What is the best way to become proficient on the computer?
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doing. my knowledge and skill really shot through the roof when my friends started asking me to help them with computer issues. i saw things that i never would have seen before that helped me, for example, i installed my first cd drive on my friend's computer, and what I learned then is still with me.\n\nif you don't have any friends, or your friends are better than you, the next best thing is to build your own computer from scratch. you are going to make mistakes, and you'll fry some parts, but you'll learn a lot. you probably won't be happy with the final product until the third time you've done it.
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http://www.learnthat.com/computers/learn.asp?id=425&index=0
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1. Write a lot of programs. Like everything, practise is essential -- the more, the better.\n2. Strive to understand how and why everything works (or doesn't work). Avoid cut'n'paste solutions.\n3. Learn basics from the bottom up (bits, bytes, and such) and from the top down (high level languages, power tools). At some point top and bottom will meet and you will recognize when that happens. (They may not meet in the middle; it's different for everybody).\n4. Pay attention to details.\n5. Lots of late nights, coffee, cola -- limited social life.
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You don't need to go to classes or pay anyone.  You can start buy reading some books on computers.  Computers are very simple to understand if you just know where to look--motherboard, CPU, Memory, disk drives.If you have a old computer, open it up and start experiment with it.  You can also check the internet for more information, it's very resourceful (you're doing it right now by asking in Yahoo).  Once you know the computer basics, you'll be swapping parts left and right.
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try and use something like virtual pc, that allows you to have a computer, in the os, that is the only way i can think of, ans as far as i knw the only one,,
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There is free course you can take on-line through Sony.  It teaches the basics of building a website.  The best thing is it is free and it is on-line to do when you want.  It isn't very long just a couple of lessons with a few pages of reading and it is great information.  I took the course and really enjoyed it.  You can access it at:   http://www.sony101.com\n\nIf you go to that website there will be four categories of courses.  Click on all courses under the category "Personal Computing", a list of course is on the next page and it is about the third option on the list.  Click "enroll" and that is all.  If you haven't registered for any classes before you will then be asked to register.  It doesn't cost anything to register either and you only need to answer a few simple questions (name, create password, etc.)\n\nHope I could help.  Good luck!
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well first download the yahoo messenger, install it and follow the written institutions, every thing u want to learn to do in the computer means reading and trying things and mostly teasing. good luck\n\nu can also d/l other programs but start with y.messenger it's easy and fun.
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go to computer school
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learn everything.\n\nCisco,\nOperating systems, (UNIX, Windows, Linux)\nalso don't abbreviate your words is a fine start. \nwrite like a normal person. \nwhen you have those figured out, then you can learn about security. those come hand in hand.
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I second that.\nThe help files are more than sufficient to teach you how to use it.\nBut don't expect it to be easy.\nYou are really going to need to read and learn in order to use it.
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Do you mean Microsoft Excel? If so, there are a lot of books that you can pick up at best buy that can help you learn all sorts of computer programs. Make sure that whatever one you settle on comes with software to help you practice what you're learning. Good luck.
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The best way to learn is experience. Download a few programs, try using them, mess around with the options, etc. That's how I learned 95% of the stuff I know - trial and error ;).\nHere are some programs you can use freely.\nhttp://filehippo.com/
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Get a For Dummies book or Idiot's Guide To book.\n\nOnce you're ready to program, get Visual Basic from Microsoft.
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A certified computer expert.
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Only you can answer your own question about your career, but first figure out what do you enjoy doing the most. Are you a people person? If you are, then go work in the retail industry. Do you want to work in an office? Then go volunteer and take some courses that will help you learn computer skills. Once you gain enough experience, send out resumes to staffing agencies. They have a lot of temp positions to gain experience.
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You can draw on your computer with a Wacom Tablet and software such as Twisted Brush or Corel or Photoshop or Illustrator. You would have to get used to it to become adept.
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some basic computer usage skills for browsing should suffice apart from your primary skillset