Computer Management
Four x 2-hour sessions Cost $40 (or $20 for repeat students).
For Windows users
Overview
This course covers many essential operations for keeping your computer in working order. It will heavily support Windows 10 computer management, whilst still being relevant to Windows 7 and Vista.
Prerequisites
This course is for the more experienced user of computers.
Learning Objectives
- Understand the components of a computer
- Cleaning of the monitor, keyboard and internal parts
- Methods of removing unwanted programs and cleaning out surplus or unwanted files
- Learning how to do Disc Clean, and to Defragment the hard drive
- Setting a Restore Point, and understanding the purpose of System Restore
- The need for and installation of an antivirus program; configuring and running antivirus
- Security issues and protection from spam and malware
- Importance of saving records to "media" such as an external hard drive
- Help available from various sources – Microsoft help forum; TeamViewer
- Access to "cloud" storage and various methods available for this.
