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A short course in everyday computer support

Learn to fix it yourself, and to help the people who call you.

Seven short modules and six practice labs teach the habits that solve most everyday computer problems: the safe-first order, describing a problem, spotting tech support scams, Wi-Fi, accounts, backups, and helping someone else. Each module ends with a four-question check; each lab puts you in a realistic situation and scores the choices you make.

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Learner pass: $1.95 a month or $19.50 a year, for all 7 modules, all 6 labs, saved progress and a printable course record. Modules 1 to 3, two labs and the problem worksheet are free for everyone. Free during preview.

The modules about four or five minutes each

  1. Module 1 Before you touch anything: the safe-first order Free
  2. Module 2 Describing a problem so it can be fixed Free
  3. Module 3 Tech support scams: how they work and what to do Free
  4. Module 4 Wi-Fi, the router and the internet Learner pass
  5. Module 5 Updates, passwords and two-step sign-in Learner pass
  6. Module 6 Where files live, and backups that actually work Learner pass
  7. Module 7 Helping a parent, a friend or a colleague Learner pass

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Short lessons

Each module takes about four or five minutes, check included, and covers one thing well. No jargon without an explanation, and nothing that asks you to open a computer case.

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02

Practice labs

Work through a scary pop-up, a laptop with no internet, a slow PC, a phishing email, a missing file or an offline printer. Every ending explains what was right or risky.

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Your record

With a free account your quiz scores and lab results are saved. Pass holders can print a one-page course record. It is a record of your progress here, not a certification.

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The practice labs every ending is scored and explained

What this is, and is not

Computer Support Foundation teaches. It does not fix your computer, nobody here will connect to it, and it never asks for remote access. If you need hands-on help, the course tells you when to stop and take it to a qualified repair shop. The "foundation" in the name means the basics: this is a paid service run by WeldonPC, not a charity.

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