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PCs: The Missing Manual
PCs: The Missing Manual
ISBN: 0596100930
EAN: 2147483647
Year: 2005
Pages: 206
Authors:
Andy Rathbone
BUY ON AMAZON
PCs: The Missing Manual
Table of Contents
Copyright
The Missing Credits
About the Author
About the Creative Team
Acknowledgements
The Missing Manual Series
Introduction
About This Book
About the Outline
About MissingManuals.com
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Part I: Your PC s Main Parts
Chapter 1. Inside Your PC
Section 1.1. Finding Out Your PC s Horsepower
Section 1.2. The PC s Case
Section 1.3. Opening Your PC s Case
Section 1.4. Motherboard
Section 1.5. CPU (Central Processing Unit)
Section 1.6. Adding Memory (aka RAM)
Section 1.7. Installing Expansion Cards
Section 1.8. Ports
Section 1.9. Power Supply and Battery
Chapter 2. Keyboards and Mice
Section 2.1. Keyboard Basics
Section 2.2. Mouse Basics
Section 2.3. Game Controllers
Chapter 3. Monitors and Video
Section 3.1. Monitor Basics
Section 3.2. Installing a Monitor
Section 3.3. Plugging Two Monitors into One PC
Section 3.4. Plugging Two PCs into One Monitor
Section 3.5. Using TV Sets as Monitors
Section 3.6. Watching TV on a PC
Section 3.7. Troubleshooting Your Monitor
Section 3.8. Video Card (aka Display Adapter)
Chapter 4. Printers
Section 4.1. Printer Basics
Section 4.2. Installing a Printer
Section 4.3. Choosing Printer Paper
Section 4.4. Adjusting Printer Settings
Section 4.5. Printing Envelopes
Section 4.6. Printing Specialized Items
Section 4.7. Printing Digital Photos Professionally
Section 4.8. Digital Photos on an Inkjet Printer
Section 4.9. Printing Web Pages
Section 4.10. Printer Troubleshooting
Part II: Multimedia
Chapter 5. Digital Cameras, Camcorders, and Webcams
Section 5.1. Digital Camera Basics
Section 5.2. Moving Pictures from Camera to Computer
Section 5.3. Moving Pictures from a Card Reader to a PC
Section 5.4. Viewing and Editing Photos
Section 5.5. Sharing Photos with Friends
Section 5.6. Troubleshooting Digital Cameras
Section 5.7. Camcorder Basics
Section 5.8. Connect the Camcorder to Your PC
Section 5.9. Editing Video
Section 5.10. Editing with Movie Maker
Section 5.11. Webcams
Chapter 6. Scanners
Section 6.1. Choosing a Scanner
Section 6.2. Installing a Scanner
Section 6.3. Three Ways to Scan an Image
Section 6.4. Using Windows Scanner and Camera Wizard
Section 6.5. Digitizing Old Photos and Slides
Section 6.6. Troubleshooting Scanners
Chapter 7. Sound
Section 7.1. Understanding Sound Adapters (Sound Cards)
Section 7.2. Sending Sound into and out of Your PC
Section 7.3. Choosing Music File Formats
Section 7.4. PC Music for Musicians
Section 7.5. Troubleshooting Sound
Chapter 8. Digital Music Players
Section 8.1. Choosing a Digital Music Player
Section 8.2. Your Digital Player and Your PC
Section 8.3. iPod and iTunes
Section 8.4. Windows XP s Media Player
Section 8.5. Troubleshooting Digital Music Players
Part III: Storing Information
Chapter 9. Hard Drives and Floppy Drives
Section 9.1. Your PC s Drives: An Overview
Section 9.2. Hard Drives: An Introduction
Section 9.3. Your Hard Drive s Available Space
Section 9.4. Removing Unused Programs and Files
Section 9.5. Speeding Up a Hard Drive
Section 9.6. Installing a Hard Drive
Section 9.7. Troubleshooting Hard Drives
Section 9.8. Floppy Drives: An Introduction
Section 9.9. Formatting a Floppy Disk
