Book Description
More than ever, pc users are looking to revitalise their exisitng computers, performing cost-effective upgrades, and squeezing out a little more performance from a slow Internet connection instead of purchasing new computers. Using a unique, medical dictionary approach, this book walks users through the symptoms to diagnose and treat the problem.
Problem-solving flow charts use symptoms to diagnose and repair problems, just like medical guides that help self-diagnose health problems.
Broad coverage of common PC maladies found in the hardware, operating system, cabling, and BIOS. The reader need not be an expert to find and correct PC ailments.
Graphical, two-colour interior makes heavy use of charts, photos, and illustrations to help treat a good PC that has developed problems.
Mark Edward Soper has taught computer troubleshooting and other technical subjects to thousands of students from Maine to Hawaii since 1992. He is a longtime contributor to Upgrading and Repairing PCs, working on the 11th, 12th and 13th Editions. He has contributed chapters to Upgrading and Repairing Networks Second Edition, Special Edition Using Microsoft Windows Millennium Edition, and Special Edition Using Microsoft Windows XP (both Home and Pro editions). Mark co-authored both the first and second editions of Upgrading and Repairing PCs, Technician’s Portable Reference, Upgrading and Repairing PCs- Field Guide, and co-wrote Upgrading and Repairing PCs- A+ Study Certification Guide, Second Edition.

Synopsis
Each year, thousands of harmless PCs suffer the pain and humiliation of buggy Windows installations, bad cable connections, mismanaged system resources, viruses, and slow Internet connections. All too often, these downtrodden PCs end up being scrapped before their time by owners who just can't care for them any longer. The real travesty is that with a little love, these wounded PCs could become useful members of society. That's where Rx for Your PC comes in. Using a unique, medical dictionary approach, this book walks users through the symptoms to diagnose and treat the problem. With new PC sales slumping in Q4 2001 and expectations for continuing sales plummet, more PC users-particularly home and small business users-will be looking to retread their existing PCs. This means more than ever, end users are performing cost-effective upgrades, repairing fouled Windows installations, and squeezing out a little more performance from a slow Internet connection in lieu of purchasing new computers.

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First Sentence
IF Windows doesn't start properly, you can't get anything done with your computer, because the Windows operating system manages your screen, your peripherals, your drives, your pointing devices-your entire computer life once the computer is turned on and completes its power-on self-test (POST) routine. Read the first page Browse Sample Pages
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