Troubleshooting Your PC for Dummies
Troubleshooting your PC isn’t as hard as you think. In fact, with a little help from Troubleshooting Your PC for Dummies, 3rd Edition, you can save yourself lots of time, money, and headaches by diagnosing and fixing those snags, glitches, and predicaments that would otherwise drive you crazy. Bringing a touch of humor and a strong dose of sanity into play PC expert Dan Gookin makes it easy!\ This fully updated edition features new and expanded coverage of laptop woes as well as Internet and...
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Troubleshooting your PC isn’t as hard as you think. In fact, with a little help from Troubleshooting Your PC for Dummies, 3rd Edition, you can save yourself lots of time, money, and headaches by diagnosing and fixing those snags, glitches, and predicaments that would otherwise drive you crazy. Bringing a touch of humor and a strong dose of sanity into play PC expert Dan Gookin makes it easy! This fully updated edition features new and expanded coverage of laptop woes as well as Internet and e-mail issues, broadband connections, spam blocking, and security concerns. You’ll find answers to all of your questions about getting out of PC pickles, recognizing when you’re headed for trouble, keeping Vista on the straight and narrow, creating a safe and secure PC environment, and even preventing problems down the road. Discover how to: Remove documents from the file menu Recognize warning signs of hard drive failure Stop a program that’s misbehaving Reclaim missing Internet passwords Distinguish hardware problems from software problems Mediate conflicts between Windows and your applications Solve startup problems Diagnose email calamities Troubleshoot Internet connection malfunctions Understand puzzling error messages Complete with lists of essential rules of tech support and things you should never or always do, Troubleshooting PCs For Dummies, 3rd Edition, gives you the tips, tricks, and solid knowledge you need to keep your PC healthy and strong for years to come.
Introduction1Pt. 1What the @#$%&*!?7Ch. 1It's Not Your Fault! Well, It Might Be Your Fault (How to Tell Whether It's Your Fault)9Ch. 2Stuff to Try First17Ch. 3Telling a Hardware Problem from a Software Problem27Ch. 4The "R" Chapter (Reinstall, Restore, Recycle, Recovery)37Ch. 5Your Last Resort: Tech Support51Pt. IITroubleshooting Minor Irks and Quirks65Ch. 6"This Just Bugs Me!"67Ch. 7"Gosh! This Is Embarrassing!"87Ch. 8Start-Up Problems101Ch. 9Finding Lost Files and Things121Ch. 10Sounds Like Trouble135Ch. 11The Mystery of System Resources (And Memory Leaks)147Ch. 12The Slow PC157Ch. 13Keyboard, Mouse, and Monitor Dilemmas163Ch. 14Printer Problems173Ch. 15Dealing with Disk Disaster189Ch. 16Internet Connection Mayhem201Ch. 17Web Weirdness with Internet Explorer219Ch. 18E-Mail Calamities with Outlook Express233Ch. 19General Windows Disruption (Or, "Is This PC Possessed?")247Ch. 20Shutdown Constipation265Pt. IIIPreventive Maintenance275Ch. 21Maintaining Your Disk Drives277Ch. 22The Benefits of Backup287Pt. IVThe Part of Tens295Ch. 23The Ten Rules of Tech Support297Ch. 24Ten Dumb Error Messages301Ch. 25Ten Things You Should Never or Always Do307App. A: Useful Tools311App. B: Working in Safe Mode319App. CCreating and Using an Emergency Boot Disk323App. D: Some Q & A329Index339
