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Show your PC who's bossNothing's more annoying than a tech malfunction, especially when it's your PC--with the exception of perhaps wading through reams of random, unreliable theories online looking for a solution, or paying an expensive tech geek to show up to perform a five-minute fix. The latest edition of Troubleshooting & Maintaining Your PC All-in-One For Dummies puts all this frustration behind you and gets you straight to work solving the problem yourself!In his straightforward, friendly style, Dan Gookin--bestselling tech author and all-round Mr. Fixit--packs everything you need to know into 5-books-in-1, giving you the knowledge and process to hit on the right solution, fast. From identifying common problems to methodically narrowing down to the correct fix, you'll save hours of frustrating research--and experience the sweet, righteous satisfaction of having achieved it all yourself.* Pick up quick fixes* Understand and reconnect networks* Restore memory* Boost your PC's performanceEvery problem has a solution and PCs are no different: get this book and you'll never catch yourself shouting at your monitor or frustrated with the motherboard again--well, maybe not quite so often.

Troubleshooting & Maintaining PCs All-in-One For Dummies

Introduction 1Book 1: Solve My Problem Now! 5Chapter 1: Trouble Comes Hither 7Chapter 2: Quick Fixes 15Book 2: O, We Got Trouble! 29Chapter 1: Startup Problems 31Chapter 2: Disk Disaster 47Chapter 3: Monitor Mayhem 83Chapter 4: Internal Issues 107Chapter 5: Printer Problems 137Chapter 6: Peripheral Perils 155Chapter 7: Software Situations 177Chapter 8: Network Nonsense 197Chapter 9: Shutdown Issues 225Book 3: Tools to Use 237Chapter 1: Windows Recovery Environment 239Chapter 2: The Device Manager 257Chapter 3: MSCONFIG and the Task Manager 265Chapter 4: Safe Mode 279Chapter 5: System Restore 293Chapter 6: The Task Manager 305Chapter 7: The Windows Registry 317Chapter 8: Events and Diagnostics 329Book 4: PC Privacy and Security 341Chapter 1: PC Privacy 343Chapter 2: Keeping Software Current 353Chapter 3: Keep Mr PC Safe 363Chapter 4: Backup and Restore 375Book 5: This Old PC 389Chapter 1: Performance and Resources 391Chapter 2: More Mass Storage 399Chapter 3: Boost PC Performance 415Index 427