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Prelims Lab Exercise 1

1. Read the PC's instruction manual and make sure the contents listed on the box are all present.
Answer: It is all complete.

2. Put the system unit on the desk or floor - remember the following points:
• Close enough to an electrical outlet
• Close enough to your desk so that the cables for the mouse and keyboard are not stretched.
• 6" space around the unit for air to circulate freely
• Not positioned close to a radiator and ideally not exposed to direct sunlight.

3. Position the monitor on your desk and adjust it and your chair so that the top of the screen is level with your eyes

4. Connect the monitor to the port on the system unit, using the connector as shown in your system documentation

5. Connect the mouse and keyboard to the ports on the system unit, using the connector as shown in your system documentation.

6. Try to keep the cables tidy so that they do not trail under your desk or cross walkways

7. Plug the monitor into a building power outlet or into the power socket on the system unit (check the system documentation to find out how the monitor is powered).

8. Plug the power cable into the back of the system unit and then into the building power. Turn on the building power wall switch.

9. Press the power switch on the monitor then the power switch on the PC.

10. Wait for the computer to start ("boot"). As the PC powers up, listen and look for the following signs that the computer is operating normally:
• Power LED comes on
• Fans starting spinning
• Single short beep (most computers these days do not beep though)
• Hard disk activity (LED flickers and there may be some soft noise [grinding or clicking indicates a problem]).

Prelims Lab Exercise #2

1. Press a key to open the privacy shade then, if necessary, click the icon representing your computer account.

2. With your account name and picture showing, type your password. Remember that this is case-sensitive, so upper- and lower-case characters are treated as different.

3. Press ENTER or click the arrow button. Wait for the desktop to load.

4. Point to the Start button and click once to show the start screen menu.

5. On the right-hand side of the taskbar, click Notification and then click Tablet mode. Notice that start is now displayed as a full screen.

6. At the top of the Start Screen on the left-hand side, click All Apps then locate and click the Tips tile.

7. Take a few minutes to read the various articles.

8. Press the Start key to switch to the Start Screen again.

9. Back on the main part of the Start Screen practice customizing the tile layout:
• Drag tiles to new positions.
• Right-click or long finger-press to resize a tile.

10. From the Start Screen, if you have a touchscreen, swipe from the right edge to view Notification, Otherwise, click Notifications on the taskbar.

11. Click Tablet mode to switch back to desktop mode.

12. Click the Tips window icon on the taskbar.

13. Click the Close button on the top-right corner of the window to exit the app.

14. Click Start, click Settings and then click Personalization. You can make any changes you want to the pictures and colors used on the desktop.

15. Close the Settings app when you have finished.

Exercise 2 / Exploring the Desktop and Taskbar

1. Press the START key to switch to the Start Screen

2. Open the Photos file. If prompted to add a Microsoft account, click the Close button to cancel the dialog.

3. Click Start and then type Paint, then click the icon that appears in the search results. This loads the Paint application. This is an example of a desktop application.

4. In Paint, create picture; perhaps of a boat sailing on the sea.

5. When you have created a picture, click the File menu on the ribbon once, Move the mouse down the menu to point to the Save command click one.

6. Enter a file name of The Sea, double-click the Pictures folder, and then click the Save button.
7. Press the keys Start+E together (hold down the START and press E then release both at the same time). This should open a File Explorer window.

8. Double-click the Pictures folder to view the file where you saved it.

9. Look at the taskbar - you should see underlined icons for the three windows you have open. Note the difference between open windows and icons that have been "pinned" to the taskbar but that aren't currently running. Also, the active (currently selected) window is shown with a highlight.

10. Click the icons to switch between the windows. Right-click the icons to observe their shortcut menus (do not select anything from the menus though).

11. Try using the ALT+TAB keyboard shortcut. Hold down the ALT key then press-and release- TAB. This shows a list of open desktop windows and Start Screen apps. Still holding ALT, press TAB again and keep pressing it to cycle through the icons until you have found one you want to look at. Release the ALT key to open the selected app or window.

