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Cheat Sheet / Updated 11-13-2024
Whether it’s a desktop the family uses, an office computer, or a liberating laptop you can take with you around the globe, everyone loves to cheat! Specifically, you may find it beneficial to print and save this bonus information to assist you with your beloved computer. Call it helpful hints, but For Dummies tradition labels this document a Cheat Sheet — once a $2.
A one-stop guide to making the most of your desktop PC or laptop computer PCs and Laptops For Dummies is the essential user's guide to the features your PC or laptop has to offer—and how to use them successfully. With this book as your coach, you can jump over technological hurdles with ease, navigating the hardware and software of your personal computer.
Article / Updated 03-31-2021
The standard computer keyboard has 105 keys, not counting any special web keys, media keys, or other fancy knobs. That’s a lot of buttons. You just can’t squeeze that many keys on a laptop and keep it portable, let alone keep the keyboard on one side of the thing. Oh, sure, some of those laptops that are the size of aircraft carriers—the models with the 18-inch displays—can sport a full-size PC keyboard.
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!
The latest on getting the most from laptops and tabletsNot that long ago, laptops were seen as luxuries. Now they're practically an essential for many people, and—as faster computing power and super-sharp displays make many of them the equal of a desktop—the new wave of lightweight laptops is increasingly replacing the home PC with its bulky tower and multiple cords.
Article / Updated 10-20-2017
When you allow or block a program through the firewall on your Windows PC, you create a firewall rule. Windows presets a bunch of firewall rules, and some programs create rules when they're installed. To view the list of rules, follow these steps: Tap the Windows key and type Windows Firewall. Choose Windows Firewall Control Panel from the search results.
Article / Updated 10-20-2017
If you haven't already, create a system image for your Windows computer. This is a backup copy of Windows that you can use to rebuild the system if disaster strikes the PC's primary storage device. Follow these steps: Tap the Windows key. Type backup. Choose the item Backup and Restore (Windows 7) Control Panel from the list of search results.
Article / Updated 10-20-2017
For a full view of files and folders that are backed up on your PC, you can use the File History browser. You might find this file recovery method better than hunting down files and folders and right‐clicking on them. The File History browser window is shown here. Browsing for files and folders to recover.To visit the File History window, follow these directions: Tap the Windows key.
Article / Updated 10-20-2017
The File History utility in Windows gets its name from its capability to recover older versions of a file. This feature is part of all backup programs, though it's often called Restore. The idea is the same: From the backup archive, you pluck an older version of a file. The File History feature makes it easy.To pluck an older version of a file from the backup drive, follow these steps: Right‐click the file.
Article / Updated 10-20-2017
The File History feature in Windows 10 automatically selects your user account's folders for inclusion in the backup. All files in the listed folders, as well as files in subfolders, are backed up. To check the list, and change the list of folders, follow these steps: Press Win+I to visit the Settings app. Choose Update & Security.