The Healthy PC: Preventive Care and Home Remedies for Your Computer (Repost)

Learn routine maintenance as well as desktop basics, hard drive care and defragmentation, and plenty more to make your PC more efficient and keep it running smoothly. Learn software management, tame the Internet, secure your machine, deal with downloads, and much more.

Solve everyday PC problems, improve performance and speed, and protect yourself from malicious attacks with the helpful tips in this user-friendly guide. Easy-to-follow "recipes" show you, click-by-click, how to prevent computer catastrophes and recover completely from unavoidable disasters. If you've had a hard time understanding other computer guides, you'll love this book's clear, accessible approach. PC guru Carey Holzman dispels common myths and explains complicated issues in language that anyone can understand, regardless of their computer experience. Don't be held hostage by hackers or overpaid computer technicians. Learn how to maintain and upgrade your own PC and have fun in the process.

Inside, you'll learn to:

Avoid disasters caused by computer viruses, hackers, and hard disk crashes
Use Scandisk and Defragment to find and repair hard drive problems before it's too late
Remove spyware, Trojan horses, unnecessary temp files, and unused programs
Eliminate pop-ups, spam, email hoaxes, and unwanted Internet solicitations
Manage cookies, temporary Internet files, and Web browser preferences
Defend against worms and Denial-of-Service attacks with firewall and anti-virus software
Understand and optimize DMA, Active Desktop, animations, fonts, and swap files
Tweak power and hardware settings, screen savers, and start-up routines
Back up and restore Windows configurations, files, and applications
Obtain and install Windows, application, and driver upgrades
Optimize your Internet connection