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DEDICATION

My sweet mother- Mrs Catherine A. Okafor “who sat and watched my infant head”

ACKNOWLEDGMENT
All Glory be to God Almighty for giving me the strength to prepare this tutorial.
My great thanks goes to the following people who have invested much on my spiritual
life. People whom by their “CALLING” have touched my life positively.
Pastor Bankie
Pastor David Bayebo
Pastor Tony David
Pastor Chris Oyakilome
Norman Vincent Peal
Brian Tracy
Great thanks goes to my all fans for who keep me flowing
I also acknowledge you for spending all your time to reward my handwork. Thanks.

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HOW TO USE THIS TUTORIAL

In order to understand and enjoy this tutorial, here are my helpful suggestions.
1. Believe that you can do it!: Don't doubt about your personal powers. Don't degrade
yourself for if you do, it will induce confusion and inferiority feelings.
2. For each practical you do, make sure you understand it before moving to another.
3. For the practical that have more than one approaches, learn it one at a time
4. Don't handle the computer when you are angry. You may damage the mouse or
keyboard if they refuse to give command, etc.
5. Feel at home, feel free and avoid any distraction
6. After you have learned a particular topic or approach, try doing it on your own
without looking inside the tutorial.
7. If you love playing music allow cool music to run while learning
8. When you feel your “brain is full” just shut down the system and rest. Don't stress
your self trying to learn all in a day.

‘Inch by inch, everything becomes a cinch’

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

I decided to write this TUTORIAL knowing too well that
some lives like you will be blessed by it.
For we are created for a purpose and there are
millions of people who will not succeed except you
succeed first or who will be lacking without your
Creativity/inteeligence
Besides Writing, encouraging and adding value to people has
been my natural way of living.
Am a “Programs Instructor” and have been in this field
For years(before I found if wise to write this TUTORIAL ).
Am an Artiste, a song writer, a poet, and do Screenplay Music/Movies

“Aspire to acquire what you desire

And when you perspire,
Do not retire but re-fire”

Www.Myspace.com/nasticah
nasticah@myspace.com

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DEFINITION OF WINDOWS
Windows is an Operating System that enables a computer user to use mouse on
small screen pictures (called icons) to control the computer.
It can further be defined as a graphical interface through which the user can
communicate with the computer.
TYPES OF WINDOWS
Windows 95
Windows 98
Windows 2000
Windows ME
Windows NT
Windows XP
Windows Vista
Windows 7

THE DESKTOP
The Desktop is that area of the screen on which windows icon and dialog boxes
appear. It is shown on the next page
USING MOUSE ON WINDOWS
Left-Clicking:
This is done by pressing down the Left mouse button
Right-Clicking:
Pressing down the Right mouse button does this.
Double-Clicking:
This means clicking the left mouse twice (you have to be fast in doing this). Note
the left Mouse is mostly used in clicking, so when you hear click, it means the left
mouse, if then you are required to right-click, it will be mention the right mouse is
usually used as a short-cut of doing something. As we proceed, you’ll learn all these.
Read on!
Dragging:
This feature is usually used when selecting files or folders, etc.
To Drag,
1. Hold down the left mouse,
2. Then move the mouse. In other words I can simply say click and drag the mouse.

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ICON
An icon is a pictorial image which act as shortcut to programs, folder, files etc.
TO SELECT AN ICON
Simple click on the icon.
Note that the color of the icon will change (it will form a background), showing that it is
selected. Furthermore an icon can only accept a command when it is selected and
that is by clicking the left mouse. Icons are displayed on the next page. As we
proceed, I will throw more light on selection of icons.

WINDOW
A Window is that rectangular area of the screen on which you view program files,
system drives, etc
TO OPEN A WINDOW OF AN ICON
Double-click on the icon

OR
Click once to select it, and then press the Enter key on your keyboard.
A window is shown in Page 9

TO SHUTDOWN THE COMPUTER

1. Click on Start button.

2. Click on Turn Of Computer

3. Click on Turn Off

After this step, you’ll see some information on the screen. Like “Windows is
shutting down.” “Saving you private settings” etc. Then it will go off.
Note that some computer will display the following information-“It is now safe to turn
off computer” If that Happens, you press the power switch on the Motherboard.
Remember to turn off the Monitor after shutting down.