Section 9.10. Installing a Floppy Drive
Chapter 10. CD and DVD Drives
Section 10.1. CDs: An Introduction
Section 10.2. Playing CDs
Section 10.3. Buying the Right Type of Blank CD
Section 10.4. Ripping CDs
Section 10.5. Burning CDs
Section 10.6. Duplicating CDs
Section 10.7. Erasing CDs
Section 10.8. DVDs: An Introduction
Section 10.9. Playing DVD Movies
Section 10.10. Buying the Right Type of Blank DVD
Section 10.11. Specialty Disc Formats
Section 10.12. Ripping DVDs
Section 10.13. Burning DVDs
Section 10.14. Buying a CD or DVD Drive
Section 10.15. Installing a CD or DVD Drive
Section 10.16. Troubleshooting CD and DVD Drives
Part IV: Talking to the World
Chapter 11. Getting Online
Section 11.1. Different Ways to Connect to the Internet
Section 11.2. Setting Up a Modem
Section 11.3. Subscribing to an Internet Service
Section 11.4. Setting Up an Internet Connection
Section 11.5. Dialing into the Internet
Section 11.6. Troubleshooting Online Connections
Chapter 12. Email
Section 12.1. Choosing an Email Program
Section 12.2. Setting Up Outlook Express
Section 12.3. Composing and Sending Email
Section 12.4. Reading and Processing Email
Section 12.5. Managing Your Address Book
Section 12.6. Email Etiquette
Section 12.7. Troubleshooting Email Problems
Chapter 13. Surfing the Web
Section 13.1. Choosing and Setting Up a Browser
Section 13.2. Managing Forms and Passwords
Section 13.3. Blocking Pop-up Ads and Other Nuisances
Section 13.4. Browsing the Web
Section 13.5. Viewing RSS Feeds
Chapter 14. Networking
Section 14.1. Choosing a Network
Section 14.2. Networking Hardware: What You Need
Section 14.3. Setting Up a Simple Home Network
Section 14.4. The Network Setup Wizard
Section 14.5. Securing Your Network
Section 14.6. Sharing an Internet Connection
Section 14.7. Sharing Printers
Section 14.8. Exchanging Files Between PCs
Section 14.9. Sharing Monitors
Section 14.10. Networking Two PCs
Section 14.11. Troubleshooting Network Problems
Part V: Maintenance, Security, and Troubleshooting
Chapter 15. Security
Section 15.1. Backing Up Your Computer
Section 15.2. Creating Passwords
Section 15.3. Activating Windows Update
Section 15.4. Preventing Theft
Section 15.5. Phishing
Section 15.6. Adware, Spyware, and Other Threats
Section 15.7. Installing a Firewall
Chapter 16. Fixing Common Problems
Section 16.1. Undeleting Deleted Files
Section 16.2. Quitting Frozen Programs
Section 16.3. System Restore
Section 16.4. Resetting Windows XP Passwords
Section 16.5. Troubleshooting Driver Problems
Section 16.6. Speeding Up a Slow PC
Section 16.7. Windows Activation
Section 16.8. Windows Troubleshooters
Chapter 17. Advanced Troubleshooting
Section 17.1. Watching Your PC Start
Section 17.2. Editing the BIOS Settings
Section 17.3. Replacing Firmware
Section 17.4. Searching for Clues with Google
Section 17.5. Reverting to Old Programs
Section 17.6. Swapping Parts
Section 17.7. Microsoft s Knowledge Base
Section 17.8. Last Resort: Data Grabs with Knoppix
Part VI: Appendices
Appendix A. Setting Up a PC
Section A.1. Removing Your PC from Its Box
Section A.2. Choosing Your PC s Location
Section A.3. Plugging In Accessories
Section A.4. Activating Your PC and Windows Update
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PCs: The Missing Manual
ISBN: 0596100930
EAN: 2147483647
Year: 2005
Pages: 206
Authors:
Andy Rathbone
BUY ON AMAZON
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