Toshiba 1805 - Manual (Page 113)

113 Getting to Know Windows XP
Lesson 1: Exploring the desktop
To make a program or window active, click the associated button.
System tray
The system tray displays icons of tasks or programs that run
continuously in the background. To learn more about each task,
position the cursor over the icon for a few moments and a short
description of the task appears.
Typical tasks in the system tray are current time, power usage
mode, and speaker volume.
To activate a specific task, double-click the appropriate system tray
icon.
Desktop background
When you first set up your computer, the background image (also
called “wallpaper”) on the desktop is the Toshiba background
image.
You can change the background of your desktop. To change the
background:
1 Click Start, click Control Panel, and then double-click
Display.
2 Select the Desktop tab, and choose the background you want
to display on the desktop. Then click OK.
The new background wallpaper is enabled.
Windows ® XP file system
All files on your computer are organized for accessibility using a
hierarchal file system.
Programs, documents, and other data are held in files. These files
can be grouped together in folders, and folders can be grouped
inside other folders for convenient organizing. All the files and