Gookin, Dan. creator text nju Hoboken, NJ Wiley Pub. 2011 2nd ed. monographic eng

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xxiv, 768 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. A guide to PC maintenance and repair, covering such topics as hardware, software, laptops, the Internet, networking, and Microsoft Windows 7, Vista, and XP. 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 ; Email 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. by Dan Gookin. "6 books in 1-- hardware, software, laptops, Internet, networking, maintenance"--Cover. Includes index. Microcomputers Maintenance and repair Microcomputers Upgrading IBM-compatible computers Maintenance and repair Laptop computers Maintenance and repair Operating systems (Computers) Personal computers Maintenance and repair 004.165 GOT 9780470878675 (pbk.) 0470878673 (pbk.) YDXCP 110519 20161102155016.0 16786060