Chapter 3. Understanding Microsoft Windows XP


In This Chapter

  • What Windows Isand What It Does

  • Different Versions of Windows

  • Working Your Way Around the Desktop

  • Important Windows Operations

  • Using the Start Menu

  • Understanding Files and Folders

  • All the Other Things in Windows

  • Getting Help in Windows

As you learned back in Chapter 1, "Understanding Your Computer Hardware," it's the software and operating system that make your hardware work. The operating system for most personal computers is Microsoft Windows, and you need to know how to use Windows to use your PC system. This is because Windows pretty much runs your computer for you; if you don't know your way around Windows, you won't be able to do much of anything on your new PC.



Absolute Beginner's Guide to Computer Basics
Absolute Beginners Guide to Computer Basics (2nd Edition)
ISBN: 0789731754
EAN: 2147483647
Year: 2003
Pages: 261

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