How to Adding and Removing Programs

Whenever you want to use a new application, you need to install it on your computer.Simiarly, if you no longer need an application, you can remove it. Windos XP guides you through a step-by-step process to install or uninstall programs. Add or Remove Programs in the Control Panel is used to install or uninstall applications. Example , youcan install Microsoft frontpage, an application used for designing, creating and punlishing attractive web sites, by using add or remove programs.

To add Program:

1. On the start menu,click Control Panel. Control panel appears.

2. Double-Click add or Remove Programs. The add or remove programs window appears.

3. Click add new programs.

4. Click CD or Floppy ifyou want to add the application from a CD or floppy disk. In thiscase,  

    click CD or floppy, as the frontpage software is available on CD.

To Remove a Programs:

1. Open Control Panel, and then double-click add or remove programs. The add or remove  

     programs window appears.

2.  Click change or remove programs.

3.  under Currently installed programs, click the program that is to be removed.

4. Click remove.

5. A message appears asking for confirmation to remove the program from the computer. Click 

    Yes if you want to remove the program, otherwise click No.

6. Click Close.

7. Close Control Panel.

The Programs uninstalled from the computer.

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Working With Windows

Just as you can have many books on table at the time, you can have several windows on the desktop at the same time. The books on a table cab be of different sizes and you can keep them beside each other or on oone of the other. Similarly, the sizes of windows can also be different, and the windows can either be placed beside each other or one on top of the other. You can minimize or maximize a windows, change its size, move it around and close it.

Part of windows

The different parts of a windows are the title bar, the menu bar, the toolbar and Minimize, maximize and Close buttons.These tools are used to mange the window and the compenents within it.

1.The bar at the top of the window is called the title bar.The name of the window appears at the top left corner of the window.

2.The Minimize,Maximize and close buttons are present at the top right corner of the title bar. These three button are used for resizing or closing the window.The bar below the title bar is called the menu bar.The menu bar displays a list of commands that can be used to perform arious tasks.The commands in a menu are called menu items.

3.A toolbar contains asset of buttons for frequently used commands.

Opening a window

When you start an application in windows, it occupies a rectangular area on the desktop. This rectangular area is called a window. You need to open a window to view its contents. For example to view the contents of the hard disk drives, the floppy disk drive and the CD-ROM drive, you have to open the My Computer window.

To open the my computer window,click my computer on the start menu. The my computer window appears on the desktop.

If an application is present as an icon on the desktop, you can open its window by double-clicking the icon. For example, to view the contents of the Recycle Bin, you can double-click the Recycle Bin icon on the desktop. Double-clicking refers to pressing the left mouse button twice in instant succession. 

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