How-To Arrange Desktop Icons

Today we are going to learn How-To arrange Icons on your computer desktop. Just so we are clear on the instructions here is a picture of a desktop.  The computer desktop itself is the picture of the hills and clouds!  The Icons on the desktop in the picture are named:  My documents, My...

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How-to Make a Computer Folder Shortcut to Desktop

  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...

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What is a web browser? Browser window?

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! ...

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How to recover recycle bin on my computer

I'm going to start with the easiest of fixes for this.  At times our recycle bin on the computer has moved off the screen, and we just can't see it anymore. If this fix doesn't work?  You don't have to undo anything, but we will move on to 2 other choices.Left click on an open space on your...

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What is a Task Bar?

The Task bar is something you will use all the time, and believe or not in time it will become second nature. Today’s How-To Guide for the computer Beginner is What is the Task bar?  We will also go into the different parts of the task bar.  You can see a small screenshot below, and...

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