Home Computer Administrator Workbook

The home computer administrator is a course designed to help you with the maintenance and care of your home computer. This manual will show you how to achieve this task and how to keep your home PC safe.

Have you ever been working on your computer when a horrible error message pops up which says ".. refer to your system administrator" and you have looked frantically around the room for this elusive person who is never there when you need them most?

Guess what? That person is YOU!

Yep, as soon as you set up your first computer, you become the official System Administrator (or "sysad") who is expected to control and maintain all the systems in your computer.

If you are very new to computers, we suggest you at least skim through all the pages to get an overall view of what is needed to run the systems on your computer. Otherwise if you have a particular interest or problem, click on the link below which will take you directly to that information.

Preliminaries

• The Home System Administrator (Sysad)
• Thinking Like a Home Sysad
• Setting up a Home Sysad
• Home Computer Policies
• The No-Net Computer

Boot-Time Procedures

• Buying a new computer
• Plugs and Sockets
• Booting your Computer
• Changing the Boot Sequence
• Going Into Safe Mode

Customization Procedures

• Customizing your product list
• Setting Folder Options
• Finding Software on the Internet
• Installing Software
• Uninstalling Software
• Managing User Accounts

Maintenance

• Data and System Backup
• Routine Maintenance
• Computer Automation