On Thursday 11 September 2003 06:10 am, Anne Wilson wrote: > On Wednesday 10 Sep 2003 10:02 am, Michael Adams wrote: > > On Tue, 9 Sep 2003 09:03:42 -0700 ..snip > > They get sold a box with a firewall, virus-checker and windows > > update. They wouldn't know it has a firewall, run the virus checker > > regularly but dont know about the "update" button, and wonder if > > the windows update reminder is a virus. I myself have only just > > learned about the joys/pains of system restore which may or may not > > have been turned on by the retailer. Many of the virus calls i get > > are solved with Ad-Aware or Sy-Bot Search & Destroy. But it takes 2 > > hours to show them how to update windows and there virus checker > > database before i leave the house > > Although senior myself, I have been using computers since 1981, but I > agree totally with your comments. What's really needed is for > cyber-cafes to offer daytime classes, maybe 5-6 people at a time, > where someone can teach them these things. I'm sure that many would > want to know, but need the assurance of a protected setup like this, > and can't afford one-to-one tuition. > > I had hoped to be instrumental in such a scheme at a proposed > cybercafe, but the whole scheme fell through. I'd still like to see > it done elsewhere, though. I'll bet reasonable fees for one tutor > spread among 5-6 people could come up with a very fair price.
Rather than offering day classes to try to teach seniors to hit a moving target by trying to secure windows, I would suggest day classes to teach Linux, so once they learn a few easy administration tasks, they are able to be productive with a minimum of effort. -- Bryan Phinney Software Test Engineer
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