Exploring the Internet

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Exploring the Internet

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• Instructor Patrick Krolak
• Topic Introduction to Your Computer

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Tonight

• Introduction to Windows XP

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Class Announcements
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Follow Up from Last Class

Source
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Introduction to the Computer

1. Computer Basics
2. Modern Computer Storage devices
3. Printers and other output
4. Setting Up your computers Security

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A video tutorial of Windows XP features

• The next slide is a half hour video tutorial
  designed to show you all the features of the
  Windows XP home O/S.
• It is a worthwhile review unless you are totally
  familiar with the latest features.

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Windows XP Home
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Storage Devices

• One of the major advances in laptop and desktop
  computers is the variety and the availability of
  cheap, large, and fast storage devices. It is not
  usual today to see 40-200 GB storage drives. This
  in turn allows the generation of large digital
  images, flash animation, mp3 and mp4 music and
  videos. It has created much more interesting web
  sites, created new markets e.g. iPODs, and
  imaging and video editing software.

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What is a storage device?
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Storage devices
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What is a File?
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What is a directory?

• A directory of the major storage devices Note
  that this window indicates that the computer has
  the following storage devices
• 3 1/2 floppy disk (A), See that the lab1
  directory is located on this drive,
• hard drive (C),
• zip disk-- Removable Disk (D),
• CD-ROM -- Jpfd (E)
• Clicking on any of these storage devices icons
  would expose their directories (folders). If we
  click lab1 which is shown as the only sub
  directory of the A drive, we would expose its
  contents of files and sub directories.
• By Clicking the Folder icon with the up arrow we
  go up in the directory tree one level.

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How Big is the Storage Device?
Steps Comments
  The My Computer contains information about the storage device, Control panels, Printers, etc.
Note  clicking the storage device icon once turns the icon blue clicking a second time uncovers the directory of the storage device. Further clicking exposes the sub directories and its files.. Note the icons for a digital camera and photo printers. These are storage for digital photos. This computer also has a dial-up modem directory and a network card.
 Click the My Computer icon
 
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How Big is the Storage Device (more)

• Note the diagram gives the size of the C drive
  and the available free space.
• If the selected icon is a directory or file this
  step will give the size and other information
  about its creation and other parameters.

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How Do I Find a File?
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Printers and imaging devices