The Beginner's Guide to Fixing Your PC: How to Solve the Commonest Computer Problems

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The Beginner's Guide to Fixing Your PC: How to Solve the Commonest Computer Problems

Author(s): Pete Neale and Geoff Stevens (Author)

  • Publisher: Summersdale
  • Publication Date: 4 Aug. 2008
  • Language: English
  • Print length: 256 pages
  • ISBN-10: 1840245964
  • ISBN-13: 9781840245967

Book Description

The computer won’t work. Before you pick up the phone or take it to the nearest repair shop, use this book. It could save you hours of frustration, not to mention money and lost days of work.

In an easy-to-follow format, it deals with everything from everyday problems to major disasters. It also recommends ways to avoid trouble, from firewalls to dealing with phishing. A check list and avoidance tips will ensure that even if you’re a beginner, you’ll have a solution at your fingertips.

Editorial Reviews

Review

‘Don’t panic… could easily save you it’s [sic] £5.99 cover price the first time you use it.’ — All that Women Want e-zine, August 20, 2008

‘In easy to follow format… and at £5.99 is just too good to ignore.’
Bookseller, March 14 2008

‘This book is something every computer owner should have by their PC.’ — Publishing News, March 14 2008

‘Within moments of picking up this (surprisingly inexpensive) book I had learned something I had forgotten or never known.’ — Barry Fox, Contributing Editor, Europe, Consumer Electronics Daily

‘could save hours of frustration and, possibly save on expensive IT-expert call-out fees… written in friendly, easy-to-understand language’
Young Scot website, October 13 2008

‘easy to understand… could be a godsend during that crucial moment of despair.’
Middleton and North Manchester Guardian, September 25, 2008

`This book is to stop you throwing your home computer through a window when things go wrong… easy to understand.’ — Middleton & North Manchester Guardian, September 25, 2008

`This pocket-size book is written… by two IT experts who know how to explain things to non-geek human beings.’ — Lincolnshire Today, September 2008

`get this book… whether you’re an IT wiz or a complete idiot [with] computers… this will help you out. — Fresh Direction, October 28, 2008

`written by IT experts in friendly, easy-to-understand language.’ — About My Generation, December 2008

Review

‘This book is something every computer owner should have by their PC.’

Review

‘In easy to follow format… and at £5.99 is just too good to ignore.’

Review

‘written in a friendly, easy-to-understand language by two IT experts who know how to explain things to non-geek human beings’

`This book is to stop you throwing your home computer through a window when things go wrong… easy to understand.’

Book Description

‘could save hours of frustration and, possibly save on expensive IT-expert call-out fees… written in friendly, easy-to-understand language’

About the Author

Pete Neale started his career in programming in 1970 as part of a University of Texas experiment to see if teenagers could understand computers and has been more or less glued to the keyboard ever since. He has worked in programming, software design, and technical support and is currently a freelance web programmer. Geoff Stevens entered the IT industry in 1979, as a COBOL programmer. When working as an IBM mainframe administrator in 1983, he first got his hands on an IBM PC. Since 1987, he’s used personal computers on a daily basis to manage and develop software and systems. He currently works as a Senior Software Developer, and is a Member of the British Computer Society.

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