This updated tutorial covers all major computer topics: buying hardware & software, discount dealers, how to use operating systems (MS-DOS, Windows up through XP, Mac, Linux, and Palm), the Internet, how to use application software (MS Office, WordPerfect Office, their competitors, and alternatives), how to fix your computer (maintenance, repairs, viruses, adware, and spyware), how to program (in HTML, JavaScript, QBasic, Visual Basic, C, C++, Java, assembler, and alternatives), and management resources (computer history, careers, vendor phone book, and jargon dictionary). The reader is given the author's home phone number, for free help, day & night, 24 hours. This book is rated #1 by journalists, colleges, computer clubs, and libraries worldwide, because it's the only easy, fun, fast way to become a total computer expert.