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CHAPTER 1 GETTING STARTED WITH WINDOWS VISTA
You can also shut Windows down from the Welcome screen by clicking the Power button. If
any user (including yourself) is logged on, Windows warns you of the problem, as shown here.
Usually, you’ll want to click the No button so that you can either log off the other users or have
them log themselves off, but you may sometimes need to click the Yes button and shut down their
user sessions without saving data.
After you issue the Shut Down command in one of these ways, Windows closes any open files,
shuts itself down, and then powers off the computer. If your computer has an unorthodox power
setup, you may need to power it off manually.
The Bottom Line
Understanding the differences among Administrator, Standard, and Guest users An Admin-
istrator user can customize Windows freely; a Standard user can customize their own user account;
and the Guest user can perform almost no customization.
Logging on and logging off To use Windows at all, log on using your user account. Click
your username on the Welcome screen and then, if you have a password, type it and press Enter.
At the end of your Windows session, log off by clicking the Start button, clicking the right-arrow
button to the right of the Lock icon, and then choosing Log Off from the pop-up menu.
Using the Desktop and the Start menu The Desktop contains icons that you can double-
click to open Windows items (such as the Recycle Bin), programs, or documents. The Start
menu contains links to almost all the programs and features you’ve installed. Click the Start
button or press the Windows Key on the keyboard to display the Start menu. Choose one of
the items that appears on the Start menu, or click the All Programs button to display a menu
containing further items.
Switching to another user without closing your programs To stop using Windows so that
someone else can log on, but leave your programs running and your documents open, switch
user rather than logging off. Click the Start button, click the right-arrow button to the right of the
Lock icon, and then choose Switch User from the pop-up menu. Windows then displays the
Welcome screen.
Locking the computer To “lock” your computer, leaving your open programs running, press
Windows Key+L or click the Start button, and then click the Lock button. Windows displays a
version of the Welcome screen that shows your username, the word “Locked,” and a Switch
User button for switching to another user.
Checking which user is currently active To see which user account is active, press the Win-
dows Key or click the Start button, and look at the username at the top of the Start menu, under
the picture.
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