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Computer Guide

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Computer Guide

How many times have you wished you knew someone who could answer all your computer questions?

George Skarbek ’s popular Computer Guide is back! Extensively updated and re-written based on reader feedback, this latest edition is the next best thing to having a personal computer expert at your beck and call.

Answering questions from beginners to intermediate users, Computer Guide solves all your nagging problems and offers a wealth of information, such as:

E-mail solutions, including backing-up mail and transferring mail to a new computer
Finding and fixing startup errors
In-depth article on Internet security
Setting the spelling to Australian English
Setting up and securing wireless networks
Tips on digital imaging and scanning
Hints, tips and problem solving
Hosting a web site
Should I upgrade to Windows 7 from XP?
Should I upgrade to Windows 8 from XP?

As a result of asking readers what they would like to see in this edition, it also contains new information, including detailed sections on email and reviews of the best free software on the net. Also included are step-by-step tutorials explaining how to:

Recommend settings for scanning images
Record your LP or tape collections onto CDs
Improve productivity in Word and Excel as well as on the Internet

This updated 246 page book contains over 100 hints and tips with over 60 pictures and screen dumps. Even if this book fixes only one nagging problem, it will have been worth downloading!

A sample chapter with the Table of Contents and also the Index can be read online

You can purchase it as an e-book in PDF format for $17 and download it immediately. This PDF document uses cross-references that are linked to relevant topics. By utilising the bookmarks in the PDF reader you can quickly go to any article. In addition, any subject can be found immediately by simple search in the PDF document.

If you do not wish to give your credit card details over the Internet you can order by mail.

* The Computer Guide is based on material published in weekly columns in the computer section of The Age and Sydney Morning Herald. Also included are comprehensive articles written for the Melbourne PC User Group’s award winning magazine, PC Update.

To view back issues of the Q & A columns click on the year: 2006 2007 2008

For further details contact George Skarbek at info@skarbek.com.au