PCs for dummies /
Overview: The bestselling PC reference on the planet-now available in its 13th edition. Completely updated to cover the latest technology and software, the 13th edition of PCs For Dummies tackles using a computer in friendly, human terms. Focusing on the needs of the beginning computer user, while a...
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Hoboken, New Jersey :
John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated,
[2016]
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| Edition: | Thirteenth edition. |
| Series: | --For dummies.
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction:
- What's new in this edition?
- Where to start
- Conventions used in this book
- Foolish assumptions
- Icons used in this book
- Where to go from here
- Part 1: Hello, PC!:
- What Is This Thing, This PC?:
- Some Quick Questions To Get Out Of The Way:
- What is a PC?
- Why not just use a tablet or smartphone instead of a PC?
- Should I buy a Dell?
- Will my computer explode?
- Basic Computer Concepts In Easily Digestible Chunks:
- What a computer does
- Hardware and software
- Buy Yourself A PC!:
- Step 1: What do you want the PC to do?
- Step 2: Find software
- Step 3: Match hardware to the software
- Step 4: Locate service and support
- Step 5: Buy it!
- What to do with an old computer
- Final thing to remember
- PC Knobs, Buttons, And Doodads Tour:
- Big picture
- All Around The Console:
- There is no typical console
- Major points of interest on the console, front
- Stuff found on the console's rump
- I/O panel
- Helpful hints, hieroglyphics, and hues
- PC Setup:
- Computer Assembly:
- Unpacking the boxes
- Setting up the console
- Plugging in and connecting
- Plugging-Things-In Guide:
- Attaching the keyboard and mouse
- Setting up the monitor
- Connecting to the network
- Adding a printer
- Hooking up the speakers
- It Must Have Power:
- Plugging everything into a power strip
- Taking advantage of a UPS
- Using the UPS (a short play)
- Both On And Off:
- Turn on your PC
- Windows, ahoy!
- Turn Off The Computer:
- Shutting down Windows
- Putting Windows to sleep
- Restarting the PC
- Signing out
- Reviewing other shutdown options
- Should You Leave Mr PC On All The Time?:
- I want to leave my computer off all the time
- I want to leave my computer on all the time
- Part 2: Nerd's-Eye View:
- Deep Inside The Console:
- Computer Guts:
- Looking under the hood
- Powering Mr computer
- Lurking on the motherboard
- Corralling all the mass storage devices
- King Processor:
- Understanding the processor's role
- Naming PC processors
- Measuring processor speed
- Discovering your PC's processor
- Your Computer Is Also A Timepiece:
- Viewing the date and time
- Using the Internet to set the clock
- PC Memory:
- What is computer memory?
- Tasty chocolate memory chips
- Memory, one byte at a time
- Memory Q & A:
- How much memory is in my PC right now?
- Do I have enough memory?
- Does my PC have enough memory?
- Can I test whether my PC has enough memory?
- Can I add memory to my PC?
- Will the computer ever run out of memory?
- What is virtual memory?
- What is video memory?
- What about shared video memory?
- Mass Storage System:
- PC's Mass Storage System:
- Surveying the mass storage landscape
- Identifying the primary storage device
- Finding mass storage devices
- Inserting a media card or thumb drive
- Inserting an optical disc
- Ejecting media
- Adding more storage
- Mass Storage Alphabet:
- Handing out drive letters
- Exploring drive icons and names
- Checking drive capacity
- Using mass storage
- Accessing removable media
- Merry Monitor Mayhem:
- PC's Graphics System:
- Minding the monitor
- Discovering the display adapter
- Show Me What Ya Got:
- Measuring a monitor
- Connecting the monitor to the PC
- Reading monitor messages
- Working the monitor's controls
- Windows Controls What You See:
- Setting resolution
- Adding a second monitor
- Orienting the monitor
- Input This!:
- Meet Mr Keyboard:
- Attaching a keyboard
- Examining the typical PC keyboard
- Using modifier keys
- Changing keyboard behavior keys
- Touring some useful keys
- Understanding strange keys
- Understanding keys for math
- Controlling the keyboard in Windows
- Say "Eeek!" To The Mouse:
- Connecting the mouse
- Reviewing basic mouse parts
- Exploring mouse species
- Moving the mouse
- Changing mouse settings
- Touchscreen Input:
- Using basic touchscreen techniques
- Typing on a touchscreen
- System Expansion:
- It's a port
- Versatile USB Port:
- Understanding USB cables
- Connecting a USB device
- Working with USB-powered gizmos
- Removing a USB device
- Using hubs to expand the USB universe
- Expansion Slots:
- Shopping for expansion cards
- Adding an expansion card
- Bluetooth Thing:
- Checking for Bluetooth
- Controlling Bluetooth in Windows
- Pairing a Bluetooth peripheral
- Reviewing paired devices
- Un-pairing a Bluetooth device
- P Is For Printer:
- Printer, The Paper, The Document Maker:
- Surveying the printer landscape
- Touring the typical printer
- Using the printer's control panel
- Drinking ink
- Eating paper
- Choosing the proper paper
- Where The Printer Meets The PC:
- Connecting the printer
- Finding printers in Windows
- Setting the default printer
- Printer Operation:
- Printing something
- Stopping a printer run amok
- PC Audio Abilities:
- Noisy PC: Setting up speakers
- Using headphones
- Exploring microphone options
- Sound Control In Windows:
- Configuring the speakers
- Configuring the microphone
- Enabling the microphone
- Adjusting the volume
- Windows goes bleep
- It Listens:
- Recording our own sounds
- Dictating to the PC
- Part 3: Basic Computing:
- Relevant Parts Of Windows:
- What's an operating system?
