User manual TOSHIBA SATELLITE 5105

[. . . ] Satellite 5105 Series User's Guide ® If you need assistance: VirtualTechTM http://virtualtech. toshiba. com InTouch® Center Calling within the United States (800) 457-7777 Calling from outside the United States (949) 859-4273 For more information, see Chapter 9 on page 223 in this guide. TOSHIBA C6610-0302M1 2 Model: Satellite ® 5105 Series Compact Disk-ReWritable The computer system you purchased may include a Compact DiskReWritable (CD-RW), one of the most advanced storage technologies available. As with any new technology, you must read and follow all set-up and usage instructions in the applicable user guides and/or manuals enclosed. If you fail to do so, this product may not function properly and you may lose data or suffer other damage. TOSHIBA AMERICA INFORMATION SYSTEMS ("TOSHIBA"), ITS AFFILIATES AND SUPPLIERS DO NOT WARRANT THAT OPERATION OF THE PRODUCT WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR FREE. [. . . ] The Windows XP operating system treats all windows, icons, programs, drives, etc. as self-contained objects, each with its own set of properties (such as size, position onscreen, and color). Many of these properties can be customized to meet your particular needs and tastes. DEFINITION: An object is an independent block of data, text, or graphics that was created by an individual application. ® This lesson introduces object properties by showing you how to change one of the properties of the desktop--the screen saver. This is a continuously changing pattern that appears on the screen during pauses in your work. 1 Move the pointer to an empty area of the desktop, then click the secondary button. The operating system displays the desktop shortcut menu. Getting to Know the Windows ® XP Operating System Lesson 10: Changing the screen saver 149 2 Click Properties. The operating system opens the Display Properties dialog box. Sample Display Properties dialog box 3 4 5 6 Click the Screen Saver tab. Click the arrow beside the current option--probably "(None)" --to open the screen saver list box. Scroll through the screen saver options by clicking the scroll arrows in the list box. The operating system displays your selection in the monitor above the list box. After you have chosen a screen saver pattern and applied it to your desktop, click OK. The operating system returns you to the desktop. 150 Getting to Know the Windows ® XP Operating System Lesson 11: Setting the date and time You can view any object's properties by clicking the object with the secondary button, then choosing Properties from the shortcut menu that appears. The next lesson explains how to set two other properties--the date and time. Lesson 11: Setting the date and time You initially set the computer's date and time properties when you turned the computer on for the first time and set up the operating system. To change the date and time settings: 1 2 Click Start, then click Control Panel. The operating system displays the Date/Time Properties dialog box. Sample Date and Time Properties dialog box HINT: To open the Date and Time Properties dialog box more quickly, either click the time display on the taskbar with the secondary button, then click Adjust Date/Time, or double-click the time display. Getting to Know the Windows ® XP Operating System Lesson 12: Removing objects from the desktop 151 3 4 5 6 Click the Date and Time tab and set the correct month, year, day, and time. Click the Time Zone tab and drop-down list box, and set your time zone. Close the Control Panel. Lesson 12: Removing objects from the desktop Earlier in this tutorial, you created a new icon on the desktop. Since everything you have done to this point has been just practice, you may want to return the desktop back to its original uncluttered state. This lesson explains how to remove objects from the desktop and introduces the Recycle Bin. 1 Click the New Folder icon you created, drag it until it is over the Recycle Bin icon and it changes color, then release the primary button. The icon disappears, but, with the operating system, it is not really gone. [. . . ] resolution -- A measure of the sharpness of the images that can be produced by a printer or displayed on a screen. For a screen, it is expressed as the number of pixels available horizontally and vertically. To reset the computer by reloading the operating system without turning the computer off. ROM (read-only memory) -- Non-volatile memory that can be read but not written to. [. . . ]