| Edition |
Second edition. |
| Description |
xxiv, 768 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Series |
--For dummies |
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--For dummies.
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| Note |
Includes index. |
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"6 books in 1 : hardware, software, laptops, internet, networking, maintenance" -- Cover. |
| Contents |
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. |
| Summary |
A guide to PC maintenance and repair, covering such topics as hardware, software, laptops, the Internet, networking, and Microsoft Windows 7, Vista, and XP. |
| Subject |
Microsoft Windows (Computer file)
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IBM-compatible computers -- Maintenance and repair.
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Laptop computers -- Maintenance and repair.
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Operating systems (Computers)
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Microcomputers -- Maintenance and repair.
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| Added Title |
Troubleshooting and maintaining your personal computer all-in-one for dummies |
| ISBN |
0470878673 |
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9780470878675 |
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