Windows Vista Basics

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A FIRST LOOK AT WINDOWS VISTA

– Different versions
Starting Vista
Moving a window
Drag and drop
Select, then manipulate
Single clicking vs. double clicking
Viewing your ‘computer details’
Resizing a window, narrower or wider
Resizing a window, taller or shorter
Resizing a window in two directions at once
Maximizing a window
Minimizing a window
Closing a window
The Start button
The Start menu
Running a program using the Start menu
Entering text into a program
Saving data
Opening a file within a program
Shutting down Windows
Closing an application that is not responding

THE WINDOWS DESKTOP

What is the Windows Desktop?
Desktop icons
Moving Desktop icons
Windows Taskbar
Taskbar clock
Customizing your Desktop
Customizing the Desktop background wallpaper picture
Customizing the Desktop background color
Setting a screen saver
Setting your screen resolution
Modify the computer date and time
Setting the computer keyboard language and other regional settings
Setting the computer sound volume
The Sidebar and gadgets
Reordering gadgets
Closing a gadget

APPLICATIONS

Running more than one program at a time
Starting WordPad
Using Print Screen within WordPad
Identifying the parts of an application window
Notepad
Calculator
Welcome Center
Switching between programs
The ‘Switch between windows’ icon
Using Windows Flip 3D
Cascading windows
Displaying windows side by side
Installing programs
Removing programs
Creating and using a Desktop shortcut
Deleting a Desktop shortcut
Shutting down an application that has frozen
Restarting the computer

HELP

How to get help
The Help ‘Back’ and ‘Forward’ buttons
Printing a Help topic
Browsing for Help
Re-displaying the opening help screen
Demos

FILES, FOLDERS AND DISKS

What are files?
What are folders?
Types of drive and drive letters
Running the Windows Explorer program
Views within the Windows Explorer
Using the Windows Explorer scroll bar
Expanding and contracting drives and folders
Types of Windows Explorer icons
Drives, Folders and Files
Data storage devices
File sizes and disk storage capacities
Online Storage

MANIPULATING FOLDERS

Navigating to the sample files folder
Creating a folder
Creating a subfolder
File naming issues
Renaming a folder
Deleting a folder
Displaying folder details

MANIPULATING FILES

Viewing file details
Sorting the file list within the Windows Explorer
Recognizing common file types
Selecting multiple files
Counting the number of files, files of a particular type in a folder
Changing file attribute status
Renaming files
Deleting files
Restoring files and folders from the Recycle Bin
Emptying the Recycle Bin
The Windows Clipboard
Moving files between folders
Copying files between folders
Backups
Online Backups
Backing up data to a removable drive

FORMATTING AND FILE COMPRESSION

Disk formatting
What is file compression?
Extracting compressed files
Compressing files

SEARCHING FOR DATA

Viewing recently accessed files
Searching for files on your hard disk
Advanced searching by file size
Advanced searching by date
Advanced searching by file content
Advanced searching using partial file names and specific locations
Searching for a file using wildcards instead of the full name

VIRUSES, SPYWARE AND COOKIES

Computer viruses
Spyware
Cookies
Virus checking programs
Scanning for viruses
Updating anti-virus programs

PRINTING ISSUES

Selecting a printer
Changing the default printer
Installing a new printer on the computer
Printing from an application
Using the Print Manager