- Protecting Our Parents’ PCs (first post is to get them an iMac, duh!)
- Re:Get mom an iMac – setting user restrictions
- Seconds to infection.. – yowch, is it that bad out there?
- How I fixed my father’s PC woes – installing Debian
- Swap parents! – not bad advice in general too, perhaps
- Re:Ghost the system – once a week from DVD, harsh
- Spybot Search & Destroy – better than AdAware?; Slightly less friendly interface, immunize is nice (for free)
- SpywareBlaster – even better ActiveX resistance
- A while back, Steven Garrity asked the same question: Do we all need a personal system administrator?
- Remote Computer System Support: Especially of Parents – a little out of date, but some good pointers/links
Related: take a look at the various Apple Store sites for the sheer number of free workshops and other events (iCal enabled, of course):