12. Press START+TAB or click the taskbar icon to open Task View. Alternatively, if you have a touchscreen, you can swipe from the left edge.

13. Click the Photos app to select it.

14. Press START+D or click the empty space on the taskbar to the right of the date and time to minimize all windows. You can also use the START+D to return to the desktop from the Start Screen Quickly

15. Press START+D to show all the windows again then practice using the window control icons to maximize, restore, and minimize them.

16. Practice arranging windows on the desktop:
• Using its title bar, drag the File Explorer window to the left edge. Select this Paint window to display alongside it.
• Drag the Paint window out of its current position and then to the top of the screen to maximize it.
• Drag the Paint window back to the middle of the screen to restore the window size then use the window borders to resize it manually.
• Drag the title bar on the Paint window then shake the window to minimize all other windows. Shake again to restore them.

17. Close all the open windows using either the button or by pressing ALT+F4. You can close minimized windows from the taskbar by right-clicking and selecting Close window.

18. Point to each of the icons in the Notification Area in turn. A screen Tip will be displayed to identify each one.

19. Right-click an empty part of the taskbar and select Taskbar settings. This opens a dialog to configure the taskbar.

20. Browse the options on the Taskbar tab.

21. Click the Start tab.

22. Browse the options.

23. Open the Start Screen, click the Power icon in the bottom-left. Select Shut down from the submenu.

Prelims Lab Exercise #3

1. Start the computer and sign in, Then, if necessary, show the desktop (START+D).

2. Click the Microsoft Edge icon on the taskbar to start the browser.

3. Your browser home page is locked. Navigate to comptia.org by typing in the address bar and pressing ENTER.

4. Spend a couple of minutes browsing the site. Try all the following:
• Using the scroll bar or mouse scroll wheel to view a page.
• Following text and picture hyperlinks to other pages within the same site.
• Using the Back button of Backspace to return to a previous page.
• Following hyperlinks to pages on other sites.

5. Point to the new tab icon and click it. This opens a new tab. Tabbed browsing makes it easier to view multiple pages at the same time. In the address bar, type msn.com and press Enter.

6. Click the Hub button. This displays a number of options:
• Favorites - a list of web pages that you have bookmarked. You can bookmark a page by visiting it then clicking the Add To icon in the address bar.
• Reading list - adding a page to the reading list rather than favorites saves a copy of the page to your device, meaning that you can view it later, even if you connected to the Internet.
• History - a browser keeps a record of the pages you have visited, unless you choose to browse in "private" mode.
• Downloads - some web pages include files that you can download, such as documents or apps. The downloads icon lets you see which files you have chosen to save to your computer.

7. Click History and then click the comptia.org.

8. Close the comptia tab.

9. Click the More Actions ellipse icon and then click Settings.

10. Click View advance settings. You can configure a number of options and control the way Microsoft Edge handles new tabs and website browsing and security options.

11. Close Microsoft Edge and when prompted, click Close all.

12. Click Start, scroll down and click Windows Accessories.

13. Right-click Internet Explorer, point to More, and then click pin to taskbar.

14. On the taskbar, click the Internet Explorer icon.

15. Click the Tools icon and then click Internet Options.

16. In the Internet Options dialog box, click through the available tabs (General, Security, Privacy, Content, Connections, Programs, and Advanced). View the available options and then click Cancel.

17. To configure a preferred browser, click Start and then click Settings.

18. Click Apps, and then, on the Default apps tab, under the Web browser heading, click and select Internet Explorer. If prompted, click Switch anyway.

19. To default to Microsoft Edge, under Web browser, click and select Microsoft Edge. Close settings.

20. Optionally, shut down your computer if you are not continuing to use it after this lab.

Attachment:- Prelims Lab Exercise.rar