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PCs: The Missing Manual | ||
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By Andy Rathbone |
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Missing CD-ROM
Introduction
Chapter 1: Inside Your PC
Memory testing programs:
Online programs for finding the right memory for your PC:
Power Supply Wattage Calculators:
Chapter 2: Keyboards and Mice
Chapter 3: Monitors and Video
Programs for adjusting CRT monitors:
Chapter 4: Printers
Chapter 5: Digital Cameras, Camcorders and Webcams
- Picasa 2
- Windows XP Movie Maker 2. Microsoft's update to Movie Maker, Movie Maker 2, comes with Windows XP's Service Pack 2, available from www.windowsupdate.com
- Microsoft's Timershot
Chapter 7: Sound
Chapter 8: Digital Music Players
MP3 tagging programs:
Chapter 9: Hard drives and floppy drives
(Note: The previous link takes you to a Web page that displays a line of computer code. Save the text on this Web page as a text file named "deletecompressoldfiles.reg," then double-click the saved file. When Windows asks if you want to add the information in the file to the Registry; click Yes.)
Hard drive diagnostic programs:
- Seagate's SeaTools Diagnostic Suite
- Maxtor/Quantum's PowerMax
- Western Digital's Data Lifeguard Diagnostic for Windows
- Fujitsu's ATA Diagnostic Tool
- IBM/Hitachi Drive Fitness Test
- Brian Kato's Restoration
- Darik's Boot and Nuke (DBAN)
Chapter 10: CD and DVD drives
Chapter 12: Email
Free Email programs:
Chapter 13: Surfing the Web
Password managers:
Chapter 14: Networking
Chapter 15: Security
Free anti-virus programs:
Free tools for removing specific viruses:
Firewall testing sites:
Anti-spyware programs:
Chapter 16: Fixing Common Problems
Undeleting deleted files:
Chapter 17: Advanced Troubleshooting
Appendix A:
Appendix B: Memory Cards and USB Drives
- Appendix B (PDF, 2.1MB)
USB drive travel kit:
- Abisource Word Processor
- Adobe PDF Reader
- Ad-Aware SE Personal
- CDex
- Cryptainer LE
- Password Safe
- Web browser
- XMPlay
- XnView
- Zero Assumption Digital Image Recovery
Appendix C: Other Cool Things You Can Do Online
- Appendix C (PDF, 1.2MB)
- WinHoldEm
Instant Messengers:
Other programs:
Appendix D: Dealing with Technical Support
- Appendix D (PDF, 214KB)
Appendix E: Packing a Laptop Bag
- Appendix E (PDF, 93KB)
- TiVoToGo
