The Ultimate Guide to Troubleshooting Your PC - November 2008

To many people, PCs are great for getting your jobs done. But when things go wrong, they can turn out to be one of the most complicated things that we own. In Computeractive's guide to PC Troubleshooting, we'll explain to users how they can overcome common problems so that they'll be back up and running as soon as possible.

Content:

We'll also look at the preventative tasks that can help keep you problem free – and even make your PC perform better – as well as providing step by step guides to some of the more serious issues that sometimes affect the home PC.

The basics
We'll be looking at the most common problems, including internet issues, and startup problems, giving readers a quick fix for many faults.

Maintenance
Keeping your PC trouble free needn't be a hassle – we'll show how you can stop problems before they occur.

Performance
PC running slowly? In our performance section, we'll explain how you can extend the life of your PC with simple tricks.

Power tips
If you have serious problems, we'll have that covered too, with step by step guides to system recovery, making rescue disks and using advanced tools to get back up and running.

SOFTWARE:
Disk tools; backup and restore; system information and diagnostics; registry tools; anti-virus; anti-spyware

SERVICES:
Virus and spyware subscriptions