"Juan Wei" wrote in message
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Jim has written on 12/10/2013 4:11 PM:
On Tue, 10 Dec 2013 10:33:37 -0700, Ken Springer
wrote:

Underneath these comments is the assumption that every
user knows how to use a computer, do searches, properly store their
data, anything and everything.


If a person knows 'nothing' about computers, they need to take a night
school course, seek help from a friend or just fiqure it out on their
own. What did you do when you got your first computer?

In my over-55 community, most people were given computers by their
children who showed them how to open IE, surf and how to get email via
their ISP's webmail site.

Why would they take a course????

Some schools have courses for adults but they don't teach you more than
what you already mentioned. They don't teach you anything about trouble
shooting and only touch on viruses and other problems you'll run into. Only
the basics are covered. From what the people here say, the courses are good
for someone who buys a computer, has no one to help them understand or use
it, and doesn't even know how to get online. If you want to learn more you
have to look into college courses.

You'll learn more on Forums or places like here then you will at those adult
night classes. For someone with no knowledge of computers at all those
classes would be helpful, necessary even, but you wont learn much more than
the basics.