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Exploring the

Windows Vista

Desktop

ust as your desk is the central area from which you do all kinds of work,

the Windows Vista desktop is a command center for organizing your

computer work. Here you find the Start menu, which you use to access

information about your computer, files, folders, and applications. You’ll also

find a taskbar that offers settings, such as your computer’s date and time,

as well as shortcuts to your most frequently accessed programs or files.

In this chapter, you explore the desktop, which appears when you log on

to Windows Vista. Along the way, you discover the Recycle Bin, the Quick

Launch bar (this might sound like a salad bar at a fast-food restaurant, but

it’s actually the area of the Windows Vista taskbar that lets you open fre-

quently used programs), and how to shut down your computer when you’re

done for the day.

Here, then, are the procedures that you can use to take advantage of the

desktop features of Windows Vista.

Get ready to . . .

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Log On and Off Windows Vista ....................6

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Work with the Start Menu............................7

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Work with the Quick Launch Bar ..................8

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Set the Date and Time..................................9

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Arrange Icons on the Desktop ....................10

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Create a Desktop Shortcut..........................11

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Empty the Recycle Bin................................12

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Shut Down Your Computer ........................13

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Seite 1 - Windows Vista

Exploring theWindows VistaDesktopJust as your desk is the central area from which you do all kinds of work,the Windows Vista desktop is a command cent

Seite 2 - Log On and Off Windows Vista

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Seite 3 - Work with the Start Menu

Log On and Off Windows Vista1. Turn on your computer to begin the Windows Vistastart-up sequence.2. In the resulting Windows Vista Welcome screen, ent

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Work with the Start Menu1. Press the Windows key on your keyboard or click theStart button on the desktop to display the Start menu(see Figure 1-2).2.

Seite 5 - Set the Date and Time

Work with the Quick Launch Bar1. Locate the Quick Launch bar on the taskbar just to theright of the Start button; if it’s not visible, right-click the

Seite 6 - Arrange Icons on the Desktop

Set the Date and Time1. Press the Windows key on your keyboard to display thetaskbar if it isn’t visible.2. Right-click the Date/Time display on the f

Seite 7 - Create a Desktop Shortcut

Arrange Icons on the Desktop1. Right-click the desktop and choose View in the resultingshortcut menu; be sure that Auto Arrange isn’t selected,as show

Seite 8 - Empty the Recycle Bin

Create a Desktop Shortcut1. Choose Start➪All Programs and locate the program onthe list of programs that appears.2. Right-click an item, Freecell for

Seite 9 - Shut Down Your Computer

Empty the Recycle Bin1. Right-click the Recycle Bin icon on the Windows Vistadesktop and choose Empty Recycle Bin from the menuthat appears (see Figur

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Shut Down Your Computer1. Choose Start and then click the arrow to the right of theLock button.2. In the resulting shortcut menu shown in Figure 1-13,

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