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There are two terms that I can see people getting confused about when someone mentions 'desktop'! It’s easy to figure out the two when someone explains it to you! Once you grasp this it will be pretty plain which they are referring to! They are completely different! When people talk about 'desktop' they could be referring to either 'desktop computer' or 'computer desktop'. When you turn on your computer, and you look at the monitor you will see an image. My children used to call the monitor the computer's TV screen! The image inside that TV Screen is the 'computer desktop'. These are examples of computer desktops. Your computer desktop may not look the same, because there are to many themes to mention! You could be using one that came with the computer, or something placed on there for you! 'Desktop Theme' if you haven't guessed is the look of your desktop! A times you can get themes with custom icons, background pictures...

One of the basic computer operations is called Disk Cleanup.  Disk Cleanup is one of the computer maintenance options that is needed to keep you computer running smoothly.  One way of looking at Disk Cleanup is taking out the trash! How-To Guide for the Computer Beginning will be on clean up with DISK cleanup! ( How-To run Disk Cleanup on Windows 8 ) What are we cleaning up? 'Disk Cleanup' helps you cut the clutter on your Windows 95/98/Me/XP/Vista/Seven computer’s hard drive. The utility, which is built into Windows, finds unnecessary files in various categories such as Temporary Internet Files and Offline Files. You can then choose which categories to delete, often freeing up many megabytes or even gigabytes at one stroke. You basically are taking out the trash, so you have more room for other things! When you are asking for troubleshooting advice on your PC one of the first things you will hear them ask you to do is run Disk Clean up. They don't ask this because of it...

So why should you run Scandisk and what is Scandisk anyway? Scandisk does just what it sounds like, it scans your hard drive looking for errors and correcting them. The hard drive is where Windows (or what they call your Operating System) is installed, and all of your programs and any files you may have created. If you ever turned off your computer by just turning off the power (You should try NOT to do this! See the article on Down shut off the power ! ) then errors can occur on your hard drive. If you get errors in the wrong place, then some programs won't work right, maybe they won't even open or even files seem to be gone! So after awhile you need to run Scandisk. Before you open Scandisk, make sure you don't have any programs open. If you have a Screensaver, make sure it is turned off .  Turning off Screensaver applies to older Operating Systems. Now click on your Start button and select Programs. In the Programs menu select 'Accessories', then select System To...

Welcome! Today on How-To Guide for the Computer Beginner we will be learning about computer screensavers.  In today’s lesson we will show you how to turn on your screen saver, or turn off your screensaver. See the cat ready to attack those fish in that screensaver on the computer? (giggles) I love it! The Start of the Computer Screen Saver Screensavers were originally designed to protect computer monitors from phosphor burn-in. Early CRT monitors, particularly monochrome ones, had problems with the same image being displayed for a long time on your monitor. The phosphors, used to make the pixels in the display, would glow at a constant rate for such a long period of time that they would actually discolor the glass surface of the CRT. This discoloration would then be visible as a faint image overlaying whatever else was displayed on the monitor.  I tried to find a clear picture of what is meant by screen burn in, but as you can imagine its hard to take a picture of it.  T...

Ever wanted to change the font size so it was bigger (or smaller) than what is being displayed on your monitor? NO PROBLEM! Click here if you looking for the article to change your font size in your web browser ! Learning How-To Change your font size on your computer will be a pretty easy thing to do for even a computer beginner.  Its nice to know you can make the fonts bigger or even make the fonts smaller  We basically will change the DPI or Dots per inch! We will start with some older operating systems, and then move on to the newer ones. Changing your desktop font size in Windows 98 Find an empty place on your desktop, and click on it. Right click in an empty place and select Properties 1)  Select the Appearance tab. Under Appearance you have a Scheme selection and an Item selection. 2) You can change your icons under Item Select Icon if you wish by using the drop down box.  3)  As you can see for number 3 in the pic...

Today’s How-To Guide for the Computer Beginner is how to find your control panel in Vista.  Vista is your operating system .   The control panel in your Vista Operating System is something you will use quite a bit at times. If you look on your desktop towards the left hand side you will see your start button. This image is your start button , and you would need to click that once.  You will notice that a new screen appears, and will be similar to the one I have pictured below.  The red Finger in the picture is pointing to the start button we mentioned already.  You will need to look over towards your right, and you should see the words ‘control panel’.  I have a yellow finger pointing at the one supplied in the picture. Vista Control Panel can be viewed once you click on the words ‘control panel’ which I pointed to with the yellow finger! Below is an up close screen shot for you. Vista has two views of your control panel. ...