Here you will find PDF, Zip and Word Do"How Too's" and wee files that I think are interesting.
(Easy to follow instructions for working with your computer, the majority of them have graphics to show as well as tell.)
THESE FILES ARE CLEAN BUT FOR YOUR OWN SAFETY REMEMBER TO SCAN ALL DOWNLOADS WITH AN UPTO DATE ANTI-VIRUS SCANNER BEFORE OPENING
(If you do not have anti-virus software installed please see link for SECURITY for details on where to get free software)

If you think you have a good, easy to follow instructional document (or a link to one and preferably with graphics to show individual steps) please contact me with the details.
Or if you can think of a way for me to improve on them, and I feel that it would be helpful to someone who is new to computers or has difficulty with reading I will then load it into here.

I take no credit for the information in these documents. All the information has been garnered from the Internet. All I have done is collate it and put the information into the relevant document.
I have difficulty in absorbing the written word and find instructions hard to follow, so all of the instructions here have been tried by myself and I know that they are reasonably easy to follow and they do work.

With some of these, I have forgotten to take note of the site where information was obtained.
Where I have remembered to do so I have given the direct link.
Where I have not, I ask the composers forgiveness and put it down to inexperience.

If you do not have a program to read PDF files go here to get Adobe PDF reader Adobe's Home page
If you need a program to open any ZIP files go here to get WinZip WinZip Home page or you could use Zip Genius (my preference for a zip program more facilities built in and freeware)

Route Planning list
This list is handy to have in your wallet if you do a lot of travelling and need to look up route directions. The list includes sites for USA/Canada and Europe. These are all free sites.
Fred Langa is the author of the weekly LangaList which is a very informative and helpful weekly computer help E-Letter.

HTML_colour_chart
A document that shows HTML colours and their numbers.

Keyboard shortcuts
This list will allow you to operate you computer if the mouse stops working, along with a few other shortcuts.

XP Password reset
Self explanatory

Basic Computer Maintenance

restore the registry in Win98 & ME
A PDF file that shows how to manually restore the registry in WIn98 & ME

Hydro
A brief history of Peebles Hydro

Do you want to personalise your SYSTEM PROPERTIES? by removing makers details and stamp your own ID onto it. If so download this text file for instructions. Own Branding

Wanting to use the REPAIR CONSOL (MS) in Win XP?
Two ZIP files available. One from
MS and another from
Michael Stephens (This is a very clear and explicit file)

Make Win95 Floppies
(this should work for all versions of Windows CD's)
How to convert your Win CD into floppies in the event that you don't have access to a CD drive for installation.

Trouble Shoot Chart
A detailed hardwaretrouble shooting document. This is a very comprehensive hardware trouble shooting document. My thanks goes to Sylvander of the PC Guide Forums for these.

Win ME shutdown
PDF file showing how to troubleshoot Win ME shutdown problems

WinXP & 98 Networking
Between different versions of windows Win 95 through to XP.(With Graphics) It also explains how to get two (2) or more I.P. addresses onto one network card