Exploring Windows XP Vol' 1

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Exploring Windows XP Vol. 1

• Chapter One - Windows XP Professional The Basics

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Chapter Objectives

• Wake the Windows XP Professional screen saver.
• Use the mouse.
• Understand the types of Windows XP Professional
  user accounts.
• Log on to Windows XP Professional.
• Change your user settings.
• View the monitor screen saver and power settings.
• Understand fast user switching.
• Use the Hibernate feature.
• Log off from Windows XP Professional.

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Windows XP Professional screen saver
The default screen saver is the background that
is used for these PowerPoint slides.
Furthermore, additional ones can be obtained from
third parties.
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The Mouse
You should become familiar with the following
terms, which are the most commonly used mouse
actions
Click Press and release the left mouse button.
This action is often used to select an object or
to place a cursor in the intended location. Drag
and drop Press and hold the appropriate mouse
button down (either the left or right button,
depending on the intended action) while you drag
(move) the object to another location, and
release the mouse button. This action is
typically used to move objects to another
location. Double-click Quickly press and
release the left mouse button twice in
succession. This action is frequently used to
execute an action, such as highlighting a word in
a document.
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The Mouse
You should become familiar with the following
terms, which are the most commonly used mouse
actions
Triple-click Quickly press and release the left
mouse button three times in succession. This
action is frequenlty used inside text to
highlight a block of text, such as a
paragraph. Right-click Press and release the
right mouse button. This action is frequently
used to activate a context-sensitive menu, called
a shortcut menu, that applies to the intended
object.
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The Mouse
In addition to the standard two button mouse,
there are pointing devices with
wheels three buttons track balls joysticks infrare
d controls radio controls light-sensitive
operations (optical) programmable buttons
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Windows XP Professional Welcome Screen
When initially starting or awaking Windows XP
from its screen saver state, the Windows Welcome
screen appears
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Windows XP Professional User Accounts
Computer administrator accounts allow
administrators to install all applications and
hardware items, create and control (including
deleting and changing) all user accounts, and
make any changes necessary to the systems
hardware or software architecture. Limited -
accounts relate to the account itself.
Individuals designated as users with a limited
account type can change the picture associated
with their user names during the log on process
and can add, alter, or delete their own user
passwords. Those are the only administrative
functions available to limited account users.
Guest - accounts may, depending on how
privileges are set up by the administrator, allow
users to run applications and save or change
their own documents stored on the local machine.
Guest users are not, however, allowed any other
administrative privileges.
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Logging on to Windows XP Professional
Single-User Workstation uses no passwords and
assumes the same single user will be working with
that computer. This is useful for a home
office, where nobody else is expected to work on
the computer other than the original
owner. Multiple-User Workstation uses the
Welcome Screen shown in a previous slide,
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Windows XP Professional Desktop
Some desktops may have a standard look to them
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Windows XP Professional Desktop
While others have been customized
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Logging off from Windows XP Professional
There are several ways to turn off a workstation
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Logging off from Windows XP Professional
There are several ways to turn off a workstation
From the Start button
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Logging off from Windows XP Professional
There are several ways to turn off a workstation
With the 3 finger salute CtrlAltDel and the
Task Manager
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Logging off from Windows XP Professional
With several different options
The term hibernation refers to a method of
resting your computer so that all the settings
and the status of your applications and open
documents are saved from memory to storage on
your workstations hard disk drive (an internal
component of your computer used for storage of
applications and files that you save). You should
click the yellow Hibernate button when you have
to leave your computer for an extended period but
do not want any of your settings disturbed or
otherwise altered. (If you are using a laptop
computer, the button will be labeled Stand By
instead of Hibernate, and will serve basically
the same function.) When you return to restart
your computer, it will return quickly and and
restore everything back to the exact way it was
when you put it into hibernation.
Hibernate
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Logging off from Windows XP Professional
With several different options
Clicking on the red Turn Off button will put the
computer immediately into the shut down cycle
where it closes all applications, deletes
temporary files in use, saves any changes to the
system files and any other altered states, and
shuts off the computer. You should use this
whenever leaving the computer for an extended
period of time and you do not want any of your
open applications or files saved for an immediate
restoration when you return. You should also use
this method whenever you are required to initiate
a cold boot process where the computer has to
initialize itself by having power shut off
completely before being restarted.
Turn off
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Logging off from Windows XP Professional
With several different options
Clicking on the green Restart button will enter
the computer into its restart cycle. The computer
will shut down, but not all the way. It will go
through what is called a warm boot and will
return to operation quicker than if turned
completely off.
Restart
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What should you do?

• Learn by doing the Hands-on exercises and the
  Practice with Windows XP Professional exercises
  at the end of the chapter.
• Read the chapter summary.
• Review the key terms.
• Take the Multiple Choice test at the end of the
  chapter.