I do alright, almost never have to ask for help from anyone to work stuff like that out.
If you're running Win95/98 it's pretty easy as all you have to do is to boot up into real DOS mode and run the patch. (Read the instructions for all the details)
Bit more of a bother for WinME, as it doesn't have the option to boot up into real DOS mode, but there's a program that you can find on that site (I think) that lets you boot off a floppy into DOS.
My own laptop was a bit tricky to do, as the same slot is used for both the floppy drive (which I needed to boot up with)
and the DVD player .... so it was interesting for a while!
