CMPF124:Basics Skills for Knowledge Workers

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CMPF124Basics Skills for Knowledge Workers

• Basic Windows Administration

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Control Panel
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Add/Remove Hardware

• Hardware includes any physical device that is
  connected to your computer and is controlled by
  your computer's microprocessor.
• This includes equipment that was connected to
  your computer when it was manufactured, as well
  as peripheral equipment that you added later.
• Modems, disk drives, CD-ROM drives, printers,
  network adapters, keyboards, and display adapter
  cards are all examples of devices.

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Add/Remove Hardware

• Devices (Plug and Play and non-Plug and Play) can
  be connected to your computer in several ways.
• Some devices, like network adapters and sound
  cards, are connected to expansion slots inside
  your computer.
• Other devices, like printers and scanners, are
  connected to ports on the outside of your
  computer.
• Some devices, known as PC Cards, connect only to
  PC Card slots on a portable computer

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Add/Remove Hardware

• For a device to work properly with Windows,
  software known as a device driver must be loaded
  onto the computer.
• Each device has its own unique device driver,
  which is typically supplied by the device
  manufacturer. However, some device drivers are
  included with Windows OS.

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Add/Remove Hardware

• You must be logged on as an administrator or a
  member of the Administrators group to configure a
  device using the Add/Remove Hardware wizard in
  Control Panel or Device Manager.
• If your computer is connected to a network,
  network policy settings may also prevent you from
  installing hardware.

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Add/Remove Program

• Add/Remove Programs helps you manage programs on
  your computer.
• It prompts you through the steps necessary to add
  a new program, or to change or remove an existing
  program.

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Add a program from CD or floppy disk

• Open Add/Remove Programs in Control Panel.
• Click Add New Programs, and then click CD or
  Floppy.
• Follow the instructions on your screen.

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To change or remove program

• Open Add/Remove Programs in Control Panel.
• Click Change or Remove Programs, then click the
  program you want to change or remove.
• Click the appropriate button
• To change a program, click Change/Remove or
  Change.
• To remove a program, click Change/Remove or
  Remove.

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Display

• Use Display in Control Panel to customize your
  desktop and display settings.
• These settings control how your desktop looks and
  how your monitor displays information.
• You can completely customize the colors and fonts
  that are used in Windows on your screen.

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Display (cont)

• You can also set a picture, pattern, or HTML
  document as your wallpaper, or set up a screen
  saver with a password to protect your work.
• Visual effects are available to smooth fonts or
  enhance the appearance of menus and file commands
  when you open and close them.

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Display (cont)

• With Display, you can also change display
  settings on your computer.
• You can specify color settings, change your
  screen resolution, and set the refresh rate for
  your monitor.
• If you are using multiple monitors, you can
  specify individual settings for each display.

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Choose a desktop background
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Choose a desktop theme
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Choose a desktop appearance
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Choose a colours of display
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System

• Use System in Control Panel to do the following
• View and change settings that control how your
  computer uses memory and finds certain
  information.
• Find information about hardware and device
  properties, as well as configure hardware
  profiles.
• View information about your network connection
  and logon profile.

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System (cont)

• You can change performance options that control
  how programs use memory, including paging file
  size and registry size, or environment variables
  that tell your computer where to find some types
  of information.
• Startup and recovery options indicate what
  operating system your computer uses when it
  starts and what actions it performs if the system
  stops unexpectedly.

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Specify the default operating system
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Change the computer name
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Create a new hardware profile
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Change the size of the virtual memory paging file
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Task Manager

• Task Manager displays information about the
  performance of your computer and the programs and
  processes that are running on your computer.
• You can use Task Manager to start programs, start
  or end processes, and view a dynamic display of
  your computer's performance.

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Task Manager

• To start Task Manager, do any of the following
• Press CTRLALTDELETE, and then click Task
  Manager.
• Press CTRLSHIFTESC.
• Right-click an empty area of the taskbar, and
  then click Task Manager.

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Computer Performance

• Click the Performance tab in Task Manager to view
  a dynamic overview of the performance of your
  computer, including the following measures
• Graphs for CPU and memory usage.
• The total number of handles, threads, and
  processes that are running.
• The total number of kilobytes (KBs) used for
  physical, kernel, and commit memory.

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Windows Keyboard Shortcuts

• Switch among applications
• Shortcut key Windows-Tab or Alt-Tab.
• Open the Start menu
• Shortcut Key Ctrl-Esc or Windows.
• Minimize all open Windows and reveal the desktop
• Shortcut Key Windows-M or Windows-D
• Restore all Windows
• Shortcut key Shift-Windows-M or repeat
  Windows-D.

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Windows Keyboard Shortcuts

• Move within the Windows Desktop and select items
• Shortcut Key Tab, Arrow, Enter.
• Open the Run dialog box
• Shortcut Key Windows-R
• Start Windows Explorer
• Shortcut Key Windows-E
• Find a File (from the Windows desktop)
• Shortcut Key Windows-F or F3.

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Windows Keyboard Shortcuts

• Open the System Properties dialog box
• Shortcut Key Windows-Break.
• Rename the selected object
• Shortcut Key F2.
• Delete selected objects without sending them to
  the Recycle Bin
• Shortcut Key Shift-Delete.
• Bypass the CD-ROM AutoRun feature
• Shortcut Key Hold down the Shift key while you
  insert the disk.

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The End