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Using Windows
If your PC has a hard disk drive, it has software preinstalled, depending on the operating
system used.
If Windows and Dashboard are preinstalled, your PC will display Windows when you start
your PC. Windows manages your applications and files:
The Program Manager group contains all your application programs. Each icon
represents a group of application programs.
In Program Manager there is Help that provides a Windows Tutorial which explains
how to use your mouse and Windows.
The Hputils window contains the group of programs and utilities supplied by Hewlett-
Packard.
The Main icon contains Windows system applications such as File Manager and the
Control Panel.
Refer to your applications manuals for information on installing new programs.
Expanding an icon into a window:
1. Use the mouse to move the cursor to the icon.
2. Double-click on the icon by pressing the left-hand mouse button twice in quick
succession. For example, to display the Windows setup README file in the Hputils
window, double-click on Windows setup README file.
3. When you have finished with the window:
a. To minimize the window (but leave it running as an icon), click once on the minimize
button at the top right of the window.
b. To close the window, double-click on the control-menu box at the top left of the
window.
Starting your Windows applications
1. Double-click on the application's icon in the Program Manager window. (If its icon is
covered by another window, minimize the window.)
If your application is minimized, its icon appears at the bottom of the background
screen. (The background screen is the pattern underlying all the other windows.)
2. If you have multiple applications running simultaneously:
a. To switch from the current application to another application you have running,
press-and-hold [
running. To select the displayed program, release [
b. To switch to the next application that is running, press [
simultaneously.
c. To switch to the previous application that is running, press [
[
] simultaneously.
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d. To call up a list of applications that are running, press [
simultaneously. Then double-click on the application you want to use.
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