Icon: allow you to quickly start your favorite programs with a double-click of the mouse. These icons are also called short cuts. You can add as many as will fit on the screen.
The Desktop Area: can be customized with different backgrounds and wallpapers’ made up of colors. Pictures and patterns.
The taskbar: is this gray strip at the bottom of your desktop. it is always visible on your screen , even when you are working in another program. It lists the entire program you currently open.
Start menu: launch button opens a list of programs available on your computer.
Quick launch: tool bar allows you to quickly open your favorite or most used programs.
Time: display will always show the current time here on your screen. it can be adjusted on any time by double clicking on it.
Common icons (‘shortcuts’) on a windows desktop
Ø My computer enables you to organize your documents and setup features like printers; email/internet connections and disk drive son your computer.
Ø The Recycle Bin is a temporary storage area for 9items you have deleted from computer. They can be retrieved from here if your deleting was accidental. Or they can be permanently deleted from your system.
Ø Internet explorer is a type of program (software) called an Internet browser. This allows you to view documents on the Internet. To connect to internet, you first need modem (a piece of hardware), a
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