Chapter 11 Exploring Windows XP Vol. 1 Part One - Windows XP Professional: The Basics

Chapter 12 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.

Chapter 13 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. However, by using the Display Properties dialog box, you can change to one of the other standard screen savers. {

Chapter 14 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.

Chapter 15 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.

Chapter 16 The Mouse In addition to the standard two button mouse, there are pointing devices with: wheels three buttons track balls joysticks infrared controls radio controls light-sensitive operations (optical) programmable buttons

Chapter 17 Windows XP Professional Welcome Screen When initially starting or awaking Windows XP from its screen saver state, the Windows Welcome screen appears:

Chapter 18 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 system’s 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.

Chapter 19 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, or the Windows Dialog box. the Fast User Switching screen (if enabled),

Chapter 110 Windows XP Professional Desktop Some desktops may have a standard look to them:

Chapter 111 Windows XP Professional Desktop While others have been customized: Classic Start Menu Custom Desktop Background Custom Desktop Icons & Titles Multiple System Status Tray Apps

Chapter 112 Logging off from Windows XP Professional There are several ways to turn off a workstation: From the Welcome screen

Chapter 113 Logging off from Windows XP Professional There are several ways to turn off a workstation: From the Start button

Chapter 114 Logging off from Windows XP Professional There are several ways to turn off a workstation: With the “3 finger salute” Ctrl+Alt+Del and the Task Manager

Chapter 115 Logging off from Windows XP Professional With several different options: Hibernate 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 workstation’s 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.

Chapter 116 Logging off from Windows XP Professional With several different options: Turn off 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.

Chapter 117 Logging off from Windows XP Professional With several different options: Restart 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.

Chapter 118 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.