What can you do with your new PC? The sky’s the limit! Absolute Beginner’s Guide to Computer Basics will show you how to set up and configure your PC, including how to connect to the Internetmusichorsepower, you’ll even learn how to upgrade your PC and add new peripherals. It’s all easy, thanks to Michael Miller’s step-by-step instructions and helpful advice! to your iPod, burn your own custom CDs, watch DVD movies, write letters and memos, balance your checkbook, and create show-stopping presentations. And if you need more computing . Then you’ll learn how to fix your digital photos, create digital scrapbooks, download digital

Now updated for both Windows Vista™ and Windows® XP, Absolute Beginner’s Guide to Computer Basics will have you using your new PC in no time! Here’s a preview of

what you’ll find inside:
Learn how to set up and configure your new computer, and install new computer hardware and software
Get the scoop on how to work with Microsoft Windows XP or Windows Vista, and how to personalize it just for you
Learn how to use the most popular computer programs—including Microsoft® Word, Microsoft® Works, Microsoft® Money, and Quicken
Connect to the Internet for web surfing, email, instant messaging, blogging, and podcasts—and create your own MySpace page
Become a digital media pro—learn to work with digital camerasDVDs and photos, download and listen to digital music, and burn your own CDs and
Find out how to protect your PC from spam, viruses, spyware, and computer attacks
Learn how to set up a wireless home network and share your Internet connection with multiple PCs

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