| Creating Your Account |
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| Windows XP - User Profiles |
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Windows XP lets you the ability to create user profiles, which allows each user on your computer to have a separate login. For instance, instead of having to use multiple identities in Outlook Express, you can have your own customized version of Outlook Express with your own folders for your login.
There are also additional benefits, such as allowing each user to have their own document folders and personal settings such as desktop icons, start menu items, favorites, etc.
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| This also allows for greater privacy and less hassle of changing individual preferences for each user. |
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| Note: You must have a computer administrator account on the computer and be logged in as an administrator to add a new user to the computer. |
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| To Create a New User Account: |
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| 1. To open the User Accounts tool, open Control Panel from the Start menu, and then double click User Accounts. |
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| 2. Click Create a new account in the Pick a task list box. |
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| 3. Type the name that you want to use for the account, and then click Next. |
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| 4. Click Computer administrator or Limited, depending on the type of account you want to assign to the new user, and then click Create Account. |
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| To Make Changes To An Account |
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| 1. To open the User Accounts tool, open Control Panel from the Start menu, and then double click User Accounts. |
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| 2. Click Change an account in the Pick a task list box. |
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| 3. Click the account that you want to change. |
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| 4. Select the item that you would like to change: |
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| a. Click Change the name to change the name that appears on the Welcome screen for the account. |
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| b. Click Change the picture to change the picture that is used to represent the user account. You can use any image file on the computer for the user's picture. |
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| c. Click Change the account type to change the account type to increase or decrease the user's rights on the computer. |
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| d. Click Create/change the password to create or change the password for the user and create or change the password hints. |
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| e. Click Delete the account to delete the user account from the computer. When you delete the account, you are given the option to save the user's files on the computer. |
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| Note: You cannot delete the account for a user that is currently logged on to the computer. |
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| 5. Now, whenever you start windows, you will come to a login screen. Just click on the icon for the user account that you will be using, and enter a password, if you have specified one. |
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| To change users without logging off |
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| 1. Click Start, click Log off, and then click Switch User. |
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| 2. On the Welcome screen, click another user account icon. |
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| Note: Windows displays the new user's desktop and settings. |
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| To logoff |
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| 1. Click Start, click Log off, and then click Log off. |
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| 2. On the Welcome screen, either click another user account icon, or click on Turn off computer to shutdown. |
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| Note: You can identify the current user account by clicking Start and then reading the account name located on the Start menu. |
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| Sound |
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| Sound |
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1. Click Start, and then click Control Panel.
2. Click Sounds, Speech, and Audio Devices.
3. Click Sounds and Audio Devices.
4. Click the Audio tab.
5. In the Default device box under Sound playback, click SB Audigy Audio.
6. Click OK. |
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| Choose a Sound Scheme |
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| You can choose a sound scheme to assign to many program events in Windows XP. Every sound scheme consists of a set of events and sounds associated with them. You can also create a new sound scheme. Sound schemes can benefit people who rely on sounds to get information from their computers including people who are blind or have other vision impairments. This procedure tells you how to choose a sound scheme through Sounds and Audio Devices Properties in Control Panel. |
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Keyboard actions |
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On the Start menu:
• Select Control Panel |
Display the Start menu by pressing CTRL+ESC (or the Windows Key  ).
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In Control Panel:
• Be sure you are in Classic View (all Control Panel icons are showing).
• If not, under Control Panel in the left pane, select Switch to Classic View.
• Select Sounds and Audio Devices. |
In Control Panel:
• Be sure you are in Classic View (all Control Panel icons are showing).
• If not, under Control Panel in the left pane, select Switch to Classic View by pressing TAB.
• Press ENTER.
• Move to Display by pressing the arrow keys.
• Press ENTER. |
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In the Sounds and Audio Devices Properties dialog box:
• Select the Sounds tab. |
In the Sounds and Audio Devices Properties dialog box:
• Move to the Sounds tab by pressing CTRL+TAB. |
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On the Sounds tab:
• Select the sound scheme you want.
• Select OK. |
On the Sounds tab:
• Move to Sound scheme by pressing ALT+C.
• Select the sound scheme you want by pressing the UP ARROW and DOWN ARROW keys.
• Press ENTER. |
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To close Control Panel:
• Select the Close button. |
To close Control Panel:
• Press ALT+F, C. |
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| Control Panel >> Sounds tab >> Sound scheme |
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| Step1 -Sound Setting |
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| Step-2 Audio Setting |
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| Step-3 Sound Driver |
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| Window's Help |
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| Windows Help |
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The help that Windows XP incorporates is designed to solve some of the questions regarding the use of a Windows XP component or tool.
