LIS508 lecture 5 Thomas Krichel 2003-10-29
Mar 27, 2015
LIS508 lecture 5
Thomas Krichel
2003-10-29
Structure of talk
• Discusses Windows XP
• basic concepts
• customization
• follow and practice but
Literature
• Peter Norton’s Complete Guide to Windows XP by John Peter Mueller, SAMS 2002
• A good book, but expects some background with Windows
• Not really hands-on, more conceptual
DOS
• In the beginning there was DOS– Command driven– Only one user– Only one task– Could not use more than 640k of memory
• DOS is not dead– Some special files is Windows XP still use
DOS command syntax– A floppy disk with DOS can be used to boot
the computer.
Microsoft Windows
• Operating a computer with windows and mouse was as idea by Apple.
• Started life as an application that was started under DOS. This was the setup until Windows 3.1.
• Windows 95 made DOS an application running inside Windows.
• Windows 98, Windows 2000 and Windows NT have been other stages in the development.
Windows XP
• Is the latest commercially available version.• Comes in two flavors
– Home edition• Cheaper
– For people who want to play games– For parent who want to install educational software
• Limited security
– Professional edition• Better, but security still a problem
User interfaces
• There are three XP user interfaces for – Restricted user. Can only use the machine but
make no changes. This is what we have in the labs.
– Power user, can use and make some changes, like, for example, change the keyboard layout
– Administrator, can do anything
look at desktop
• icons• taskbar• start button• folder icons
– opening leads new window– buttons on window
• minimize• maximize / restore• close
mouse operation
• primary button– press: select– press and move: normal drag
• secondary button– press: context menu
• Expanded in Windows XP
– press and move: special drag
a window
• is a rectangular, bordered element on the windows 98 screen
• only one window is active at a time
• a window can be resized
• a window has a title line
• a window has a menu– activate with ALT– select using arrow keys
more about a window
• if the contents is too large to fit the size, scroll bars are displayed.
• They allow the logical contents to be navigated from the physical window.
• if all windows are closed, you see the desktop (this is how I define the desktop)
• Use ALT+TAB to move between windows
the task manager
• Can be reached from the task bar• Lists tasks that are running on the computer and
things you can do with them• Reports and sets
– applications– processes– Machine usage
• CPU• Page file usage
– Network usage.
The start menu• It shows your user name• The left column shows the applications
that you use most often (as the machine has noticed )
• The right column has three types of resources– Data resource (by decreasing closeness)– System control (much reduced for restricted
users)– Other resources
• It is customizable, but not here
Other resources on startup
• Help is a unified way to get information about windows XP.
• Search is a feature to search information– For files your disk– For other computer– People
• Run a command, like one used to do in DOS.
Desktop menu
• Arrange icons
• Refresh shows a new view of the desktop
• Display settings– Choose colors
• High color 16 bit per pixel• True color 24 bit per pixel
– Choose resolution• Higher resolution may mean lower refresh• You will see smaller icons ah higher resolution
Basic types of files
• Normal data files– Program files– Data files, usually with a program attached to it
• Directories– Contain other files– Application that is attached is Windows explorer
• Shortcut– Contain paths to other files
Windows explorer
• Can be started on its own, in the programs/accessories startup– Folder section– Drive section (not visible here)– Network section (not visible here)– Recycle bin
Delete files
• to delete file, right click on the item, select delete
• that moves it in the recycling bin
• then click right on the recycling bin and remove it from there
• Otherwise they are still around!
windows update
• http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com
• do this now to see how you can update the machine
Common keyboard shortcuts
• CONT+ARROW moves cursor one word or object at a time
• CONT+A selects all• CONT+B bold typeface • CONT+C copy to clipboard• CONT+D font selection• CONT+E centers an object• CONT+F find or search
Common keyboard shortcuts
• CONT+G goto dialog box
• CONT+H replace dialog box
• CONT+I italic fonts, sometimes insert
• CONT+L places on the left side
• CONT+N new document
• CONT+O open
• CONT+P print
Common keyboard shortcuts
• CONT+Q quits the application
• CONT+R places object on right side
• CONT+U underline
• CONT+V paste
• CONT+X cuts
• CONT+Z undoes
• SHIFT+ARROW selects text
shutting down
• start shutdown shut
• This is the best command of Microsoft windows.