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Exploring Your Options
Exploring the desktop
Recycle Bin — Holds files you’ve deleted using Windows
®
Explorer. You may retrieve these files until you empty the Recycle
Bin.
TECHNICAL NOTE: If you delete a file from a diskette, it does
not go into the Recycle Bin. For more information on the
Recycle Bin, see Windows
®
Help.
Internet Explorer — The Microsoft
®
browser that provides access
to the Internet.
Toshiba VirtualTech
™
— A Toshiba utility to help answer
technical questions and troubleshoot system problems. For more
information about VirtualTech, see “Using VirtualTech” on
page 232.
Your desktop may contain other icons depending on your
configuration. See Windows
®
XP Professional online Help for
more specific information on each icon and how to use it.
Start button
You use the Start button to:
❖ Start programs
❖ Access Microsoft
®
Windows
®
XP Professional operating
system update information
❖
Open documents
❖ Adjust system settings
❖ Find files
❖ Access Windows
®
Help
❖ Run programs
❖ Suspend system activity and shut down the computer