Product Description

Each year, thousands of harmless PCs suffer the pain and humiliation of buggy Windows installations, bad cable connections, mismanaged system resources, viruses, spam infestations, poor backups and evil hackers. All too often, these downtrodden PCs end up being scrapped before their time by owners who just can't care for them any longer. The real travesty is that with a little love, these wounded PCs could become useful members of society again. That's where Leo Laporte's Guide to Safe Computing comes in. Part medical dictionary, part how-to, this book walks users through the symptoms to diagnose and treat the problem.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #310546 in Books
• Published on: 2005-12-01
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 743 pages

About the Author

Leo Laporte is a weekend radio host on Los Angeles radio KFI AM 640 and co-hosts Call for Help on Canada's TechTV network. He also appears regularly on many other television and radio programs including Live with Regis and Kelly as "The Gadget Guy."

Mark Edward Soper has taught computer troubleshooting and other technical subjects to thousands of students from Maine to Hawaii since 1992. He is a longtime contributor to Upgrading and Repairing PCs, working on the 11th though 16th Editions. Andy Walker is one of North America's top technology journalists. Since 1995, he has written about personal computer technology for dozens of newspapers, magazines and web sites.