- Sams Teach Yourself Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional in 10 Minutes
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- Tell Us What You Think!
- About the Authors
- Introduction
- Conventions Used in This Book
- Lesson 1. Navigating Windows 2000 Professional
- What Is Windows 2000 Professional?
- Starting Windows 2000
- Understanding the Windows Desktop
- Using the Mouse
- Using the Start Button
- Using the Taskbar
- Shutting Down Windows 2000 Professional
- Lesson 2. Working with a Window
- What Is a Window?
- Opening a Window
- Sizing a Window with Maximize, Minimize, and Restore
- Sizing a Window's Borders
- Using Scroll Bars
- Moving a Window
- Viewing a Window's Contents
- Closing Windows
- Lesson 3. Using Menus
- Using Toolbar Buttons
- What Is a Menu?
- Choosing Menu Commands
- Reading a Menu
- Using Shortcut Keys Instead of Menus
- Using Shortcut Menus
- Lesson 4. Using Windows 2000 Professional Help
- Getting Help in Windows 2000
- The Help Window
- Using Windows Online Help
- Using Web Help
- Lesson 5. Using Dialog Boxes
- What Is a Dialog Box?
- Using the Components of a Dialog Box
- Using the What's This? Feature
- Using Text Boxes
- Using Option Buttons
- Using Check Boxes
- Using Command Buttons
- Using Property Sheets and Tabs
- Lesson 6. Working with Multiple Windows and Applications
- Opening a Windows Application
- Viewing an Application's Window
- Exiting an Application
- Arranging Windows on the Desktop
- Moving Between Applications
- Moving Between Windows in the Same Application
- Lesson 7. Copying, Moving, and Linking Between Windows and Applications
- Using the Clipboard
- Selecting Text for Copying or Moving
- Selecting Graphics
- Copying Information Between Windows
- Moving Information Between Windows
- Sharing Information Between Applications
- Understanding Linking
- Creating Links
- Understanding Embedding
- Embedding Objects
- Using the ClipBook Viewer
- Lesson 8. Using My Computer
- What Is My Computer?
- Browsing Folder Options
- The My Computer Menu
- The My Computer Toolbars
- Customizing View Columns
- Lesson 9. Managing Files with My Computer
- Selecting Files and Folders
- Moving Files and Folders
- Copying Files and Folders
- Deleting Files and Folders
- Renaming Files and Folders
- Using Windows Explorer
- Creating Shortcuts
- Searching for Files and Folders
- Lesson 10. Using WordPad
- What Is WordPad?
- Moving the Text Insertion Point
- Inserting and Deleting Text
- Selecting, Cutting, Copying, and Pasting Text
- Formatting a Document
- Saving a Document and Exiting WordPad
- Lesson 11. Understanding File Properties and the Recycle Bin
- Filenames
- File Size
- File Creation Date and Time
- File Attributes
- Viewing Properties
- Managing the Recycle Bin
- Opening the Recycle Bin
- Emptying the Recycle Bin
- Restoring Files
- Recycle Bin Properties
- Lesson 12. Printing
- Installing a Printer
- Printing from an ApplicationControlling the Print Job
- Working with the Print Folder
- Controlling the Print Job
- Using Drag and Drop
- Lesson 13. Using My Network Places
- What Is a Network?
- About Clients and Servers
- What Is My Network Places?
- Logging On to a Network
- Accessing My Network Places
- Logging Off a Network
- Lesson 14. Using the Control Panel
- What Is the Control Panel?
- What Can You Accomplish in the Control Panel?
- Selecting a Screen Saver
- Configuring Video Options
- Configuring Sound Options
- Configuring Multimedia Devices
- Configuring Your Keyboard and Mouse
- Lesson 15. Using Outlook Express Mail
- Opening and Closing Outlook Express Mail
- The Outlook Express Mail Window
- Sending a Message
- Using the Windows Address Book
- Retrieving and Reading Your Messages
- Saving a File Attached to a Message
- Replying to a Message
- Deleting Old Messages
- Lesson 16. Sharing Workstations and Setting Passwords
- Assigning Passwords to Screen Savers
- Changing Your Password
- Sharing Resources on Your Computer
- Sharing Folders and Disk Drives on Your Computer
- Setting File Permissions
- Creating and Sharing a Printer
- Sharing an Already-Defined Printer
- Setting Printer Permissions
- Lesson 17. Using Internet Explorer 5
- Starting Internet Explorer 5
- Navigating the IE5 Window
- The IE5 Toolbars
- Navigating a Web Page
- Reading URLs
- Visiting a Web Site
- Understanding Links
- Understanding Caching
- Lesson 18. Web Site and Document Searching
- Understanding Searches
- Creating a Web Search
- Searching for Text on a Web Page
- Lesson 19. Troubleshooting, Restarting, and Disaster Planning
- Task Manager
- Restarting Windows 2000
- What is a Computer Virus?
- Curing and Preventing Computer Viruses
- Creating a Startup Disk
- Troubleshooting Windows 2000
- Lesson 20. Customizing the Windows 2000 Environment
- Creating Shortcuts
- Arranging Icons
- Choosing Colors and Backgrounds
- Changing Fonts
- Customizing the Taskbar
- Changing the Time or Date
- Creating Custom Toolbars
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Selecting a Screen Saver
A screen saver is a moving picture or pattern that appears on your screen when you've left the computer idle for a specified number of minutes.
Screen savers can be interesting and fun to watch, but did you know that screen savers are designed to prevent monitor "burn in"? When the same image stays on the screen for periods of time without changing, it can leave a ghost image that you can see even when the monitor is turned off. To prevent "burn in," turn off your monitor when you walk away from it, or use a screen saver. Screen savers display constantly moving images to prevent "burn in."
Newer computer monitors are not as susceptible to "burn in" as older models were. Many of them are equipped with energy saving or reducing features that put the monitor on standby mode in which the monitor blanks out until you move the mouse or press a key.
When a screen saver is enabled, or turns on and off automatically, an idle keyboard and mouse trigger the screen saver to start, and touching the mouse or pressing a key on the keyboard deactivates the screen saver.
The screen saver also has an optional security feature in which you can assign a password. Once the screen saver activates, the password is needed to deactivate the screen saver and continue working. Use this feature when you don't want casual passersby or co-workers to have access to your computer when you walk away from your desk.
Windows 2000 comes with several screen savers. To select a screen saver:
- Choose Settings, Control Panel from the Start menu and then double-click the Display icon, or right-click the desktop and choose Properties from the pop-up menu.
- When the Display Properties dialog box appears, select the Screen Saver tab (see Figure 14.2).
Figure 14.2 The small monitor in the middle of the dialog box previews the selected screen saver.
- From the Screen Saver drop-down list, select a screen saver. A sample appears in the monitor on the dialog box. Click Preview to see a full-screen version.
- Many of the screen savers can be customized. With screen savers such as 3D Text or Scrolling Marquee, you need to enter the text that will be moving across your screen. Other screen savers let you set the speed, the colors, the number of elements, or the shape of the elements. To customize your screen saver, click Settings. After you set your options, click OK to return to the Display Properties dialog box.
- In the Wait box, enter the number of minutes that represents the amount of time the system is idle before the screen saver activates. There isn't a recommended number of minutes here, but don't set your time under, say two minutes, or your screensaver will go on while you're reading your email (and not touching the keyboard). Think of setting the minutes in terms of 5 to 10.
- Click OK to accept your settings and close the dialog box. Click Apply to accept your settings without closing the dialog box. Click Cancel to close the dialog box without saving your settings.
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