This document provides instructions for performing various tasks in a Windows operating system, including: 1. Configuring the desktop by setting wallpaper, arranging icons, and managing folders and files. 2. Customizing the taskbar by auto-hiding, locking, and showing/hiding elements like the quick launch toolbar. 3. Installing and managing programs, and using the Windows search option to find files on the computer.

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IInnttrroodduuccttiioonn ttoo GGUUII bbaasseedd ooppeerraattiinngg ssyysstteemm ((WWiinnddoowwss))
1. What do you mean by Graphical User Interface?
GUI refers to icons and mouse functions. Before GUI, we could only type word
commands to open programs and manage files. MS-DOS is an example of a non-GUI
operating system.
2. What is the desktop?
Desktop refers to the main screen area of the Windows®
operating system from
Microsoft. It is the first screen you see after Windows has loaded.
3. What are the icons?
Small graphical images that can represent your computer's programs, files, folders, and
printers amongst other things.
4. Which one is the?
Taskbar is a bar located at the bottom of the screen that was first introduced
with Microsoft Windows 95 and found in all versions of Windows after that. The Taskbar
allows the user to locate and launch programs through the Start button, see any program
that is currently open, display the time or date, items running in the background through
the System tray, and with subsequent versions of the Windows operating system, the
Quick Launch.
5. Which one is the system tray?
The notification area is the portion of the taskbar that displays icons for system and
program features that have no presence on the desktop as well as the time and the volume
icon. It contains mainly icons that show status information, though some programs, such
as Winamp, use it for minimized windows. By default, this is located in the bottom-right of the
primary monitor. The notification area is commonly referred to as the system tray.
6. TTaasskkbbeerr
a) Show/Hide Quick Launch toolbar on taskbar:
Right-Click on the Taskbar Toolbars Click on Quick Launch. Hide Quick
Launch toolbar followed by same process.
b) Set current date and time of the computer:
Click Start and click on Control Panel click Date, Time, Language,
and Regional Options, and then click Date and Time after change
Date and Time Click Apply (or OK).

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c) Auto-hide the taskbar:
Right-click on the Taskbar and click on Properties Select Auto Hide the
taskbar Click Apply (or OK).
d) Lock/unlock the taskbar:
Right-Click on the Taskbar and click on Lock the Taskbar. To Unlock the taskbar
followed by same process.
7. MMaannaaggee iiccoonn oonn yyoouurr ddeesskkttoopp:
a) Display icons on your desktop name wise:
Right-click a blank area on the desktop, and then click Arrange Icons Click
Name.
b) Display icons on your desktop size wise:
Right-click a blank area on the desktop, and then click Arrange Icons Click
Size.
c) Set auto arrange option and then move icons as you need:
Right-click a blank area on the desktop, and then click Arrange Icons Click
Auto Arrange Click on any icon as your choice and drag it there where we need
to move this icon
8. SSeett wwaallllppaappeerr oonn yyoouurr ddeesskkttoopp::
(i). Open Display in Control Panel.
(ii). On the Desktop tab, do one or more of the following:
• Click a picture in the Background list. In Position, click Center, Tile, or Stretch.
• Click Browse to search for a background picture in other folders or on other drives.
We can use files with the following extensions: .bmp, .gif, .jpg, .dib, .png, .htm.
In Position, click Center, Tile, or Stretch.
• Select a color from Desktop color. The color fills the space not used by a picture.
Click Apply (or OK).
9. SSeett ssccrreeeenn sseerrvveerr aanndd iittss aappppeeaarraannccee ttiimmiinngg:
Click on the Start button and select Control Panel In the Control Panel window,
double-click on the Display icon In the Display Properties window, choose a
screen saver from the Screen Saver pull-down menu Select the time from Wait:
Click Apply (or OK).
10. SSeett aa ttiimmee ttoo ttuurrnnooffff tthhee mmoonniittoorr aauuttoommaattiiccaallllyy:
Open Power Options in Control Panel In Turn off monitor, click the arrow, and
select the time you want Click Apply (or OK).
11. DDiissppllaayy tthhee lliisstt ooff pprrooggrraammss iinnssttaalllleedd oonn yyoouurr ccoommppuutteerr:
Click on the Start button and select Control Panel In the Control Panel window,
double-click on the Add or Remove programs icon.
12. CCrreeaattee aa nneeww ffoollddeerr oonn ddeesskkttoopp:
Right-click a blank area on the desktop, and then click New Click Folder.
13. CCrreeaattee aa tteexxtt ffiillee iinn tthhiiss nneeww ffoollddeerr aanndd wwrriittee yyoouurr nnaammee hheerree && ssaavvee
iitt wwiitthh yyoouurr nnaammee:
Double-click on this New Folder Right-click a blank area, and then click New
Click Text Document Double-click on this New Text Document Type my
name(Jaydip Kayal) from keyboard In the File tab, click Save In the File tab,
click Exit From the File and Folder Tasks click Rename this file Type the
file name(Jaydip Kayal) Enter.
14. DDiiffffeerreennttiiaattee bbeettwweeeenn aa ffoollddeerr aanndd ffiillee:
All the data on your hard drive consists of files and folders. The basic difference
between the two is that files store data, while folders store files and other folders. The
folders, often referred to as directories, are used to organize files on your computer.
The folders themselves take up virtually no space on the hard drive. Files, on the other
hand, can range from a few bytes to several gigabytes. They can be documents,

