Windows XP Project
Introduction to
Microsoft Windows XP
Microsoft Windows XP - Introduction
What is Windows XP?
• Windows XP is an operating system program
• An operating system is a program that ‘runs in
the background’ and helps application programs
interact with the hardware.
• For example, if you are writing a letter in Word
and you click the button to save the
document/file, the Word program will tell the
operating system program to do what is
necessary to save the file. If you chose to print
the letter and you click the button to print the file,
the Word program will tell the operating system
program to do what is necessary to print the file.
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Operating system programs
• Operating system programs such as Windows XP,
Windows 2000, Windows 98, Windows 95, Unix, Linux,
etc. perform several other functions besides interacting
with the hardware. In fact, “Mr. operating system wears
several hats”:
– Receptionist (displays the opening desktop)
– Security Guard (verifies passwords)
– Resource manager (enables programs to access and
share RAM memory space, printers, disk drives, and
the CPU – brain)
– File Clerk (tells disk drive controllers when and where
to save files and retrieve files)
– Traffic cop (prevents deadlock – “freezing up”)
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Operating System Programs Are Software
All
software
Application
Software
Word
Processing
Programs
Spread
sheet
Programs
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Database
Mgmt
Programs
Systems
Software
Presentation
Programs
Several
other
categories
Operating
Systems
Utility
Programs
(Virus
checkers)
Language
Translators
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Editions of Windows XP
• The version of Windows XP that we are using
here is Windows XP Professional edition.
• There are other versions of Windows XP.
• There is Windows XP home edition designed
especially for home computers that are
networked to each other and there is a Windows
XP media center edition that is designed for PCs
built to function as a media center, and there is
Windows XP tablet edition that is designed for
tablet PCs.
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What is a service pack?
• Occasionally, Microsoft needs to update an operating
system program that has already been released to the
public.
• The update program is referred to as a service pack and
it often includes fixes and enhancements to the original
version of the operating system.
• In August, 2004 Microsoft released service pack 2 (SP2)
that contains advanced security features that protect
computes from viruses, worms, and hackers.
• If you already have Windows XP, you can download the
service pack program from Microsoft’s web site and
install in ‘on top of’ your existing operating system
program.
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Logging on to the computer at CBU
• The computers stay on all the time but the
screen will dim out. Press any key to
‘undim’ the screen.
• Everyone should login using the user
name “student”. No password is
necessary.
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Once the operating system is running, you
will see the Windows XP desktop displaying,
and you can launch an application program
such as Word or Excel or Internet Explorer.
One way to launch a program is to begin by
clicking the [start] button on the Window’s
task bar.
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Use the mouse to position the
mouse pointer over the menu item
“Programs” to see a list of
programs installed on this PC.
Some of the menu items are not
programs but represent groups of
similar programs.
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Use the mouse to position the
mouse pointer over the menu item
“Accessories”. See another list of
programs and program groups.
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If you click on any one of these ‘Accessory’ programs, it will
launch. Some of the accessory menu items do not launch
programs but may display another sub-menu. The right arrows
next to some of the menu items indicate that there is a submenu below this menu item. For now, left-click with the mouse
on the desktop area to ‘dismiss’ the all the menus.
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The [My Computer] item allows
you to view all the folders on all
the disk drives that are directly
attached to your computer (such
as the C-drive, the floppy drive
and maybe a CD-ROM or DVD
drive. Shared folders and disk
drives on other computers in your
workgroup may also be listed in
the “My Computer” window.
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To open the [My Computer]
window, double-click its icon that
is now on the desktop.
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Title bar
Menu bar
Standard Tool bar
Address bar
Drives
connected to
this computer
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Maximize this
window by clicking
the [Maximize] button
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Restore this window by clicking
the [Restore] button.
(When the window is maximized,
the middle button becomes the
‘restore’ button).
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Minimize this window
by clicking the
[Minimize] button
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Restore this window by clicking the
[My computer] button on the task bar.
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Close this window by
clicking the [Close]
button
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On the Windows XP desktop, click the
[start] button. Position the mouse
pointer over [Settings], and click on
[Control Panel].
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The control panel provides options for
you to customize the appearance and
functionality of your computer, add or
remove programs, setup network
connections, or add user accounts.
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A window may be moved around the desktop.
