How would you like to navigate Windows and the Internet with confidence, send email with documents and photos attached and know what to do when your system locks up? Well you can - its just that you haven't yet been shown how.

I provide hands-on tutoring at my home covering the basics of computer hardware, home networking, the Internet, email and the Windows environment. I also provide tutoring in common applications such as Word and Excel, etc. I will personalize your training based on your existing knowledge level. Shown below are some of the specific subjects that can be covered.

Hardware: Opening your computer case (chassis), the main internal components, identifying the various ports and connections, normal and abnormal hardware sounds, changing and/or adding expansion cards, RAM modules, BIOS setup, enabling and disabling on-board resources, identifying hardware conflicts, boot-up process (POST), warm boot, cold boot, hard drive and optical drive replacements, etc...

Windows: The Desktop, desktop schemes, icons and shortcuts, Start-Up programs, the Taskbar, screen savers, Device Manager, My Computer, Control Panel, My Network Places, the Recycle Bin, power settings, mouse skills and tactics, window control buttons, sizing windows, Windows Explorer, file management, copy and paste, drag and drop, setting screen resolution, keyboard shortcuts, the Windows Clipboard, significance of file extensions, backing up data, starting Windows in Safe Mode, Windows Media Player, ripping music tracks from CD's, burning CD's and DVD's, ZIP files, PDF files, DOS basics, etc...

The Internet: HTTP, FTP, IP addresses, DNS, ISP dial-up and broadband basics, Newsgroups, Web browser basics, tabbed browsing, setting Links, setting your start/home page, adding favorites (bookmarks), AutoComplete settings, advanced settings, Web page construction, adding hyperlinks, copying images from Web pages, privacy settings, cookies, pop-up window control, security settings, parental controls, virus, spyware and spam control, email basics, setting-up email accounts, etc...

Applications: I can teach you the basics of Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, FrontPage, Outlook, etc.), Adobe Acrobat, Windows Messenger, Windows Media Player, CompuPic, Nero ROM Burning, WinZip, Google Earth, Notepad, Character Map, Registry Editor, etc...

Cameras & Scanners: Do you have a digital camera or scanner that intimidates you? I can show you how to use it and then how to rotate, size and crop the images once you get them into your computer. You'll learn what pixels are and why the more you have the better.

The Price: My tutoring sessions are affordably priced at $40 per hour. The sessions are limited to one-on-one only and are scheduled in separate one hour sessions. Call during my normal business hours to make an appointment.