Troubleshooting Windows - Softcover

Sagman, Stephen W.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0735611661 ISBN 13: 9780735611665

Publisher: Microsoft Press,U.S., 2001

Synopsis

Organized alphabetically by subject, this handbook is intended to help users without a help-desk staff diagnose and solve common computer problems. Each chapter starts with a flow chart and then goes on to provide more detailed information. Includes a quick reference to the top 20 problems with Windows (such as virus infection, missing files, etc.). Covers the Windows Millennium Edition, Windows 98, and Windows 95 operating systems. Sagman is a writer who covers subjects including graphics software, business applications, and online communications. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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Review

If there's justice in the world, Troubleshooting Microsoft Windows should put paid to those jokes comparing Microsoft Windows to a car that needs to be constantly restarted. This book explains in easy-to-understand terms that there's a lot more to Windows problem-solving than blind rebooting. It uses the same flow-chart structure typical of this series as a diagnostic aid and explains how to solve the problem with illustrated procedures. The flow charts are in one sense just tables of content arranged in an unusual but effective layout.

In a typical example, Troubleshooting Windows cheerfully diagnoses video problems. By following the branches of the video diagnostic tree, you can select the right solution from among two sidebar-size "Quick Fixes" and four more elaborate how-to spreads of a page or two each. The long spreads are fairly detailed procedures (in the "choose this, click that" style), supplemented by text that provides advice on unusual circumstances and alternative settings. A traditional table of contents up front provides easy reference to solutions for 20 common problems. --David Wall

Topics covered: Novice and intermediate-level problem-solving for Windows 95, Windows 98, and Windows Me. Modem connectivity, file management, hardware, networking, multimedia and other everyday troubles are covered.

Synopsis

Explains how to diagnose and troubleshoot common problems in Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows 98 Second Edition, and Windows Me.

Edition details

• Publisher: Microsoft Press,U.S.
• Publication date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0735611661
• ISBN 13: 9780735611665
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 352