• Title: Help! My Computer is Broken (How do I Fix It?)
• Authors: Barry Collins
• Publisher: Raspberry Pi Press (December 11, 2020)
• Hardcover/Paperback: 148 pages
• eBook: PDF (144 pages)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 191204790X
• ISBN-13: 978-1912047901
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Book Description

Want to know how to fix common computer problems, without having to wade through technical jargon? Or are you the family on-call technical support person, and need a bit of help?

This book takes the most common computer problems and tells you how to fix them. It’s as simple as that! If you’ve ever wondered why your laptop won’t turn on, you can’t get a WiFi connection, your printer isn’t printing, or why everything is so slow – well, this is your book ...

• Why can't my computer see my printer?
• Why is there no sound coming from my computer's external speakers?
• Why are games running really slowly on my computer?
• My computer keeps crashing – how do I start in safe mode?
• How do I stop my computer going to sleep when I leave the room for ten minutes?
• And many more!

• Barry Collins has been a technology journalist for more than 20 years. He's written for most of the UK’s leading tech publications, and he is a former editor of PC Pro as well as former assistant editor of the Sunday Times‘ technology section.

• Computer Hardware, Personal Computers
• Computer System, Organization, and Architecture
• Raspberry Pi

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