Overview
Trouble with the Windows operating system on your home PC? Confounded by error messages? With this handy Troubleshooting guide, it’s easy to pinpoint and solve your own software problems. Fast! Each section opens with a troubleshooting chart to help quickly diagnose the source of the problem. It offers clear, step-by-step solutions to try right away, plus a full chapter of things to do to stay out of trouble or learn a new trick. Continuous support via the Troubleshooting "Latest Solutions" Web site monthly updates provides additional problem solving information. Books in the Troubleshooting series are colorful, superbly organized, and easy to read, giving even novice users the confidence to fix it themselves without calling tech support or wasting time on futile trial and error. This book covers troubleshooting for Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows 98 Second Edition, and Windows Me.Editorials
From Barnes & Noble
The Barnes & Noble ReviewIf you're running Windows Me, 98, or 95, we don't want to shock you, but hey -- they aren't perfect. Now Stephen W. Sagman has identified nearly 150 of the most common Windows problems, annoyances, and challenges -- and presented straight-to-the-point solutions.
The solutions run the gamut, from simple ("I can't empty the Recycle Bin") to terrifying ("I get a message about a Windows registry problem"). Sagman takes you from minor ("Icons are not where I left them") to maddening ("I can't connect to my Internet service provider").
Troubleshooting Microsoft Windows covers backups, the Windows desktop, downloading files, email, fax, finding missing files, audio problems, getting printers to work right, solving notebook PC problems with standby mode, fixing hangs at startup and shutdown, making network logons work, and even making Windows and your web browser run (a bit) faster.
Occasionally, of course, it's not a bug -- it's a feature. Sagman walks you through setting up your home network and sharing your Internet connection, and he shows you some interface tweaks that'll cut down on all the clicking you're doing (and maybe delay your repetitive stress injury a few more months)! If you run consumer Windows (e.g., not Windows 2000 or the forthcoming Windows XP), this is a great book to have around. (Bill Camarda)
Bill Camarda is a consultant and writer with nearly 20 years' experience in helping technology companies deploy and market advanced software, computing, and networking products and services. His 15 books include Special Edition Using Word 2000 and Upgrading & Fixing Networks For Dummies®, Second Edition.