Learn routine maintenance as well as desktop basics, hard drive care and defragmentation, and plenty more to make your PC more efficient and keep it running smoothly. Learn software management, tame the Internet, secure your machine, deal with downloads, and much more. Author Robert J. Shimonski is an instructor at the Computer Career Center in Long Island, NY.

Author Biography

Carey Holzman (Phoenix, AZ) is the co-host of the longest running, nationally syndicated radio talk show on computers, Computer America. Now in its 19th broadcast season, Computer America airs Monday through Friday on the Business and the Lifestyle Talk Radio Networks on stations across the country and across the world, through the internet at ComputerAmerica.com. Holzman has written numerous articles for computer magazines and web-sites, has taught computer maintenance at his local college, and has done more than 200 presentations for computer user groups across the country. In addition, he runs his own computer repair business in Glendale, Arizona, where he has sold, upgraded, and repaired personal computers since 1991. He has also worked in telephone support, desktop support for companies such as Intel, and even fixed computers at Best Buy long before the Geek Squad existed. Carey Holzman considers himself a consumer advocate, always warning consumers about products/services to avoid and products/services to embrace.