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What's on the desktop screen?

Icons on the desktop

Computer icon

You will have access to the central ¹ó¾±±ô±ð²õ³Ù´Ç°ù±ð @ U°ä³¢ drives, e.g. N: (personal storage) and S: (department/shared group storage). As well as devices such as removable storage e.g. USBs and CDs that you may be using.

Fig 1 – Computer icon

Internet Explorer icon

This is Microsoft’s web browser software. Mozilla Firefox is also available as an alternative under Start > All Programs > Mozilla Firefox.

Fig 2 – Internet Explorer icon

My Documents icon

This icon gives you quick access to your files on your ¹ó¾±±ô±ð²õ³Ù´Ç°ù±ð @ U°ä³¢ N: drive. All users will have access to their personal N: drive by default.

Fig 3 – My Documents icon

The Start menu and Quick Launch Bar

Fig 4 – Start menu and quick launch bar

This bar at the bottom of the screen will give you quick access to default programs such as:

• Internet explorer
• File explorer
• Windows Media Player – for playing video and audio files

It also contains the Windows Start menu button which gives you access to your software, applications and other tools.

Customising your desktop

There are a series of how to guides available to help you tailor your desktop to your requirements:

• Changing the screen resolution on your desktop
• Changing the windows colour scheme
• Pinning applications to the Start menu