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these computers are an amazing thing.......they sell them to you, but how the hell are you really supposed to learn how to use them??
what should have been a very simple task became harrowing for me....
all I wanted to do was transfer some files from a CD to a folder in My Documents....
the problem was that when the files were listed on the screen, you had to hit edit and hit "Select all" to highlight them all before you were even given any options for copying them anywhere....until you realized that, you were caught in an endless conundrum of nowheresville....I created the new folder immediately, but there were no prompts at all instructing me how to add stuff to the folder, except for telling me it was an empty folder....when I created the new folder and hit File or Edit, why wasn't there a prompt asking if you wanted to add data to your new folder?
before I stumbled onto that, I was using the useless HELP function, which couldnt even begin to get me where I need info on this...
I was one step away from calling my crutch, Gregg, before I figured it out...
but again, how the [email protected]#$ was I supposed to know, or anyone supposed to know such a thing....
who teaches this crap?? the guys on here who are "good" on these computers, did you take courses?? did you read How to books on computing.....
maybe my answer is to buy, say, a nice Color edition of How To Do Windows XP, and then study it like a school child....
but really, there are dozens of functions yet on these computers that I have no idea exist or how to do them......
they don't provide manuals for everything either, they always say easy instructions online, Yeah right!!!
why couldn't the XP dialog box simply have a prompt on it asking if you wanted to copy those files to something?
yeeeeessshhhhhh.......
what is scary, is that I know 10 times what I used to about computers and I still only know 10 percent of what I need to know! LOL.....
what should have been a very simple task became harrowing for me....
all I wanted to do was transfer some files from a CD to a folder in My Documents....
the problem was that when the files were listed on the screen, you had to hit edit and hit "Select all" to highlight them all before you were even given any options for copying them anywhere....until you realized that, you were caught in an endless conundrum of nowheresville....I created the new folder immediately, but there were no prompts at all instructing me how to add stuff to the folder, except for telling me it was an empty folder....when I created the new folder and hit File or Edit, why wasn't there a prompt asking if you wanted to add data to your new folder?
before I stumbled onto that, I was using the useless HELP function, which couldnt even begin to get me where I need info on this...
I was one step away from calling my crutch, Gregg, before I figured it out...
but again, how the [email protected]#$ was I supposed to know, or anyone supposed to know such a thing....
who teaches this crap?? the guys on here who are "good" on these computers, did you take courses?? did you read How to books on computing.....
maybe my answer is to buy, say, a nice Color edition of How To Do Windows XP, and then study it like a school child....
but really, there are dozens of functions yet on these computers that I have no idea exist or how to do them......
they don't provide manuals for everything either, they always say easy instructions online, Yeah right!!!
why couldn't the XP dialog box simply have a prompt on it asking if you wanted to copy those files to something?
yeeeeessshhhhhh.......
what is scary, is that I know 10 times what I used to about computers and I still only know 10 percent of what I need to know! LOL.....
... i just bought a g5 dual 2gig processor for the office and that thing rocks!
