Troubleshoot and fix virtually any PC hardware conflict! Error messages and system freezes are all common to PCs as they try to cope with the techno-weight of modems,printers,scanners,video boards,sound cards,and other multiple devices heaped on top of the buggy versions of Windows. This indispensable text/CD-ROM package offers you up-to-the-minute preventive guidance and troubleshooting solutions to the many hardware conflicts that can plague your PC. Keep every peripheral device attached to your PC tuned and optimized for peak performance—and solve conflicts in no time—with this dynamic duo from two of today's top troubleshooting experts. The IRQ Book. Error messages and system freezes are all common to PCs as they try to cope with the techno-weight of modems,printers,scanners,video boards,sound cards,and other multiple devices heaped on top of the buggy versions of Windows. This indispensable text/CD-ROM package offers you up-to-the-minute preventive guidance and troubleshooting solutions to the many hardware conflicts that can plague your PC. The IRQ Book first emphasizes the importance of proper configuration to your PC prductivity,giving you all the basics of how to configure system components and manage configuration to minimize conflicts,maximize performance,and reduce the downtime troubleshooting through a tricky setup. It offers you a solid body of troubleshooting techniques,including how to identify and resolve fatal errors,use configuration files and logs in troubleshooting,troubleshoot through Windows Protection Errors at boot,and troubleshoot Plug-and-Play devices. You'll also find clarifying coverage of the new PC99 specs,USBtechnology,device-management workings of the Windows Registry,and a lot more. Highlighted by a chapter that helps you resolve the 12 most common hardware conflicts and problems,The IRQ Book guides you expertly through the maze of system interrupts to help you ensure your PC is as problem-free as possible.<