX, and protect your system from evil software and viruses
- Resolve router problems, reset the modem, delve into IP addresses, and find the elusive wireless network
- Investigate startup issues, battery quirks, and power problems
- Travel safely and efficiently with your laptop
- Perform regular maintenance and keep good backups
- Solve problems with disks and printers
- Find missing files, successfully restore files if something major goes wrong, and pep up your PC
The bonus DVD walks you through some of the complex steps discussed in the book and demonstrates tasks like removing a hard drive. There’s a great collection of free and demo software, too. Troubleshooting & Maintaining Your PC All–in–One For Dummies is tech support in a book!
Note: CD–ROM/DVD and other supplementary materials are not included as part of eBook file.
From the Back Cover
Who needs tech support?
Amaze your friends and fix it yourself!
When your PC goes rogue, having this hefty volume at your elbow is the next best thing to having a personal PC genie. Got a problem? Look it up in one of these handy minibooks to learn a bit about what might have caused it as well as how to solve it. When you understand what′s wrong, it′s easier to fix it now and prevent it from happening again.
The Zen of fix–it — find out what′s behind common PC problems and why the same solution may work in several situations
You haven′t got mail — solve e–mail and Web woes, make friends with ActiveX®, and guard against evil software
When it′s the network — resolve router problems, reset the modem, delve into IP addresses, and find the elusive wireless network
That ever–lovin′ laptop — investigate startup issues, battery quirks, power problems, and laptop travel woes
Like getting an oil change — perform regular maintenance and get serious about backups
Open the book and find:
Tips and solutions for both Windows® XP and Vista
What happens when your PC performs basic functions, and what could go wrong
Startup and recovery options
Strategies to find missing files
Fixes for unhappy disks and balky printers
Tools for keeping out viruses and malware
Ways to pep up your PC
Secrets for successfully restoring files
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bought this As a present for one of my family who said its great for a beginner
6 of 7 people found the following review helpful
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I use this book to cross reference and help me when I get stuck.It helps remind me if I have forgotten to check something.Sometimes when you try to fix something you forget to try the obvious.Helps if you have a good basic knowledge of computers but could be used by anyone.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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great book easy to understand step by step especially reboot information.i will be
looking for similar book on windows 7 but the basics im sure will be similar
looking for similar book on windows 7 but the basics im sure will be similar
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is as good as it gets in a easy to understand way,would definatly recomend it to everyone.
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Great PC Technical Support Guide Book
This book is perfect even to help the non-technically minded Windows XP and Vista PC users, to maintain and upgrade their own PC system. Read more
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