Monday, September 28, 2009

Do we need a 'computer driving test'? | Adventures in IT - InfoWorld

Do we need a 'computer driving test'? | Adventures in IT - InfoWorld: "Do we need a 'computer driving test'?"
Techie W. W. has a long wish list of "driving instructions" he wishes every user would master. Here's a partial list:

* How to get to the command line
* How to get to the command line and type ipconfig /all
* How to start Task Manager and what it can tell them
* How to browse a hard drive with Explorer and the command line
* How to compress a file without WinZip
* How to manually run Windows update from My Computer
* How to Add Remove programs
* The bandwidth ramifications of streaming videos/stock quotes/music/etc
* Why and when not to close the error message dialog before calling for assistance

He also wishes users would use software for the purposes intended -- for example, Excel is not a word processor or project management tool.

Here is a sample test from a European IT site:
http://www.bcs.org/server.php?show=conMediaFile.11271

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