In every PC user's life, there's a point when desperate measures must be taken. Some push their PC off a pier or chuck it into a landfill. Others turn their former computing ally into a planter box. But don't give up on your PC yet--help is at hand. This easy to read, accessible book from PC World expert Steve Bass covers the waterfront of PC gripes and gremlins, with fixes for everything from Windows glitches to browsers that won't browse. Each fix is served up in bite-sized portions for quick reading--and even quicker fixing. A revised version of its best-selling predecessor, the 2nd edition offers 50 additional pages and over 120 new fixed annoyances. This reader-friendly book tackles problems related to a wide-ranging number of topics:

• Windows--King of Annoyances! learn how to kick Windows in the rear, overcome glitches, take charge of the interface, live with the dreaded Service Pack 2

• Hardware--wake up your DSL, tame your notebook, silence your PC's fan, work wonders with your scanner, and save paper

• Email--from Outlook to Eudora! Defeat spam, avoid mailing list hassles, send big files, manage folders

• Microsoft Office--learn workarounds for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint that help you back up the unbackable and automate data entry

• Internet--shake up IE, stop Flash, outsmart defaults, control Favorites, add the Google toolbar to Netscape

Plus, you get access to more than one hundred utilities that will help you squash bugs, enhance your email, untangle a system snarl, and much more. If your PC has ever annoyed you (do we see several billion raised hands?), PC Annoyances is for you. With the flip of a page or two, you can fix that faux pas and have your PC purring again.

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Average Amazon.com® Rating:  Based on 28 Ratings

Helped some, not updated for my old Windows XP - 2010-02-05
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Maybe because I had a copy of an earlier version, I was expecting the new edition to be more helpful. Some of the tips that should have been specific to my Windows XP, did not seem to be exactly correct. In other words, some things that I wanted to fix with the tips that this book promised didn't work. Maybe it was me, but I was a little disappointed. Some things did work and were probably worth the cost of the book.

SAVE YOUR MONEY - 2010-01-05
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This book is so outdated as to be useless. It should be removed from sale. Written in 2002 and an alleged second edition in 2005, the latest Windows information included deals with XP service pack 2. You'll also find information on HOT topics like "EUDORA" etc. I probably would have found this useful, LIKE 8 YEARS AGO!!!

PC Annoyances - 2009-09-23
Reviewer Rating:
It is good for Windows Systems thru XP but was written before Vista and is no good for thatPC Annoyances, Second Edition

Worth the money - 2007-02-25
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I was so impressed by this book when I checked it out from the library I realized I had to have a copy of my own for those times when problems crop up that drive me toward the deep end. This book does what it claims. Though it won't answer all of your problems (what book would), it's easy to understand and can provide simple solutions to what seem like complex problems. It also gives the reader various references and free helpful programs on-line. I highly recommend it.

Not a technical manual - 2007-02-03
Reviewer Rating:
OK for the nontechnical XP users. Most of these hints have been published elsewhere but it is a nice collection.

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