Troubleshooting You PC for Dummies, 2nd Edition

Introduction

Wow! This book made it to the second edition. Who’d have thunk that
there was that much PC trouble out there?

Ah. The innocent. The naïve. The newbies. . . .

For the uninitiated, I have news for you: Trouble lurks around your computer
like teenagers at the mall. That’s why you need this book! It uncovers the
secrets and the power lurking beneath the goofy-colored Windows shell.
Trouble will run scared and naked as you merely show this book’s cover to
your computer monitor. No more waiting on hold to get the answers! No more
reinstalling Windows! The truth, well, it’s in here!

Computers aren’t supposed to die or crash or hang or bomb or toss a hissy
fit for no apparent reason. But, as any computer owner knows, computers
often don’t do what they’re told. In it-was-working-yesterday syndrome, for
some reason your computer decides that today is a different day and so it
will act up. And in the who-owns-the-problem? issue, you have to decide
whether the printer isn’t working because of the printer itself or because of
Windows or because of the application that’s trying to print. I won’t even
bore you with random Internet-disconnect problems, dead mice, monitors
thrust into stupid mode, and a myriad of other problems — because these
and other issues are all adequately covered, cured, and remedied throughout
this handy little book.

Oh! And that Dummies thing? Face it: Anyone who uses a computer feels
intimidated enough. It’s not that you’re a dummy, but dealing with these plastic
and silicon monsters certainly makes anyone feel like a dummy. Relax!
It’s the For Dummies approach that lets you recognize that it’s you who is in
charge of your PC’s destiny. You can tame the beast! This book shows you how.