Absolute Beginner’s Guide to Computer Basics, Fourth Edition

Chapter 4. Getting to Know Windows Vista

IN THIS CHAPTER

• Introducing Windows Vista

• Working Your Way Around the Desktop

• Important Windows Operations

• Using the Start Menu—And Switching Programs

• Using Windows Explorers

• Shutting Down Windows—And Your Computer

As you learned back in Chapter 1, “Understanding Desktop PCs,” the software and operating system make your hardware work. The operating system for most personal computers is Microsoft Windows, and you need to know how to use Windows to use your PC. Windows pretty much runs your computer for you; if you don’t know your way around Windows, you won’t be able to do much of anything on your new PC.

Introducing ...