Troubleshooting Your PC Bible: 5th Edition, 5th edition
Authors: Jim Aspinwall, Mike Todd
Venue:  (2000)

:Save time, save money, save your PC! In this latest edition of this comprehensive guide, previously published as Troubleshooting Your PC, two veteran computer tinkerers show you step-by-step how to deal with slowdowns, meltdowns, and other PC facts of life. Completely updated for all the latest software, hardware, and peripherals and packed with detailed illustrations and diagrams, it's just what you need to diagnose and fix common PC problems  and keep your computer in tip-top shape. Inside, you'll find complete coverage of PC troubleshootingAssemble the tools of the trade, from software utilities to tweezersPrevent problems before they happen: backups, tuneups, and virus protectionDiagnose problems using the unique "Symptoms, Suspects, and Solutions" featuresDecipher cryptic Windows error messages and resolve typical OS difficultiesHandle networking and Internet glitches, from security to IP addressingResolve system configuration, BIOS, memory addressing, and other hardware issuesDeal with disk difficulties, from bad drives to partitioning and caching woesSolve compatibility, configuration, and other audio-video troublesTackle printer, scanner, keyboard, and SCSI snafus with confidenceTroubleshoot connections, from COM ports and modems to USB and wirelessBonus CD-ROM!Trial versions of Norton Utilities 2000 and Diskeeper 5.0WinGate sharewareDemo versions of PC-Doctor for Windows and Windows NTShareware programs are fully functional, free trial versions of copyrighted programs. If you like particular programs, register with their authors for a nominal fee and receive licenses, enhancedversions, and technical support. Freeware programs are free, copyrighted games, applications, and utilities. You can copy them to as many PCs as you likefreebut they have no technical support. www.idgbooks.com System Requirements: PC running Windows 95 or later, or Windows NT or laterAuthor Biography: About the Authors Jim Aspinwall writes to support his PC habit, and he conveys his experiences to others as author of IRQ, DMA, & I/O and as Computer Currents magazine's "Windows Advisor" columnist. He brings to this fifth edition of Troubleshooting Your PC Bible several years of experience with PC utility software, PC diagnostic software, telecommuter-networking technical support, and online support. He has worked for DiagSoft, Vertisoft, TuneUp.com, Quarterdeck, and various high-tech firms. A consummate tinkerer, Jim still finds a few moments away from the keyboard to spend at his workbench in a dusty mountaintop radio shack or on a cold steel tower to build and maintain amateur-radio repeater systems. Mike Todd founded the Internet Society Los Angeles Chapter, the Capital PC User Group in Washington, DC, the IBM Special Interest Group on CompuServe (also on The Source and on Unison), and has promoted the development of computer user groups around the world. Along with Professor Sumpei Cumon, Mike spoke in 1985 at the inauguration of the NEC PC Value Added Network, which was one of the first public networks established in Japan. . Before retiring from the U.S.Navy, Mike fostered the development of the Navy&s Microcomputer User Group and trained the people who manage public education in how to use their PCs at each of the regional offices of the U.S. Department of Education. Most recently, Mike, along with a few new friends, has founded the Internet Society Los Angeles Chapter (ISOC-LA). At one of the first ISOC-LA sponsored events, which provided a free clinic for anyone having problems with their computer, Mike even helped a few MAC users upgrade their computers so that they could connect to the Internet. Mike's interests include developing communities and commerce over the Web, information systems technology, health care administration, applications in business and government, programming, computer consulting, hiking, body surfing, bicycle riding, and travel. Contacting the Authors Jim Aspinwall: Internet: wb9gvf@raisin.com or through www.raisin.com Mike Todd: Internet: Mike.Todd@miketodd.com, www.miketodd.com, or mtodd@ISOC-LA.org. The Troubleshooting Your PC Bible Web site can be found at www.typc.com.