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A VERY simple description of what's in a computer

Adding special characters to text in Windows documents

Bits, Bytes and Kilobytes Explained

Changing the appearance of your Windows desktop

Changing the appearance of your Windows pointer

Defragmenting your Hard Disk to improve performance

Description of the ports and sockets on your computer

Desktop Shortcuts explained and how to add one to your Desktop

Dictionary of Computing Terms

Disk Space and Memory Explained

Firewalls - what they are, what they do and why you need one!

How to help keep your children safe online

IP Addressing - how computers communicate across the Internet

Maintenance tasks to help keep your PC running smoothly

Memory: how much you have ... and is it enough?

Moving, copying and deleting files and folders in Windows

Protecting your information with backups

Removing Unwanted Programs

Show the task pane in Windows Explorer

So what is this Internet thing?

Spot the emails that will steal your money!

Spyware - what it is and the risk to you

things to check if ... the characters on your keyboard are wrong on the screen

things to check if ... your computer is running slowly

Useful keyboard shortcuts

Using Disk Cleanup in Windows XP to remove unwanted clutter

Using System Restore in Windows XP to return to a previous configuration

Using the Task Manager to diagnose problems

Viruses - what they are, what they do and how to protect your computer

Writing (Burning) Files and Folders to CD in Windows XP