Presents ways to understand your PC, step-by-step directions for diagnosing and solving problems, secrets for making your PC behave, and ways to have more fun. This work helps you: learn your PC's CPU speed, RAM, and hard drive size, decide what you need to upgrade, and replace outdated hardware and add new features.

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Acknowledgements.Author Bios.Introduction.PART I.1. Analyzing Your PC.2. Upgrading Your PC.3. Buying a New PC.4. Connecting to the Internet.PART II.5. Installing Peripherals.6. Using Digital Music Players.7. Troubleshooting.PART III.8. Microsoft Word.9. Mircosoft Excel.10. Microsoft Outlook.11. Microsoft Works 8.12. Quicken.Appendix: Glossary.Index.