In Windows XP and now with Windows Vista, the computer operating system has been orientated more to users of media, like photographers, to help us handle the huge quantity of data that is generated.  In the case of the photographer or a busy photographic studio the number of individual files can turn into tens of thousands.  You don’t have to be very busy to produce 500 images a day, 4000 images a week, which would lead to 208,000 images in the year.  OK that maybe a little extreme, but my own studio processes in excess of 45,000 images a year, and if you consider that each image will probably be handle two or three times in the course of initial capture to the finally produced article, knowing your way round the operating system of your PC is crucial.
How many times have you said, “ I know saved it somewhere”, only to be unable to find it quickly and end up searching folders and files and common Locations.  Repeat this a few thousands of  times in the year, and you can seem just how much time is wasted when you could be doing something else.

One of the most common things I hear from photographers nowadays” I’m spending all my time at the computer” and I always reply "are you always doing the same thing over and over again," if the answer happens to be “yes”,  well they are doing it wrong.  The very thing a computer is a master of, is repeating things over and over again, all you need to do is setup a systems that allows the computer to do what it was designed to do.
The short course on Windows XP and Windows Vista is designed to show you how to utilize the power of your PC. Tips and tricks, the shortcuts and the basically sensible working habits you should adopt when handling large numbers of images.  Like most humans we surround ourselves with a comfort zone of things we know we can do, to achieve what we want.  We very rarely step outside that zone and that is when we form bad habits. 

Not getting it right from the very beginning of a digital files life, not having sensible structures in place, you are going to create problems all the way through the system. 

After completing this course, time saving is guaranteed, strategies will be developed by utilize the phenomenal power of a desktop computer.   A course packed with “Oh my god I never realize that” insights and little Eureka moments.