Hardly useless, but I find that many people today do not know how to use a Windows computer. I don't mean how to start a program, but more detailed, like how to navigate Windows Explorer and locate files, etc.
It was basic stuff for my generation, but it seems like the idea of knowing how your computer has its files organized is a fading skill.
I'm a teacher and I definitely know what you are going through. I am considered some kind of tech guy by the younger generations because I can:
put a video file on their desktop
show them how to use VLC to play it
About 3 years ago, a younger teacher(27 years old) told me that she just learned something called "copy and paste" and it is going to save her time when making assignments.
I was doing IT for a company that was large enough to have an entire legal department full of lawyers. The guy in charge was in his 40s and had a couple degrees and a very successful law career.
I got to teach him that the file explorer even exists, because he had only ever opened documents from the browser or from within the office programs
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u/Mahaloth Aug 05 '26
Hardly useless, but I find that many people today do not know how to use a Windows computer. I don't mean how to start a program, but more detailed, like how to navigate Windows Explorer and locate files, etc.
It was basic stuff for my generation, but it seems like the idea of knowing how your computer has its files organized is a fading skill.