This link is going to be lot of help to all of us beginners or enthusiasts alike
It is a comprehensive library of articles on many things to do with Computing(goes back a few years)
www.pcworld.com/howto/index/0,00.asp
Some examples: There is all the setup info plus diagrams of the New SP2 update for XP
Lots of Articles on things like spyware prevention,diverse things like tips on setting up the AOL browser....All in Plain English
Just type your requirement in the search box and see if you can defeat it?
I suspect there is something of help here of most subjects from Acrobat to Zipfiles?

Want more?
There is a huge download section with almost every popular Program listed
This surely must be worthy of a save to Favourites? I did notice that some of the scumware programs have been kept out , but it looks top quality stuff whats left.
www.pcworld.com/downloads/index/0,00.asp (look down the page in middle column)
Only thing I don't like is the layout is untidy on the home pages. But beyond this it is easy to find everything Tip:Can get some good results with 1 keyword searches