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....A Window containing icons

This rectangular image you are seeing is called a window

In this window, only one icon is selected
That is the Recycle Bin
A labeled window is shown in the next Page

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A Labeled Window

1 Title Bar 2 Menu Bar

3 Standard Tool Bar 4 Address Bar
5 Task Pane 6 Main Window

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THE IMPORTANT ICONS ON THE DESKTOP

While working with the Computer, there are some Desktop Icons that you can’t do
without. Icons. Once you install Windows these Icons must appear on the Desktop.
Point to any of these, and you’ll see a brief information about it.

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MINIMIZING A WINDOW
To minimize a window, first open the window (any Icon) e.g. My Documents,
Recycle Bin
Click on the minimize button on the Title bar.

OR
1 Right-Click on the window’s button on the Task Bar. The Task Bar is Shown on the
next page.
2 Click on Minimize
THE ADVANTAGES OF MINIMIZING A WINDOW.
It will enable you to work on more than one program at a time. For instance, you
could be preparing a Document on Microsoft Word, play music on Windows Media
Player and check your Email on another Window—a total of three windows at a time!
RESTORING A MINIMIZED WINDOW
Remember that after minimizing a window, the window will settle at the Task Bar, so to
view it or work with it again, you need to restore it. Follow the steps bellow
Simply click on the button that bears its title (e.g. My Computer ) on the task bar.

OR
Press the following Keys on your Keyboard: Alt + Tab (Note that + is not included in
just press Alt and Tab Keys.)
If you have more than one window open, then do the following:
1 Hold Down the Alt Key first
2 Press the Tab Key once (it will display the total number of windows that is open)
Then continue to press the Alt key till the window you wish to restore is selected.
3 Release the both keys at a time.

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The Task Bar

On this Task bar,Microsoft Word Is open.

So, for me to minimize itFrom the Task bar,
I Right clicked on it and click on Minimize.
This withdraws it to the Task Bar as a button.

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RESIZING A WINDOW.
Did you know that you could change the size of your window? It’s Possible. That could
be done in three different ways. Such as Horizontally, Vertically and by the edges.
To resize a Window Horizontally:
1. Position your mouse pointer on either of the two vertical window borders such that it
turns to a two-headed arrows pointing East- West.
2. Hold down the left mouse and drag to a required position. Click
To Resize A Window Vertically:
1. Position your mouse pointer on either of the two Horizontal window borders such
that it turns to a two-headed arrow pointing North-South.
2. Hold down the left mouse and drag to a required position. Click
To Resize A Window By The Edges:
1. Position your mouse pointer on any of the four edges of the window borders such
that it turns to a two-headed arrow as illustrated below
2. Click and Drag to a required size. Further illustration are shown on Page 14

MAXIMIZING A WINDOW
1. Click on the Maximize Button on the Title Bar

MOVING A WINDOW
1. Position your mouse pointer on the title bar.
2. Click and Drag to a required position. Go to Page 14 for More Information
Right click on the window’s button on the Task Bar,
Then Click on Move.
OR
When to do this, you’ll observe that your mouse pointer will
automatically appear on the title bar, changing to four (4)
Headed arrows.
Click and Drag to a suitable position

The Title Bar is shown on Page 10

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1. Horizontally
2. Vertically
3. By the Edges
When the mouse pointer turns to any of this types of arrows,
hold down the left mouse and drag

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When you position your mouse pointer as shown

below, Click and drag the mouse to any position
you want the Window to be

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ACTIVATING A WINDOW
Before you’ll be able to activate a window, there must be at least two or more
windows open. Otherwise the fist window you open remains the active window.
To Do This:
1. Open at Least two or more windows.
2. Go to the Task Bar and click on the button of the window you want to activate.
For instance three of my windows are open. They are Corel Draw, My Documents
and Recycle Bin.
Now, I want to activate My Documents (from the Task Bar)
To do so, I simply click on the button named My Computer on the Task Bar.
OR
If you can see any portion of that particular window click inside it.
Note: The active window is the same as the current window. i.e. the one you are
currently working on. Also the color of the active window’s Title Bar is thicker than
other windows’ title bars, which are behind it, as well as the color of its button on the
task bar.