Windows help is composed of a series of pages that are similar in navigation as the pages on a web site. It also incorporates the typical backward and forward arrows that are a characteristic of the web navigators. |
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| You also have tools to search information about a particular theme from key words and key phrases. |
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 To access help click Help and technical support from the Start menu |
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| Windows help incorporates various types of searches depending on your needs. |
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| On the Main Page, as you can see on this image, you have the information organized in various points that include the areas that most frequently require help. |
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| You can click on each point to obtain help on the subject. |
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| Search |
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| If what you are searching for is not on this screen you can use the Search box that appears on the top part. Type the word that best describes the help you are looking for and click on the green arrow. |
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| Index |
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| Another way to search for help is to consult the help index. This index is orgranized alphabetically. |
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| To consult the index click on the icon on the help bar. A screen will open so that you can write the word you are looking for. The index will place itself on that word and you will be able to choose the subjects that you need. |
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| Technical Support |
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| If you have not been able to solve your problem you can ask other people for help; Windows provides you with three types of technical support. |
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| 1) Ask a friend to help. |
| Through instant messenger you can get in touch with someone you know and ask for their help to solve your particular problem. |
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| 2) Get help from Microsoft |
| You can ask for help from the technical support team at Microsoft under some contractual stipulations. |
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| 3) Go to a Windows Web site forum |
| In these forums the participants ask and answer questions. One can learn a lot by visiting these forums. No one, however, can guarantee a satisfactory answer in a determined amount of time. |
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| How to Install Windows XP |
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| Upgrade to Windows XP |
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This section describes how to upgrade to Windows XP from Microsoft Windows 98, Microsoft Windows Millennium Edition (Me), and Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional.
Note: Before you start the upgrade process, obtain and install the latest BIOS upgrade for your computer from the computer's manufacturer. If you update the BIOS after you upgrade the computer, you may have to reinstall. |
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| Windows XP to take advantage of features such as Advanced Configuration and Power Interface (ACPI) support in the BIOS. Update the firmware in all of your hardware devices before you start the upgrade if you can. |
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| To upgrade to Windows XP: |
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| 1. Start your computer, and then insert the Windows XP CD-ROM into the CD-ROM drive. |
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| 2. If Windows automatically detects the CD-ROM, click Install. |
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| Windows to start the Windows XP Setup Wizard. |
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| Note: If Windows does not automatically detect the CD-ROM, click Start, click Run, type the following command, and then click OK: |
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| CD-ROM drive letter:\setup.exe |
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| 3. When you are prompted to select an installation type, select Upgrade (the default setting), and then click Next. |
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| 4. Follow the instructions on the screen to complete the upgrade. |
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| Install Windows XP to a New Hard Drive |
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| To Install Windows XP to a New Hard Drive: |
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| 1. Read the End-User License Agreement, and then press F8. |
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| Note: If your Windows XP CD-ROM is an upgrade, you are prompted to insert a CD-ROM of a previous operating system to verify upgrade compliance. Remove the Windows XP CD-ROM, and then insert the CD-ROM from your previous operating system into the CD-ROM drive. |
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| You can use the CD-ROM to upgrade from the following versions of Windows: |
| Windows 98 |
| Windows 98 Second Edition |
| Windows Millennium Edition |
| Windows NT 4.0 |
| Windows 2000 Professional |
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| 2. When you are prompted for the Windows XP CD-ROM, remove your previous operating system CD-ROM, and then insert your Windows XP CD-ROM. |
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| 3. To install Windows XP by starting the computer from the Windows XP CD-ROM, insert the Windows XP CD-ROM into your CD-ROM or DVD-ROM drive, and then restart the computer. |
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| 4. When you see the "Press any key to boot from CD" message, press any key to start the computer from the Windows XP CD-ROM. |
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| 5. At the Welcome to Setup screen, press ENTER to start Windows XP Setup. |
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| 6. Follow the instructions on the screen to select and format a partition where you want to install Windows XP. |
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| 7. Follow the instructions on the screen to complete Windows XP Setup. |
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| Install Windows XP in a New Folder |
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| 1. Start your computer from the Windows XP CD-ROM. To do this, insert the Windows XP CD-ROM into your CD-ROM or DVD-ROM drive, and then restart your computer. |
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| 2. When the "Press any key to boot from CD" message appears on the screen, press any key to start the computer from the Windows XP CD-ROM. |
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| 3. At the Welcome to Setup screen, press ENTER to begin Windows XP Setup. |
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| 4. Read the End-User License Agreement, and then press F8. |
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| 5. Select the partition in which you want to install Windows XP, and then press ENTER. |
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| 6. Select the Leave the current file system intact (no changes) option, and then press ENTER to continue. |
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| 7. Press ESC to install to a different folder. |
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