tech savvy

Does anyone have an suggestions on computer courses?

June 3rd, 2010 |

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I grew up with a computer readily available throughout my life, so I would THINK I would be rather tech savvy. Admittedly, I do know how to do a very good amount with a PC, but I seem to seriously (SERIOUSLY) struggle with networks and wireless connections. Does anyone have good suggestions for courses that can be taken to learn about:
1) Networks and Wireless Connections
2) PC computers and Windows
3) Ethical Hacking (so I can test my system to prevent hackers. McAfee is good, but it really isn’t even close to enough, I need to know how to test my systems and ethically hack into them to stop someone else from doing it maliciously. I have no intention of learning to do this to hack maliciously myself).
If anyone has suggestions on any of the three, please let me know. Books are nice, and the "For Dummies" series does a good job, but text only goes so far when you don’t know what they’re talking about sometimes. A class would be helpful.