Module 2

Using the Computer and Managing Files

The QWERTY keyboard
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Mouse
1. Left button 2. Right button 3. Scroll wheel and
Center button
4. X and thumb buttons
Ring [Optional]
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Information and basic operations
Turning on and off
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Turning on the Computer
Wait until all components are loaded
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Turn off the computer
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Desktop
The most common icons on your desktop
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Creating a desktop shortcut icon € ™
ï ® Right
desktop â † 'New â †' Connection
Windows offers the possibility to create a â € € œscorciatoiaâ for the programs
most used by going to put a € ™ shortcut icon on the desktop
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Identify the different parts of a window
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Minimize, maximize, close a window.
Collapse: Hides the window laciando only button on the taskbar Maximize: Extends
a full screen window Close: Closes the window if the file in use had not been s
aved before closing calls for further confirmation to save
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Close € ™ an application that does not respond
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Ctrl + Alt + Del
Closes a € ™ application blocked. It is also possible to see all the processes r
unning on the system and re resources that are used in performance graphs that q
uantify € ™ s activities in the network processor and ram instead exploiting the
user part of the network displays user sessions in an open given time
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Control Panel
ï ® Start
â † 'Control Panel
It is the part where you can change all settings of the operating system
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Property System
ï ® Start
â † 'Control Panel â †' â † Performance and Maintenance 'System
Displays software and hardware components of your computer: ïƒ ~ The operating s
ystem and its version ïƒ ~ The serial number of OS
ïƒ ~ The
processor type and speed on ïƒ ~ The amount of RAM installed
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Display Properties
ï ® Start
â † 'â † Control Panel' Appearance and Themes â † 'System
Allows you to change the properties of € ™ € ™ interface Windows and divided int
o: ïƒ ~ ïƒ ~ Windows Themes Desktop Background ïƒ ~ ïƒ ~ The scrensaver € ™ aspe
ct of the windows ïƒ ~ The video card settings
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Change the date and hour € ™
Start â † 'â † Control Panel' Date, Time, Language, and € | â † 'Date and Time
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Allows you to change the date and time of the system € ™
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It is also possible to do so that windows update € ™ s now automatically via Int
ernet
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Options
ï ® Right
on the Language bar â † 'Settings
Change the Keyboard layout
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Format removable disks: floppy, zip disks
Right disk â † 'Format
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Is formatted erased all the contents of a disc or a storage medium
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Control Panel â † 'Installing Applications
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Install, uninstall an application € ™
Yes It can add new software applications or components of Windows like so you ca
n remove them to free space from € ™ Hard Drives
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Print Screen Function
ï ® Stamps
(On keyboard)
â † 'Paste
It is possible to save € ™ s image on the screen at any given time and then save
it using any graphics program
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Support Online
Start â † 'Help and Support ï ® F1
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Useful for any kind of problem and € ™ can make a search with keywords
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Activate a text editing program
ï ® Start
â † 'â † Programs' Accessories â †' WordPad
EA € ™ a simple text editor,€with basic functions for formatting text and pages
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Save the file to the interior of a € ™ € ™ drive.
ï ® File
â † 'Save
Saving a document or a file is able to track them down and reuse and change in t
he future.
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Organize files
Disk drives, folders, files in a hierarchical structure.
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destination â † 'New â †' Folder
Create a directory / folder and a further € ™ subdirectory / subfolder. Right on
Through these few steps, you create a folder. EA € ™ can create a subfolder goin
g to open the newly created and repeating the same steps at € ™ s it
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Display the name, size and location € ™ units in a directory / folder.
Click on folder â † 'Property
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Each folder using the right mouse button displays all the features in a window
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Display the name, size and position in units of € ™ File
Right click on File â † 'Properties
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Each file by right mouse button displays all the characteristics in a window and
€ ™ can protect your files from modification by € ™ â € option œSola Letturaâ €
and â € œNascostoâ hide popping €
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Recognize the most common file types
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Papers
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Images
(Jpg / gif / bmp)
word processor (doc) Spreadsheet (xls), Database (MDB) presentations (pps)
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Media
Songs (MP3/WMA) video (avi / mpg)
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Archives
(Zip / rar / ace)
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Rearrange the files by name, size, type, date modified.
ï ® Show
â † 'Arrange Icons â †' ï ® Right folder â † 'â † Arrange Icons'
All files in each folder can be sorted in various ways to be more quickly tracke
d
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Rename files, directories / folders.
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on File / Directory â † 'Rename
ï ® F2
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Select file directory as a group of files, directories adjacent Select
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first file â † 'Hold the œMaiuscâ € â € â †' € ™ Click on the last file by click
ing with the mouse holding the left button
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File â † 'Hold the œCtrlâ € â € â †' Click on other files
Select file directory as a group of files, directory Select the first adjacent
EA € ™ a useful procedure to select only certain files to a folder inside € ™
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Move duplicate files, directories of directories and between units.
