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Getting to Know the Windows® XP Operating System
Lesson 11: Setting the date and time
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8 After 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 menu that appears.
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 operating system.
To change the date and time settings:
1 Click Start, Control Panel.
The Control Panel window appears.
2 Click Date, Time, Language, and Regional Options.
3 Click one of the following:
❖ Change the date and time in the Pick a task
section.
❖ Date and Time in the or pick a Control Panel icon
section.
The Date and Time Properties window appears.