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CHAPTER 1
Getting Started with Windows
To do something useful with your computer and with Windows, you need to learn a few basic tasks and techniques. These include exploring the screen, learning how to put your computer to sleep, how to restart and shut down your computer, how to connect to your network, and how to switch to a Microsoft account. You also need to learn how to work with apps, including installing them, starting them, and switching between them and arranging them when you have multiple apps running. This chapter also shows you how uninstall apps.
Connect to Your Wireless Network
Explore the Screen
Before getting to the specifics of working with Windows, take a few seconds to familiarize yourself with the basic elements of the screen. These include the desktop, the Start button, and the taskbar. In most cases, the Start button and the taskbar are always visible. If you do not see them, move the mouse pointer to the bottom of the screen.
An icon on the desktop represents a program or Windows feature.
When you move your mouse, this pointer (
This is the Windows “work area” where you work with your programs and documents.
Click Start (
Click Search (
You use these icons to launch some Windows features with just a mouse click.
The programs you have open appear in the taskbar. You use this area to switch between programs if you have more than one running at a time.
This