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PC Help Desk in a Book: The Do-it-Yourself Guide to PC Troubleshooting and Repair [Paperback]

Mark Edward Soper (Author)
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More than ever, pc users are looking to revitalise their exisitng computers, performing cost-effective upgrades, and squeezing out a little more performance from a slow Internet connection instead of purchasing new computers. Using a unique, medical dictionary approach, this book walks users through the symptoms to diagnose and treat the problem.
Problem-solving flow charts use symptoms to diagnose and repair problems, just like medical guides that help self-diagnose health problems.
Broad coverage of common PC maladies found in the hardware, operating system, cabling, and BIOS. The reader need not be an expert to find and correct PC ailments.
Graphical, two-colour interior makes heavy use of charts, photos, and illustrations to help treat a good PC that has developed problems.
Mark Edward Soper has taught computer troubleshooting and other technical subjects to thousands of students from Maine to Hawaii since 1992. He is a longtime contributor to Upgrading and Repairing PCs, working on the 11th, 12th and 13th Editions. He has contributed chapters to Upgrading and Repairing Networks Second Edition, Special Edition Using Microsoft Windows Millennium Edition, and Special Edition Using Microsoft Windows XP (both Home and Pro editions). Mark co-authored both the first and second editions of Upgrading and Repairing PCs, Technician’s Portable Reference, Upgrading and Repairing PCs- Field Guide, and co-wrote Upgrading and Repairing PCs- A+ Study Certification Guide, Second Edition.

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Each year, thousands of harmless PCs suffer the pain and humiliation of buggy Windows installations, bad cable connections, mismanaged system resources, viruses, and slow Internet connections. All too often, these downtrodden PCs end up being scrapped before their time by owners who just can't care for them any longer. The real travesty is that with a little love, these wounded PCs could become useful members of society. That's where PC HelpDesk in a Book comes in. Using a unique, medical dictionary approach, this book walks users through the symptoms to diagnose and treat the problem. End-users will be armed to perform cost-effective upgrades, repair fouled Windows installations, and squeeze out a little more performance from a slow Internet connection in lieu of purchasing a new computer.

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IF Windows doesn't start properly, you can't get anything done with your computer, because the Windows operating system manages your screen, your peripherals, your drives, your pointing devices-your entire computer life once the computer is turned on and completes its power-on self-test (POST) routine. Read the first page
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5.0 out of 5 stars A great help, Jun 7 2004
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Philip J. Bohlken (Caldwell, Idaho) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: PC Help Desk in a Book: The Do-it-Yourself Guide to PC Troubleshooting and Repair (Paperback)
I had looked at this book for a long time, but delayed buying it. I finally bought it as a supplement to other, more technical books I have. It gives me the information I need without numbing my mind in geek-speak. During the first 24 hours after buying it, this book got me out of several difficult problems quickly and effortlessly. Surprisingly, it is not the diagnostic flow charts I have found most helpful, but the book's running text located by way of index entries has been the most helpful to me in solving the problems I had, one of which was the Blue Screen of Death related to the recognition of a hard drive on an OS installation.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Great Condensed Reference, Jun 6 2004
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This is a superb reference for many PC troubleshooting topics. I can't wait until the next Second Edition is published. It is one of the most used references I have in my technical troubleshooting library.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Using a unique, medical dictionary approach, Feb 10 2003
This review is from: PC Help Desk in a Book: The Do-it-Yourself Guide to PC Troubleshooting and Repair (Paperback)
When your personal computer suffer from buggy Windows installations, has bad cable connections, is plagued with mismanaged system resources, viruses, and/or slow Internet connections, don't be quick to toss it out! With a little knowledgeable care, your dysfunctional computer could with the help of Mark Soper's PC Help Desk In A Book: The Do-it-Yourself Guide To PC Troubleshooting and Repair, become useful again. Using a unique, medical dictionary approach, PC Help Desk In A Book walks users through the symptoms to diagnose and treat the problem. End-users will be armed to perform cost-effective upgrades, repair fouled Windows installations, and squeeze out a little more performance from a slow Internet connection in lieu of purchasing a new computer. 576 pp., User Level Beginner-to-Intermediate
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