Upgrading & Fixing Laptops DUMmIES

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In this part... A ll laptops are computers, but not all computers are laptops. Size matters. Though the basic design of a PC app ...

Chapter 1 Fielding the Guide to the Common Laptop In this chapter
Taking the measure of a laptop computer
Powering up for port ...

Calling Them Anything but Late for Supper ................................................. Way, way back in the ancient history ...

Lighter than a feather ............................................................................ Placed on a desk or on the f ...

hundred thousand miles by road, train, plane, cruise ship, and ferry boat to and from Europe, Asia, and every corner of the U.S. ...

Making a High-tech Power Play .................................................................... Over the history of laptops, ...

WiFi,about which you read a great deal more in Chapter 14, is the most common form of wireless communication used by laptops. Wi ...

effectlike NiMH units; that doesn’t mean that the older batteries would know you by name — it means that they used to lose their ...

Viewing with Clarity, Pointing with Precision............................................. Okay, I admit it: I’m not just an aut ...

Chapter 2 Chapter 2: How to Treat a Laptop .................................................................................. In ...

Obtain and maintain a good quality case that provides some cushioning for your laptop and protection against rain. If it’s reall ...

But the greatest danger in using a laptop on an airliner is the possibility that the person in front of you will suddenly push b ...

too much electricity. The danger comes in two forms: a power surge that could fry the battery charger/AC adapter or a jolt of st ...

When necessary, clean the LCD screen with a soft, lintless cloth barely moist- ened with water. Allow me to emphasize the high-t ...

And the most important four-step program for protecting the data stored on your laptop is this: Make a complete backup of data ...

or you may carry it with regularly to interoffice meetings or college lectures. Or your laptop may only get up and go a few time ...

You may prefer to use the automated facilities of Windows Briefcase or Synchronization Manager to automatically copy revised or ...

Use the Windows facilities or those of a cleanup utility to delete tempo- rary files (including those that have a .tmp extensio ...

You’re going to be amazed, or disgusted, at the amount of junk that flies out from beneath the keys; I do hope you are not eatin ...