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The Two-Day Hands-on PC Repair Training
will be held at Riverside Community College
over the weekend of January 29-30,and then again over the weekend of April 30-May 1.
Find details on enrollment on the Riverside Community Education website,
or see details on the class content belowIt will also be held at Saddleback College Community Education over the weekend of February 26-27.
Find details on enrollment on the Saddleback College Community Education website
or see details on the class content below.
What you will learn in the PC repair class
- A variety of simple troubleshooting techniques anyone can use
- How to work safely on computer hardware
- How to identify, install and remove hardware modules
- How to safely connect and disconnect system peripherals
- Elements of the PC operating environment
- How to prevent computer damage caused by heat and electricity
- To correctly recognize and deal with system crashes
- Shortcuts for navigating the Windows desktop
- Windows multitasking and how it works for you
- How to avoid software problems
- Familiarity with helpful built-in system diagnostics
- Exposure to third-party diagnostic software suites
- Steps in creating a system start-up disk
- Web addresses of useful diagnostic and troubleshooting websites
- The importance of effective data backups
- Exposure to the Windows start-up menu
- The dangers of computer viruses and how to avoid them
- How to tell when your privacy is at risk
- Guarding against hackers: Are you a target?
- A useful guidebook of procedures for handling common problems
- A glossary of common terms and dreaded TLAs (Three Letter Acronyms)
- After-training support by email
The One-Day File Management Class
is scheduled for Riverside
Community College on Saturday, August 21 from 9am-4pm.
See details on enrollment at http://www.opencampus.com/community_ed/forms/RegForm-summer.pdf
What you learn in the File Management class
This one-day class tells why things go wrong with a Windows PC and how to keep one healthy. You don’t need to be compulsive to organize files and folders. Learn what not to delete. Learn how to do simple troubleshooting and system maintenance. Avoid lost data. Protect against grubby little fingers, hackers, viruses, and much more. Learn how to tell when a hardware, software or system upgrade is needed. There are simple things you can do to keep your system running well. There are other simple things that make files much easier to find and work with. And there are a hundred things that the Dell 'dude' doesn't divulge. Should you compress your hard drive? When files disappear, where do they go? Come for the inside scoop.You can even bring your own computer to optimize in the classroom as the class progresses. Just call me first.
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