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Computer HardwareWindows ’98 and Internet Explorer

Chapter 3Start Menu and Control Panel

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Start Menu

Programs Favorite Option Documents Option Settings Option Find Help Run

! CTRL + Esc

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Start Menu Programs: give you the path of the specific

program files / executable files. Favorites: used to store your favorite links

to specific web sites by Internet Explorer Documents: denotes the documents that

were used recently. Settings: modify desktop or system setting Find: search for files or folders Help: get answer to your questions Run: open items such as Web pages,

programs, and other computers’ resources

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Add a Favorite links

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Settings

Control Panel Add a printer Control Start menu Folders options Windows update

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Add a program to start menu

Steps taken Click Start Menu Click Settings Click Taskbar & Start Menu Select the Start Menu Programs tab Click on Add

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Add a program to start menu

Steps taken Use Browse to select the program to

be added Click Next Double click on Start Menu Folder Type in a name for the program Click on Finish

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How to find a file

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How to find a file Components of a file name:

Dog.doc Dog is the name of the file .doc is the extension of the file,

stands for word document Wildcard to be used:

*: identifies a set of characters ?: identifies a single character For example, st*.doc, dat?.ppt

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How to find a file Examples of using wildcard

searching: D?s*.* (find all the files start with D,

and the third character of the file name is s)

??y.ppt (find all powerpoint files that have ‘y’ as the third character in the file name)

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How to add a shortcut

Steps taken: Right Click on your desktop Click on New option Select the Shortcut option Use browser to select the program

you want to create a shortcut for

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Control Panel

Add/remove programs in start menu Change date/time Change display Change mouse setup View system settings Use ODBC (Open Database

Connection)

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Add/remove a program Steps taken:

Click Start Menu Click Settings Click Control Panel Click Add/Remove programs Click Install to install new program or Remove to uninstall an existing program

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Change Date/Time Steps taken to change system

date/time Double click on Date/Time Modify the date/time to the desired one Click on Apply to apply the new settings

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Change Display Steps taken to change the

display for the computer: Click on Display Make proper changes Click on Apply to apply the new settings

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View system settings