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Lesson 10: Changing the screen saver
The operating system opens the Display Properties dialog 
box.
Sample Display Properties dialog box
3Click the Screen Saver tab.
4Click the arrow beside the current option—probably 
“(None)”—to open the screen saver list box.
5Scroll through the screen saver options by clicking the scroll 
arrows in the list box.
6Try a screen saver pattern by clicking a name in the list box.
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Lesson 11: Setting the date and time
The next lesson explains how to set two other properties—the date 
and time.
Lesson 11: Setting the date and time
You initially set the computer’s date and time properties when you 
turned the computer on for the first time and set up the Windows® 
Millennium Edition operating system. 
To change the date and time settings:
1Click Start, then point to Settings.
2Click Control Panel.
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Lesson 12: Removing objects from the desktop
4Set the correct month, year, day, and time.
5Click the Time zone drop-down list box and set your time 
zone.
6Click OK.
Continue with the next lesson to finish cleaning up the desktop.
Lesson 12: Removing objects from the desktop
Earlier in this tutorial, you created a new icon on the desktop. 
Since everything you have done to this point has been just 
practice, you may want to return the...

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Lesson 12: Removing objects from the desktop
Sample Recycle Bin open on the desktop
4To completely remove an object, select it, and then click File, 
Delete.
The object is permanently deleted from the Recycle Bin.
Later on—in your real work, not in this tutorial—you will use the 
Recycle Bin to delete other objects such as folders, documents, 
and sometimes even programs. Still, the process is the same. Just 
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Lesson 13: Using System Restore
To delete everything from the Recycle Bin at once, choose Empty 
Recycle Bin from the File menu.
HINT: Empty the Recycle Bin periodically. Even though an 
item is moved to the Recycle Bin, it still uses valuable space 
on the hard disk drive until it is deleted from the Recycle Bin.
Lesson 13: Using System Restore
The System Restore feature allows you to return your computer to 
the way it was configured...

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Lesson 14: If I am lost, what do I do?
The Windows® Millennium Edition operating system guides you 
through the process of storing your system settings for future use. 
It also guides you through restoring your system to the selected 
date or time.
Lesson 14: If I am lost, what do I do?
This lesson teaches you how to use some of the Help features in 
Windows® Millennium Edition operating system.
Windows® Millennium Edition Help
The...

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Lesson 14: If I am lost, what do I do?
Sample Help and Support Index
The left side of the screen contains the index. The text box 
above the index, where the cursor is flashing, lets you type in 
a topic you want to find in the index.
3Type 
pictures in the text box.
Notice as you type that the index moves to locate what you 
typed. When you type the letter 
p, the topic list moves to the 
first entry that begins with P, and so on.
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Lesson 14: If I am lost, what do I do?
Sample Drawing help window
5Click the Click Here link.
The operating system opens the Paint program.
Not every Help topic contains a hot link to start the program it 
is talking about. However, when you do encounter one, it 
provides a convenient way to start the program to look at it 
while you read about the program in the Help topic.
Using the online tours and tutorials
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Lesson 15: Turning off your computer
introduction to the new features in the Windows® Millennium 
Edition operating system. 
Sample Windows
® Millennium Edition Tours and tutorials 
window
To start a Windows
® Millennium Edition tour or tutorial:
1Click Help, then click Tours and tutorials.
The Microsoft
® Help and Support window takes you to the 
Tours and tutorials section.
2Scroll through the list of Tours and tutorials and select the...

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Lesson 15: Turning off your computer
lesson teaches you how to shut down the operating system and 
turn off your computer.
1Click Start, then click Shut Down.
The operating system displays the Shut Down Windows 
dialog box.
2Select Shut down, then click OK.
The operating system displays a message that it is shutting 
down and turns off the computer. 
There are other ways to shut down your computer. For more 
information, see “Powering...