I haven't used Photoshop 5.1 in ages. Although I started with 5.0 and I found it to be much better than 6.0, perhaps I was just used to it. My suggestion is to move to cs3 or cs5 right away and start learning there. PS 5.1+ are getting to be absolete and you are wasting your time.
To learn the basics, I would suggest googling Photoshop Tutorials, read them and try creating something of your own, based on what you've read.
You work will not be as good as you want it to be right away, but give it some time and you WILL see improvement.
Always save your .psd files and the images you created.
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