At Home Computer Guides.

The non-techies website for home computer users.

At Home Computer Beginners’ Course.

Just starting out with a computer, or maybe had one for many years but are less than confident with them.

Then start with the beginners’ course. It’ll teach you all the basics of using a Windows computer.

How to setup the Windows Start menu.
How to move and resize a computer program window.
How to Copy and Paste in Windows.
Introduction to using email.
What is the Windows Recycle Bin?
How to copy and paste to a USB drive.

Music On Your PC.

At Home Computer I like nothing more than having the volume turned up and a bunch of great songs blaring out while I work.

So why not get your music collection onto the computer. Windows has many tools for copying CDs onto your PC

Copy music to PC without any loss of sound quality.
How to burn an audio CD on PC.
How to remove DRM from WMA audio files.
How to use Windows Media Player.
How to convert wav files to mp3 files.

At Home Computer Backups.

The best protection from virus and malware is an up to date backup.

Keep copies of all your important files or maybe even the whole system.

I’ll show you to do it and also discuss which you should be using

How to burn a data CD or DVD on your computer.
How to use Windows System Restore.
How to create a Windows USB recovery drive.
How to setup Google Drive for desktop app.
Computer folder with an arrow pointing toward an external USB hard drive. Text reads "How to setup File History in Windows 10 and Windows 11".
Computer with arrow pointing toward a safe. Text reads "What are the different types of PC backup?".

Gmail.

Gmail is the worlds favourite email service. Just about everyone has at least one Gmail account.

How to use confidential mode in Gmail.
How to transfer from Yahoo Mail to Gmail.
How to download emails from Gmail.
How to enable offline mode in Gmail.
Gmail category tabs.

Virtual Machines.

You have to try out a virtual machine. I know it sounds like it’s way too much for you, but trust me on this, it really isn’t.

A virtual computer allows you to run software to see if it works. visit websites that you otherwise would be best advised not to. And you can even open dodgy looking emails.

All this can be done safely and securely using a VM

How to create a Windows 11 virtual machine in VMware Workstation Pro.
Windows 11 virtual machine running inside a VirtualBox window.
How to setup Windows Sandbox virtual machine in Windows 10 & Windows 11.

At Home Computer Accounts Dept.

Explaining the different Windows user accounts.
Reset a forgotten Windows password.
How to create a Google account.
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