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Windows Basics: A Beginner's Guide
You are about to start simple and friendly computer lessons designed for total beginners, seniors, or anyone who wants to learn at their own pace. Our computer classes are clear, step-by-step, and illustrated so you never feel lost — even if you’ve never used a computer before.
Check out our smartphone tutorials to learn how to use your phone step by step and improve your mobile skills.
Premiers Clics offers free computer classes for beginners, plus easy-to-follow lessons
on using a smartphone or tablet and solving common phone problems.
🔹 Computer Basics
- Computer and internet glossary
- Connect à WiFi printer
- How to get wifi password
- Change desktop background
🔹 Windows Basics
- The Mouse
- The Keyboard
- The Desktop
- The Start Menu
- The Taskbar
- Open Windows settings
- Change mouse pointer speed
- Empty Recycle Bin
- Recover deleted files
- Create and organize folders
- Create desktop shortcuts
- Pin a programm on the taskbar
- Compress a ZIP file
- Decompress a ZIP fileMake file and folder icons bigger
- Open a downloaded file
- Change Windows Wallpaper
- Take a screenshot
- All our computer classes
🔹 Internet and Email
- Open and use a web browser
- Add a website to the favorites bar
- Creating a Gmail account
- How to send emails and attachments
- Browsing history in Chrome, Edge or Firefox
- Browsing download history in Chrome, Edge or Firefox
- Delete history in Chrome, Edge or Firefox
- Delete cookies and browsing data
- Set Google Chrome Homepage
- Create and manage an email account
- How access Netflix from Phone, PC or Tablet
- What is a VPN ?
- How to find the wifi password with a phone
🔹 Computer Protection
- Protect my computer with a password
- Install antivirus tools
- Learn how to avoid scams online
🔹 Troubleshooting
🔹 Practical Life
Send emails and attachments
How to send emails and attachments. Easy guide with Gmail or any email service.
Protect my computer using a password
How protect your computer with a password or a PIN code.
Make file and folder icons bigger
How to change the size of files and folders icons.
Solve internet issues
How to fix the main internet connections issues. Main troubleshooting steps.
Reset your PC
How to reset your PC while keeping your files. You can also reset your PC and removing all personal files.
Recover a Steam Account
How to recover your lost or forgotten Steam account.
Change desktop background
How to change the Windows desktop background. Free online Windows Course.
Change Google Chrome Homepage
How to change the homepage of your internet browser (Chrome, Edge, Firefox, Safari, Opera...).
Adjust mobile's volume
Contact Vinted
How to contact Vinted Customer Service.
Access Netflix
Find wifi password with a phone
If you need to display the WiFi password on your smartphone.
Decompress ZiP File
Learn how to compress and compress ZIP Files.
Connect a wifi printer
How connect a wifi printer to your wifi network. Learn to connect and install a wifi printer easily.
Change mouse pointer speed
How to change your mouse or touchpad speed in Windows.
Recover deleted files
How to recover deleted files in the Windows Recycle Bin.
Take a Screenshot
See how taking a screenshot in Windows
Compress ZiP File
Learn how to compress and compress ZIP Files.
Create folders
Learn how to create and organize folders in Windows.
Empty Recycle Bin
How to empty the Windows Recycle Bin to permanently delete my files and folders.
Increase display size
Windows Desktop Basics
Learn how to organize shortcuts and folders, and personalize your screen.
10 Essential Windows Apps
Our Top 10 Windows Apps to Have.
View Google browsing
How to check your Google browsing in Chrome, Edge or Firefox.
Add a website to bookmarks
How to add a website to bookmarks.
Create an email account (Gmail)
How to create a Gmail account to send and receive emails.
Change Google Chrome Homepage
View download history
How to view the browser download history in Google.
Delete browsing personal data
How to delete cookies, history and other personal data in Chrome or Edge.
Connect Bluetooth device to phone
How connect a Bluetooth device on your smartphone.
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Computer Basics & Smartphone Tutorials
Welcome to Premiers Clics, a free website designed to help beginners learn computer basics and use smartphones easily. Step-by-step guides, simple tutorials, and practical lessons for everyday use.
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Change Wallpaper
How to change the Windows Wallpaper. Windows Course
I can't make calls
Check this tips if you can't make calls anymore. A Phone troubleshooting guide by Premiers Clics.
About Premiers Clics
Premiers Clics offers online computer courses for beginners and for people who want to deepen their knowledge. All our online computer courses for beginners are free and can be accessed without registration. Use Premiers Clics as free digital skills resources for seniors.
Thibaut MATHIEU
Editor of Premiers Clics
Editor and writer of Premiers Clics, and author of the book “Je me mets à l'informatique” (only avalaible in french), I share all my computer knowledge to help you learn, using the Premiers Clics's computer basics for beginners and seniors. I also offer tutorials to learn how to use a smartphone. Also the manager of a computer support and repair company, I fully understand your needs in computer training and assistance. Every day, I answer my clients’ questions about their computers, phones, or tablets. This experience has given me extensive knowledge in consumer digital technology, allowing me to separate fact from fiction in device protection, identify the most common user mistakes, and provide numerous tips to make the best use of PCs, smartphones, and tablets.