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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.
The operating system displays your selection in the monitor 
above the list box. Try several patterns.
7To apply a pattern to your desktop, click Apply.
8After you have chosen a screen saver pattern and applied it to 
your desktop, click OK.
The operating system returns you to the desktop.
You can view any object’s properties by clicking the object with 
the secondary button, then choosing Properties from the shortcut 
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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.
The operating system displays the Control Panel.
3Double-click the Date/Time icon.
The operating system displays the Date/Time Properties 
dialog box.
Sample Date/Time Properties dialog box
HINT: To open the Date/Time Properties dialog box more 
quickly, either click the time display on the taskbar with the 
secondary button, then click Adjust Date/Time, or double-
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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 desktop back to its original 
uncluttered state. This lesson explains how to remove objects from 
the desktop and introduces the Recycle Bin.
1Click the New Folder icon you created, drag it until it is over 
the Recycle Bin icon and it changes color, then release the 
primary button.
The icon disappears. But, with the Windows
® Millennium 
Edition operating system, it is not really gone. It is merely set 
aside in the Recycle Bin so that you can restore or delete it 
later.
2Repeat step 1 for any other icons you created during this 
tutorial.
Each icon disappears as you drop it on the Recycle Bin.
3Double-click the Recycle Bin icon.
The operating system opens the Recycle Bin window. Notice 
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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 
drag an object’s icon to the Recycle Bin.
If you change your mind and want to restore an object you sent to 
the Recycle Bin, select the object with the secondary button and 
click Restore. The operating system restores the object to the 
place from which it was deleted.
When you are absolutely certain that you never want to see it 
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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 on a specific date or time, a “restore 
point.” This is useful if you are reconfiguring your computer for 
new hardware or software. In the event that your hardware or 
software causes your computer to malfunction, you can remove 
the offending item(s) and restore the system to the state it was in at 
the preset time.
To get to System Restore, click Start, point to Programs, 
Accessories, System To o l s and click System Restore.
The System Restore Welcome screen appears.
Sample System Restore Welcome screen 
						

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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 Windows® Millennium Edition operating system has a Help 
facility. If you cannot figure out how to do something, the answer 
is probably only a few clicks away. 
Assume that you want to draw a picture, but don ’t know how.
1 If you have an application open, press 
F1, otherwise click 
Start , then click  Help.
Windows Millennium Edition opens the Help and Support 
window.
2 If you do not see the index, click  index.
Help and Support displays the Index. 
						

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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.
There are a number of topics listed under Picture. One of 
them, creating, editing with Paint, looks promising.
4Double-click creating, editing with Paint.
Help opens a topic screen that gives a brief description of how 
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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
Whether you are new to computers or you have some experience, 
the Windows® Millennium Edition Tours and Tutorials collection 
is a good place to start. 
If you are not familiar with either the Windows
® 98 or Windows® 
Millennium Edition operating system, start with “Windows 
Millennium Edition Preview.” 
If you have used the Windows
® 98 operating system, “Learning 
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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 
place you want to start.
3Click the selected topic and follow the instructions on the 
screen.
Lesson 15: Turning off your computer
It is very important that you let the Windows® Millennium Edition 
operating system shut down your computer. As it shuts down, the 
operating system performs a number of tasks that ensure that 
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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 down the computer” on page 84.