CLOSING A WINDOW
Click on the Close Button on the title bar.
OR
Press Alt + F4 keys on your keyboard.

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FOLDER
This is a storage location on a drive - a container for programs and files in graphical
user interfaces. It is symbolized on the screen by a graphical image. It is Usually Yellow
In Color. You an create a folder on the Desktop, Hard Disk, My Documents(Which is
also a folder)
CREATING A FOLDER ON THE DESKTOP
1. Right- Click on any free portion of the desktop
2. Point to new
3. Click on Folder
4. Type the name you which to give the Folder e.g. NASTICAH
5. Click outside or Press Enter as shown bellow

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When to Right-Click and point to new, You’ll observe that there are other small
pictures you can click on apart from Folder which you clicked. Isn't it?. Relax, We are
going to deal with them one after the other!

Did you have some programs installed in your computer? Did you know
that you can open such Programs from the Desktop instead of clicking
on Start Menu, etc? Assuming you have Microsoft Word installed on your Computer
And you want open it from the Desktop. You can achieve this by following the simple
steps below
1. Right-Click on any free potion of the Desktop.
2. Point to New.
3. Click on Microsoft Word (this will create a new Microsoft Word Document on the
desktop in the form of an icon as shown below

Then simply Doble-Click on it or click once to select it, then press Enter on
your Keyboard to open the new Microsoft Word Document.

You can also use this steps to add other programs on the Desktop.
Remember we are still talking about Folder, so lets move on!

CREATING FOLDERS IN A DISK

You are going to learn how to create folders in a disk. E.g. Hard Disk(or Local Disk) to
achieve this, follow the steps below

1. Open My Computer icon on the Desktop(just Double-Click on it)

2. Open Local Disk (C:) (which is your Hard Disk)

Hope you’re there? Now there are about three ways we can create a folder here. So
let me take them one after the other.

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FIRST APPROACH (from the Menu Bar)

1. Click on File menu

2. Point to new

Type the name of the folder

Press Enter or click outside to confirm it.
Note that when you click on New, the folder name will be New Folder.

SECOND APPROACH (By Right-Clicking)

1. Right-Click on any free portion inside the window
2. Point to new
3. Click on Folder
4. Type the Folder Name
5. Click outside or Press Enter

THIRD APPROACH (From The Task Pane)

1. Click on Make a New Folder On the window’s Task Pane
2. Type the folder Name
3. Click outside or Press Enter

If you have forgotten your Task Pane Please Refer back to Page 10

After Creating a Folder, You may like to Change the name to desired one. How
do you do it? That’s the next thing you are going to learn.

RENAMING A FOLDER
FIRST APPROACH (from the Menu Bar)
1. Select the Folder (this is done by simply Clicking on the Folder)
2. Click on File Menu
3. Click on Rename
4. Type the New Name
5. Click outside Or Press Enter

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SECOND APPROACH (By Right-Clicking)

1. Right-Click on the Folder
2. Click on Rename as shown here
3. Type the New name
4. Click outside or Press Enter

THIRD APPROACH (From The Task Pane)

1. Select the folder
2. Click on Rename this Folder on the task Pane
3. Type the New Name
4. Click outside

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Did you know that you can create a folder inside a folder?
Are you surprised to hear that? Its possible!!!. When you open My
Documents You’ll see other folders inside it. In that same way, you can
equally create a folder inside it.
The act of creating folder inside a folder is not for fun but with reasons. It will
enable you to arrange your files. For instance you may like to save (or store) all
Microsoft Word Documents in one folder, save all Corel Draw Graphics in another
folder of its own, etc. To achieve this, open the Folder and follow any of the steps
listed on Pages 18-21

