This study examined whether analogy or means-ends strategies (heuristics) would be used to solve geometric puzzle-like problems, which were generated by a microcomputer. The subjects in the two-group experiment were undergraduate students enrolled in an introductory psychology course at Potsdam College (New York). One group of subjects learned about analogy problem solving. The other served as control. The computer was used as a conveyence for the treatments being examined. An original computer program was used to collect, organize, and manage the data generated by subjects, as they worked on puzzle-like problems. The results indicated that subjects preferred to use means-ends strategies to solve the computer-generated problems. The findings verify the conclusions of earlier means-ends studies in which devices other than computers were used. It was suggested that further research include the special attributes of computers to train means-ends and analogies heuristics in problem solving. Thirty-six references are provided, as well as five figures which illustrate the problems and correct and incorrect responses. (PK)