Essentials of Windows 95/97 Robert Grauer and Maryann Barber

Objectives 1. Describe the objects on the Desktop 2. Explain buttons and window operations 4. Understand dialog boxes 5. Use the Help menu 6. Obtain the Practice Files 7. Explain how folders organize a disk 8. Delete a file and recover it

The Desktop Start button My Computer Network Neighborhood Recycle Bin Internet Icon Taskbar

Components of a Window Title bar Menu bar Toolbar Status bar Minimize button Maximize button Restore button Close button Horizontal scroll bar Vertical scroll bar

Dialog Boxes Option (radio) buttons Check boxes Text boxes List boxes Tabs What’s This button

The Practice Files Download from the Web – Copy from a network drive –See your instructor Duplicate a data disk –Copy Disk command

Basics of File Management Files –Program files –Data files File name (up to 255 characters) File types and associations Folders –Compress and Expand

Device designations Drive A (floppy drive) Drive C (first hard disk) Drive D and above –Additional hard disks –CD-ROM –Other (e.g., tape backup)

My Computer and Explorer Views –Large icons –Details –Small icons –List Toolbar Suppress (display) extensions

File Management Commands Copy command Move command Delete –Recycle Bin –Write protect a floppy disk