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After selecting files, copying or moving you can do so either through the button
on the toolbar or through the € â € œModificaâ bar menù
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Delete files, folders, placing in the trash.
ï ® Right
file / folder â † 'Delete
ï ® Drag
the file or folder over € ™ s trash icon
If the basket was empty after this operation € ™ € ™ s trash icon changes and ap
pears as if there was a wastepaper at € ™ s
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Restore files, directories / folders in the trash. Open the basket
â † 'Right on files / folders â †' Restore
ï ® Drag
the file or folder out of the trash folder
The basket is useful is if you accidentally deleted a file or a folder
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Empty Trash
Right on the trash â † 'Empty Trash
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If it is necessary to leave space on Hard Disk € ™ through this you can delete a
ll files in the trash. NB When the trash is not emptied state is no longer possi
ble to recover files
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Use the search command to find a file, directory / folder Start
â † 'ï ® F3 Search
Through € ™ s search option you can find any files at € ™ € ™ s internal hard dr
ive or attached devices (including other PCs on the network)
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that will play the part side of the window adapts to the needs. ï ® Through the
advanced search options you can specify further details of the file you wish to
find
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Search for files by content, date modified, date created, according to the type
of search size, wildcards.
? and * are wildcards: € ™ are used for internal research when an unknown (?) or
more (*) characters of the filename
Documents (texts elaboration € |)
Pictures, Music Videos (With advanced search)
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File compression
Compression is a useful way to group files. The main aims are threefold: ïƒ ~ ïƒ
~ Save disk space make backups ïƒ ~ Keep in one â € € œarchivioâ more files tha
t are rarely used
Single compressed file (usually smaller compared to all files)
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Compress files in a folder of a drive.
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Right on files / folders â † 'â † Tell' Compressed Folder
This creates a new file. Zip
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Extract compressed files from an archive unit.
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Right on files / folders â † 'Extract All
This creates a new file or folder to a new € ™ s the contents of compressed file
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Virus
What is a virus and what may be its effects
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A virus is a program built specifically to damage a computer without the user's
corrupt files and software (eg, defaced, altered, or even formatting the hard dr
ive). In more serious cases It can damage hardware. A virus adds copies of itsel
f to other files. Often the term "virus" also includes other programs such as wo
rms (which are programs that copy themselves many times in memory simultaneously
, greatly slowing down the computer) and trojans (which are apparently useful an
d fun programs and then invite users to run, but in fact have a hidden agenda th
at is harmful to your computer or insert a virus).
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Arrangements by which a computer Can be infected.
A computer is infected if:
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runs an infected program is started by a disk whose file system is infected will
open an infected document.
Normally if you run an infected program this program infects all other active pr
ograms at that time. Turn off the computer the virus is removed from memory but
not removed from the program or document or infected disk, so the next reboot or
startup program or document infected, the virus reactivates. So ultimately a vi
rus It can potentially be contracted via a floppy, CD, e-mail, a file downloaded
from the Internet or any other source of input data in the computer.
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Advantages of a € ™ antivirus application.
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A virus is software that monitors user activity on your computer by identifying
and preventing virus-infected files to open them or run them. Once the virus fin
ds an infected file before trying to repair it by removing the virus, if he can
not allow removal. The virus recognizes the virus due to virus definitions insta
lled, which are files that describe all known viruses. The most advanced anti-vi
rus also allow you to recognize unknown viruses by analyzing the behavior of the
program or the contents of the file in question looking for suspicious behavior
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Use an antivirus monitor € ™ drives, folders and files specified
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The virus to control suspicious files and folders. This operation is the name of
"scanning". To check a file or folder, the procedure varies from virus to virus
, but in general often just select the file or folder, right click and choose so
mething like "scan xxx" where xxx is the name of ' virus.
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Update € ™ s antivirus
Virtually every day we discovered, identified and classified the new virus and t
hen you create new definitions. If your virus definitions are not updated there
's the risk that the virus does not recognize a new virus and as such it is infe
cted. € ™ s update usually requires internet connection, with which you can conn
ect to the address of the manufacturer € ™ € ™ s anti-virus and download useful
files. EA € ™ However, you can install the new definitions through a file on ano
ther medium.
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Print Management
Install a new printer on your computer
ï ® Start
â † 'Printers and Faxes
On the left menu there are all the main functions to be used for a printer, the
installation of a new € ™ € ™ setting to the default (you can do so through the
curtain right click)
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Printing a document from a word processing application € ™
ï ® File
â † 'Print
In any word processing program under the File menu of the menu bar there € ™ s p
ress option opens a window for the selection of all the options for printing
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Progress of a print job
ï ® Double
Click on the icon € ™ of the press during the process
ï ® Start
â † 'â † Printers and Faxes' printer
Through this window, p can see all the print jobs within a given time, stop, res
tart or delete any
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