Welcome To At Home Computer Guides
The website for easy to follow, step by step guides for home computer users.
At Home Computer Guides cut through the jargon with easy-to-follow, step-by-step guides. Whether you want to learn the basics like navigating your PC and checking email or explore more advanced topics like virtual machines, you’ll find the help you need right here.
File Syncing On Your Home Computer
File syncing on your home computer is just keeping files or entire folders identical across your PCs. For example, you might load a photo from your phone onto your desktop PC and then “sync” that photo to your laptop. Both computers now have a copy of the image. FreeFileSync is a program that can make that happen.
OneDrive and Google Drive for Desktop both sync your files to the cloud. Then whenever you sign in to your accounts, on any computer, your data is available. But there are issues. OneDrive in particular is pushed as a backup, but it’s not, it’s a sync tool.
Windows 10 End Of Support
Windows 10 has now come to the end of its support cycle. No more updates of any kind. Not even security updates. So what does that mean for everyone still using a Windows 10 PC at home? Well the truth is that your computer will just keep working. It’s not going to suddenly stop doing what it’s been doing for years.
But what do you do when you finally replace your old machine? You have options. You could sell it or pass it on to someone else. If you do that then make sure that you completely wipe all your data from the PC. Don’t just scrap your computer without removing everything.
Another thing you could do is to turn your old computer into a virtual machine that’ll run on your new computer. If you do that. then your old PC will run exactly as it did before, with all your programs/apps and files, except it’ll be working in a window on your new computer. It’s kinda cool.
Email Guides
It’s undeniable that email is woven into the fabric of modern life. From shopping to appointments, it’s often the key to getting things done. But let’s be honest, not everyone finds email intuitive.
If you feel overwhelmed by email, these home computer guides are here to help you navigate it with confidence.
Virtual Machine Guides
A virtual machine (VM) is a software-based emulation of a physical computer. It’s a “computer within a computer” that can run its own operating system (OS) and applications, all while being completely isolated from the host machine’s OS.
The physical computer is called the host, and the virtual computer is called the guest.
You can have an old Windows XP or 7 VM on your brand new Windows 11 computer. Try out Windows 11 on a Windows 10 PC. Or maybe try out Linux.
And the best part is that they’re free to create.