COPYING & CUTTING FILES FROM ONE FOLDER TO ANOTHER

On this topic you are going to learn how to copy and cut files from one folder to
another
but before then let us define the terms that are involved with this topic.
FILE
A File is a collection of data that a user can retrieve, save, edit or send to an output
device e.g. Printer
SOURCE (OR EXISTING) FOLDER:
This is the folder that contains the files that you want to copy or cut.
TARGET (OR DESTINATION) FOLDER:
This is the folder where you will paste the file you cut or copied.
SOURCE (OR EXISTING) DRIVE:
This drive contains your source folder
TARGET (OR DESTINATION) DRIVE:
It contains your target folder
Note a source drive (e.g. Hard Disk Or USB)can contain both source
Folder and target folder. In other words a drive could be either a source
Drive or a target drive

To copy files etc.. (from the Menu Bar)

1. Open the source folder, e.g My Documents
2. Select the file(it could also be an application or even a folder)
3. Click on File menu
4. Click on copy
5. Open the target folder (which is the new folder you have already created)
(Note that each folder (or say icon) you open have its menu.
6. Click on File Menu again (in this your target folder)
7. Click on paste

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THE ZIPPED FOLDER

This is a special folder. It has features that others did not have.
With this folder (zip folder) you can protect all the files inside it such that only
you will have access to it.

TO CREATE A ZIPPED FOLDER

1. Right-Click on any free portion inside the window
2. Point to new
3. Click on Compressed (Zipped) Folder
4. Type the Folder Name
5. Click outside or Press Enter

PROTECTING FILES IN A ZIPPED FOLDER

This is done by adding password to the files inside the zipped folder.
A password is a series of characters that must be provided before an access is
authorized. It could be made up of letters, numbers, and symbols, It is case sensitive.
1. Open the Zipped Folder Which already contain files.
2. Click on File Menu
3. Click on Add a Password (as shown in the next Page)
4. Enter the Password
5. Confirm the Password
6. Click on OK
Note that after the password has been successfully added, you must enter the
Password before you access or open any file in the zipped folder. Even when you
want to extract the files.

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4
5
The two passwords you entered here MUST BE THE SAME
and it is the one that will be requested for you to enter when you want to
access the fills inside or extract it

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EXTRACTING FILES IN A ZIPPED FOLDER

1. Right-click on the zipped folder
2. Click on Extract All
3. Click on Next(if you passworded it, click on password button and type the
Password)
4. Click on next (then wait will the files are been extracted. This may take a little time,
depending on the size of the files/folders inside it)
5. Click on finish
RESTORING DELETED FILES
T o restore deleted items means to send(restore) that i tem back to it’s former location,
where it is been deleted from. When you delete a file, folder etc. It is not permanently
deleted. It will be stored on the special container call Recycle Bin. This is because
you may need it in future. How great does this sound!
The Items could be deleted files, folders, drives, software etc.
1. Double-Click on the Recycle Bin icon (on the desktop)
2. Right-click on the item
3. Click on Restore

TO RESTORE ALL DELETED FILES

1. Open the Recycle Bin
2. Click on Restore All Items (on the Task Pane)
OR
1. Open the Recycle Bin
2. Press Ctrl + A to select all items
3. Click on file menu
4. Click on Restore

TO EMPTY THE RECYCLE BIN

Although the Recycle Bin holds our recycle bin, it still occupy 10% or more of our hard
disk space. You can empty it to ensure more disk space.
1. Open the Recycle Bin
2. Click on file menu
3. Click on Empty Recycle bin
Warning!
When you empty the recycle bin you will loose all the “items” forever!!!

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DELETING A FOLDER

1. Select the folder

2. Press delete key on your keyboard(a dialog box will appear)
3. Click on yes.
You cal also delete from the Menu bar, by Right-Clicking and from the Task Pane
Or If you are on the Desktop, point on the folder, then press down the left mouse and
move (i.e. dragging) it to the recycle bin

CHANGING DESKTOP BACKGROUND

1. Click on Start Menu.
2. Click on Control Panel

3. Double-Click on the Display icon

Note that there are two types of views (Category View and Classic View)when you
open the Control Panel. One of these view must be your current view. They are
shown in Pages 27 and 28. If you are on Classic view, follow step 3 above.
What if you are on category view?
Do the following
* Click on Appearance and Themes
Then click on the Display icon under

