Microsoft Windows Vista
Introduction to
Windows Vista
Logging On to the Computer
• Type your user name on the Welcome screen to
display the password text box
• Type your password in the password text box
• Click the arrow button to log on to the computer
to display the desktop and the Windows Sidebar
on the desktop
• You may see the Welcome Center screen as
shown in the next slide
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Welcome Center Screen
Windows Sidebar
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Closing the Welcome Center Window
• If the Welcome Center displays, click the Close
button in the top right corner of the Welcome
Center window to close the Welcome Center
window
• To get back to this Welcome Center window, go
to Start/All Programs/Accessories/Welcome
Center
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Desktop
Sidebar with
gadgets
Start
Taskbar
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Getting Windows Vista Help
• Click on Start
• Click on Help
and Support
• Click on
Windows
Basics
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Personalize Desktop
• Right-click on
desktop
• Choose
Personalize
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Windows Sidebar
• Contains mini-programs
called gadgets, which
offer information at a
glance and provide easy
access to frequently used
tools.
• For example, you can use
gadgets to display a
picture slide show, view
continuously updated
headlines, show the time
or look up contacts.
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Adding/Removing Gadgets
• Adding Gadgets
• Click + at top of sidebar
to add gadgets and click
on topics to view
gadgets to add
• Removing Gadgets
• Move mouse over
gadget and click on the X
to close the gadget
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Opening the Start Menu
• Click the Start button on the Windows Vista
taskbar to open the Start menu
• Point to All Programs at the bottom of the left
pane on the Start menu to display the All
Programs list
• Click Accessories to expand the list of programs
and folders in the Accessories folder
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Opening the Start Menu
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Right Side of Start Menu
• Contains links to parts of Windows that you're likely to
use frequently.
– Personal folder
• Named for whoever is currently logged on to Windows. For example, if the
current user is Logan, the folder will be named Logan. This folder, in turn,
contains user-specific files, including the Documents, Music, Pictures, and
Videos folders.
– Documents
• Opens the Documents folder, where you can store and open text files,
spreadsheets, presentations, and other kinds of documents.
– Pictures
• Opens the Pictures folder, where you can store and view digital pictures and
graphics files.
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Scrolling Using Arrows, the Scroll Bar and
the Scroll Box
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Adding an Icon to the Desktop
• Right-click anything
• Choose Send to
• Choose Desktop
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Opening a Folder
• Open the Start
menu
• Click on a folder
such as Pictures
on the Start
menu to open
that window
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Expanding the Folders List
• Click the Folders
button to
expand the
Folders list in
the Navigation
pane of the
Pictures window
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Collapsing the Folders List
• Click the
Folders button
to collapse the
Folders list
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Working with Folders
• Expand the folder list again
• Remember that the folders arrow expands and
collapses the folder list
• You can click on the Back button to back out of a
folder or click on another folder in the folder list
• Scroll down in the folder list to display Computer
and click Computer to display drives on your
computer
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Viewing Drives on your Computer
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Folder List Showing a Flash Drive
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Creating a Folder on a Removable Drive
• Double-click the new drive letter that displays
the flash drive – probably the (E:) icon in the
Folders list to open it
• Right-click an open area of the right pane to
display a shortcut menu.
• Point to New on the shortcut menu to display the
New submenu
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Creating a Folder
• From Within Folder List
• Right-click in open area and choose New/Folder
OR
• Click Organize / New / Folder
• From Within Application
• Click on New Folder from Save or Open dialog box
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New Folder on a Removable Drive
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Expanding a Drive
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Searching for Files or Folders
• Open Search by clicking the
Start button , and then
clicking in the Search box.
• Type a word or part of a word
in the Search box.
• As you type, files from a
variety of locations on your
computer will appear that
match your text.
• My example is displaying a
folder, some favorites, and
two files that have the word
Weatherford somewhere in
the file
Search Box
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Searching in a Location
• Select the folder or Search Box
drive you wish to search
• Type your search in the
Search Box there
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Logging Off the Computer
• Open the Start menu
• Point to the arrow to the right of the ‘Lock this
computer’ button to display a menu
• Click the Log Off command, and then wait for
Windows Vista to prompt you to save any
unsaved and log off
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Logging Off the Computer
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Turning Off the Computer
• Click the Shut down button on the Welcome
screen to shut down the computer
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