Windows XP Project Introduction to Microsoft Windows XP
Microsoft Windows XP - Introduction
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Microsoft Windows XP 2 What is Windows XP? Windows XP is an
operating system program An operating system is a program that runs
in the background and helps application programs interact with the
hardware. For example, if you are writing a letter in Word and you
click the button to save the document/file, the Word program will
tell the operating system program to do what is necessary to save
the file. If you chose to print the letter and you click the button
to print the file, the Word program will tell the operating system
program to do what is necessary to print the file.
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Microsoft Windows XP 3 Operating system programs Operating
system programs such as Windows XP, Windows 2000, Windows 98,
Windows 95, Unix, Linux, etc. perform several other functions
besides interacting with the hardware. In fact, Mr. operating
system wears several hats: Receptionist (displays the opening
desktop) Security Guard (verifies passwords) Resource manager
(enables programs to access and share RAM memory space, printers,
disk drives, and the CPU brain) File Clerk (tells disk drive
controllers when and where to save files and retrieve files)
Traffic cop (prevents deadlock freezing up)
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Microsoft Windows XP 4 Operating System Programs Are Software
All software Application Software Word Processing Programs Spread
sheet Programs Database Mgmt Programs Present- ation Programs
Several other categories Systems Software Operating Systems Utility
Programs (Virus checkers) Language Translators
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Microsoft Windows XP 5 Editions of Windows XP The version of
Windows XP that we are using here is Windows XP Professional
edition. There are other versions of Windows XP. There is Windows
XP home edition designed especially for home computers that are
networked to each other and there is a Windows XP media center
edition that is designed for PCs built to function as a media
center, and there is Windows XP tablet edition that is designed for
tablet PCs.
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Microsoft Windows XP 6 What is a service pack? Occasionally,
Microsoft needs to update an operating system program that has
already been released to the public. The update program is referred
to as a service pack and it often includes fixes and enhancements
to the original version of the operating system. In August, 2004
Microsoft released service pack 2 (SP2) that contains advanced
security features that protect computes from viruses, worms, and
hackers. If you already have Windows XP, you can download the
service pack program from Microsofts web site and install in on top
of your existing operating system program.
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Microsoft Windows XP 7 Logging on to the computer at CBU The
computers stay on all the time but the screen will dim out. Press
any key to undim the screen. Everyone should login using the user
name student. No password is necessary.
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Microsoft Windows XP 8 Once the operating system is running,
you will see the Windows XP desktop displaying, and you can launch
an application program such as Word or Excel or Internet Explorer.
One way to launch a program is to begin by clicking the [start]
button on the Windows task bar.
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Microsoft Windows XP 9 Use the mouse to position the mouse
pointer over the menu item Programs to see a list of programs
installed on this PC. Some of the menu items are not programs but
represent groups of similar programs.
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Microsoft Windows XP 10 Use the mouse to position the mouse
pointer over the menu item Accessories. See another list of
programs and program groups.
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Microsoft Windows XP 11 If you click on any one of these
Accessory programs, it will launch. Some of the accessory menu
items do not launch programs but may display another sub-menu. The
right arrows next to some of the menu items indicate that there is
a sub- menu below this menu item. For now, left-click with the
mouse on the desktop area to dismiss the all the menus.
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Microsoft Windows XP 12 The [My Computer] item allows you to
view all the folders on all the disk drives that are directly
attached to your computer (such as the C-drive, the floppy drive
and maybe a CD-ROM or DVD drive. Shared folders and disk drives on
other computers in your workgroup may also be listed in the My
Computer window.
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Microsoft Windows XP 13 To open the [My Computer] window,
double-click its icon that is now on the desktop.
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Microsoft Windows XP 14 Title bar Menu bar Standard Tool bar
Drives connected to this computer Address bar
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Microsoft Windows XP 15 Maximize this window by clicking the
[Maximize] button
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Microsoft Windows XP 16 Restore this window by clicking the
[Restore] button. (When the window is maximized, the middle button
becomes the restore button).
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Microsoft Windows XP 17 Minimize this window by clicking the
[Minimize] button
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Microsoft Windows XP 18 Restore this window by clicking the [My
computer] button on the task bar.
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Microsoft Windows XP 19 Close this window by clicking the
[Close] button
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Microsoft Windows XP 20 On the Windows XP desktop, click the
[start] button. Position the mouse pointer over [Settings], and
click on [Control Panel].
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Microsoft Windows XP 21 The control panel provides options for
you to customize the appearance and functionality of your computer,
add or remove programs, setup network connections, or add user
accounts.
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Microsoft Windows XP 22 A window may be moved around the
desktop. To move a window, position the mouse pointer on its (blue)
title bar. Press and hold the left mouse and drag the mouse left,
right, up, or down to move the window. Release left mouse when the
window is moved to the desired location.
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Microsoft Windows XP 23 A window may be re-sized manually. To
resize a window, position the mouse pointer on one of its borders.
