This is more with adding pictures from the digital camera...
This is how our pictures are set up: In My Pictures, we just have tons of folders labeled to diferent things.. like for example "christmas 06" and we have this years christmas pictures..
So, the picture program defaults the location to put the pictures to the place that she put them last..
So, she always looses pictures because she accidently makes a new file in Christmas, instead of My pictures. She also dosent get the conscept of where things are placed... like she dosent get the conscept of file paths.. like My pictures\christmas\..
Also, she dosent get that if she has the printer pluged in, and the camera, then there are 2 removable media drives and she has to pick the right one. She also dosen't understand that you need to click in the right areas for you to get what you want..
I dont know how to explain it to her.. Its just like a sence that i have in the back of my mind that comes naturally..but not for her
2007-01-01 06:51:14 · 9 answers · asked by Fernesta 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Other - Computers
So how can i get her to understand these things..
Like she dosent get that if she wants to coppy a selection of 3 pictures, that she has to actually right click on the pictures.
Ill say Kay right click on the pictures and she will go right click on the big preview picture above the thumbnails. And it won't have the option to coppy them, she needs to right click on the thumbnails.
Or, when she is re-nameing a folder to deselect it she needs to click on the white, but she will click outside of the box which makes the thing minimize.
I have windows xp home btw
2007-01-01 06:53:46 · update #1
It's the generational thing. My Mom cannot use email -- I wrote the directions down and showed her how. I let it go . . . My Mom was in her early 60s when I tried to teach her. I didn't have the patience; however, I hope that I will in the near future. I wonder how she felt when she was teaching you how to "not poop on yourself" or to "tie your shoes" or "how to use a fork or spoon correctly?" She isn't doing it to frustrate you. Please, show her the patience that she afforded you. Moms are blessings (most of the time) . . . ^O^
2007-01-01 06:56:53 · answer #1 · answered by Sweetpea 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I help people like your mum all the time. I am sure that there are heaps of things your Mum can do that you can't grasp. The key is to either go totally step by step, or figure out precisely what your mum does not grasp, then work on it visually.
One way is to discover, does your mum work better with picture steps? Or with Written steps?
The alternative is to maybe get a Book about Windows. I know some guys who are great at TCP/IP theory, but they have an abysmal time with windows. Everyone has a thing or things they are good at... work from the strong points and see if that helps.
2007-01-01 14:57:25 · answer #2 · answered by Mictlan_KISS 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
My Mom and Dad are 74 years old and I showed them how this way and they got it. Here it goes...
I explained to them that the computer is like a big file cabinet, the file cabinet has many drawers and in those drawers are the main big file folders and in the big file folder are smaller file folders. The computer is like a big file cabinet with some preset big folders that are My Documents, My Pictures and they would name their files according to what they were and that they were not to store any files in any other folders, I also put a shortcut for each my mom and dad and renamed them mom documents & moms pictures & dads documents & dads pictures on the desk top so they could drag and drop files. This way they could always find where every thing was saved. They like it that way now and also have now added their own special desktop folders.
It is the only way that I could teach them, like your mom they just didn't get it. Good luck...
2007-01-01 15:23:25 · answer #3 · answered by Johnny 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Well I would say that you need to send her to a local BOCES class for Beginners. They will start out slow and work their way up, and fully explain it all. The best part is that they are relatively inexpensive and she may even enjoy it as it is a social environment. She will probably also meet other people there that will share other computer stuff with her, and work as a resource network for the future. Hope this helps and Happy New Year
2007-01-01 14:55:53 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Perhaps one day it will just 'click' for her, and she'll understand.
If you don't want to wait for that day, you could offer to help her by adding the pictures for her. Perhaps if you do it slowly and explain everything you are doing while she watches, she will better understand what to do. Maybe what you need to do is to open up the windows explorer and show her the different files and paths and explain what their point is.
2007-01-01 14:56:28 · answer #5 · answered by Kazweg 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
You'll have to forgive us parents. We're still trying to figure out how to adjust the clock on the RCV, whoops, I meen the CRV, whoops, ahhh heck, you know what I mean. It's that thing under the VT that we put our 8 track records in. ( Whew, that was tiring, I better go give a nap!)
2007-01-01 15:06:21 · answer #6 · answered by johN p. aka-Hey you. 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
You have to be your mom's Computer Geek. Don't leave her on the wrong side of the Digital Divide.
Good luck and Happy Computing!
2007-01-01 14:53:31 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
My grandfather does the same thing. The best way is to do it for her. If she doesn't understand she shouldn't use a computer.
2007-01-01 14:56:48 · answer #8 · answered by Sadie 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
You need to talk her into getting in computer courses or get one of those learning disc. happy new year and best of luck.
2007-01-01 15:06:45 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