To move a window, position the mouse pointer on
its (blue) title bar. Press and hold the left mouse
and drag the mouse left, right, up, or down to
move the window. Release left mouse when the
window is moved to the desired location.
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A window may be re-sized
manually.
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To resize a window,
position the mouse pointer
on one of its borders. The
pointer will become a
double-headed arrow.
Press and hold the left
mouse and drag the
mouse left, right, up, or
down to resize the window.
Release left mouse when
the window is adjusted to
the desired size and
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shape.
If a pane in a window
becomes too small to
display its contents
entirely, a scroll bar will
appear next to that
window pane so that a
user may scroll to see
the hidden contents.
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Starting an application.
Your computer may have several different programs
installed. One type of application program is called a ‘web
browser’. Two popular web browser programs are Internet
Explorer and Netscape Navigator. If you are an AOL user,
you might be using AOL’s proprietary web browser.
To start a web browser program, from the window’s
desktop, click [start], then [Internet Explorer]. The IE
window displays on your monitor and the ‘home’ web page
displays within the IE window.
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Quitting an application.
To quit Internet Explorer, you can click the window close
button [X] in the upper right corner of the IE window, or
from the menu, you can select [File], [Exit].
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Using Windows Explorer
• Windows Explorer is a program that allows
you to navigate through the hierarchy of
folders and files on your disk drives. You
can also delete, move, copy, and rename
files or folders using the Windows Explorer
windows and menus.
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To start Windows Explorer, on the
Window’s desktop, click [Start], then
[My Computer].
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Maximize the “My Computer” window
by clicking the ‘maximize’ window
control button.
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Click the [Folders] button on the toolbar.
See the folders view display in the left pane of the window.
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Because “My Computer” is selected in the folder
pane, the left pane shows a list of storage
components that are directly accessible from this
computer. Storage components consist of disk drives
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that contain file folders.
There are actually four sections to the My Computer window. The
top section – Files Stored on This Computer - shows the loginuser’s “My documents” folder and another folder referred to s
“Shared Documents”. If this login user wants to share some of
his/her files with other users that may log on to this computer, s/he
should put those files in that “Shared Documents” folder.
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Note: for you, the login user would be: student
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The next section – hard disk drives - shows permanent disk drives
that are physically attached to this computer.
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The third section – Devices with Removable Storage – shows
drives that use removable disks.
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The fourth section - network drives – shows disk drives which are
not directly attached of this computer system but were setup as
“shares” to make them directly accessible to the login user as if
they
were physically attached.
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In the left pane, some storage components have a
plus sign [+] next to them. That indicates that there are
folders “below” or “within” that component.
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Folders are arranged into a hierarchy on a disk. At the top of the
hierarchy is the root folder (C:\).
Folders are said to be “below” other folders; Files are inside the folders.
C:\ (Root)
C:\BACKUP
C:\BACKUP\DOCS
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C:\WINNT
C:\BACKUP\PROGRAMS
Level 2 of the
folder hierarchy
on drive C.
C:\DELL
C:\DELL\DRIVERS
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Click the [+] next to the Local Disk C and
the folders pane will display all the folders
directly below the root folder of C. That’s
called ‘expanding the listing’. The right
pane does not change.
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Now click the [-] next to the Local Disk (C:) to
“collapse” the listing in the folders pane so that you
cannot see the folder names below Local Disk (C:).
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Now click the on the words “Local Disk (C:)”
and all the folders that are directly below the
root folder of C will show in the right pane.
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If you scroll down in the right pane,
you will see that there are also some
files in the root folder of C. So a folder
can contain other folders “below” it and
files “within” it.
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To create a folder at the same level (directly
below the root folder), right click anywhere on the
white background of the right pane to display a
popup menu. Click [New], [Folder]…
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…see a new folder icon. Backspace
over the words ‘new folder’ and type
your last name. Press <enter> when
finished.
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Click the [X] to close the
[My Computer] window.
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Now we will start Word and create
a file and save it in our new ‘last
name’ folder.
From the Windows desktop, click
[Start], [Microsoft Word]…
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The Word application window
opens. A document window
opens within the Word application
window. Type: This is a test.
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Now save the file: from the menu
bar, select [File], [Save as]…
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…when the “Save As” window opens, in
the “Save in” box, click the down arrow
control and select ‘Local Disk C” to
select the root folder of C…
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…locate your last name folder in the
folders list and double click it to open it…
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…now type in the file name: test and
click [Save].
