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 Windows Vista Basics
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A FIRST LOOK AT WINDOWS VISTA
- – Different versions
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Starting Vista
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Moving a window
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Drag and drop
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Select, then manipulate
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Single clicking vs. double clicking
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Viewing your ‘computer details’
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Resizing a window, narrower or wider
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Resizing a window, taller or shorter
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Resizing a window in two directions at once
- Maximizing a window
- Minimizing a window
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Closing a window
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The Start button
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The Start menu
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Running a program using the Start menu
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Entering text into a program
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Saving data
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Opening a file within a program
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Shutting down Windows
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Closing an application that is not responding
THE WINDOWS DESKTOP
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What is the Windows Desktop?
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Desktop icons
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Moving Desktop icons
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Windows Taskbar
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Taskbar clock
- Customizing your Desktop
- Customizing the Desktop background wallpaper picture
- Customizing the Desktop background color
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Setting a screen saver
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Setting your screen resolution
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Modify the computer date and time
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Setting the computer keyboard language and other regional settings
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Setting the computer sound volume
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The Sidebar and gadgets
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Reordering gadgets
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Closing a gadget
APPLICATIONS
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Running more than one program at a time
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Starting WordPad
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Using Print Screen within WordPad
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Identifying the parts of an application window
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Notepad
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Calculator
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Welcome Center
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Switching between programs
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The ‘Switch between windows’ icon
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Using Windows Flip 3D
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Cascading windows
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Displaying windows side by side
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Installing programs
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Removing programs
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Creating and using a Desktop shortcut
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Deleting a Desktop shortcut
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Shutting down an application that has frozen
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Restarting the computer
HELP
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How to get help
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The Help ‘Back’ and ‘Forward’ buttons
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Printing a Help topic
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Browsing for Help
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Re-displaying the opening help screen
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Demos
FILES, FOLDERS AND DISKS
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What are files?
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What are folders?
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Types of drive and drive letters
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Running the Windows Explorer program
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Views within the Windows Explorer
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Using the Windows Explorer scroll bar
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Expanding and contracting drives and folders
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Types of Windows Explorer icons
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Drives, Folders and Files
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Data storage devices
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File sizes and disk storage capacities
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Online Storage
MANIPULATING FOLDERS
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Navigating to the sample files folder
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Creating a folder
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Creating a subfolder
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File naming issues
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Renaming a folder
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Deleting a folder
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Displaying folder details
MANIPULATING FILES
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Viewing file details
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Sorting the file list within the Windows Explorer
- Recognizing common file types
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Selecting multiple files
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Counting the number of files, files of a particular type in a folder
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Changing file attribute status
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Renaming files
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Deleting files
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Restoring files and folders from the Recycle Bin
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Emptying the Recycle Bin
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The Windows Clipboard
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Moving files between folders
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Copying files between folders
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Backups
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Online Backups
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Backing up data to a removable drive
FORMATTING AND FILE COMPRESSION
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Disk formatting
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What is file compression?
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Extracting compressed files
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Compressing files
SEARCHING FOR DATA
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Viewing recently accessed files
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Searching for files on your hard disk
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Advanced searching by file size
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Advanced searching by date
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Advanced searching by file content
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Advanced searching using partial file names and specific locations
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Searching for a file using wildcards instead of the full name
VIRUSES, SPYWARE AND COOKIES
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Computer viruses
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Spyware
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Cookies
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Virus checking programs
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Scanning for viruses
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Updating anti-virus programs
PRINTING ISSUES
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Selecting a printer
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Changing the default printer
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Installing a new printer on the computer
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Printing from an application
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Using the Print Manager
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