4. Click on Desktop Tab

5. Select a desired background from the background box.
6. Click on ok.
This is practically illustrated on page 29
To switch to category view, click on Switch to Category view

To switch to Classic view click on Switch to Classic View

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.......Category view

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....Classic view

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SETTING SCREEN SAVER

1. Click on Start Menu

2. Click on Control Panel
3. Open the Display Icon(for classic view)
4. Click on Screen Saver tab(immediately after Desktop tab)
5. Open the screen saver box and select one(when you select one you will see it on
the preview)
6. Click on settings button to change the settings of that screen saver. Click on OK
When done with the settings
7. Click on preview button to preview it.
8. Select the time limit be for the screen saver will appear
9. Click on Ok when done

Note: when you preview a screen saver or when the screen saver
appears, do not touch the mouse or press any key. This will stop the
Screen saver from showing. On the contrary, you can move your mouse or
press a key if you want to stop the screen saver.
This is shown on page 31

Did you have pictures in My Pictures Folder? If yes, Did you know that you can use it
as your Screen Saver?
TO USE PICTURES AS SCREEN SAVER
1. Copy or save pictures in My Pictures Folder (open My documents and you’ll see it)
2. Repeat steps 1-5 above
3.clck on My Pictures Slide Show
4. Click on Settings button to enhance the look of the pictures.
Page 32 shows how your settings should be for better result. You can change it if you
like.
5. Click on Ok when done with the settings
6. Click on OK to confirm it and as well close the dialog box

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CHANGING WINDOWS APPEARANCE

1. Open the display icon from the control Panel

2. Click on appearance tab

3. Open Clolour Scheme box

4. Click on silver (within some seconds, the colour of your title bar will change)

5. Click on Effects button to set the visual effects of menus, icons and
fonts.
6. Click on Ok. You’ll see “Please Wait” on the screen. Wait for some seconds.
Below is how your title bar will look like.

Didi you now that you have a feature that will help to introduce or even tell you the
function of the buttons or the thing you don't know? Let’s Go!

In that Dialog box that is open right now, you’ll see a Question mark button
at the top right. Click on it, then click on Effects button, it will give you a hint of what
you can do with it or the things you can do when you click on that button

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CHANGING MONITOR RESOLUTION

1. Open the display icon from the Control Panel
2.Click on settings Tab
3. Set the Screen resolution as suitable.
4 select a better colour quality
5. Click on OK as illustrated below.

A
Open the box and select
a better colour quality
B
Click on the question Drag the slider to spcify
mark and with it click on it the screen resolution you
fo more details want
Click on the question
mark and with it click on it
fo more details

B A

It is always advisable to use a higher screen resolution and colour quality as this will
enhance the picture quality on your screen. Some programs requires that you
increase you screen resolution to minimum of 1024x768 pixels.

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Did you know that there is a simplest way of changing the Desktop Background,
Themes, Screen Saver and Even Monitor resolution?
1. Simply right-click on the Desktop, Click on Properties and you’ll get there!

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ARRANGING ICONS IN FOLDERS/DRIVES

1. Open the folder/drive
2. Right-Click on any free portion of the window
3. Point to Arrange Icons By
4. Click either of the following- Name, Size, Type, Modified as shown in the next
Page. You can also do the same from the View Menu

Following the above steps, you can equally arrange the Icons on the desktop
and the icons on your drive.

VIEWING OF ICONS IN FOLDERS AND DRIVES

You can view the files and folders(which are also Icons) in your computer in the follow
ways
A) thumbnails b) icons c)list d)details.
This could be achieved in three different ways such as from the menu bar, Standard
tool bar and by right-clicking
From the menu bar
1. Click on View Menu
Click on either Thumbnails, Icons, List Details
From the Standard Tool Bar
1. Click on the views icon on the standard tools bar and select either of the

option, observing different effects of the views.