- Windows And Its Gooey, Glorious Graphical Interface:
- Starting at the desktop
- Working the taskbar
- Accessing the start menu
- Looking at the notifications area
- Summoning the action center
- Settings And Controls:
- Using the settings app
- Visiting the control panel
- Programs On Your PC:
- Software nomenclature
- Run That Program:
- Hunting down programs in Windows
- Starting an app from tablet mode
- Finding a program when you know its name
- Pinning a program
- Install And Remove Programs:
- Obtaining software from the Internet
- Installing a program from external media
- Uninstalling a program
- Fun With Files And Folders:
- Behold The File!:
- Describing a file
- Creating a new file
- Understanding the filename extension
- Folder Folderol:
- Understanding subfolders and parent folders
- Finding a place for your stuff
- Making a new folder
- Working with folders in the open and save as dialog boxes
- Manage Files Because They Can't Manage Themselves:
- Selecting files
- Manipulating files
- Finding files lost, missing, or dead
- Life On The Cloud:
- Cloud thing
- Cloud Storage:
- Adding a cloud storage service
- Copying a file to cloud storage
- Accessing cloud storage from another device
- Online Media:
- Keeping your pictures on cloud storage
- Accessing cloud storage pictures
- Sharing a picture from cloud storage
- Listening to your cloud music
- Weird World Of Networking:
- Why network?
- Network Hardware:
- Reviewing the network configuration
- Setting up a gateway
- Network Connection:
- Connecting to a wired network
- Connecting to a wireless network
- Connecting to a hidden Wi-Fi network
- Checking the network type
- Resetting the network type
- Disconnecting from a network
- Forgetting a Wi-Fi connection
- On The Network:
- Accessing a network folder
- Mapping a network drive
- Sharing a folder
- Accessing shared media
- Activating media sharing on your PC
- Part 4: Your Digital Life:
- Internet Refresher:
- What is the Internet?
- Internet access
- It's A World Wide Web We Weave:
- Finding another web browser
- Locating the web browser commands
- Going undercover on the web
- Browsing tips
- Printing web pages
- Searching-the-web tips
- Get Stuff From A Web Page:
- Saving an image from a web page
- Copying text from a web page
- Sharing a web page
- Email Messages:
- Understanding email acronyms
- Finding an email program
- Hello, Other Gizmo:
- AutoPlay:
- Dealing with another device
- Manually summoning AutoPlay
- Setting AutoPlay options
- Connect Something To Your PC:
- Importing images
- Getting video into you PC
- Ripping music from a CD
- Images Digital:
- Image Resolution:
- Understanding resolution
- Setting resolution
- Digital camera tips
- Scanner:
- Introducing the scanner
- Scanning an image
- Picture Files:
- Storing pictures in Windows
- Viewing pictures in Windows
- Printing your digital photos
- Changing picture file formats
- Electronic Entertainment:
- PC Movies:
- Storing video in Windows
- Viewing a video
- Uploading a video to YouTube
- Sharing your videos
- Your PC Is A TV:
- Getting a TV tuner
- Watching Internet TV
- Your TV is a PC
- Your PC Is Your Stereo:
- Enjoying music from the stream
- Running Windows media player
- Part 5: Security And Maintenance:
- System Security:
- Tools to fight the bad guys
- Take Action Against The Barbarian Hoard:
- Finding the action center
- Setting up the Windows Firewall
- Protecting the PC with Windows Defender
- Paying attention to the UAC warnings
- System Privacy Settings:
- Setting the screen saver lock
- Reviewing Windows 10 privacy options
- Latest Version:
- Updating and upgrading
- Updating Windows
- That All-Important Safety Copy:
- File You Had Yesterday:
- Obtaining an external backup device
- Configuring Windows 10 file history
- Setting up Windows 7 backup
- Recovering a previous version of a file
- Restoring files from a backup
- Exploring Internet backup utilities
- Compressed Folder Archives:
- Compressing files
- Working with a compressed folder
- Installing software from a compressed folder
- Maintenance Chores:
- Storage Utilities:
- Freeing storage space
- Checking for errors
- Running defrag
- Network troubleshooting
- Manage The PC's Power:
- Setting power options in Windows 10
- Configuring a power management plan
- Adding the hibernate option
- Windows 10 do-over
- Part 6: Part Of Tens:
- Ten PC Commandments:
- Thou shalt not fear thy PC
- Thou shalt save thy work
- Thou shalt back up thy files
- That shalt not open or delete things unknownst
- Thou shalt not be a sucker
- Thou shalt use antivirus software, yea verily, and keepeth it up-to-date
- Thou shalt upgrade wisely
- Thou shalt compute at a proper posture
- Thou shalt keepeth Windows up-to-date
- Thou shalt properly shut down windows
- Ten Things Worth Buying For Your PC:
- Mouse pad and wrist pad
- External mass storage
- Cleaning materials
- Internal expansion
- USB hub and cables
- Better keyboard and mouse
- Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS)
- Headset
- Scanner
- Thumb drives and media cards
- Ten Tips From A PC Guru:
- Remember that you're in charge
- Mind who "helps" you
- Give yourself time to learn
- Create separate accounts
- Mind what you download
- Organize your files
- Don't reinstall Windows
- Shun the hype
- Keep on learning
- Remember not to take this computer stuff too seriously
- Index.