Getting to Know the Desktop
Lesson 2: Exploring the Desktop
Part I: Getting To Know Your Computer
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taskbar. When you close an object, its button disappears from
the taskbar. Right now, the taskbar is blank because you
haven’t started anything. You’ll put a button on the taskbar
when you create a new document in the next lesson.
There are other icons on the taskbar in the status area, such as a
speaker that represents your sound system or an electric plug
that represents the status of your battery. To view or change
settings for an object in the status area, double-click its icon.
5 Move the pointer to the My Computer icon in the upper
left corner of the desktop.
6 To open the My Computer window, double-click the icon.
When you double-click the My Computer icon, Windows 95
displays a window with icons for each of the computer’s
drives, along with the Control Panel Folder and the Printers
Folder.
The Control Panel folder contains the programs used to config-
ure the computer.
The Printers Folder contains the tools necessary to configure or
control printers connected to your computer.
Double-clicking any of the icons in the My Computer window
opens the window associated with a drive or device. You use
this window when you connect to a printer, the diskette drive
or a CD-ROM drive.
The My Computer window
7 Click the My Computer icon with the secondary button to
display a shortcut menu.