I think you're just going to have to do the hard yards and make the effort to learn some stars first. If you haven't already, go and download
Stellarium or other star chart of choice (check the fixed threads at the top of the Beginners page for some hints on where to go) and get out outside for an hour or so and start to familiarize yourself with the sky. This will pay off in spades later on so it will be worth the effort.
Some of the brighter stars around at this time of year are Sirius (the brightest star in the sky), Regulus in Leo (don't confuse it with Mars nearby), Spica in Virgo (the white star above yellowy Saturn in the east) and the stars of the Southern cross as reasonably high in the south as it gets dark now.
Getting a star chart will also help you find out what is up there to point your scope at once you get it working. While Mars and Saturn are up in the evening sky at the moment Mars wont be much chop to look at but Saturn should give you a nice look at it's rings. But there is heaps more out there to see - star clusters, globular clusters and galaxies - and a chart will help to guide you through the sky. The goto computer might take the physical work out of pointing the scope, but you've still got to know where you want the scope to point in the first place.
Anyway, this is just my opinion and your mileage may vary, as they say. I'm sure someone else will chip in say something completely different now...
We all get a bit frustrated with things at some stage when we're learning.
