Troubleshooting and Maintaining Your PC All-in-One Desk Reference For Dummies (For Dummies (Computers)) (Paperback)

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What the book covers: Most troubleshooting books concentrate on upgrading--and usually hardware at that. This book concentrates on solving problems--whether they are software, hardware, or operating system problems. In addition, Dan offers tools and advice on maintaining your system to maximize its life. Seven minibooks cover
* Hardware
* Software
* Laptops
* Internet
* Networking
* Maintenance
* Useful Tools

* Series features: The book will reflect the handholding, clear explanations, and light humor that are hallmarks of the For Dummies style.

Product Description

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! --This text refers to the Kindle Edition edition.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 768 pages
• Publisher: For Dummies; Pap/Cdr edition (March 9, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0470396652
• ISBN-13: 978-0470396650
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 7.3 x 1.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.5 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #50,223 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

10 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Troubleshooting my PCS, April 6, 2009

By	William Richard Evans "Web Developer, mycastl... (Sautee Nacoochee, GA USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

After buying my tenth PC with five used currently and having some system trouble hardware related it was time to learn about repairing my computers. I have already used the book and found it very useful. My money was well spent.

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Repairing My Own Computer, May 30, 2009

By	GK "Dummy Book Dummy" (Rocky Mountains) - See all my reviews

This book and others I have received from Amazon, have saved me many dollars. The book covers most of my computer problems and I have diagnosed two of my fiends computers and fixed the problems. Saved us all big bucks.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Troubleshooting pc, October 11, 2009

By	E. Murray (CA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

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Helps those of us who are not computer literate. It doesn't have EVERY situation but what book would be able to fit everything. But it is great for covering a lot of situations. Easy to understand. Love that it comes with a disk too.