Those fundamental skills that are necessary to successfully using a Windows-based computer. Using the mouse, managing windows, using programs, editing text, browsing the web etc.
We may still call them cigarette lighters, but we know they’re not used to light cigarettes. I’ve never smoked cigarettes, yet I want as many lighters in the car as I can get! Why? Because they’re power sources for our many electronic devices that we use while traveling down the road. The problem is that [Click for the rest ...]
How did that stuff get on my computer? That is a question I hear all the time when I see an infected computer. The owner typically insists that s/he did nothing to invite malware into the computer. All of a sudden, there are new icons on the desktop. Your homepage takes you somewhere you don’t [Click for the rest ...]
by Chris Guld, www.geeksontour.com Has this ever happened to you? Your computer crashes and you take it to a techie who gets it working again but needs to reformat (erase) the hard drive. You get your computer back with nothing on it. No problem you think, you have a backup of your important data on [Click for the rest ...]
A Show Me How video from www.GeeksonTour.com: how to get all your email addresses from Outlook or Outlook Express and make a copy of them using Gmail. Even if you don’t use Gmail, this is a great way to have a backup of all your contacts. Just click the Play button below.
Print out this Essential Skills Checklist and check off all that you know.
Geeks on Tour Videos: Web Basics: part 1 Web Basics: part 2 (windows Explorer) Web Basics: part 2 (Firefox) Internet Explorer 7-first look
Geeks on Tour Videos: Get a gmail account (free email and Google account)
Geeks on Tour Videos: Turning off (and on) your computer’s WiFi adapter Connecting (and disconnecting) to a WiFi hotspot
Tutorial videos on Safe Computing: Backing up to a USB Hard Drive Avoid email scams Scan with Microsoft Live Onecare
Geeks on Tour Tutorial videos: Understanding ‘My Documents’