Information About Windows Desktop.

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

What is Wndows?

What are windows?
Windows is what is called an operating system for your computer. Once an operating system is loaded onto your computer, it manages all the other programs (called application or software) you use, for like the foundations of a building. So to run a word processor or an email program, for instance, you need to have an operating system to allow you to access them.