Introduction to Windows

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Evolution of Windows

• Windows 3.1– First widely used successful version of Windows– Replaced MS-DOS

• Windows 95– Introduced Start button, taskbar for multitasking,

and My Computer for easier file management

• Windows NT– Intended for business computing– Increased reliability and security

Evolution of Windows (Continued)

• Windows 98– Active desktop displays Web content– Enables Web conventions on the desktop

• Windows 2000– Security of NT with Windows 98 Interface– Windows 2000 Professional and Windows 2000

Server

• Windows Me (Millennium Edition)– Successor to Windows 98 for home computing

The Windows Desktop

Start Button

Taskbar (multitasking)

My Computer

Anatomy of a Window

• Title bar with Min, Max or Restore, and Close buttons• Menu bar, Toolbar, and Address bar• Status bar and Scroll bars

The Devices on a System

• Drive A is always a floppy disk

• Drive B is a second floppy disk (obsolete)

• Drive C is always a fixed disk

• Drives D, E, are variable– CD ROM– Zip drive or removable media– Network drives

Pull-down Menus

• Pull-down menu• Dimmed command• Ellipsis• Check• Bullet• Arrowhead• Submenu

Dialog Boxes

• Tabbed dialog box• Option buttons• Check box• Text box• Spin button• Command buttons

Dialog Boxes continued

• Command buttons• Open List Box• Scroll bar• List box• Tabbed dialog box• Help button ?• Cancel button• OK button

Moving and Sizing a Window

• To Move a Window– Click and drag the title bar

• To Size a Window– Click and drag a corner to change the length

and width in proportion with one another– Click and drag a border to change just the

length or the width

Formatting a Floppy

• Disk capacity– 720Kb– 1.44Mb

• Types of formatting– Quick (erase)– Full

• Label

File Management

• My Computer– Simpler and less sophisticated– Can result in multiple open windows at one time

• Windows Explorer– Hierarchical view on left– Contents of the selected folder on the right

• Multiple views available for both– Small icons, Large icons, List, and Details view

Windows Explorer• Folder

– Expanded– Collapsed

• Files– Program file– Data file

• File names– Name– Extension

(type)

Moving and Copying Files

• Moving Files– Click and drag to a

different folder on the same drive

– Cut and Paste– Shortcut Menu

• Copying Files– Click and drag from one

drive to another– Copy and Paste– Shortcut Menu

The Help Command

• Accessed from the Start button

• Tabs– Contents tab– Index tab– Search tab– Favorites tab

• Web help