Newbie help

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Hi all,
 I live in a small town, and seem to be spending a lot of time helping
new Windows users. The week before last a fellow came to me asking for
help, his machine took for ever to start up. I went round and he had
been switching off at the power when he was finished, and it was running
a scandisk on a 160gig drive every time he switched on. I asked why and
he said the on/off switch didn't work when he pressed it(needs to be
held in for a few seconds for forced shutdown). I explained he needed to
shutdown correctly, no one had told him.

With the above in mind and being a newbie myself to Ubuntu,I have
started making up a newbies help html, in the same style as the
unofficial guide(different background color), so they match, and would
appreciate any suggestions. I want to make it that simple that anyone
who has not even seen a computer before could use it, so am including
very basic screen shots.
Would be happy to hear any suggestions on/off list, and can send what I
have done so far minus the screen shots to anyone interested.
Thanks.
Take Care
Winton