Here I hope you will find help in learning how to do the things you'll need to do on the net. This site is not intended to be the ultimate source for the net, only a spring board to bigger and better things. I Intend to keep the instructions here as simple as I can. Please don't feel I am talking down if you have some knowledge of the subjects. I am trying for the person who knows nothing at all.

     This site is written for PC users running under Windows95/98, I am sorry if you use some other system, I have no knowledge of any other system so I can be of no help to you.

     The initial purpose for this site is to help the newcomers to Spectrum Virtual University to prepare for courses there. But the information is good to know even if you never take an online course. A basic knowledge of several things is need for taking courses at VU, They are:

Choose from one of the following 3 IRC programs

  mIRC help

Learn how to set up and use mIRC, get Free popups, my number 1 choice, the one I can offer the most help on.

This is not a IRC program but a very nice personal communications program

ICQ

Get and learn all about ICQ

  Embedded fonts using Mircosoft WEFT program

This how-to does not use version 2 of WEFT, I just downloded it and will do new how-to if the differences are great. Complete instructions are at the download site at Microsoft{some what more complex than mine : )})
Use a particular font and embed it so that all who view your page see the font you choose regardless of what fonts they have (works with IE4)

  Notepad+ help

How to set up and use Notepad+ for HTML editing

  MapThis

A Free very simple very easy Image Map maker

  WS_ftp help

Basic set up and use of WS_ftp, for sending your HTML and other files to your server

  Folders / Files

create, move, view, associate

  The Quest for Knowledge

For Tutorials on all sorts of things, Including HTML, also other Cyber Schools, and much more

Well if you've done all the above
your probably feeling like a
or maybe just a
but not like a
but I hope you have learned and had some fun doing it.

    It is my true hope that you will find something here that will make you net experience more enjoyable.

If you have any questions/suggestions or trouble understanding any of the instructions me.

Just in case you think you are TC ("TechnologicallyChallenged"), the following is an excerpt from an article in the Wall Street Journal:

1. Compaq is considering changing the command "Press Any Key" to Press Return Key" because of the flood of calls asking where the "Any" key is.

2. AST technical support had a caller complaining that her mouse was hard to control with the dust cover on. The cover turned out to be the plastic bag the mouse was packaged in.

 3. Another Compaq technician received a call from a man complaining that the system wouldn't read word processing files from his old diskettes. The customer had stuck labels on the diskettes, then rolled them into his typewriter to type on the labels.

 4. Another customer was asked to send a copy of her defective diskettes. A few days later, a letter arrived from the customer along with photocopies of the floppies.

 5. A Dell technician advised a customer to put his troubled floppy back in the drive and close the door. The customer asked the tech to hold on, and was heard putting the phone down, getting up and crossing the room to close the door to his room.

 6. Another Dell customer called to say he couldn't get his computer to fax anything. After 40 minutes of trouble-shooting, the tech discovered the man was trying to fax a piece of paper by holding it in front of the monitor screen and hitting the "send" key.

 7. Yet another Dell customer called to complain that his keyboard no longer worked. He had cleaned it by filling up his tub with soap and water and soaking the keyboard for a day, then removing all the keys and washing them individually.

 8. A Dell technician received a call from a customer who was enraged because his computer had told him he was "bad and an invalid". The tech explained that the computer's "bad command" and "invalid" responses shouldn't be taken personally.

 9. A confused caller to IBM was having troubles printing documents. He told the technician that the computer had said it "couldn't find printer". The user had tried turning the computer screen to face the printer, but that his computer still couldn't "see" the printer.

 10. An exasperated caller to Dell Computer Tech Support couldn't get her new Dell computer to turn on. After ensuring the computer was plugged in, the technician asked her what happened when she pushed the power button. Her response, "I pushed and pushed on this foot pedal and nothing happened." The "foot pedal" turned out to be the computer's mouse.

 11. Another customer called Compaq Tech Support to say her brand-new computer wouldn't work. She said she unpacked the unit, plugged it in and sat there for 20 minutes waiting for something to happen. When asked what happened when she pressed the power switch, she asked "What Power switch?"

 12. True story from a Novell NetWire SysOp:
Caller: "Hello, is this Tech Support?"
   Tech: "Yes, it is. How may I help you?
Caller: "The cup holder on my PC is broken and I am within my warranty period. How do I go about getting that fixed?"
   Tech: "I'm sorry, but did you say a cup holder?"
Caller: "Yes, it's attached to the front of my computer."
   Tech: "Please excuse me if I seem a bit stumped, it's because I am. Did you receive this as part of a promotional, at a trade show?"
Caller: "It came with my computer. I don't know anything about a promotional. It just has '4X' on it."
  At this point the Tech Rep had to mute the caller, because he couldn't stand it. He was laughing too hard. The caller had been using the load drawer of the CD-ROM drive as a cup holder, and snapped it off the drive!

13. Another IBM customer had trouble installing software and rang for support. "I put in the first disk, and that was OK. It said to put in the second disk, and I had some problems with that disk. When it said to put in the third disk - I couldn't even fit it in.." The user hadn't realized that "Insert Disk 2" meant to remove disk 1 first.

 

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