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Troubleshooting Your PC For Dummies, 3rd Edition

Troubleshooting Your PC For Dummies, 3rd Edition


By Dan Gookin

ISBN: 978-0-470-23077-0
Format: Paper
Pages: 366 Pages
Pub. Date: March 2008

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Introduction.

Part I: What the @#$%&*!?

Chapter 1: Dealing with Disaster (While Keeping Your Sanity).

Chapter 2: Do This First.

Chapter 3: Is It a Hardware Problem or a Software Problem?

Chapter 4: The R Chapter (Reinstall, Restore, Recycle, Recover).

Chapter 5: Help! I Need Somebody!

Part II: Troubleshooting Minor Irks and Quirks.

Chapter 6: This Just Bugs Me!

Chapter 7: Gosh! This Is Embarrassing!

Chapter 8: Startup Problems.

Chapter 9: Losing Things, Finding Things.

Chapter 10: Sounds Like Trouble.

Chapter 11: The Mystery of System Resources (and Memory Leaks).

Chapter 12: The Slow PC.

Chapter 13: Keyboard, Mouse, and Monitor Dilemmas.

Chapter 14: Printer Problems.

Chapter 15: Mishaps in the Storage System.

Chapter 16: Correcting Graphics Disgrace.

Chapter 17: Internet Connection Mayhem.

Chapter 18: Web Weirdness with Internet Explorer.

Chapter 19: E-Mail Calamities.

Chapter 20: Shutdown Discontent.

Part III: Woes, Wows, Windows.

Chapter 21: Windows Is As Windows Does.

Chapter 22: Windows Versus Your Programs.

Chapter 23: Windows Can Be Your Friend.

Chapter 24: Useful Tools and Weapons.

Part IV: Preventive Maintenance.

Chapter 25: Maintaining the Hard Drive.

Chapter 26: The Benefits of Backup.

Part V: The Part of Tens.

Chapter 27: The Ten Rules of Tech Support.

Chapter 28: Ten Dumb Error Messages.

Chapter 29: Ten Things You Should Never or Always Do.

Index.

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