The PC Doctor's Fix-it-yourself Guide

by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes


447 pages

ISBN: 0072255536,
Division: Professional,
Price: £14.99,
Pub Date: AUG-04,
Edition: 01

Format: SOFT BACK

Brief...

Key Features

1. Teaches skills to record and edit one's own music
2. Teaches to mix within Pro Tools using plug-ins and automation
3. Teaches to organize and back up your work like a pro
4. Import a session from the included CD-ROM and perform drum edits, guitar and bass fixes, and multi-track song edits
5. Covers Macintosh and Windows
6. The author is a veteran producer, engineer, and musician. He owns his own studio and has worked with a variety of artists including R.E.M., Cowboy Junkies, The Indigo Girls, and Widespread Panic.
7. Peter Buck of R.E.M. will write the book"s foreword
   

Description

Get advice and solutions for solving myriad of your PC problems, including expert tips on researching solutions on your own. Learn how to maintain your computer, keeping it in good working condition, plus how to upgrade and install new software safely. Troubleshoot Linux, Windows, and personal devices, use the internet effectively as a problem-solving tool, get up to speed on computer security, and set up small home and wireless networks. The companion Web site provides additional support.

Author Biography

Adrian W. Kingsley-Hughes is a technical director and consultant for a UK computer company specializing in the integration of IT and Internet technologies into current work practices. He is basing the core of this book on his experiences developing, teaching and carrying out subsequent updates of a class he has taught with Barnes and Noble University --'Caring for Your PC'. Adrian has written technical books for Wrox Press, Active Path, Sybex and Macmillan, and has been developing training materials and courses for more than 5 years. He is currently involved in developing courses for Element K producing courses and materials used by many Fortune 500 companies and leading universities

Take full advantage of all the powerful features of this book.

Part I: Overview

1 What's What-the Anatomy of a PC
2 Files and Folders
3 Improving on Perfection
4 Safe Computing
5 Helping Yourself
6 What You Need to Fix-It-Yourself-and Stay Safe

Part II: The Details: Hardware

7 The PC Case and the Power Supply
8 Motherboard, RAM, CPU, and BIOS
9 Hard Drives and Floppy Drives
10 Other Data Storage Devices
11 Monitors and Graphics Adapters
12 Expansion Cards
13 Networking
14 Connections
15 Input Devices

Part III: The Details: Software and Data

16 File System Care
17 Backup
18 Improving Performance and Stability
19 Making More of the Internet

Part IV: Appendixes

Appendix A Glossary of Common PC Terms and Abbreviations
Appendix B Websites
Appendix C Tools
Appendix D Common File Extensions

Review

Arranging the fixing of PC problems can becom a night mare. You need a good friend? In a helpdesk you must rely on knowledge transfer and a powerful helpdesk tool.

In a long career as project consultant I saw many helpdesks being set up from scratch. Teams often coming from a mainframe background hence little PC trouble shooting experience at hand.

One of the worst loss of productivity is when users start fixing their own PC. Things often go so wrong that only fresh installation helps

This book is well set up as the reader will get power at hand. I would like to recommend this book to a musicians and consultants in the media field.