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Chapter 1: Getting Comfortable with the Windows 7 Desktop
• Use Recommended Settings: After the password
screen, you select settings for updating and securing
Windows 7. Click Use Recommended Settings.
• Date and Time Settings: Select your time zone.
Check or uncheck Automatically Adjust for
Daylight Saving Time, as appropriate. Confirm the
current time. Click Next.
• Select Your Computer’s Current Location: Your
computer may detect an Internet connection
automatically. If you are at home, click Home
Network. Otherwise, click Public Network. See
Chapter 8 for more information about network
connections.
After the initial setup, every time you turn on the
computer, you may be asked to log in under the user
account you created in Step 3, including a password
if you created one. If you are the only user of the
computer and did not create a password, Windows 7
logs you in automatically.
Check Out the Windows 7 Desktop
1. After you turn on the computer and log in with your user
name and (if necessary) password, you see a screen
indicating that Windows is starting. Then you see the
Windows desktop. Figure 1-4 shows a common desktop
setup, although yours may be different.
Often, an interesting picture or photo is displayed on
the desktop. You see how to change this picture in
Chapter 14.
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