Saturday, January 17, 2009

Program Startup


Before using an application, it usually must first be installed in your computer. There are different ways programs get installed in a computer. If you have a computer that is working already, then some programs have already been installed. As long as your computer is working fine, you should have everything necessary to follow our lessons. You can also install other programs, which means you can purchase them or get them from somebody.
Computer programs are written by human beings, like you. This means that the person who writes a program also decides on its functionality and behavior, which explains why two programs that are supposed to do the same thing don't do it the same way. This is why, regardless of your expertise, you need to be acquainted with a particular program in order to make better use of it. The fact that you don't know a particular program doesn't say anything about your intelligence or lack of it. It simply means that you are not familiar with that program.
Once a program is installed, in order to use it, you must first open it. There are various ways you can open a program in Microsoft Windows. When Microsoft Windows gets installed, many programs get installed with it. Programs get opened or are accessible from various areas, and we will explore them.
The Start area gives access to most sections or parts of your computer. The Start program on Microsoft
Windows XP is a little different than the others but the functionality is the same.
There are various ways you can open a program, sometimes depending on whether you can see it on your desktop. It can also depend on how the program was installed. If a program is available on your desktop, you can double-click it, which would open it.
After you have opened a program, it gets represented on the taskbar so you would know that a program is "running". "Launching" a program means starting it. A program is "running" when it is active on your computer, whether you can see it or it is one of the programs that are activated on your computer.
All of the instructions given in the following lessons are for Microsoft Windows XP.

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