- Paperback: 256 pages
- Publisher: McGraw-Hill Osborne Media; 1 edition (Oct 27 2003)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0072229233
- ISBN-13: 978-0072229233
- Product Dimensions: 23.3 x 18.8 x 1.5 cm
- Shipping Weight: 408 g
- Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (33 customer reviews)
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#644,931 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #51 in Books > Computers & Internet > Hardware > Maintenance, Repair & Upgrading
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Learn routine maintenance as well as desktop basics, hard drive care and defragmentation, and plenty more to make your PC more efficient and keep it running smoothly. Learn software management, tame the Internet, secure your machine, deal with downloads, and much more.
From the Back Cover
Keep Your PC Running Smoothly--Without Spending a Lot of Money!
.Solve everyday PC problems, improve performance and speed, and protect yourself from malicious attacks with the helpful tips in this user-friendly guide. Easy-to-follow "recipes" show you, click-by-click, how to prevent computer catastrophes and recover completely from unavoidable disasters. If you've had a hard time understanding other computer guides, you'll love this book's clear, accessible approach. PC guru Carey Holzman dispels common myths and explains complicated issues in language that anyone can understand, regardless of their computer experience. Don't be held hostage by hackers or overpaid computer technicians. Learn how to maintain and upgrade your own PC and have fun in the process.
.Inside, you'll learn to:
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- Avoid disasters caused by computer viruses, hackers, and hard disk crashes .
- Use Scandisk and Defragment to find and repair hard drive problems before it's too late .
- Remove spyware, Trojan horses, unnecessary temp files, and unused programs .
- Eliminate pop-ups, spam, email hoaxes, and unwanted Internet solicitations .
- Manage cookies, temporary Internet files, and Web browser preferences .
- Defend against worms and Denial-of-Service attacks with firewall and anti-virus software .
- Understand and optimize DMA, Active Desktop, animations, fonts, and swap files .
- Tweak power and hardware settings, screen savers, and start-up routines .
- Back up and restore Windows configurations, files, and applications .
- Obtain and install Windows, application, and driver upgrades .
- Optimize your Internet connection .
About the Author:
.Carey Holzman, A+, IBM Quality Service Skill Certified, HP Laserjet Hardware Certified, is the owner of Discount Computer Repair, in Phoenix, Arizona. He also hosts his own Internet radio show featuring the latest computer news, and has been an operating systems beta-tester for Microsoft since Windows 95.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
As clear as every computer book should be,
By Carola E. (Chicago, IL USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Healthy PC: Preventive Care and Home Remedies for Your Computer (Paperback)
When you work or deal with young people, talking about computersis a big challenge and most of the times you feel like a "dummie or an idiot". This forces you to run to Barnes & Noble or the local Library to end up more confused and frustrated not knowing which book to pick. "The Healthy PC" is not as tedious as other computer books, on the contrary once you start reading you will not stop, and if you follow the steps Carey recommends you'll feel very comfortable. This is a great book, to bad he does not have any publications about hardware, but I understand his next book will be about "networking" available next year, I can't wait to buy it.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Computer Club Member Swears BY The Healthy PC,
By A Customer
This review is from: The Healthy PC: Preventive Care and Home Remedies for Your Computer (Paperback)
Our computer club had a chance to buy and use Carey's new book, The Healthy PC. In my case I had already accomplished some of the suggestions in Carey's book, but others he included certainly did speed up my PC and make it safer. The book includes a number of performance and safety suggestions I had not heard of. His step-by-step instructions, as well as why we should consider each "fix", are simple and easy to follow. My daughter has been complaining about problems with her PC. I know she will definitely benefit from Carey's book, since she is not a PC technie and is too busy with work to spend time learning how to fix it on her own. It's just the book for her. Definitely a five star book that every PC owner can benefit from.
5.0 out of 5 stars
"The PC book I have been waiting for all of these years",
By "sonnyboy110" (CAMARILLO, CA United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Healthy PC: Preventive Care and Home Remedies for Your Computer (Paperback)
I recommend this book without any reservations, qualifications or any other comment that would minimize this superb book: All those symbols you didn't know e.g. EULA (End User License Agreement), GUI ( Graphical User Interface) and numerous others that I used to just pass over while reading because the authors seldom took the time to explain what the symbols stand for and what they function they perform on your PC, I now understand what the translation is when I encounter these symbols and how they work on your PC.Carey Holzman writes cleary and in plain English so the content of this fine book is easy to understand. I just followed along with the numbered step by step instructions which are combined with the screen shots that clearly illustrate the written instructions of the author. Don't hesitate -- buy this book and you will be rewarded with a much better understanding of your PC. As a bonus, perhaps for the first time you will be able to carry on a knowledgeable conversation with other informed PC users for the first time. While I dislike the use of the term: empowerment; it certainly applies to this book. For the first time -- 4+ yrs.-- in working with computers -- an XP system -- and often feeling frustrated, I now feel that I really comprehend my PC and how it works. It is now my primary reference source that I will use with confidence. Many thanks to Carey Holtzman.
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