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 Windows XP Basics
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Training Course Outlines
ANTI-VIRUS ISSUES
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Computer viruses
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How viruses infect computers
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Need for virus checkering
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Virus disinfecting a computer
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Running a virus checker
- Customized virus scans
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Updating your virus checking software
A LITTLE KNOWLEDGE GOES A LONG WAY …
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The easy way or the hard way!
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Which mouse button?
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Select, then manipulate.
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Double clicking
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"Drag and drop" moving.
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"Drag and drop" copying.
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Multiple selection techniques
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The other (right) mouse button
USING THE COMPUTER
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Starting the computer
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Shutting down the computer
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Restarting your computer
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Shutting down a non-responding application
HELP & INFORMATION
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The 'Windows XP Tour'
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Help within the Start Menu
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Searching for Help
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Viewing basic computer information at start up
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Using “System Properties”
CUSTOMIZING THE COMPUTER
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Changing the Time and Date
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Configuring the volume setting
- Customizing the desktop theme
- Customizing the Desktop background picture or color
- Customizing the screen pixel resolution
- Customizing the screen saver
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Adding a keyboard language
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Changing the default keyboard language
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Installing a software application
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Manually installing an application using the Control Panel
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Uninstalling a software application
USING ICONS
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Desktop application icons
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Desktop folder icons
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Desktop drive icons
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Desktop printer icons
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The Recycle Bin
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Disabling Auto Arrange
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Selecting a Desktop icon
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Moving a Desktop icon
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Copying a Desktop icon
- Customizing your Desktop icon alignment
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Creating a Desktop shortcut icon
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Opening a Desktop icon
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Deleting a Desktop icon
WINDOWS XP DESKTOP
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Title Bar
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Menu Bar
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The Toolbar
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The Status Bar
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The Scroll Bar
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Moving up and down within a window (using the scroll bar)
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Scrolling through a window at speed
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The Maximize, Minimize, Restore and Close buttons
- Minimizing a window
- Maximizing a window
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Restoring a maximized object to run in a window
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Restoring a window from the Task Bar
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Making a Desktop window taller or shorter
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Making a Desktop window narrower or wider
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Resizing a Desktop window in two directions at once
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Moving a window
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Closing a program using the Close button
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Closing a window using the keyboard
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Switching between programs (using the Task Bar)
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Switching between programs (using a keyboard shortcut)
FILE MANAGEMENT BASICS
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Data storage devices
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Hard Disks
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Diskettes
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CDs / DVDs
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USB flash drives
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Network Drives
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Disk storage capacity
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Drives, Folders and Files
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The Windows Explorer Window
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Displaying the contents of a particular folder
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The Windows Explorer Views
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Viewing the contents of a folder (displayed on right)
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Expanding and collapsing folder views
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Expanding and collapsing disk drive views
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Opening all folders on a disk
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Closing all the folders within the Windows Explorer
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Switching between drives
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Off-site storage for your backups
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Why do you need to backup your computer?
- Organizing your computer for more efficient backups
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Complete vs. incremental backups
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Benefits of online file storage
FILES AND FOLDERS
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File types
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Opening a file
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Creating a new folder using the Windows Explorer
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Renaming folders within the Windows Explorer
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Creating folders within folders
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Viewing file or folder details
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Viewing file properties
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Determining file type
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Starting WordPad
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Entering text into WordPad
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Saving a WordPad file
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Creating a new document within WordPad
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Opening an existing WordPad file
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Saving a file to a specific folder
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Creating a new folder in which to save your document
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Closing an editing application
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Viewing file properties
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Protecting a file against being overwritten within an application
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Sorting your Windows Explorer file listing
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File naming issues
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Renaming files or folders using the Windows Explorer
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File name extensions
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Viewing file name extensions using the Windows Explorer
FILE COMPRESSION
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File compression
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Compressing files using WinZip
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Extracting files using WinZip
MANIPULATING FILES & FOLDERS
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Selecting a file
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Selecting a continuous block of files
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Selecting multiple files which are not in a continuous block
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Copying files (the hard way) using the Windows Explorer
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Copying files (the easy way) using the Windows Explorer
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Using “Cut and Paste” to move files from one folder to another
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Copying or moving files or folders between drives
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Deleting a file or folder
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Restoring deleted files or folders
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Emptying the Recycle Bin
SEARCH TECHNIQUES
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Searching for a file, or folder, by name
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Searching for a file using wildcards instead of the full name
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Searching for a file containing a specific word or phrase
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Searching for files by file modification date
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Searching for files of a particular type
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Searching files by size
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Viewing recently used files
PRINT SCREEN
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Using the Print Screen facility
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Using the Print Screen facility to copy just the active window
PRINTER OPTIONS
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Changing the default printer
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Installing a new printer driver
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Printing from an application
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Printing to a file
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Viewing print jobs
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Controlling print jobs using the Print Manager
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