For instance if you select Thumbnails, the icons on your window will appear very
large. Furthermore if you have pictures in that folder, it will display the selected one in
a preview.
By Right-Clicking
1. Right-click on any free portion of the window
2. Point to view, then select one

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HIDING YOUR DESKTOP ICONS

1. Right-Click on the Desktop

2. Point to view
3. Click on show Desktop Icon
To Unhide(or show) it Repeat the steps again

CHECKING THE PROPERTIES OF A DISK

1. Open My Computer from the Desktop

2. Select the drive. E.g. Local Disk (C:), 3 ½ Floppy (A:), Removable Disk (E:)
3. Click on file menu
4. Click on Properties
Close the window when done.
You can use this approach to check the properties of a file, folder etc.
This will give you the details about the drive, file or folder, fo instance,
For drives: it will display the file system, used space, free space and the
capacity(i.e. The total size)
For files: it will display the type of file it is, the location, the size, the size on disk, the
date it was created, the date it was modified ,the date it was accessed last etc.
For Folders: it will display the type of folder it is, the location, the size, the size on
disk, the total number of files and folders it contains etc.

CHECKING THE SYSTEM PROPERTIES

1. Right-Click on My Computer
2. Click on System Properties
3. Click on OK when done

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CREATING A SHORTCUT TO A DRIVE ON THE DESKTOP

1. Right-click on the desktop

2. Click on new
3. Click on Shortcut
4. Click on Browse
5. Click on My computer. This will show all the drives in your PC
Select the one you want to create the shortcut to
6. Click on OK
7. Click on Next
8. Click on Finish. It will automatically appear on your desktop. Below is an example
of a shortcut

A short cut to My Hard Disk

CREATING A SHORTCUT TO A PROGRAM ON THE DESKTOP

1. Click on start menu
2. Point to all programs
3. Right-click on the program e.g.. Windows Media Player
4. Point to Send to
Click on Desktop.

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TO PIN A PROGRAM TO THE START MENU

1. Click on Start Menu

2. Point to all Programs
3. Right-clcik on the program
4. Click on Pin to Start menu

TO USE SYSTEM CALCULATOR

1.Click on Start menu
2. Point to All Programs
3. Point to Accessories
4. Click on Calculator

THE WINDOWS HELP AND SUPPORT

Can you buy a gadget that you don’t know how to use? Did you know that every thing
you need to know about WINDOWS has been installed in your computer.
You can even solve problems by your self without the involvement of your
computer Engineer. That sounds incredible isn’t it?

USING THE WINDOWS HELP AND SUPPORT

1. Click on Stat button
2. Click on Help and support

3. Type your question or type the description of the question. For example instyead of
typing “how do I add toolbars on the Task bar”, you simply type “adding tool bars to
the task Bar.
4. Click on search or press enter.

.....Nnamaka Ndukaku Okafor

 .....Jasmine Computer Institute

..........WINDOWS OPERATING SYSTEM

When you open the click on help and support, a window will appear right?. In that
open window, everything you need to know about windows like i told you earlier is
there.
NOW LETS PROCEED.
I guess you see the beautiful icons am seeing on my own?. Each of these icons have
links that you can click to get help as wells more information concerning that link. but
hey, I wont teach you how to do them one after the other because its too many! But
will stand by you, providing you the secretes and guidelines to do it independently. I’ve
laid the foundation for you.
TO LEARN THE ABC OF USING WINDOWS.
1. At your left hand side in that help and support window, you’ll see the icon shown
below with its options.

2. Click on Windows basics

3. Click on Core window tasks (note. There are other options that are under it which
you can click on to learn more)
4. Click on customizing your desktop
5. Then move inside the window and click on Common tasks: Display settings
6. Click on Choose a different desktop theme
7. Click on Step be Step Procedure.
Now you are going to know the another definition for desktop. So after taking step 7,
click on Desktop and wait, you’ll see the definition- The on-screen work area on which
windows, icons, menus and dialog boxes appear.
Click on theme to see its definition also.
This is how to get definition of terms while learning with windows help and
support. So any where you come across such new term you don't basically
understand click on it as long as it is hyperlinked9(i.e. If the word or term has line
under it or show line when you point the mouse pointer on it. To go back, click on the
back button on the standard tool bar.

So this is how to use windows help and support to solve your local problems
and to make a personalized settings.

