PCs for Dummies Fifth Edition Author:Dan Gookin As you can imagine, best-selling ...For Dummies® author Dan Gookin stays mighty busy keeping up with the ever-changing technology of personal computers. Now, in this completely updated fifth edition of his classic PCs For Dummies, Gookin brings you -- and your PC -- up to speed on everything from the Internet and faster modems ... more »to new Pentium microprocessing powerhouses and MMX multimedia accelerator chips. Gookin never flinches no matter how high the high-tech, and rest assured that he stays true to his mission of explaining computers in human terms while honestly appraising this or that ballyhooed bell or whistle. You don't have to read PCs For Dummies, 5th Edition, cover to cover: Just keep it handy whenever you need to know how to do such things as Set up PC hardware, whether its the CPU itself or a monitor, removable disk drive, printer, scanner, or modem Turn your PC on and off the right way (Don't laugh -- it makes a big difference.) Keep your files and folders well-organized -- and find what you need anyway when they're not Connect to your organization's LAN (Local Area Network) while you're in the office and even when you're working from home Install more RAM (Random Access Memory) so that your applications run faster and you can have more of them open at the same time Protect your precious PC from pernicious computer viruses Access the Internet and download files safely Troubleshoot everything from a stubbornly blank screen to a document that just won't print right« less