Troubleshooting Your PC For Dummies

Find out what to do when good PCs go bad See how to test for problems, find the causes, and get back in business Don't be paralyzed by PC paranoia! Dan Gookin has been making PC hardware, software, and operating systems behave for years. This step-by-step guide answers your questions about getting out of PC predicaments, recognizing when you're headed for trouble, keeping Vista on the straight and narrow, and even preventing problems down the road. Discover how to: * Remove documents from the File menu * Recognize warning signs of hard drive failure * Stop a program that's misbehaving * Reclaim missing Internet passwords * Determine whether it's a hardware or software problem