Troubleshooting Your PC For Dummies
Chapter One
It's Not Your Fault! Well, It Might
Be Your Fault (How to Tell
Whether It's Your Fault)
In This Chapter
* Discovering whether it's your fault
* Investigating what causes PC problems
* Emotionally dealing with a crash
During my 20-odd years of helping folks use their computers, I have
noticed one unfortunate and common belief:
People tend to blame themselves for just about anything that goes wrong
inside a PC.
This is not always true, of course. Computers crash for a number of reasons,
and most of the time it's really not your fault. Yet, when the computer sometimes
does something strange or unexpected, even I catch myself saying
"What did I do now?"
Alas, the sad truth is that with a computer, you should expect the unexpected.
So, before you plan on doing any troubleshooting, please set the proper frame
of mind. Rather than immediately jump to the what-have-I-done? co ... read full excerpt from Troubleshooting Your PC For Dummies ebook
