Blanchet Consultation

About this course?

In this course you gain the fundamental knowledge and skills to operate windows Vista in your organization.

Prerequisites

We recommend delegates have some background in search engine marketing, but this is not essential.

Benefits

As operating systems become more complex, the need for users to remain current in the latest functionality increases. Windows Vista offers enhanced features to increase reliability, functionality and security for every organization.

Course Syllabus

A First Look At Windows Vista
Vista's Different versions
Viewing your computer details
Resizing a window
Maximizing and Minimizing
Closing a window
The Start button and Start menu
Running a program using the Start menu
Entering text into a program
Saving data
Opening a file within a program
Shutting down Windows

The Windows Desktop
What is the Windows Desktop?
Desktop icons
Moving a Desktop icon
Windows Taskbar
Taskbar clock
Customizing your Desktop
Setting a screen saver
The Sidebar and gadgets
Closing a gadget

Applications
Running more than one program at a time
WordPad, Notepad & Calculator
Welcome Centre
Switching between programs
Using Windows Flip 3D
Cascading windows
Displaying windows side by side
Clock, Language and Region settings
Installing & removing programs
Creating and using a Desktop shortcut
Shutting down an application that has frozen
Restarting the computer

Help
How to get help
Printing a Help topic
Browsing for Help
Demos

Files, Folders and Disks
Types of drive and drive letters
Windows Explorer
Views within Windows Explorer
Types of Windows Explorer icons
Drives, Folders and Files
Data storage devices

Manipulating Folders
Creating a folder
Creating a subfolder
Renaming a folder
Deleting a folder
Displaying folder details

Manipulating Files
Viewing file details
Sorting the file list within the Windows Explorer
Recognizing common file types
Selecting multiple files
Changing file attribute status
Renaming files
Deleting files
Restoring files and folders from the Recycle Bin
Emptying the Recycle Bin

Copying and Moving Files
The Windows Clipboard
Moving files between folders
Copying files between folders
Backups
Backing up data to a removable drive

File Compression
What is file compression?
Extracting compressed files
Compressing files
Disk formatting

Searching For Data
Viewing recently accessed files
Searching for files on your hard disk
Advanced searching

Viruses, Spyware and Cookies
What are computer viruses?
What is spyware?
What are cookies?
Virus checking programs
Scanning for viruses
Updating anti-virus programs

Printing Issues
Selecting a printer
Changing the default printer
Installing a new printer on the computer
Using the Print Manager