All about the Windows Desktop
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All about the Windows Desktop

Here is what the windows 95, 98 and NT v4 desktops look like.

Note that your mileage may vary. Different people can set up desktops to look different: other or additional icons on the desktop, different colors, patterns or even pictures as a background. We mean these screen shots to give you the lay of the land.

The Windows Desktop.

Activity 1-Identify Me!

On your Windows desktop, identify all the parts of the desktop you see comparing them to the illustration above.

I you have any icons on your desktop that do not look like these, can you tell by the shape of the icon what they might be? Click here for a brief guide icons in Windows.

 

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