What's on the desktop screen?
Icons on the desktop
Computer icon
You will have access to the central ¹ó¾±±ô±ð²õ³Ù´Ç°ù±ð @ U°ä³¢ drives, e.g. N: (personal storage) and S: (department/shared group storage). As well as devices such as removable storage e.g. USBs and CDs that you may be using.
Fig 1 – Computer icon
Internet Explorer icon
This is Microsoft’s web browser software. Mozilla Firefox is also available as an alternative under Start > All Programs > Mozilla Firefox.
Fig 2 – Internet Explorer icon
My Documents icon
This icon gives you quick access to your files on your ¹ó¾±±ô±ð²õ³Ù´Ç°ù±ð @ U°ä³¢ N: drive. All users will have access to their personal N: drive by default.
Fig 3 – My Documents icon
The Start menu and Quick Launch Bar
Fig 4 – Start menu and quick launch bar
This bar at the bottom of the screen will give you quick access to default programs such as:
- Internet explorer
- File explorer
- Windows Media Player – for playing video and audio files
It also contains the Windows Start menu button which gives you access to your software, applications and other tools.
Customising your desktop
There are a series of how to guides available to help you tailor your desktop to your requirements:
- Changing the screen resolution on your desktop
- Changing the windows colour scheme
- Pinning applications to the Start menu
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