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To exit Word, from the menu bar, select
[File], [Exit] or just click the [X] window
control button in the top right corner.
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See the Windows desktop.
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Double-click [My Computer] again to
open the My Computer window.
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Click the [Folders] icon again on the
toolbar to see the folders view in the
right pane.
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Double-click the Local Disk C link to
view the folders directly below the root
folder of C in the right window.
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Locate your last name folder in this
window and double click to open it.
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See your file named test.
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From the menu bar, click [View]
[List] to view the file as a list item
instead of an icon.
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To rename the file, right click on it to
see the popup menu, and click
[Rename]…
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Edit the file name to be: Test2
Then press <enter>.
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Files can be copied or moved to
other folders on this computer
or to shared folders that are
available to this login user using
the methods we are about to
demonstrate.
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To copy the file, right click the
file icon to display the pop-up
menu. Select [Copy].
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Now right click on the
‘destination’ folder (Documents
and Settings) and select [Paste]
from the popup menu.
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Now click on the “Document
and Settings” folder link in the
right pane to open that folder.
See the file ‘Test2’ in the folder.
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To move the file out of the
“Documents and Settings” folder and
in to the “My Documents” folder
below the “student” folder, which is
below the “Documents and Settings”
folder, drag and drop the file into the
“My Documents” folder.
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Double-click the ‘My Documents’
folder in the left pane to open it. See
the ‘test2’ file in the right pane.
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To delete the file “test2”, right click the file icon to
display the popup menu, then select [Delete]. Or
just press the [Del] key on the keyboard….
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Click ‘Yes’ on the confirmation prompt.
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Note: The file was not really deleted. It
was just moved to the recycling bin. To
actually delete it, it delete it from the
recycling bin.
Click the [X] to close the “My
Computer” window.
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Quitting Windows Explorer
• Click the Close button [X] on the My
Computer window title bar
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Searching for a File by Name
• Click the Start button on the taskbar
• Click Search on the Start menu. If necessary,
maximize the Search Results window
• Click All files and folders in the Search
Companion balloon. Type Expenses Table in
the All or part of the file name text box
• Click the Look in box arrow in the Search
Companion pane
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Searching for a File by Name
• Click Removable Disk
(E:)
• Click the Search
button
• Click the Close button
on the Search Results
window title bar
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Searching for a File Using a Word
or Phrase in the File
• Click the Start button on the taskbar. Click
Search on the Start menu. If necessary,
maximize the Search Results window. Click All
files and folders in the Search Companion
balloon
• Click the A word or phrase in the file text box
• Type apply in the A word or phrase in the file
text box, click the Look in box arrow, and then
click Removable Disk (E:) in the Look in list
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Searching for a File Using a Word
or Phrase in the File
• Click the Search
button in the Search
Companion balloon
• Click the Close button
on the Search Results
window title bar
• Remove the USB
flash drive from the
USB port
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Starting Help and Support
• Click the Start button
on the taskbar and
then point to Help and
Support on the Start
menu
• Click Help and
Support and then
click the Maximize
button on the Help
and Support Center
title bar
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Browsing for Help Topics
in the Table of Contents
• Point to Windows basics in the Pick a Help topic
area
• Click Windows basics and then point to Tips for
using Help
• Click Tips for using Help and then point to Find
what you need in Help and Support Center in
the topic pane
• Click Find what you need in Help and Support
Center and then read the information in the To
find what you need in Help and Support Center
topic in the topic pane
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Browsing for Help Topics
in the Table of Contents
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Searching for Help Topics
Using the Index
• Click the Index button on the navigation
toolbar, type home networking in the
Type in the keyword to find text box, and
then point to overview in the list box
• Click overview in the list box and then
point to the Display button
• Click the Display button
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Searching for Help Topics
Using the Index
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Closing the Help and Support
Center
• Click the Close button on the title bar of
the Help and Support Center window
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Homework #1
• Textbook Windows XP - Chapter ONE
• Go to:
http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/default.mspx
• Click on ‘Videos’ under ‘Resources’ and watch
the videos on “keeping your computer safer from
on-line threats” then do the homework (if using
an on campus lab, you may need ear-phones).
• Homework questions to answer (email answers
to instructor)
– Briefly discuss how you can protect your self against online fraud
– Briefly discuss how you can keep your computer updated
– Briefly discuss how you can backup important information
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