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Getting to Know Windows XP

Lesson 3: Learning about the Internet

 

 

 

6Now click the Close button in the upper-right corner of this window.

The My Computer window closes.

Lesson 3: Learning about the Internet

This lesson demonstrates how to access a Web page from a window and from the taskbar. The lesson assumes you have an account with an Internet Service Provider (ISP).

Opening a Web page from a window

The most common way to open a Web page is by typing a Web address in the address line of the Web browser itself. But you can also type a Web address in the My Computer window.

1On the desktop, double-click My Computer. The My Computer window appears.

2On the View menu, point to Toolbars, then click Address Bar.

The address bar indicates that you are in “My Computer.”

Address bar

Sample My Computer window