If you’re finding your Windows PC a bit confusing, then you’ve found the right place.
This basic computer course is designed to make learning to use a Windows computer easy and straightforward. I’ll break down the essential skills, from the very basics to intermediate level, so you can understand and use your computer with confidence.
Whether you’re a complete beginner or have some experience, you’ll gain a clear understanding of how your computer works.
Remember, everyone starts somewhere, and this basic course is probably the best place to get you started.
At Home Basic Computer Course Personalise Your PC
If you’re new to computers, you might be surprised by how much you can personalize Windows.
Start the At Home Basic Computer Course by looking at some simple, easy adjustments that anyone can make to significantly improve a PC’s usability.
We’ll begin by customizing your mouse pointer’s size and double-click speed. Then, we’ll dive into tailoring how your screen looks. It’s amazing how much easier using a computer is when you can clearly see what you’re doing.
Then I’ll show you how to customise the Start menu, taskbar, and desktop to make them work for you. It’s surprisingly easy.
At Home Basic Computer Course Essential Skills
These are the basic skills you’ll use constantly on your home computer.
Whether you’re working, browsing, or creating, you’ll need to know how to resize program windows, navigate File Explorer, create and manage folders, save and open files.
By mastering these core tasks, you’ll find your using your PC becomes much more efficient and stress-free.
How To Copy Cut Paste And Select Files
Copy & Paste and Cut & Paste are two easy methods of moving files and folders around on your computer.
Selecting the files (or folders) is how you tell the computer which files (folders) to move. But you can select more than file (folder) at a time. Learn how to do that and things get much, much quicker.
And finally, put your new skills to use by saving some files onto a USB drive. It’s the kind of thing that you’ll need to do all the time.
At Home Basic Computer Course On Email
In this section of the home computer course we’re looking at the basics of using email. Even for beginners, email skills are vital.
Start with the very basics including, email addresses, subject line, replying and forwarding etc. Then it’s on to printing emails and dealing with those attachments.
At Home Basic Computer Course The Internet
Let’s be honest, the internet is probably why most of us have a computer at home these days! It’s changed everything, from how we shop and stay in touch to how we learn and entertain ourselves.
To begin the Internet section of the At Home Basic Computer course, we absolutely need to talk about web browsers. They’re basically your ticket to getting online.
A web browser is the program you use to ‘surf the web,’ and there are tons of them out there. But to keep things simple, we’ll be focusing on the two most popular browsers, Microsoft Edge and Google Chrome.
Simply click on the one that you’re using.
More Internet Basics
This series of tutorials covers essential internet skills. Learn how to download files safely, use private browsing, clear your search history, and perform a reverse image search. These practical guides will enhance your online experience and protect your privacy.
At Home Basic Computer Course Security
Keeping your computer safe and secure is more important now than ever. While computer viruses which focused on causing system instability, are less prevalent, the nature of cyber threats has evolved dramatically. Your data and your identity has become the real target.
Ransomware, a particularly insidious form of malware, will encrypt files stored on your PC, rendering them inaccessible. Attackers then demand a ransom, often in cryptocurrency, for the decryption key. Paying the ransom does not guarantee recovery, and may even encourage further attacks.
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