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Product Description: SEE IT DONE. DO IT YOURSELF.   It’s that Easy! Easy Microsoft Windows 7 teaches you the fundamentals of working with Microsoft’s latest operating system. Fully illustrated steps with simple instructions guide you through every task, building the skills you need to master Windows 7 with ease...read more

Product Description: The Shot Doctor is a new kind of digital photography book that focuses on the “how-to” and less on the “how it works” or the technology behind the camera. This book is designed to be small enough to fit in your back pocket or in a camera bag...read more

Product Description: For most Windows Vista users, Media Center is unknown territory. Unleashing Microsoft® Windows Vista® Media Center shows both newbies and experienced Media Center users how to use Media Center to experience music, photos, videos, movies, TV shows, and games in a whole new way...read more

Product Description: As the price of servers comes down to the level of desktop PCs, many small- and medium-sized businesses are forced to provide their own server setup, maintenance and support, without the high-dollar training enjoyed by their big corporation counterparts...read more

Provides information to diagnose and repair a variety of PC problems, including troubleshooting Windows, printers, multimedia devices, I/O ports, and Internet connections, and presents instructions on safely running a PC.

Provides information to diagnose and repair a variety of PC problems, including troubleshooting Windows, printers, multimedia devices, I/O ports, and Internet connections.

Product Description: Get the home of tomorrow, today! Absolute Beginner's Guide to Home Automation will help you turn your ordinary home into a high-tech haven. Want to schedule your lights to turn on while you're on vacation? Stuck late at work and want to start the roast you put in the crock pot this morning? You can make it all happen with the help of existing 110V electrical wiring in your home and this step-by-step tutorial...read more

This authoritative guide to home networking goes beyond traditional printer and Internet sharing and is geared to help readers understand how to use the home network to share and enhance entertainment and recreation, integrate business software to exploit telecommuting, and how to manage and control home lighting and security. Original. (All users)

Provides an illustrated guide to digital cameras and photography, covering such topics as camera features, shooting panoramic photographs, copying a photograph to a PDA, configuring the printer, and emailing photographs.

Product Description: Passing a test is one thing...mastering the field is another, and this book is the first step to mastering the world of PC hardware and operating systems. Mark Edward Soper not only shows you what you need to pass the tests, but also what you need to have an edge on the competition, on exam day and in the workplace...read more

A guide to upgrading PCs covers such topics as CPUs, RAM, video and sound cards, storage devices, printers, and home networking.

Examines the symptoms of troubled computers to diagnose and treat the problem, allowing readers to solve dilemmas including bad Windows installations, mismanaged system resources, viruses, and slow Internet connections. (view table of contents)

Product Description: At long last, there is a better solution to the painfully slow dial-up modem connection that has been your tether to the Internet. Cable Internet connections that once were expensive luxuries of living in big cities have become commonplace...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: Upgrading and Repairing PCs: Field Guide is a portable, "essentials" version of Upgrading and Repairing PCs, 13th Edition - the bestselling PC hardware book of all-time. Weighing less than half a pound, this tiny book packs a hefty punch - containing the essential information you need to upgrade and repair PCs, whether you're a hardcore pro or a weekend warrior...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

A beginner's guide to Internet connectivity explains how users can increase their online productivity by selecting, installing, troubleshooting, and optimizing the best high-speed Internet connection for their needs; describes the various connection options; and furnishes a helpful comparison chart and quick reference checklist help readers acquire the right hardware and services. Original. (Beginner) (view table of contents)

Product Description: The best of the best--all the essential reference tables and configuration settings without the bulk of the full version of Upgrading and Repairing PCs. This edition includes tables and charts on everything from BIOS settings to monitor sizing to jumper settings for corner peripherals IDE Drives to SCSI data-transfer rates and more! Troubleshooting and Error-code coverage includes AMI, Award, Phoenix, IBM and BIOS error codes, nonfatal system board errors, and personal computer Error Codes...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)