PC Annoyances: How to Fix the Most Annoying Things About Your Personal Computer - Softcover

Steve Bass

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0596005938 ISBN 13: 9780596005931

Publisher: O'Reilly Media, 2003

Synopsis

In every PC user's life, there's a point when desperate measures must be taken. Some push their PC off a pier or chuck it into a landfill. Others turn their former computing ally into a planter box. But don't give up on your PC yet--help is at hand.This easy to read, accessible book from PC World expert Steve Bass covers the waterfront of PC gripes and gremlins, with fixes for everything from Windows glitches to browsers that won't browse. These tips and tricks are served up in bite-sized portions for quick reading and even quicker fixing.Among the topics covered:

• Windows--King of Annoyances! You'll learn how to kick Windows in the rear, get past glitches, take charge of the interface, live with the dreaded activation, and more.
• Conquer your email, from Outlook to Eudora! Beat back spam, get inside info, avoid mailing lists, send big files, manage folders, and more, for a half dozen email programs.
• Master Microsoft Office. From little-known right-click wonders to backing up the unbackable to automating data entry, you'll find workarounds for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
• Wrassle with hardware--and win! Learn to wake up your DSL, tame your notebook, shut up your PC's fan, save your data, and save paper.
• Internet knots untied! Shake up IE, stop Flash, outsmart defaults, control Favorites, add the Google toolbar to Netscape, and more.

Plus, you get access to more than one hundred utilities that will help you squash bugs, enhance your email, untangle a system snarl, and much more.If your PC has ever annoyed you (do we see several billion raised hands?), PC Annoyances is for you. With the flip of a page or two, you can fix that faux pas and have your PC purring again.

About this title

From the Inside Flap

"Annoyed with your PC? Fight back with this smart, funny, indispensable survival guide."
--Ed Bott, author "Microsoft Windows XP Inside Out" and "Special Edition Using Microsoft Office 2003"

"If something bugs you (or, more to the point, your PC), check this book to see if there's a way out. Steve's light tone and spot-on analysis will set you straight, without putting you to sleep.
--Woody Leonhard, Publisher, Woody's Watch ezines; author, Office Annoyances, Excel Annoyances, Word Annoyances, and Outlook Annoyances.

"PC Annoyances is packed with amazingly useful tips and tricks. Every flip through the book brings me to something useful that I'm glad to know and didn't before."
--Steve Gibson, security expert and author of ShieldsUP! and SpinRite.

By concentrating on the annoyances--and the fixes--Steve Bass cleverly exposes the underlying richness of Windows and your everyday applications. Beyond boosting your own productivity and reducing your blood pressure, you'll be a hero to everyone around you!
--Bill Machrone Columnist and Contributing Editor, PC Magazine

If there's one thing Steve Bass knows about, it's computers and their problems. This book is chock full of ways to put you in a better mood!
--Jim Louderback, Editor-in-Chief, Editor In Chief, Ziff Davis Media Internet Properties

Personal computers are the most annoying gadgets ever invented. Steve Bass's practical guide for taming these beasts is a must-have for all Windows users.
--Richard M. Smith Internet Consultant and PC Industry Gadfly

Bass is the smartest and most entertaining technology writer covering personal computers today. This book is a guaranteed cure for whatever ails your PC, from the big errors that can bring a computer to its knees to the glitches that are more trivial but no less maddening.
--Kevin McKean, CEO and Editorial Director, InfoWorld magazine

Steve Bass makes even the most complicated PC issue simple and fun to read.
--Brian Livingston, editor of BriansBuzz.com

About the Author

Steve Bass is a long-time popular staff writer at PC World Magazine and is the president of the Pasadena IBM Users Group.

Edition details

• Publisher: O'Reilly Media
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0596005938
• ISBN 13: 9780596005931
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 208