user settings

Close Prompts

• Close the cream colored system tray bubble prompting you to "Take a tour of Windows XP".

• Close the similar antivirus warning bubble. It may re-appear. Continue to close or ignore it.

Adjust Date/Time

• The clock will be incorrect. r-click, select "Adjust Date/Time" and select your correct time zone.

Display Properties

r-click an empty space on your desktop and select "Properties"

Desktop tab

Customize Desktop...

Check the following:

+ My Documents

+ My Computer

Uncheck:

- My Network Places

- Run Desktop Cleanup Wizard ...

Screen Saver tab

Set Screen saver to "(None)"

Power ...

Turn off monitor:

After 15 minutes

Appearance tab

Advanced

Item:

Icon Spacing (Horizontal) = 84

Icon Spacing (Vertical) = 52

Hint: may need to click "NumLock" on keyboard if editing numeric values with keypad

Settings tab

Screen resolution

Standard resolution desktop = 1280 x 1024

Laptop / wide screen monitor = depends

Hint: only accept settings if it looks OK, otherwise try another.

To finish, click OK. You must "Log Off" then log back on for all settings to take effect

Folder view

2-click on My Documents (Desktop)

Maximize window to full screen

On top (text) toolbar, click "View" and select "Status Bar"

r-click in empty space on icon toolbar

Customize...

Text options = Show text labels

Icon options = Large icons

Add buttons AND SEPARATORS from left-to-right and arrange in the following order:

Back

Forward

Up

Refresh

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Folders

Views

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Search

Stop

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Properties

Delete

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Folder Options

r-click in empty space in My Documents window

View = Details

r-click in empty space in My Documents window again

Arrange Icons By = Type

r-click in empty space in My Documents window one last time

Arrange Icons By = Show in Groups

To set view, click on the "Type" column head at top of window, then leave the My Documents window open

On top (text) toolbar, click "Tools > Folder Options..."

View tab (select the following)

+check first 6 boxes

+select "Show hidden files and folders"

-uncheck "Hide extensions for known file types"

+check "Hide protected operating system files (Recommended)"

-leave unchecked "Launch folder windows in a separate process"

Leave everything from this point to the bottom as is, whether checked or unchecked.

click "Apply to All Folders" at the top of window

click "OK" and proceed to the next step