Computers and the Internet: Self-Help

Computers and the Internet

Computer Self-Help: This web page provides links to a variety of computer and Internet resources that can help you learn and find answers to your questions. Links include learning materials, tutorials, guides, history, statistics, help, and other resources.

Learn About Computers

Step-by-step instructions for beginners (print the handout and follow the instructions)
GCFLearnFree, Free online career and computer training in English and Spanish
Online Dictionary of Computing

Blogs

Spam, combatting unsolicited email

How Spam Works, Howstuffworks
Why Am I Getting All This Spam?, Center for Democracy & Technology
Coalition Against Unsolicited Commercial Email

Help

Austin Free-Net, Troubleshooting Tips
Computer Hope, free computer help, hardware and software
Help Discussion Forums (Microsoft-Oriented), Computertim Technologies
Help2Go
Microsoft Support Services
VirtualDr

Tutorials and Tips

Browser Hijacking (browser settings are changed, popup ads appear from out of no where)
How-To Articles (Hardware, Software Networking)
How-To Articles (Microsoft topics)
Speed Up Your PC!
Tips, CITations newsletter
Tutorialfind

North Carolina

Special Needs

Statistics

North Carolina Statistics: e-NC presentation (2004), HTML or PowerPoint slides
North Carolina Statistics: The Children's Partnership (October 2005)
A Nation Online: Entering the Broadband Age, September 2004
For comparison, the 2002 report and the 1999 report
Bandwidth Report
Children, The Digital Divide, and Federal Policy, Kaiser Family Foundation, 2004 (.pdf file, 16 pages)
Internet Domain Survey (number of hosts)
Internet Society statistics
Pew Internet and American Life Project

Resources

Calendar, world-wide educational technology events
Calendar, world-wide information science events
The Educational CyberPlayGround Technology and Internet sections
Download device drivers, free from Download PC Drivers .COM or DriverFiles.net
Edupage, a free email news service that summarizes developments in information technology
Electronic Frontier Foundation
History of the Internet, Internet Society
Hoaxes: F-Secure or Symantec
Internet Archive, Archived Versions of Web Sites Dating from 1996
Internet Country Codes
Internet II, the future Internet
Internet Society
An Introduction to Activism on the Internet, communication tools and their uses
Keyboard Shortcuts from computerhope.com and from Microsoft
Librarian's Guide To Cyberspace for Parents & Kids
Netiquette, the do's and don'ts of online communication
Shareware.com and Download.com
User Groups
Virus Information
10 Fast and Free Security Enhancements

More Help
Also see Computer Labs and Technical Support and Computer Reuse, Donations, and Requests.