The Computer Desktop and Start Menu
This is a computer desktop. Your computer screen may be a different color and have different symbols on it, but it is still a desktop. The symbols are called icons.
The bottom gray bar with different symbols and the clock in it is called your taskbar. If we tell you to look for something or click on something in your taskbar, you want to look for it in the gray bar at the bottom of your screen. Sometimes you will be told to right click on the task bar. This means, place your cursor on a blank space on the taskbar and right click once with your mouse.
In the picture below you see the start menu. This is achieved by placing your cursor on the Start Button and left clicking one time with your mouse.
Below you see the Program Menu. This is achieved by simply placing your cursor over the word “Programs” in the Start Menu.
This is what we mean when we say “Go to Start, Programs…”
Sometimes you will hear the phrase “Go to Start, Settings, Control Panel”. Generally you will click on the Control Panel after you find it, but the important thing to realize is that you find it the same way you found the Program Menu: One left click of the mouse on the Start Button, place your cursor on the word “Settings”, place your cursor on the word “Control Panel”
If you are located within the zip code of 77351 or at
Rainbow's End, you can hire a dedicated teacher to come to
your home, affordably!
- You get a desktop or laptop teacher who is going to work for you. Contact us for a reservation.
- Yes we can make a referral to someone who is qualified and willing to tear your computer apart and fix it's parts.
- We will help you learn your way around your computer, or help you install software, but we do NOT work on hardware.
- $12.00 per hour, Minimum contract period is 2 hours.
- Payment needs to made in advance for the current session.