The pointer will become a double-headed arrow. Press and hold the
left mouse and drag the mouse left, right, up, or down to resize
the window. Release left mouse when the window is adjusted to the
desired size and shape.
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Microsoft Windows XP 24 If a pane in a window becomes too small
to display its contents entirely, a scroll bar will appear next to
that window pane so that a user may scroll to see the hidden
contents.
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Microsoft Windows XP 25 Starting an application. Your computer
may have several different programs installed. One type of
application program is called a web browser. Two popular web
browser programs are Internet Explorer and Netscape Navigator. If
you are an AOL user, you might be using AOLs proprietary web
browser. To start a web browser program, from the windows desktop,
click [start], then [Internet Explorer]. The IE window displays on
your monitor and the home web page displays within the IE
window.
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Microsoft Windows XP 26 Quitting an application. To quit
Internet Explorer, you can click the window close button [X] in the
upper right corner of the IE window, or from the menu, you can
select [File], [Exit].
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Microsoft Windows XP 27 Using Windows Explorer Windows Explorer
is a program that allows you to navigate through the hierarchy of
folders and files on your disk drives. You can also delete, move,
copy, and rename files or folders using the Windows Explorer
windows and menus.
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Microsoft Windows XP 28 To start Windows Explorer, on the
Windows desktop, click [Start], then [My Computer].
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Microsoft Windows XP 29 Maximize the My Computer window by
clicking the maximize window control button.
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Microsoft Windows XP 30 Click the [Folders] button on the
toolbar. See the folders view display in the left pane of the
window.
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Microsoft Windows XP 31 Because My Computer is selected in the
folder pane, the left pane shows a list of storage components that
are directly accessible from this computer. Storage components
consist of disk drives that contain file folders.
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Microsoft Windows XP 32 There are actually four sections to the
My Computer window. The top section Files Stored on This Computer -
shows the login- users My documents folder and another folder
referred to s Shared Documents. If this login user wants to share
some of his/her files with other users that may log on to this
computer, s/he should put those files in that Shared Documents
folder. Note: for you, the login user would be: student
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Microsoft Windows XP 33 The next section hard disk drives -
shows permanent disk drives that are physically attached to this
computer.
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Microsoft Windows XP 34 The third section Devices with
Removable Storage shows drives that use removable disks.
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Microsoft Windows XP 35 The fourth section - network drives
shows disk drives which are not directly attached of this computer
system but were setup as shares to make them directly accessible to
the login user as if they were physically attached.
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Microsoft Windows XP 36 In the left pane, some storage
components have a plus sign [+] next to them. That indicates that
there are folders below or within that component.
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Microsoft Windows XP 37 C:\ (Root) C:\BACKUP
C:\BACKUP\PROGRAMSC:\BACKUP\DOCS C:\WINNTC:\DELL C:\DELL\DRIVERS
Folders are arranged into a hierarchy on a disk. At the top of the
hierarchy is the root folder (C:\). Folders are said to be below
other folders; Files are inside the folders. Level 2 of the folder
hierarchy on drive C.
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Microsoft Windows XP 38 Click the [+] next to the Local Disk C
and the folders pane will display all the folders directly below
the root folder of C. Thats called expanding the listing. The right
pane does not change.
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Microsoft Windows XP 39 Now click the [-] next to the Local
Disk (C:) to collapse the listing in the folders pane so that you
cannot see the folder names below Local Disk (C:).
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Microsoft Windows XP 40 Now click the on the words Local Disk
(C:) and all the folders that are directly below the root folder of
C will show in the right pane.
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Microsoft Windows XP 41 If you scroll down in the right pane,
you will see that there are also some files in the root folder of
C. So a folder can contain other folders below it and files within
it.
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Microsoft Windows XP 42 To create a folder at the same level
(directly below the root folder), right click anywhere on the white
background of the right pane to display a popup menu. Click [New],
[Folder]
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Microsoft Windows XP 43 see a new folder icon. Backspace over
the words new folder and type your last name. Press when
finished.
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Microsoft Windows XP 44 Click the [X] to close the [My
Computer] window.
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Microsoft Windows XP 45 Now we will start Word and create a
file and save it in our new last name folder. From the Windows
desktop, click [Start], [Microsoft Word]
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Microsoft Windows XP 46 The Word application window opens. A
document window opens within the Word application window. Type:
This is a test.
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Microsoft Windows XP 47 Now save the file: from the menu bar,
select [File], [Save as]
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Microsoft Windows XP 48 when the Save As window opens, in the
Save in box, click the down arrow control and select Local Disk C
to select the root folder of C
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Microsoft Windows XP 49 locate your last name folder in the
folders list and double click it to open it
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Microsoft Windows XP 50 now type in the file name: test and
click [Save].
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Microsoft Windows XP 51 To exit Word, from the menu bar, select
[File], [Exit] or just click the [X] window control button in the
top right corner.
