How to use a Window PC? Beginners series part 1.

How to use a windows pc.

Microsoft Windows is a line of operating systems developed by Microsoft. Most of the computers come with Windows pre-installed. It is easy to use. Today I am going to show you how you can get familiar with the Windows operating system.

If you are a 90’s kid then you would have noticed the world has changed so much and in the next years to come even more changes are going to come(let's hope it’s for better). When I was a small kid I was quite fascinated by computers, no doubt that’s why I’m writing this blog and soon I decided this is what I was going to do in my life.

Computers are very fascinating, today they have changed the way we view our world. Who could have guessed that computers would play such an important role.

The way we operate on a Physical computer is through software. One such piece of software is called Operating system. An operating system is a software which operates the hardware and handles every work. All software that you use runs on it. Microsoft developed the Windows operating system in 1985. Throughout this article, I’m going to be explaining through windows 10. Don’t worry if you don’t have windows 10 because the concepts are all same. So, let's start without any further delay.

Tip: The way you use windows os or most of the operating systems is this. Double click for opening anything like a file or an icon. Single click(Right click on mouse) for selecting any particular item. Left click on the mouse to open extra information life options etc.

Some basic intro about windows.

1. The taskbar.

The taskbar is a utility, through which you can manage your applications. you can shift between you applications by just clicking on them. To the leftmost part, you will see the windows button(Start button) when you press it it will show you all the applications and app available to use(See the first picture at top of the article). There you will find options like the power button which allows you to put your computer to sleep, shut it down or restart it.

The second button (round one)  is the default Cortana button( Its 's Microsoft Personal Assitant) With an internet connection, you can use the personal assistant to find any info out. When you click on it you can search for apps and files. for eg:

To the rightmost corner, you will see an upward arrow where you will see most of the hidden icons. You can click and view them. You will also find date and time options too, for most of the part you will notice that things are the same from older versions like Windows 7 and 8 but in Windows 10 there's something different. like this one.

2. Notifications bar or action bar.

The notification bar is an interesting place. It offers you a lot of options to explore from. First things first it will notify you when you download anything from Edge browser or when you get updates or when you make some changes to your windows settings. Like in the picture when I save a screenshot and it gave me a message. Secondly, it gives you more control and ease. It gives you the options to go to the settings window or you can increase and decrease the screen brightness. The other options I'll leave that to your exploration.

3. The desktop window:

The desktop Window is the default window or view which you get when you first log on your pc. As a rule, I don't know who made it. but literally, every windows user refreshes the screen when they first open the pc. The logic behind refresh is that when there is a lot of junk left in your memory(Ram)  which is not useful you press the refresh button and the memory cleans up. But do it anyway if you like it.

3. The icons:

Windows is a GUI(Graphic user interface) which means it allows the user to interact with the pc through graphics like icons, menus etc. the small pictures you see on the screen are called icons, like Folders, my computer(called "This PC" in Windows 10), control panel, recycle bin etc.

5. The three wonder buttons:   
The three main buttons of any window are the Minimize and Maximize and Close button. With the help of the three buttons, you can control any windows. The minimize button will minimize the window to the taskbar. You can click on the icon and make it re-appear. the maximize button will change the appearance of the window a little, like it will make the window full screen or set it to another screen size, the third one will close the application.

4. My computer (This PC):  

One of the most important facilities of windows is the My Computer section. You can access it from the file explorer from the taskbar or open it through THIS PC icon in windows 10. You can access files on your hard drive or an external drive with it. If you look at the picture you can see there are many sections in it, On the leftmost side, you can see the quick access bar which gives you access to the downloads, music and documents section. On the bottom left side, you can see the shortcut to your drives. The important ones are in the middle, where you get all your drives. You can double click them to view the contents.

High alert:: Please do not enter the Local disk (C): and start editing or deleting files if you do so then your computer will most probably stop working, if you do not have any knowledge about the files you are dealing with then do not operate on it. Instead, you should use the other drives for your personal purposes like storing important files and videos, games etc.

This is all for the beginners series part 1. In the next section, I will share some more basic things to help you with using Windows Os. Feel free to comment down your thoughts and your suggestions are most welcome.

If you face any difficulty you can email me at: phoenixblogs99@gmail.com
I'll be uploading the next series how to use windows pc, that will give you more info on using a windows pc so stay tuned.