1. Who am I? Introduction from yours truely. Quick PPT presentation.
2. Homework for Monday Sept 1st.
3. Review the course. What we will be doing. Hoped for student outcomes. Syllabus.

• Desktop. Metaphor (inverse relationship between tidy computer desktops and physical desktops).
  Stuff on the desktop - folders (directories), shortcuts, Dustbin/Recycle bin. What is a folder/Directory?
  Quicklaunch bar, Taskbar, System Tray
   
• Open "MY Documents". Toolbar:
  
  
  • Search - in the folder selected
  • Folders - open up a folder map. Folder pane has same items as on the desktop.
  • History - where have I been on the Internet today?
     
• Open "MY Computer"
   
  • Drive letters:
    • some local drives - A:, C:, D:, E:
      (Q : What drive letter corresponds to the CD drive? Is this the same on any PC?)
    • some others G:, H:, L:, P:, T:, V:.
      Q : What are these? Where are they located?
       
  • Open Local disk C:
    
    • Documents and Settings - all local files stored here.
    • Program Files - Applications stored here
    • WINNT - system files
       
• Search
   
  • Files (open drive C: first)
    *.tmp - temporary files
    *.htm, *.html - web files. Notice blue I.E icon
    *.doc - MS Word file (Q what is the application with this icon?)
     
  • What if we want to search in "Documents and Settings". How to change the "look in" field.
    File specification - "*" is a wild card
     
  • Containing Text. eg "cache"
    Rt-click on "index.dat" and choose "open containing folder"
     
  • Search options:
    • Date. Last 1 day, last 1 month. Can find files changed recently.
    • Type. eg Irfanview. Based on the files this search finds can you guess what it does? Try double-clicking on a file.
    • look at Advanced Options.

Follow screen capture and save instructions to capture what's on the monitor and save to a web compatible graphic. Now:

1. Log out from Sqirrel and close browser
2. Let's find the files we saved.
3. Find drive H: (Home) on the desktop and open it.
4. double-click on the first GIF file you created.
   It opens with a graphic viewer called irfanview. Very useful for viewing a bunch of graphics.
5. Press the arrow to view the next graphic you saved.
6. Now close Irfanview
7. Right-click on the gif graphic - choose Open With and then Internet Explorer
8. I.E will display GIF and JPG graphics only.