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Laptops All-in-One Desk Reference For Dummies- P72: Okay, I’ll admit it: I’ve got a strange biography. I’ve been a writer all my life. My first semi-pro job was sports editor of my high school newspaper. (Go Commodores!) After college I was a political reporter for daily newspapers in Ohio and New York (I covered four national nominating conventions and two Presidential campaigns) and a correspondent for The Associated Press. And then, in 1983, I gave in to my inner geek and became the first Executive Editor of PC Magazine, back in the days when most people asked, “What is a PC?”. | Contents at a Glance Chapter 1 Sweating the Hard ware Stuff .685 Giving Your Laptop a Devising a Solution with Device Driver Follow That Chapter 2 Knowing When Good Software Goes Bringing Big Problems via Tiny Calling for Help with Remote Playing Doctor with Microsoft Office Searching for Meaning in Software Error Chapter 1 Sweating the Hard Ware Stuff In This Chapter Putting your laptop on the doctor s couch Mastering Device Manager Working with device drivers Running a diagnostics program on the hardware 1 . t was working just fine yesterday. The screen was bright and shiny the hard disk purred like a happy kitten and the WiFi was wide and fine. But now your laptop is doing an imitation of a black plastic box. Nothing works and neither do you. Before you take drastic action throwing a fit throwing a screwdriver or throwing it away read this chapter and the next to see if a solution will bring your plastic box back to life. You should ask one question first. Not What s the meaning of life The ultimate question is this What s changed since the last time your laptop worked properly Before you do anything else try shutting down your machine. Count to five and then turn it back on. If you re lucky a simple reboot will get you past an occasional situation where an extremely uncommon combination of events results in a problem. If the problem comes back immediately or comes back on a regular basis proceed to look for a cure. Was your laptop struck by lightning Did it tumble to the floor from the top of a 12-foot staircase Was there a splashdown into a pool of water Was it abducted by aliens and inspected with strange probes Did your 6-year-old try to insert a peanut butter sandwich into the CD drive If Yes is the answer to one of these catastrophic questions then you have a pretty good idea of where to look for a solution What got fried broken soaked or gummed up A .