Learning and Living in the Online World

Continuing to add to our Windows Live topic, our Windows Live Messenger tutorial is now live!

GCFLearnFree.org launches a brand new tutorial on Windows Live, Microsoft’s online suite of productivity and communication tools.

This month has seen the release of brand new versions of the big three web browsers. Google’s Chrome 10, Mozilla’s FireFox 4 and Microsoft’s Internet Explorer 9 all promise to enhance your experience of the Internet with improvements in speed, user interface, mobile syncing and privacy controls. So, which one should you choose? Let’s take [...]

Discover the new Windows 7 Desktop Themes with this video montage.

Windows 7 and Vista have a really cool feature for customizing your desktop called gadgets. Gadgets are programs that stay open and running on your desktop so you can see information such as weather or news headlines at a glance. In addition to convenience, they also offer a great way to personalize your computer.

Windows 7 has a new approach to accessing your files and content. Microsoft has created Libraries and improved the Desktop Search in order to make it easier to find, maneuver and customize your files.

We have now completed our tutorials on Windows 7. We have covered the basics of the operating system, but we would like to hear from you about any additional lessons you would like to see.

We are going through the process of figuring out Windows 7 just like any other user, so if you are thinking of getting the new OS you can take advantage of our insights and blunders.
With that in mind, here are a few things you need to know before upgrading.

On October 22, Microsoft will be releasing the much anticipated Windows 7 Operating System and with the widespread marketing blitz it’s hard not to wonder if this is the latest, greatest technology “must have”. Of course, we have been wondering the very same thing.

Will this operating system perform better than Windows Vista? Is Windows 7 as fun and easy as it appears? What do we need to know before buying? Should we prepare members to upgrade right away?

An operating system is the most important software that runs on a computer. Check out this video to learn exactly what an operating system does and discover the different types of operating systems.