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Exploring Your Computer’s Features
Exploring the desktop
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Finding your way around the desktop
Your computer’s desktop includes several standard features:
icons, Start button, taskbar, system tray, and background
pattern.
Sample Windows
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XP Media Center Edition operating system
desktop
Icons
An icon represents a folder, file, or program that can be
quickly activated by double-clicking the icon.
You can create a new desktop icon for any folder, file, or
program by dragging the element’s icon from its location in a
window to the desktop area.
Start button
Taskbar
Icons
System tray