Toshiba A45 Series manual 135, Taskbar, System tray, Windows XP file system

Getting to Know the Windows® XP Operating System	135
Lesson 1: Exploring the desktop

❖Search for files

❖Access Windows Help and Support Center

❖Run programs

❖Suspend system activity and shut down the computer

For more information on starting programs, see “Lesson 6: Starting programs” on page 142.

Taskbar

Each time you open a program, a button associated with that program appears on the taskbar. With some programs, a button appears on the taskbar for each document or window you open. You can use these buttons to quickly switch between the programs or windows.

To make a program or window the active one, click the program’s or window’s button on the taskbar.

System tray

The system tray displays icons of tasks or programs that run continuously in the background. To learn more about each task, position the cursor over the icon for a few moments and a short description of the task appears.

Typical tasks in the system tray are Current time, Power usage mode, and speaker volume.

To activate a specific task, double-click the appropriate system tray icon.

Windows® XP file system

All files on your computer are organized for accessibility using a hierarchal file system.

Programs, documents, and other data are held in files. These files can be grouped together in folders, and folders can be grouped inside other folders for convenient organizing. All