Your Monitor - Display Settings
Change the look of your
monitor
Explore your display
settings
In Start Menu
Select Settings
Click Control Panel
Click Display
In Display Properties
Change Background Screen Saver
Effect Settings
Appearance
Click on Output Device to Display Information on your
Monitor-
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Background
Experiment with pattern and wallpaper
Center the wallpaper
Or
Tile the wallpaper to cover the entire screen
Screen saver
Use scrolling marquee
Click the drop-down menu for screen saver choices
Hit settings to adjust the frequency
If you want a scrolling message
Click settings to type it in
Effects
Change your desktop icons or hide icons when you view
your desktop as a webpage
You can also adjust the visual settings
Choose large or small icons colors etc.
Settings
Choose your color pallette
size of icons
size of the display screen on your monitor
Choose Advanced Properties to enhance monitor
performance
Appearance
Change the color scheme and font for different areas of
your display
Browse the drop-down menu to find what you need to change
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Windows Key on your Keyboard
The Windows icon key located on the bottom of your
PC's keyboard is a little-used
It is the shortcut anchor for the following 10 commands
Windows: Display start menu
Windows + D: Minimize or restore all Windows
Windows + E: Display Windows Explorer
Windows + Tab: Cycle through buttons on taskbar
Windows + F: Display find: all files
Windows + Ctrl + F: Display find: computer
Windows + F1: Display help
Windows + R: Display Run command
Windows+ break: Display system properties dialog box
Windows + shift + M: Undo minimize all
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Tour Your Computer
The Windows operating system can seem complicated for both newbies
and experienced computer users. Get to know your computer
by going to your desktop
Right-clicking on My Computer
Then click on Properties
General Tab
Here you find information about your system
registered users
manufacturer and support
Device Manager Tab
You can view all of your drives and connections
It is possible to sort by connection or device type
Here you can remove any devices
Click Properties on the Device Manager Tab for more details
Hardware Profiles Tab
Most computers use only one hardware profile
but if you wanted to create a new one you do it here
Performance Tab
Find your system performance
It lists available memory and systems resources
as well as other performance information
Click File System to check the settings for your
hard disk
floppy
CD-ROM
removable disk
or troubleshooting
view your graphics and virtual memory settings
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To Change File Associations
Double-click on a text file and it will automatically open in Notepad
How can you open the file in Word instead
Hold Shift key and right-click the file
Select "Open With..."
If you are not sure which association you want
be sure to uncheck "Always associate With"
Select the program you want to use to open file
Click OK
You can use these steps to open a file in any program
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Auto Arrange Icons
If your desktop is cluttered with icons
follow this simple
tip to clean it up
Right-click on an empty part of the desktop
Select Auto Arrange
Your desktop icons automatically arrange in orderly rows
To Place Icons Where You Want -
Uncheck Auto Arrange
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Download Folder
Clear up your desktop and organize your downloads into one folder.
This is how
In Windows Explorer, open Desktop and Right-click
Select New
then select folder
Name the folder My Downloads or whatever you like
and press Enter
The next time you download a program
save it to this Downloads folder
Create New Folders by rightclicking on your desktop
Select New
Then select Folder
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Left Handed Mouse
Steps to set up your mouse as a left-handed device
Click Start - Settings - Select Control Panel
Double-click the Mouse folder
Under Button Configuration Select - Left-handed Then
Click Apply
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Palm Pilot and Windows
You can use Windows to install new programs on your Palm
Go to Palm Gear and download a Palm application
Open your Palm Desktop Application
Choose Install
Go to downloaded program file
Select the file and choose Open
Repeat these steps for any files you want to install
You can install as many programs as you want
Click Done and then OK
The next time you synchronize
your programs will be installed