If you’re new to Windows 7, try using the search box in the start menu to avoid looking for things.

Press the Windows button on your keyboard or click on the round windows start button using the mouse. When the start menu appears, type into the search box the first few characters of a program to run, a file to find, an email to search for or a setting to change.

Have a play – it’s very versatile and powerful.

With external USB hard drives being so cheap today, why not use one to backup your valuable data? Ask yourself – how would you feel if you lost all your computer documents, precious digital photos, business files or digital music collection because your PC’s hard disk fails or becomes corrupted? Back up your PC files to an external hard drive and you’ll have a valuable backup copy in case disaster strikes.

You can use backup tools within Windows to automate backups or choose simple manual copying of files. You could even back up files to the Internet “cloud” (e.g. DropBox and SkyDrive). There’s no excuse – back it up now!

Of course, If you need help setting up your backups, I can help you.