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  These are pictures of computer folders.  Today’s How-to Guide for the Computer beginner will be on Computer Folders.  More Specifically we will make a folder on our desktop.    Some people refer to this as Folder Shortcut on Desktop. Try to think of a computer folder much the same way as the ones you buy in to store.  Heck you can even make them into some of huge penda flex folders that we see as well.  It really depends on what you use your computer for, and how you want to keep things together. How To Make A Folder On Desktop Find an open space on your desktop, and then we want to right click . <<<< This top menu pops up, and you want to look for ‘ NEW ’.  You will hoover over (don’t click) on NEW for the second menu to appear. ^^^^^ This second menu opens, and you need to look for “ FOLDER ’.  At this point you may click on folder . If you look at your desktop at th...

In the past I did an article about the differences between Hardware and Software .    Then I wrote about what is a computer process .    I have noticed that I come across questions that get a bit more technical in nature.  I decided I would try to explain in laymen terms today one of the more technical terms you may have heard about.   Today’s How-To Guide for the Computer Beginner is:  What is a computer application?  What is application software?   I think the best way to explain it is to introduced first what we call: System Software   System software is programs that make you computer run.  It would be your operating system for example.    The system software is what makes your computer work.  It tells you computer to turn on, tells your computer hardware what to do.   I would say most of the time we take our system software for granted, because we don’t do to much literall...

Today’s How-to Guide for the Computer Beginner is going to cover:  How-to Close a browser window If you look at the top right hand side of your web browser?  You will see something similar to this: One way to close a web browser window is clicking on the “x”.  Your browser windows should close.  The second way is look to the top, and find the menu bar. You should see ‘file’ (click on it), and as I have pictured you can go all the way to the bottom to ‘exit’.  You would click again on EXIT this time.  This also would close your browser window. Those two choices maybe the ones you use the most.  Now we will look at different circumstances you may run into as well. Newer web browser s allow you to open more than one tab in your browser window.  In my picture below I have three tabs open.  I have one for Google, One for Yahoo, and the third is for Bing. Now I have decided I’m finished with all these...

When I speak to my friends about computers I sometime forget they may not know the basic terms, since  they are a computer beginner after all. I get these confused looks and questions like: What a browser? What is a web browser? What is a browser window? I think to myself, “Oh boy!  I guess that would help huh?”  Dahhhhh to me! Today’s How-to Guide for the Computer Beginner is, “What is a browser or Web Browser?”  We will also touch on Browser windows. What is a Browser?  What is a web browser ? Browser is a short name for web browser.   YEP!  They are the same thing. A web browser is basically a software application (or program) that allows you to get onto the internet, and view web pages. I have chosen three popular web browsers, and have shown pictures of their icons.   You may have seen this on your desktop , and this is a web browser called Internet Explorer.  It is also called, IE for short. ...

In the last couple of lessons we have spoken about the mouse options.  We started with right click , left click, double click, etc. The last time in our tutorial I spoke about the mouse pointers, or computer pointers. Today’s How-To Guide for the Computer Beginner lesson is normally asked one of these ways: How do you change the mouse cursor? How to change your computer cursor? How to change the computer pointer? As you can see people call it different things.  I normally refer to it as a computer pointer. Today, I will start with the Windows 7 and Vista, and then Windows XP.  I have had a hard time finding good documentation on older operating systems for this.  I will update later if I found sites for you. For Windows Vista or Windows 7 you have two ways of doing this. Find an open space on your desktop , and right click and you will see a menu looking similar to this.   You want to move down to ‘personalize’ to open the n...