Troubleshooting & Maintaining PCs All-in-One For Dummies

Show your PC who's boss Nothing'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 performance Every 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.

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