Book Description
Degunking Your PC takes Paraglyph's unique "degunking" approach--an easy to follow, tried and true, 12 step method to get your PC and all your gadgets running in tip-top shape. It covers techniques for everything from tweaking your monitor to suit your needs, installing/uninstalling peripherals, to networking several computers without technical jargon. Is your wireless keyboard fighting with your wireless mouse? Do you really need to keep those desktop speakers? Don't know how to get rid of old drivers or where they are hiding? Do you know how to physically clean your hard drive, scanners, print heads, and monitors? Can you see the top and the underside of your desk or is it cluttered with devices and cables and unidentifiable wires? If this sounds familiar, you have some degunking to do! Learn about the joys and headaches of Wi-Fi networking, why good printers go bad, all about USB and FireWire and free yourself from cords. If you are still in the dial-up Dark !
Ages, you'll learn everything you need to know about Moving to DSL or cable. When it's finally time to say goodbye to your old devices, learn the proper way to donate, recycle or dispose of them and choose the right upgrades for your needs.
Publisher comments
Billions of PCs and various pieces of hardware – from simple printer cables to CD burners, monitors, printers, digital cameras, wireless devices and more – are sold each year in the U.S. and worldwide. With the wide range of devices functional and for fun available for your PC, it is easy to overload your desk (and hard drive) with a mess of devices and their attending software. Some devices have compatibility issues with others, and nothing is more frustrating than discovering the hard way that your wireless mouse conflicts with your wireless keyboard, or that you are bloating your memory and causing your PC performance to slow down just by uploading the gems from you digital camera. Degunking Your PC will show you the right way to install and use your devices for optimum performance, and now to keep computer gunk at bay.
