Control Panel

1
Control Panel

• Each icon within the control panel lets you
  change the settings of the associated item.

2
Date and Time
Allows users to customize time zone
Allows users to adjust date and time
3
Display
Screen resolution
Change desktop icons
Modify the desktop
Add, remove or modify the screen saver.
Select image for desktop
4
Fonts
Allows you to change the standard fonts used by
your computer, for things such as icons, title
bars menus.
5
Keyboard
Allows you to change the speed at which
characters repeat, change the default language of
the keyboard.
6
Mouse
The Motion tab allows you to change the speed of
the pointer, and how it looks when it moves
The pointers tab allows you to change the look of
your pointer
This tab allows left handed users to switch the
mouse buttons
7
Printer
This allows you to add additional printers to the
computer, remove printers not in use, and specify
the default printer.
8
Regional Settings
Change the date and time format
Change the currency format
Change the number format
9
Accessories

• Windows 95/98 accessories already provide some
  very useful functionality.
• The set of programs that come with Windows 98 are
  called Accessories. These accessories include
• Calculator
• Notepad
• Word Pad
• Paint

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File Extensions

• File extensions are an easy way to identify the
  file type or the application used to create a
  file.
• Some common file extensions are
• Extension File Type
• .txt Note Pad
• .doc MS Word, Word Pad
• .xls MS Excel
• .gif Picture
• .jpg Picture
• .htm Webpage

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Utilities

• Scan Disk
• ScanDisk for Windows is a disk-checking and
  repair tool, you can check the integrity of your
  media (which includes hard disks and floppy
  disks), and repair most problems that may occur.
• ScanDisk for MS-DOS (Scandisk.exe) starts
  automatically when the operating system is shut
  down improperly or your disk contains a critical
  error

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What is a virus?

• A computer virus is a program or piece of code
  that is designed to copy itself into other
  programs stored in your computer, and then spread
  itself from one computer to another.
• Virus programs are written by computer
  programmers or hackers--usually with malicious
  intent--and are typically spread through shared
  documents, spreadsheets, executable files,
  software programs, or floppy disks.
• Viruses can do anything from displaying random
  messages or sounds, to damaging data, to wiping
  out the contents of your hard disk.

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Virus Scan

• Anti-virus programs scan your computer storage
  disks to detect viruses on your system
• It is important to scan for viruses frequently,
  because you can become infected at any time.
• Virus scanning software is not a guarantee that
  you will not get a virus. Each week there are
  more than 250 new viruses. Virus scanning
  software cannot detect a virus it doesnt know
  about
• It is important if you have a computer at home to
  purchase virus scanning software, and regularly
  update it to detect new viruses.