Tips for Windows 2013

Tips for Windows© 2000

© Robert Grauer and Maryann Barber

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Table of Contents

The Many Versions of Windows 3

It’s Different in Windows 98 3

Minimizing Versus Closing an Application 3

Designating the Devices on a System 3

The Help Button 3

To Click or Double Click 3

The Right Mouse Button 3

Sort by Name, Date, File Type, or Size 4

The Smart Toolbar 4

Convergence of the Explorers 4

The Document, not the Application 4

The Plus and Minus Sign 4

Back Up Important Files 4

The Show Desktop Button 4

The Undo Command 5

File Extensions 5

Keyboard Shortcuts 5

Right Click and Drag 5

The My Documents Folder 5

Customize Windows Explorer 5

Select Multiple Files 5

The Task Manager

The Start button is the normal way to exit Windows. Occasionally, however, an application may “hang”— in which case you want to close the problem application but leave Windows open. Press Ctrl+Alt+Del to display the Windows Security dialog box, then click the Task Manager command button. Click the Applications tab, select the problem application, and click the End Task button. The Windows Security dialog box also provides a command button from which you can shut down Windows.

The Many Versions of Windows

Windows 95 came first and was followed shortly by Windows NT 4.0. Windows 95 was intended for stand-alone computers, whereas Windows NT was used to control a network. The Windows 95 and NT 4.0 (workstation or server) interfaces are virtually identical. Windows 98 was a replacement for Windows 95, and it offered an enhanced interface oriented to the Web. Windows 2000 takes the Windows 98 interface and combines it with the security and reliability of Windows NT.

It’s Different in Windows 98

We don’t know why, but Microsoft has placed the Folder Options command under the View menu in Windows 98, whereas it is found in the Tools menu in Windows 2000. Thus, to go from...