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Working with Computers Eugene Gardner. http:// www. 1 ComputerCare.co.uk/WorkingWithComputers.pptx Eugene@ 1 ComputerCare.co.uk Phone: 0845 108 0254. Technophile or Technophobe ?. How often do you use a computer ? Never use computer Occasionally to pick up e-mails
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Working with ComputersEugene Gardner http://www.1ComputerCare.co.uk/WorkingWithComputers.pptx Eugene@1ComputerCare.co.uk Phone: 0845 108 0254
Technophile or Technophobe ? How often do you use a computer ? • Never use computer • Occasionally to pick up e-mails • Most days, comfortable editing documents & web browsing • Every day, Relied on for managing accounts, photos or music • Maintain a multi-page website, understand PC internals
Gardner, Eugene • 1950’s Mrs Kelly’s kindergarten • 68 → 73 Bethany School • 76 → 78 Brighton Tech • 78 → 83 Hatfield Poly • 83 → 89 Programmer • 90 → 03 System Administrator • 03 → 1ComputerCare
Topics • Viruses and Malware • Broadband Internet • E-mails & Netiquette • Performance & Housekeeping • Buying a PC • Backups and Disaster planning
Viruses & Malware • Definitions • How to know you’re infected • Who does this and Why ? • Methods of Propagation • I A Drill on suspected infection • Prevention & Protection
Broadband Internet • Starting from Scratch • Migrating Explained • E-mail Domain Independence • Hardware Requirements • Connection Fault Diagnosis
E-mails & Netiquette • Reply within 24 hours • Anti-Spam measures & non-receipt • Avoid language that may be construed as intemperate • Use lower case with emoticons • Include one level of history underneath • Hide addresses not intimately involved in the conversation • Don’t forward spoofs or virus warnings • Don’t click a hyperlink
Performance & Housekeeping • What slows down PCs • Hardware • Background tasks • Malware • Computer lifecycle • Housekeeping • Servicing • Reinstalling Windows
Buying a PC • Off-the-shelf or bespoke • Laptop or tower • Windows PC or Linux or Macintosh • Cheap in the short or long term
Backups & Disaster Planning • Your hardware WILL fail, it will happen at the most inopportune time. • Duplicate irreplaceable photos, music, letters… • Dangers • Frequency • Medium • Software • Plan and practice recovery procedure • Redundancy
Questions • Viruses and Malware • Broadband Internet • E-mails & Netiquette • Performance & Housekeeping • Buying a PC • Backups and Disaster planning
Working with ComputersEugene Gardner http://www.1ComputerCare.co.uk/WorkingWithComputers.pptx Eugene@1ComputerCare.co.uk Phone: 0845 108 0254