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Course Description: PC Basics - Virginia
Miller
$18.00
I hope you'll be happier with your PC when you finish this
course than you are right now :-) I guarantee that your
computer will be happier as it will be running well, be clean
and dust-free, have programs installed and running that will
look after its best interests, and have an operator who has
ceased threatening to throw the whole kit and kaboodle out the
window! Your correspondents will be happier since you'll
have mastered e-mail.
- The course is 4 weeks.
- There will be reading each week and exercises to
reinforce that theory. Some weeks you will actually
work on your software or your computer itself.
- You'll likely need to spend 2-4 hours per week on this
class.
Prerequisites:
- Access to a PC, with administrative
rights.
- The ability to tell your left from
your right.
- Lesson 1: Getting Started
- How to Mouse
- E-mail:
- Set up an E-mail Account
- Compose an e-mail
- Forward and Reply
- Internet e-mail accounts
- SPAM and phishing
- How to download a program
- Protective programs
- Free anti-virus programs
- Windows firewall
- Windows Update
- Copy & Paste
- Using Forms
- Ethics on the Internet
- Lesson 2:
- Run Scans this week
- Disk Cleanup
- Defrag
- Scan for errors
- Clear cache and other browser tools
- System restore
- Surfing the World Wide Web
- Browser Options, or Life beyond Internet Explorer
- More on browsers:
- set your preferences to view pages - text size, type
- set your home page preference
- set your search page preference
- Add / remove programs
- Keyboard shortcuts
- Toolbars
- Keep QuickLaunch neat & tidy
- Selections & Objects
- Lesson 3:
- Care and feeding of a computer
- Cleaning the monitor and outside of the computer
- Cleaning the inside of the box
- Benefits of a neat desk
- Control Panel
- MSconfig
- Lesson 4:
- Basic word processing
- Filing System:
- My Documents
- Locate your files
- How to save to where you want and where you can find them again
- Delete files
- Hidden files
- Search My Computer
- Start Menu
- Windows Explorer
- Help & Support
- How to Zip / Unzip
- What are:
- program files
- system files
- must-keep Windows fonts
- How to:
- access and customize toolbars
- adjust date and time
- lock/unlock taskbar
- Wrap-Up
- A list of links to keep
- Final Questions
- Final Posts
Not covered in this course:
- Private lessons
- Help far beyond the scope of the lessons
Students Please
Note:
At this time we do not offer support for software
incompatiblity problems with Vista nor can we assist you with
any Vista operating system problems. Microsoft and/or your
software manufacturer should be able to advise you.
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