Here, we
will be looking at the various ways and the functionality of the system. Get
started with the system as a new user a whole lot things will be looking at
here; perhaps, as a new user, there’re different you need to be familiar with.
However,
there are many programmes you need to be familiar with on this topic; you will
make use of those programmes mention in this topic.
Here are
the following rules to this level:-
START MENU DIAGRAM 4.1
The above diagram 4.1 shows the START MENU,
which contains two wings; the Right Wing and Left Wing.
The Right
Wings contains the My Documents, My Recent Documents, My Pictures, My
Music, My Computer, My Networks Place, Control Panel, Printers and Faxes, Help
and Support, Search and Run.
While the Left
Wing contains the First partition Icon such as Internet Explorer, Email
(Outlook Express) and the second partition Icon Paint, WordPad, Window Media
Player, MSN explorer etc.
MY
DOCUMENT
Is a
Microsoft Windows folder that stores document, program settings, and other
files that are used with many of the programs run on the computer. For example,
when saving a file in Microsoft Word the default folder will often be My
Documents. Saving all the personal files into the My Documents folder makes
backing up and locating your personal files easier.
4.1.1 MY
DOCUMENT DIAGRAM
The below diagram 1.4.3 shows the My
Document, which contains common Files inside the folders such as the My
Picture, My Music, Download, and other resources saved by the users of the
computer system. Folders Inside
My
Documents 4.1.1
4.1.2 MY
COMPUTER
This is
mostly described as the drives and removable device home such as local disk (C:), floppy disk (A:), CD/DVD drive (D:),
Flash drive (E:) and other external
device etc.
My
Computer also contains programs files and information saved on the system
memory. Transfer data (information) stored on the system to the various
external drives connected to any of the available drives.
Location My Computer:
My Computer icon can be located at the left top
on the system screen called desktop, and Start Menu on the right wing.
My
Computer on Start Menu Diagram 4.4
4.1.3 MY
NETWORK PLACES
My Network
Places displays shortcuts to shared computers, printers, and other resources on
the network. The shortcuts are created automatically in My Network Places
whenever you open a shared network resource, such as a printer or shared
folder. The My Network Places folder also contains hyperlinks to tasks and
locations on your computer. These links can help you view your network
connections, add shortcuts to network places, and view computers in your
network domain or in your workgroup.
Click the
Add a network place task to start the Add Network Place Wizard. This wizard
helps you to create new shortcuts to shared folders and resources on your
network, Web, and FTP servers. If you don't have folders on a Web server
already, the Add Network Place Wizard will help you create a new folder for
storing your files online.
You can
view, manage, move, copy, save, and rename the files and folders you have
stored on a Web server just as you would files and folders stored on your
computer. When you view the contents of a folder that is stored on the Web, the
folder's Internet address is displayed in the Address bar.
OPEN MY NETWORK PLACES
Note
·
To open My Network Places, click Start, and
then click My Computer. Under Other Places, click My Network Places.
·
The View workgroup computers task is
displayed in My Network Places when your computer is in a workgroup and not in
a domain. Double-click this icon to narrow your search to only those computers,
printers, and resources that share a workgroup with your computer.
·
If your computer is connected to a workgroup
that has less than 32 computers, Windows will automatically create shortcuts in
My Network Places to the shared resources in your workgroup.
CONCEPTS ON NETWORKING
Local Area Network
LAN is a communications network serving multiple
users within a confined geographical area
(as in the same building or group of
adjacent buildings).
It usually
refers to the interconnection of personal computers (usually called
workstations). Shared data is stored in a high performance PC called a file
server, which serves as a remote disk drive to all network users.
Users may
also share printers, modems and other peripheral devices. All these computers
and devices are connected to a network backbone.
Local Area
Network (LAN) Diagram 4.7
WIDE AREA NETWORK
(WAN)
Several LANs can be linked together so that
computers in one LAN can exchange data with computers in another LAN. Such
inter-network is usually called Wide Area Network (WAN). An example of a WAN
can be an education group wishing to connect all its schools over a wide area
by one network.