Owner's Manual

CHAPTER 2: Using Windows XP
10
About the Windows desktop
Help and
Support
For more information
about the Windows
desktop, click Start,
then click Help and
Support. Type the
keyword Windows
desktop in the
Search box, then click
the arrow.
After your notebook starts, the first screen you
see is the Windows desktop. The desktop is like
the top of a real desk. Think of the desktop as
your personalized work space where you open
programs and perform other tasks.
Your desktop may be different from this
example, depending on how your notebook is
set up.
The desktop contains the taskbar, the Start
button, and the Recycle Bin icon.
Desktop
elements
Description
The taskbar is the bar at the
bottom of the notebook display
containing the Start button on the
left and a clock on the right. Other
buttons on the taskbar represent
programs that are running.
Click a program’s button on the
taskbar to open the program’s
window.