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CHAPTER 1 GETTING STARTED WITH WINDOWS VISTA
Figure 1.1
The Welcome screen
lists the users with
accounts on this
computer and indi-
cates whether each
user is logged on.
To log on, click your username. If Windows prompts you for a password (as shown here), type
the password and press Enter or click the arrow button.
Logging on is usually as simple as that, but you may run into any of several complications:
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You may have to press Ctrl+Alt+Delete before you can log on. If so, Windows displays
a message instructing you to do so. Pressing Ctrl+Alt+Delete is a security measure that
ensures that what appears to be the Welcome screen actually is the Welcome screen rather
than a piece of malware pretending to be the Welcome screen (for example, to capture your
username and password). See “Forcing Users to Press Ctrl+Alt+Delete When Logging On”
in Chapter 8 for instructions on setting up this security measure.
Click here to display a menu of power-related
actions: Restart, Sleep, and Shut Down
If this icon appears, click it to display a menu
of keyboard layouts. You may need to change
keyboard layout to type your password correctly.
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