Operating Systems Day 1

Booting a Computer 1.Switch on the UPS electricity supply - green light electricity failure - red light charging – orange light 2.Switch on the computer main switch – green light restart button – red light

Windows Operating System Graphical User Interface/ GUI OS Multi tasking OS No of versions –Windows 3.0 –Windows 95,Windows 98,Windows Me –Windows 2000 (Professional, Server, Advanced Server, Data Center) –Windows XP (Home edition, Professional) –Windows XP.net Server –Windows Vista

Desktop of Windows XP OS Icons & Shortcuts Wall paper Task bar Start button Notification area

Shut Down the Computer 1.Click start button on task bar 2.Click turn off computer on start menu 3.Click turn off button on confirmation dialog box Restart the Computer 1.Click start button on task bar 2.Click turn off computer menu item on start menu 3.Click restart button on confirmation dialog box

1.Click start button on task bar 2.Click log off menu item on start menu 3.Click log off button on confirmation dialog box Log Off the Computer Log Off & Shut Down the Computer 1.Click start button on task bar 2.Click log off menu item on start menu 3.Click log off button on confirmation dialog box 4.Click turn off computer button 5.Click turn off button on confirmation dialog box

Display Properties Dialog Box Opening display properties dialog box 1.Right click on wall paper 2.Click properties menu item in pop up menu Themes, Desktop, Screen Server, Appearance, Settings tabs and tab sheets Click cancel button on close button on title bar to close the display properties dialog box

Changing Desktop Properties 1.Open display properties dialog box 2.Click desktop tab 3.Select background picture from list None – No picture 4.Select position from combo box 5.Center – centered the picture Tile – titled the picture (no of pictures) Stretch – stretched the picture (single picture) 6.Select color from color palette (background need to be none) 7.Click apply button to preview 8.Click ok button to confirm Browse button can use to select the picture which does not indicate in a background list

Changing Desktop Icons 1.Open display properties dialog box 2.Click desktop tab 3.Select customize desktop button 4.Select general tab from desktop items dialog box 5.Select or unselect the desktop icons check boxes My Computer, My Documents, My Network Places, Internet Explorer icons 6.Click ok button in desktop items dialog box 7.Click apply button in display properties dialog box 8.Click ok button in display properties dialog box

Changing Desktop Icon Images 1.Open display properties dialog box 2.Click desktop tab 3.Select customize desktop button 4.Select general tab from desktop items dialog box 5.Select desktop icons check boxes My Computer, My Documents, My Network Places, Internet Explorer icons 6.Click desktop icon in a list 7.Click change icon button 8.Select optional icon image and click ok button (Browse button can use for more icon images) 9.Click ok button in desktop items dialog box 10.Click apply button in display properties dialog box 11.Click ok button in display properties dialog box Restore default button in desktop items dialog can use to select default icon images

Applying Web page on Desktop 1.Open display properties dialog box 2.Click desktop tab 3.Select customize desktop button 4.Select web tab from desktop items dialog box 5.Click new button and browse the web page 6.Click ok button in desktop items dialog box 7.Click apply button in display properties dialog box 8.Click ok button in display properties dialog box Lock desktop items check box can use to lock the size of web page on desktop Synchronize button can use to update the contents of web page on desktop Delete button can use to delete the web page on desktop

Changing Themes 1.Open display properties dialog box 2.Click themes tab 3.Select theme from combo box 4.Click apply button to preview 5.Click ok button to confirm Save As button can use to save the theme Delete button can use to delete the theme from combo box Browse option in combo box can use to select more theme More themes online option in combo box can use to search themes from internet