PCs For Dummies - Softcover

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Dan Gookin has been writing about technology for over 20 years. He has contributed articles to numerous high-tech magazines and written over 110 books on personal computers, many of them accurate.
Dan combines his love of writing with his gizmo fascination to create books that are informative, entertaining, and not boring. Having sold more than 14 million titles translated into over 30 languages, Dan can attest that his method of crafting computer tomes seems to work.
Perhaps his most famous title is the original DOS For Dummies, published in 1991. It became the world’s fastest-selling computer book, at one time moving more copies per week than the New York Times #1 bestseller (though, as a reference, it could not be listed on the NYT bestseller list). That book spawned the entire line of For Dummies books, which remains a publishing phenomenon to this day.
Dan’s most popular titles include Word 2007 For Dummies, Laptops For Dummies, and Troubleshooting Your PC For Dummies (all published by Wiley). He also maintains the vast and helpful Web page www.wambooli.com.
Dan holds a degree in communications/visual arts from the University of California, San Diego. Presently, he lives in the Pacific Northwest, where he enjoys spending time with his sons in the gentle woods of Idaho.

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Here's a place where computer gurus speak English!

Get going with Vista, connect peripherals, and secure your stuff painlessly

Nobody's better at introducing you to your first PC than Dan Gookin! Here's what you need to know (and might not want to ask) from what plugs into what to adjusting your monitor to burning DVDs, installing a firewall, going online, and living the digital life. It's all in plain English, and you might even find that it's fun!

• Set up and configure your PC

• Store your stuff on memory cards

• Manage your PC's power

• Record live TV and download digital photos

• Connect to a wireless network

• Explore the Internet safely