Print and complete this cheat sheet in case you need to remember your PC's technical information, Internet and e-mail information, or how all those wires and peripherals should be hooked up to your PC. Also below is a list of helpful PC hints.
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My PC’s Technical Information and Stuff
The following technical information is specific to your own computer — stuff that you’ll probably reference from time to time but won’t necessarily bother storing in your brain. Print this page and write down the information, and then save the page with the other material that came with your computer.
Make and model: ____________________
Serial number: ______________________
Microprocessor: _____________________
RAM (MB): _________________________
Hard drive capacity (GB): __________
Keys to press on start-up to enter PC Setup program:
______________ ___________________
Drive A is ___ 3-1/2-inch floppy. ___ non-existent.
Drive C is ___ my PC's first hard drive.
Other drives
Drive ___ is a hard drive.
Drive ___ is a hard drive.
Drive ___ is an optical drive. ___ CD ____ DVD ___ Recordable
Drive ___ is an optical drive. ___ CD ____ DVD ___ Recordable
Drive ___ is a memory card drive. Type: _________________
Drive ___ is a memory card drive. Type: _________________
Drive ___ is a memory card drive. Type: _________________
Drive ___ is a memory card drive. Type: _________________
Drive ___ is _________________.
Drive ___ is _________________.
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The Things That Plug into Your PC
Here’s a list of standard computer peripherals — items that attach to the PC console. Make a note of how each item is attached. This information can help you reconnect everything later, in case you ever need to move the computer or take it to the repair shop.
| Keyboard | Keyboard port | USB |
| Mouse | Mouse port | USB |
| Printer | Printer port | USB |
| USB hub | Yes | No |
| Other USB devices | ||
| NIC | Scanner | Modem |
| Sound gizmo | Ditigal camera | Webcam |
| External USB drives: __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ |
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Important Contact and Support Information for Your PC
Use this space to fill in the phone numbers or e-mail addresses of the various people who can help you with your computer, in the event your PC acts up. You also have a spot to write down the Windows 7 HomeGroup password, which helps you keep that information in a handy place, along with other vital names and numbers.
Computer dealer or retail store: ___________________
Sales rep (name/ext.): ___________________________
Dealer tech support: ____________________________
Operating system support: _______________________
ISP: _________________________________________
ISP tech support: ______________________________
Computer guru: _______________________________
Windows 7 HomeGroup password: ________________
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Helpful PC Hints
Here are some essential tips for working with your PC. Keeping your PC in good working order prolongs its life and prevents you from losing important data.
The Help key in Windows and in most other programs is F1.
Always save your stuff. Save when you first create something, save as you go along, save when you stand up to take a break, and save before you quit your programs.
Delete only the files or folders that you created yourself.
You can delete a shortcut file; doing so doesn’t delete the original.
When you mess up, immediately press Ctrl+Z, the Undo keyboard command. That should rectify whatever transgression you just committed.
Always unplug the computer console before you open it.
You can connect and disconnect USB devices to and from the computer while the computer or the device is on.
Get used to working with the mouse by playing computer games, especially card games.
The best gift you can buy your PC is more memory.
Remember to properly eject and safely remove any removable media in Windows; don’t just yank something out of your PC.
The key to understanding software is to know what a file is.
When e-mailing a graphical image, be sure to save or convert the image into either the JPG or PNG file format.
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Logging Your Internet Information
Use this information to help keep track of your Internet account information and other, trivial tidbits that you should keep in one location (other than your brain, or your PC):
Internet login name: _________________________________
Internet password: (Write down elsewhere.)
My e-mail address: _________________________________
My e-mail password: (Write down elsewhere.)
My ISP's domain name: _________________________________
My Web e-mail address: _________________________________
My Web e-mail password: (Write down elsewhere.)
Other e-mail address: _________________________________
Other e-mail password: _________________________________
POP server name: _________________________________
SMTP server name: _________________________________
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