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programs, libraries, and other compilations of data.
15. RReennaammee tthhiiss nneeww ffoollddeerr..((GGiivvee yyoouurr ccoolllleeggee nnaammee))::
Right-click on this New Folder Click Rename Type the file name
(Sammillani Mahavidyalaya) Enter.
16. CCooppyy tthhiiss ffoollddeerr ttoo aa nneeww ddrriivvee:
Open My Computer Select Desktop From Address Click on the Folder
(Sammilani Mahavidyalaya) From the File and Folder Tasks click Copy this
Folder Select The Drive(Where to Copy this folder), and then click Copy.
17. MMoovvee tthhiiss ffoollddeerr ffrroomm ddeesskkttoopp ttoo aannootthheerr ddrriivvee:
Open My Computer Select Desktop From Address Click on the Folder
(Sammilani Mahavidyalaya) From the File and Folder Tasks click Move this
Folder Select The Drive(Where to Move this folder), and then click Move.
18. SShhooww//HHiiddee eexxtteennssiioonn ooff ffiilleess ooff yyoouurr ccoommppuutteerr::
1. Open My Computer
2. Click Tools
3. Click Folder Options
4. Click View tab
5. Uncheck the box that says Hide file extensions for known file types.
Hide extension of files also done by same process except Step 5.
After that check the box that says Hide file extensions for known file types.
19. CClloossee aallll wwiinnddoowwss aanndd sseeaarrcchh yyoouurr ffiillee uussiinngg wwiinnddoowwss sseeaarrcchh ooppttiioonn:
After Close All windows, then click Start Click Search, then click For files or
folders… Click on Documents(word processing, spreadsheet, etc.)
Select With the last week, then type the file name (Sammilani Mahavidyalaya)
under All or part of the document name: Click on Search.
20. HHiiddee tthhiiss ffiillee.. TThheenn uunnhhiiddee tthhiiss ffiillee:
Select the file, then right click on the icon Click on Properties Click General
tab cchheecckk tthhee bbooxx ((HHiiddddeenn)) Click Apply (or OK).
Unhide the file done by same process but last time‘uncchheecckk tthhee bbooxx ((HHiiddddeenn))’’ tthheenn
CClliicckk Apply (or OK).
21. Delete this file temporarily & then restore it.
Select the file, then right click on the icon Click on Delete PC will ask if you
want to send it in the recycle bin. (Yes or No)? click on Yes.
After Delete open Recycle bin by using Double-click Select the file, then right click
On the icon and Click on Restore.
22. Delete the file from your hard disk permanently.
Select the file, then press Shift+Delete from keyboard PC will ask Are you sure you
Want to Delete.(Yes or No)? click on Yes.
23. Now restart your computer
Click on Start, then Click Turn off Computer… Click on Restart.