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Experiment 2 Acquaintance With The Use of Graphical User Interface On Operating System (Desktop, Start Menu, Taskbar and Graphical Icons)

The document provides an overview of the graphical user interface features of the Windows 10 operating system. It discusses the desktop, start menu, taskbar, and graphical icons. It explains the objective is to acquaint students with the basic knowledge and main features of Windows 10. The document outlines some useful Windows 10 features including the control panel, desktop, device manager, file explorer, task manager, and disk management. It provides examples of other operating systems like macOS and Linux.

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Experiment 2 Acquaintance With The Use of Graphical User Interface On Operating System (Desktop, Start Menu, Taskbar and Graphical Icons)

The document provides an overview of the graphical user interface features of the Windows 10 operating system. It discusses the desktop, start menu, taskbar, and graphical icons. It explains the objective is to acquaint students with the basic knowledge and main features of Windows 10. The document outlines some useful Windows 10 features including the control panel, desktop, device manager, file explorer, task manager, and disk management. It provides examples of other operating systems like macOS and Linux.

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EXPERIMENT 2

ACQUAINTANCE WITH THE USE OF GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE


ON OPERATING SYSTEM (DESKTOP, START MENU, TASKBAR AND
GRAPHICAL ICONS).

Objective
 To acquaint the students with basic knowledge of Operating System
 To introduce the students with main features of Windows 10 Operating System

Time Required : 3 hrs


Programming Language : NIL
Software Required : Windows Operating System
Hardware Required : Computer System

Operating System:
An operating system (OS) is a system software that manages computer hardware, software
resources, and provides common services for computer programs. It also provides interfaces for
users to interact with the Computer system.

Examples of computer operating systems:


Microsoft Windows
Microsoft Windows is the most common and used proprietary operating system on computers today, with
Microsoft Windows 11 being the most recently released Windows version.
Apple macOS
With Apple computers, macOS is a proprietary and the primary operating system used with
Apple desktop and laptop computers.

Linux
Linux is a free and open source operating system for computers. It has many variants including
Ubuntu, Debian, Red Hat, and Slackware.
Some useful features of Microsoft Windows:
1. Control Panel
The Control Panel is a collection of tools that help us to configure and mange different
software and hardware resources on computer. We can change settings for printers,
video, audio, mouse, keyboard, date and time, user accounts, installed applications,
network connections, power saving options, languages and more.

2. Desktop
The desktop is a fundamental part of the default GUI (graphical user interface) in
Windows. It is a space where you can organize applications, folders, and documents,
which appear as icons. The desktop is always in the background behind any other
applications you're running. At the bottom there is a task bar showing all running and
pinned tasks.
3. Device Manager
The Device Manager lists the hardware devices installed in a computer. It allows users to
see what hardware is installed, view and update hardware drivers, and uninstall hardware
through the Device Manager.

4. File Explorer
The File Explorer, also called Windows Explorer, provides you with a view of the files
and folders on the computer. You can browse the contents of your SSD, hard drive, and
attached removable disks. You can search for files and folders, and open, rename, or
delete them from the File Explorer.
5. Task Manager
The Task Manager gives you an overview of what's running on your computer. You can
see how much of your system resources are used by each application (task), sorting by
CPU, RAM, and disk I/O usage. If a program is frozen or not responding, you can right-
click it in Task Manager and end the task, forcing it to quit.
6. Disk Management
Disk Management allows full management of the disk-based hardware recognized by
Windows. It is used to manage the drives installed in a computer—like hard disk drives
(internal and external), optical disk drives, and flash drives. It can be used to partition,
shrink and format drives, assign drive letters, and much more.
EXERCISE

Exercise 2.1 [5]

List names of the icons exist on your desktop.

Exercise 2.2 [5]


What means by startup programs? Add at least one program into your startup programs and attach
its screenshot here.

Exercise 2.3 [5]


List down the hardware devices installed on your computer.

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