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Microsoft Windows XP 52 See the Windows desktop.
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Microsoft Windows XP 53 Double-click [My Computer] again to
open the My Computer window.
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Microsoft Windows XP 54 Click the [Folders] icon again on the
toolbar to see the folders view in the right pane.
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Microsoft Windows XP 55 Double-click the Local Disk C link to
view the folders directly below the root folder of C in the right
window.
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Microsoft Windows XP 56 Locate your last name folder in this
window and double click to open it.
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Microsoft Windows XP 57 See your file named test.
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Microsoft Windows XP 58 From the menu bar, click [View] [List]
to view the file as a list item instead of an icon.
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Microsoft Windows XP 59 To rename the file, right click on it
to see the popup menu, and click [Rename]
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Microsoft Windows XP 60 Edit the file name to be: Test2 Then
press.
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Microsoft Windows XP 61 Files can be copied or moved to other
folders on this computer or to shared folders that are available to
this login user using the methods we are about to demonstrate.
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Microsoft Windows XP 62 To copy the file, right click the file
icon to display the pop-up menu. Select [Copy].
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Microsoft Windows XP 63 Now right click on the destination
folder (Documents and Settings) and select [Paste] from the popup
menu.
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Microsoft Windows XP 64 Now click on the Document and Settings
folder link in the right pane to open that folder. See the file
Test2 in the folder.
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Microsoft Windows XP 65 To move the file out of the Documents
and Settings folder and in to the My Documents folder below the
student folder, which is below the Documents and Settings folder,
drag and drop the file into the My Documents folder.
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Microsoft Windows XP 66 Double-click the My Documents folder in
the left pane to open it. See the test2 file in the right
pane.
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Microsoft Windows XP 67 To delete the file test2, right click
the file icon to display the popup menu, then select [Delete]. Or
just press the [Del] key on the keyboard.
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Microsoft Windows XP 68 Click Yes on the confirmation
prompt.
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Microsoft Windows XP 69 Note: The file was not really deleted.
It was just moved to the recycling bin. To actually delete it, it
delete it from the recycling bin. Click the [X] to close the My
Computer window.
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Microsoft Windows XP 70 Quitting Windows Explorer Click the
Close button [X] on the My Computer window title bar
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Microsoft Windows XP 71 Searching for a File by Name Click the
Start button on the taskbar Click Search on the Start menu. If
necessary, maximize the Search Results window Click All files and
folders in the Search Companion balloon. Type Expenses Table in the
All or part of the file name text box Click the Look in box arrow
in the Search Companion pane
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Microsoft Windows XP 72 Searching for a File by Name Click
Removable Disk (E:) Click the Search button Click the Close button
on the Search Results window title bar
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Microsoft Windows XP 73 Searching for a File Using a Word or
Phrase in the File Click the Start button on the taskbar. Click
Search on the Start menu. If necessary, maximize the Search Results
window. Click All files and folders in the Search Companion balloon
Click the A word or phrase in the file text box Type apply in the A
word or phrase in the file text box, click the Look in box arrow,
and then click Removable Disk (E:) in the Look in list
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Microsoft Windows XP 74 Searching for a File Using a Word or
Phrase in the File Click the Search button in the Search Companion
balloon Click the Close button on the Search Results window title
bar Remove the USB flash drive from the USB port
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Microsoft Windows XP 75 Starting Help and Support Click the
Start button on the taskbar and then point to Help and Support on
the Start menu Click Help and Support and then click the Maximize
button on the Help and Support Center title bar
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Microsoft Windows XP 76 Browsing for Help Topics in the Table
of Contents Point to Windows basics in the Pick a Help topic area
Click Windows basics and then point to Tips for using Help Click
Tips for using Help and then point to Find what you need in Help
and Support Center in the topic pane Click Find what you need in
Help and Support Center and then read the information in the To
find what you need in Help and Support Center topic in the topic
pane
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Microsoft Windows XP 77 Browsing for Help Topics in the Table
of Contents
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Microsoft Windows XP 78 Searching for Help Topics Using the
Index Click the Index button on the navigation toolbar, type home
networking in the Type in the keyword to find text box, and then
point to overview in the list box Click overview in the list box
and then point to the Display button Click the Display button
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Microsoft Windows XP 79 Searching for Help Topics Using the
Index
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Microsoft Windows XP 80 Closing the Help and Support Center
Click the Close button on the title bar of the Help and Support
Center window
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Microsoft Windows XP 81 Homework #1 Textbook Windows XP -
Chapter ONE Go to:
http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/default.mspx
http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/default.mspx Click on
Videos under Resources and watch the videos on keeping your
computer safer from on-line threats then do the homework (if using
an on campus lab, you may need ear-phones). Homework questions to
answer (email answers to instructor) Briefly discuss how you can
protect your self against online fraud Briefly discuss how you can
keep your computer updated Briefly discuss how you can backup
important information