Finally, just as you wouldn't want a spouse or other relative to teach you how to drive a car or to hang wallpaper with, find someone you would be willing to take suggestions from. It could be a friend from work or church, perhaps a neighbor. He or she has to be willing to watch you make mistakes. And to talk you through some procedures, not always showing you how to do it. Another source of assistance is a computer user group.
Members tend to be supportive and helpful to newcomers and veterans alike.
Sometimes just a phone call is all that's needed. The challenge of learning about personal computers and the Internet has nothing to do with sex, race, age, education or income. Cyberphobia crosses all those societal labels. But if you're willing to make the effort, you can become a cybernaut instead of a cyberphobe. Howard was more than a mite fearful of going to his first usell those people would know so much more than he did.