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By Steve Bass
March 2005
Pages: 252
Series: Annoyances
ISBN 10: 0-596-00882-1 |
ISBN 13: 9780596008826
(Average of 5 Customer Reviews)
This revised version of the best-selling PC Annoyances covers the gamut of common PC gripes, including those related to Windows, hardware, email, Microsoft Office, and the Internet. It offers 50 additional pages of updated information guaranteed to get your system purring again. Ideal for PC users of all levels.
Full Description
- 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
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Second Edition: March 2005
Series:
Annoyances
ISBN: 0-596-00882-1
Pages: 252
Average Customer Reviews: (Based on 5 Reviews)
Featured customer reviews
PC Annoyances 2nd Ed - Review, May 20 2005
Just purchased 2nd edition (at one of the big bookstore chains) and I am really enjoying it. There are so many handy tools out there that are not always so easy to find. This book rocks!
PC Annoyances, 2nd Edition is a MUST HAVE, May 05 2005
I purchased the book PC Annoyances, 2nd Edition and I have to say I just love it. I thinks it is one of the best purchases I ever made. I am
really interested in computer security because I was hacked 4 years ago by the same person 3 times. Since then I have tried to learn everything I can about computer security.
This is by far one of the easiest books to understand. It gives you step by step instructions and the best part is all the links it gives you to free programs. I think one of my favorite programs is the one that makes
spammers think you do not exist because you can send them a fake bounce back email.
This is one book that I would totally recommend for everyone to purchase. Even people with little knowledge of computers will still understand this easy to read book.
Go get this book now!, May 02 2005
Go get this book - now. Mr. Bass has added new material to an already prize-worthy publication. For instance he has considerably expanded the Windows chapter which now includes XP service pack 2. And once again, even though I live in MS Office, I have to admit I learned a few gems!
There’s very little from the first edition missing in this second edition. That tells me PC annoyances are not going away, there are just more to come - a big “ouch” for us. But a big thanks to Steve Bass for once again creating a valuable reference that is also fun and entertaining. Unfortunately for us his work will never be done! Bravo Steve!
Paid for itself in five minutes!, April 25 2005
After reading PC Annoyances for only a couple of minutes, I had found solutions to several nagging problems. This book contains an excellent range of topics, and the side bars contain some really handy productivity enhancing tips and suggestions.
Great Reading! Great solutions to annoyances!, April 20 2005
Received your new book (PC Annoyances 2nd Ed) yesterday. I was going to wait a couple weeks after I returned from a trip to read it, but decided to give it a look-through. Am glad I did!
Some items that jumped out when just glancing through book: AOL, p.19+ (yes, I use AOL); Protect your system from dumb installations, p. 62; Skip the registration, p. 92; Buying Online? Play it safe, p. 93—and I could go on. Really like the extra info in the boxes too.
I’m going to take this book with me on the plane as my reading material. Thanks for writing it.
Media reviews
"...a must for any who wrestle with PC and Windows oddities and inconsistencies...PC Annoyances, 2nd Edition updates and adds important tips and insights to make your PC more user-friendly."
-- Diane Donovan, The Bookwatch
"A great resource for anyone who mans a help desk or otherwise fields questions about PC/Windows problems. At the price it is good value for all levels of user; information is easy to find with a detailed table of contents and well crafted index. The informal style makes it a great browse, even when you are not being annoyed."
-- Major Keary, Book News
"Author Steve Bass hits the nail on the head again with this updated compendium of fixes and tips for PC users. Get this book, and get things to work your way."
--Ed Laskowski, The Vista PC Journal, June 2005
"Ever been tempted to toss your PC out the window? Steve Bass knows just how you feel—and what's more, he's got the solution for that annoying problem in the pages of his PC Annoyances Second Edition...This is another gold-medal entry for your home PC bookshelf."
--DrPat, Blogcritics.org, April 2005
"Steve Bass has been through the PC school of hard knocks and through his research, has found a therapeutic way in which to vent his frustrations by attacking pet peeves not only with fixes, but with humor... How high is your computer-based pain threshold? Don’t fall prey to Computer Rage. We hate seeing technology being maltreated just because it sends you to the psychiatrist. There are an additional 120 new fixes to the WinTel pain game."
--Robert Pritchett, MacCompanion, July 2005
"Traversing PC Annoyances is a lot like flipping through a good magazine. As so much is covered, you’re bound to find something applicable to your PC experience...The breadth of information contained within the book is quite impressive, but what’s equally striking is the matter of fact, down to earth tone, Bass employs."
--Michael Benning, Blogcritics.org, May 2005
Praise for the previous edition:
"Annoyed with your PC? Fight back with this smart, funny, indispensable survival guide."
-Ed Bott, author, Microsoft Windows XP Inside Out and Special Edition Using Microsoft Office 2003
"PC Annoyances is packed with amazingly useful tips and tricks. Every flip through the book brings me to something useful that I'm glad to know and didn't before."
-Steve Gibson, security expert and author, ShieldsUP! and SpinRite
"Bass is the smartest and most entertaining technology writer covering personal computers today. This book is a guaranteed cure for whatever ails your PC, from the big errors that can bring a computer to its knees to the glitches that are more trivial but no less maddening."
-Kevin McKean, CEO and Editorial Director, InfoWorld magazine
"One of my current favorites....Bass delivers on the book's title by zeroing in on a handful of the most common and most aggravating problem areas in personal computing. Using clear language and everyday examples, Bass systematically tackles such knotty subjects ad e-mail, Windows, Web surfing, Windows Explorer, digital music and video, and more."
--John Moran, The Hartford Courant
"By concentrating on the annoyances-and the fixes-Steve Bass cleverly exposes the underlying richness of Windows and your everyday applications. Beyond boosting your own productivity and reducing your blood pressure, you'll be a hero to everyone around you!"
-Bill Machrone, Columnist and Contributing Editor, PC Magazine
"Steve Bass's book...is nothing less than a goldmine. It's a lighthearted, easy read that is also jam-packed with serious tips and tricks...PC Annoyances won't be gathering any dust on my living room bookshelf; it already has a handy home--right next to my PC!"
-Linda Webb, Greater Cleveland PC Users Group
"Jammed into 200 pages are tips, tricks and tirades that cover everything from codecs to crashes, Acrobat Reader to Zone Alarm, with humor and the kind of advice that will keep you running to the keyboard to try out each new pointer."
--James Coates, Chicago Tribune
"One of the best darned all-around PC books I've seen in a long time."
--Linda Gonse, reader review
