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- Level: Beginner
- Duration: 04h 12m
- Release date: 2018-09-05
- Author: Dan Gookin
- Provider: Lynda
Help Yourself: Tech Tips
Description
Content
For basic IT issues, most users prefer to help themselves. If you are interested in troubleshooting your own computer issues, this series is the answer. The tips are equally useful to end users, small businesses that perform their own IT, and enterprise IT help desks that want to reduce Level 1 service tickets. Instructor Dan Gookin focuses on the Windows PC, covering topics related to hardware, networking, security, and the operating system itself. No preexisting knowledge is required.Because this is an ongoing series, viewers will not receive a certificate of completion.
- Operating System55m 45s
- Dealing with a bad sign-in02m 39s
- Doing a Windows checkup02m 45s
- Recovering a deleted file02m 54s
- Locating a lost file02m 34s
- Rolling back an update02m 17s
- Fixing a full hard drive04m 28s
- Controlling the taskbar02m 55s
- Speeding up a slow computer02m 48s
- Uninstalling software01m 40s
- Mapping a network drive02m 48s
- Managing desktop icons03m 12s
- Configuring system updates02m 13s
- Formatting media02m 22s
- Setting laptop power options03m 43s
- Setting desktop power options03m 21s
- Dealing with an unknown file type03m 55s
- Restarting the operating system02m 43s
- Renaming a group of files01m 41s
- Opening an unknown file attachment01m 48s
- Knowing when to call for help02m 59s
- Networking28m 58s
- Finding the PC's IP address02m 46s
- Understanding networking terms03m 08s
- Reviewing network layout02m 23s
- Troubleshooting the network connection02m 09s
- Managing Wi-Fi networks02m 15s
- Restarting the network02m 18s
- Checking network privacy01m 56s
- Accessing a shared folder02m
- Sharing a folder02m 10s
- Updating the Wi-Fi password01m 18s
- Checking your internet speed01m 27s
- Mapping a network drive02m 42s
- Working with a flakey Wi-Fi connection02m 26s
- Security23m
- Being password smart02m 37s
- Updating your password02m 14s
- Spotting a secure website02m 30s
- Recognizing a phishing attack email02m 24s
- Clearing the browser history02m 40s
- Reviewing Wi-Fi security options02m 25s
- Managing online passwords02m 09s
- Disabling Windows remote desktop access01m 47s
- Running Windows Defender01m 54s
- Understanding website certificates02m 20s
- Hardware07m 01s
- Checking a bad keyboard or mouse01m 36s
- Understanding PC sound connections01m 57s
- Turning off a stubborn computer01m 38s
- Identifying odd computer noises01m 50s
- Microsoft Office38m 23s
- Disabling the backstage02m
- Showing (and hiding) the ribbon01m 23s
- Selecting another printer02m 19s
- Repairing an Office installation01m 28s
- Updating the Quick Access Toolbar02m 06s
- Excel: Freezing rows or columns02m 02s
- Excel: Understanding hash errors02m 24s
- Excel: Using the single quote01m 22s
- PowerPoint: Starting a presentation01m 20s
- PowerPoint: Move around a presentation02m 09s
- PowerPoint: Create a slideshow video02m 25s
- PowerPoint: Slideshow tips02m
- Word: Centering a page02m 25s
- Word: Adding a page border02m 14s
- Word: Changing the default font02m 19s
- Word: Removing the last blank page02m 02s
- Word: Rotating a single page02m 04s
- Word: Restoring the Save All command01m 17s
- Word: Setting tab stops03m 04s
- Windows 1017m 50s
- Creating a new task view02m 02s
- Changing AutoPlay behavior01m 23s
- Pruning recent file lists01m 44s
- Reviewing keyboard shortcuts02m 38s
- Configuring Windows 10 sync01m 56s
- Arranging windows01m 28s
- Saving your eyes with dark mode01m 15s
- Using night light01m 53s
- Ratcheting up privacy protection01m 51s
- Understanding Quick Access01m 40s
- Troubleshooting23m
- Accepting why things go wrong02m 21s
- Checking the hardware01m 54s
- Locating troubleshooting tools03m 19s
- Using the Task Manager02m 11s
- Activating File History02m 16s
- Reviewing events02m 14s
- Recovering an earlier version of a file02m 32s
- Restoring files from a backup02m 13s
- Setting a restore point02m 06s
- Using system restore01m 54s
- Laptop Assistance26m 07s
- Preparing for a road trip02m 49s
- Going on the road03m 24s
- Configuring the power buttons01m 50s
- Adding a full-size monitor and keyboard02m 35s
- Entering tablet mode02m 21s
- Connecting to a projector02m 40s
- Exploring keyboard secrets02m 09s
- Working with the touch keyboard02m 56s
- Protecting your laptop03m 16s
- Connecting to a VPN02m 07s
- Shortcuts and Time-Savers25m 08s
- Pinning items to the taskbar02m 34s
- Adding the address bar02m 24s
- Sending favorites to the desktop02m 34s
- Changing file association02m 43s
- Safely removing external storag02m 10s
- Recognizing USB colors03m 06s
- Launching a program at startup02m 28s
- Using pins for popular files02m 01s
- Useful keyboard and mouse shortcuts02m 49s
- Panic-driven keyboard shortcuts02m 19s
- Images and Graphics04m 12s
- Fixing a photo02m 26s
- Changing image file formats01m 46s
- PC Performance02m 58s
- Understanding memory leaks02m 58s
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