Where should I start to learn more about home computer repair and programming?

I am tired of the computer getting the best of me, I want to be computer literate and be able to program my computer and repair it when it goes down. A future business opportunity wouldn't bother me either! Any help as to where to start?

Where should I start to learn more about home computer repair and programming?
If you would like to program you might want to purchase a book about it. It can come in very handy. Most book stores carry them. One of the most useful things you can do to learn about the computer is to start using it more and taking risk. Experience is the best way to learn. Try listening to Tech podcast too. You can learn a lot of whats happening.





Cnets Buzz Out Loud Podcast is one of my favorites.





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Reply:Mostly through experience helps. Try to find a friend that knows a lot about computers and ask that friend some questions. Or when your computer goes weird and somebody needs to fix it, ask whoever is doing the fixing what to do in case it should happen again.
Reply:Computer repair and programming are two separate things. I'd focus on one or the other. For computer repair, get yourself an old computer, maybe from a classified ad. Then, have at it. Use it as a test computer to learn on. Mistakes are a good thing because that's how you learn.