Product Details

• Format: NTSC
• Region: All Regions
• Studio: Createspace
• DVD Release Date: February 11, 2008
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B0013TO78I
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #195,667 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great for seniors, February 28, 2009

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Mixy Mae (Henderson, NV USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: A Senior's Guide to Using a Computer - Windows XP Edition (DVD)

I bought this dvd for my 57 year old mother who has never before used a computer system and, in fact, thought should could break a computer just by touching it. These, along with the other dvds in this series, have now transported my computer-fearing mother into the 21st century. The dvds aren't meant to be just played in a dvd player to watch - the key is to have the person watching the dvd at an actual computer while watching the dvd. The narrator speaks extremely slowly, almost painfully slowly if you are just watching the dvd. However, the narrator expects you to be physically following along at a computer and mimicking what is being taught and in order to do that, must speak slowly so that people have enough time to follow. In all, this series is a must have for seniors who are looking to get into getting over their fears of using a computer.

0 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars about this instructional DVD, February 12, 2008

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Mike's Rite "Less war, more jobs please" (Brunswick, Maine) - See all my reviews

This review is from: A Senior's Guide to Using a Computer - Windows XP Edition (DVD)

A Senior's Guide to Using a Computer - Windows XP Edition

Learn how to use a computer in the comfort and privacy of your own home!

This instructional video has been designed to provide "computer shy" seniors a gentle and low key introduction to using a Windows XP computer.

This computer help DVD provides visual demonstrations and step-by-step instructions to get you (or your "computer shy" friends) up to speed as quickly as possible.

NOTE: This instructional DVD can be watched on Televisions with DVD players and on computers which have DVD Drives.

No previous computer experience is required.

BASIC WINDOWS XP COMPUTER OPERATIONS

In this computer help DVD we cover: how to use a desktop computer mouse; how to use a notebook computer mouse; how to navigate through windows and folders on a computer; how to open 'files' on a computer and how to shut down and restart a computer.

INTRODUCTION TO INTERNET BROWSING

In this computer help video, we also discuss and demonstrate how to use Internet Explorer to visit web sites, search online (using Google), and 'surf the web'.

FREE DVD UPDATES

This Windows computer help video never gets out of date! Free updates to this DVD will be available at [...]

A SENIOR'S GUIDE TO USING A COMPUTER TABLE OF CONTENTS

- Introduction

- A Tour of the Computer Desktop

- Introducing... The Mouse!

- How to use the Notebook Computer Mouse

- Basic Windows XP Computer Operations

- How to surf the Web with Internet Explorer

- Where to go from here

ADDITIONAL WINDOWS COMPUTER HELP DVDs

This computer help video has been designed and created to provide a foundation for additional computer instruction. INTERNET FOR SENIORS & EMAIL FOR SENIORS will soon be available [...].

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Help for the Computer Shy founder Michael Gorzka has been teaching "computer shy" adults how to use personal computers (both Macs & PCs) and various software & Internet applications since 1997. He has incorporated what he has learned from his teaching experiences into his computer help DVDs and manuals."

Title #244959
Running time: 90 minutes
Format: DVD-R