Introduction

Computers R4U2. Book 1: The Basic User, is currently published with Amazon Kindle, SmashWords and Lulu. It will also be available for sale on the web site in the near future. The books are written in a procedural step by step format with screen shots to guide the user through the complexities of proper and safe computer usage.

Book 1 firstly deals with the set up of a new windows 8.1 computer and how to properly set up your web browser. It also guides you through the installation of a very useful “start” button to aid you in navigating 8.1 without the not so user friendly “metro” screen!
**We then switch to Windows 7 for the rest of the book because that is what most users have.**
It then goes on to guide the user through getting a good free antivirus.
Next, it deals with how to back up and keep all your user data safe and secure.
It then guides the user on how to download, install and use some good **FREE**software to keep your computers free of malicious software, adware, spyware, viruses and so on.
Then the book introduces a routine maintenance procedure so you can keep your computers safe, clean and running as fast and as smooth as possible.
It also dedicates a chapter to some simple ways and examples of how to avoid getting your computer infected with spyware/ adware/ malware and malicious software.
The following Book 2: The Intermediate User and Book 3: The Advanced User will be written as continuations to take the user deeper into procedures for self servicing your own computer when you have problems. If you use the procedures, samples and hints that we will present, you will be able to avoid the need of taking your computer off to the very expensive computer repair shop for everything but the most serious infections and complete failures