Windows 7

Customise

The first thing that most people like to do is customise Windows 7 to there own liking.

Right click on desktop but not on any icons. left click on Personalize

Left Click on Desktop Background

Select a picture from the Sample Pictures or Left Click Browse, Left Click Libraries, Left Click on Pictures

Left click on My Pictures

Click ok

Left click the picture you like (a blue tick appears in the corner)

Click Save changes

Desktop Shortcuts

The next thing is to tidy the desktop and not to have to many shortcuts

At the bottom of the page is the Task Bar

Move the mouse over the empty part and Right Click

Move the mouse over Lock the taskbar (should have a tick next to it)

Left click on Lock the taskbar, if you Right Click in the Task bar the tick has gone.

Left Click and hold down button to drag around Desktop

Right Click to Delete Shortcut

When you have it as you require

Remember to Right Click in Task bar

Left Click on Lock the Task bar

Cleaning

On Windows 7 it is quite easy to clean your computer, this process can clean out most of the things take up storage space for example internet history.

Do the following to clean out your computer i would say every 2 to 3 weeks, depending how much you use your computer.

Left Click on the Windows Explorer tab in the Task bar

From the panel on the left click on Computer

Left click so that ( C;) is highlighted

Right click and move mouse over properties and Left Click

Right click on Disk Cleanup

This prcess may take a little time depending on when it was cleaned last and the size of the hard drive.

Using the arrows check that the  boxes you wanted to clean are ticked

Click Ok when done

Click Delete Files when asked

Adding New Users

Left click on winows symbol in left corner
Left click on control panel
Left click on User Accounts and Family Safety (Add or remove user account)
Left click on Create a new account
Type the name of the new user in the box
Now mark Standard user or Administrator
Click on Create Account

Updates

These are very important and should be done when the computer asks
Do the following to do the updates.

Make sure you are connected to the internet before you start:

Left click on the Windows Logo
Left Click on All Programs
Left Click on Windows Update