Windows Quickstart

This quiz covers the the training module “Windows Quickstart”.  This module contains seven lessons. Here is a summary of the previous lessons. The first lesson is “Introduction to Hardware“ The second lesson is “Introduction To Networking”. The third lesson is “An Introduction To Microsoft Windows”. The forth lesson is “Managing Files and Folders”. The fifth…

The term server refers to a machine that is providing a service for other machines, e.g. A computer which shares files on the network would be classed as a file server. For example, A Domain Controller is classed as a server because it is providing a service for the rest of the clients on the…

The Start Menu was introduced in Windows 95 and allows for applications to be easily located and launched. As the name implies, The Start menu is the starting point for most tasks in Windows. The look of the Start menu has changed many times in different versions of Windows but the same idea always applies.…

A file is a collection of numbers which have been written to your computer’s hard drive. These numbers can be converted into a picture, a sound, text, or a set of instructions for a program to perform certain actions. A clue to a file’s type is given by its Icon or by its file extension.…

Why use a Network? Quite simply explained we use networks for communication between computers, sharing of data and peripherals. In the business world we use networks for ease of administration and to cut costs. Sharing data example imagine an office with 5 secretaries working on 5 different computers, one requires a file from another computer…