.....Nnamaka Ndukaku Okafor

 .....Jasmine Computer Institute

..........WINDOWS OPERATING SYSTEM

TRY THIS ON HELP AND SUPPORT

1. CHANGING USER ACCOUNTS
2. ADDING PASS WORD TO USER ACCOUNT
3. MOVING THE TASK BAR
4. FOLDER OPTIONS + MORE

KEY BOARD SHORT-CUTS

This goes out to those that wanna be more faster. Most of the things you do with the
mouse could be done with the keyboard! At times I prefer to use my keyboard
because it makes be more faster! You too could be!
I’ll show you how to use your keyboard to perform warders but all depends on you
practicing it from time to time till you get used to it. Never mind..... “Little by little,
everything becomes a cinch.”
1. Click on stat menu
2. Click on Help and Support
3. Type keyboard short-cuts, then press enter.
4. Click on Using Help and Support Center keyboard shortcuts
5. Click on either of help and support keyboard shortcuts, index keyboard
shortcuts, or search keyboard shortcuts to view their short cuts
TO GET MORE SHORTCUTS
1. Click on related topics
2. Click on Windows keyboard shortcuts overview and follow the instructions on
the screen.

.....Nnamaka Ndukaku Okafor

 .....Jasmine Computer Institute

..........WINDOWS OPERATING SYSTEM

WINDOWS GLOSSARY

The windows Glossary is where you’ll get all the windows related definitions. It is
alphabetically arranged.
1. Click on start menu
2. Click on help and support as usual
3. Type glossary and press enter
4. Click on glossary(it may appear more than once so click on one.
If you'll like to know the meaning of Device for instance, click on D on the alphabets
lettered A-Z
5. Scroll down, and you’ll see device and its definition. This is how to get definitions of
terms. You’ll click on the alphabet that begins that term.

WINDOWS TOUR
Thank God fo Microsoft Corporation for this great feature in Windows. You can now
learn with animations! I.e. movable images, supported with sounds. That sounds more
incredible isn't it?
1. Click on start menu
2. Click on help and support
3. Type Windows xp tour.
4. Click on Take Windows XP tour (a dialog box will appear)
5. Select the first option if you computer has in-built speaker or is connected to a
speaker, if not, select the second option and click on next and follow the instructions
on the screen

.....Nnamaka Ndukaku Okafor

 .....Jasmine Computer Institute

..........WINDOWS OPERATING SYSTEM

PROTECTING YOUR COMPUTER

Windows gives you the opportunity to protect your computer using password. When
this is done, it is only you that will have access to the protected computer, if then you
happens to forget the password, you’ll also loose access to it.

To protect your computer

1. Click on Start menu
2. Click on Control Panel
3. Open the User account icon
4. Click on user (Computer Administrator). (I.e down, towards left)
Note that the name you’ll find there depends on the name that was used the first time
Windows was installed in your PC. When you click on Start menu, you’ll see yours.
Mine is User as shown below
5. Click on Create a password
6. Fill in the required information
7. Click on create password. You have successfully protected your computer. To test
it, restart you computer. It will request for a pass word before you must pen it. Always
use a password that you can remember.

.....Nnamaka Ndukaku Okafor

 .....Jasmine Computer Institute

..........WINDOWS OPERATING SYSTEM

To change you name

1. Click on Change my name

2. Type the new name you want to be using
3. Click on change my name

To remove your password

1. Click on Remove my password
2. Type the password
3. Click on Remove password

To change your picture

1. Click on Change my picture
2. Select a desired picture
3. Click on change picture

.....Nnamaka Ndukaku Okafor

 .....Jasmine Computer Institute

..........WINDOWS OPERATING SYSTEM

“There is no height, no depth that a man’s spirit, which is guided by a higher spirit
cannot attain.” You only need to believe in your self. Believe you can make it. It
Doesn’t cost much to believe. Basil King once said “Be bold and mighty forces will
com to your aid”
In other words:
“Whatever idea or thought that you accept as true in your conscious mind
will be accepted without question by your subconscious mind”

From the keyboard of Nnamaka Ndukaku Okafor

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nasticah@myspace.com

.....Nnamaka Ndukaku Okafor