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Introduction to Window 98

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Windows 98 is one of the most widely used operating system and is one of the Microsoftmost successful products.

One of the most exciting features of Windows 98 is its ability to integrate your computer with the Internet. Imagine the possibilities. Not only does this make navigating through your files and folders quicker and easier, but you can search the World Wide Web in the same window where you are browsing your hard drive, have news and other information delivered to you automatically, and view educational programming on your computer screen.

Windows 98 has a lot of exciting features, some of them are listed below:

New Start Menu

You can move program icons and group folders around in your Start Menu. You can also remove them if you do not wish for them to appear on the menu.

All the application icons that appear on your Start Menu are shortcuts. That means that if you delete them from the menu, you are not deleting the original file. So relax and modify your Start Menu with comfort!

Enhanced Browsing support

We can display customizable toolbars at the top of a window to make browsing your computer and the Internet simple. Windows 98 automatically knows which toolbar buttons to display based on the kind of information in the window. The following table explains the available toolbars.

Favorites

A Favorite is Microsoft's term for a bookmark. Favorites are simply shortcuts to Web sites, files, folders, or programs. These are stored in the Favorites folder.

Windows Update

Windows Update allows you to connect to Microsoft's Web site and helps you download updates for your computer.

Quick Launch

Quick Launch is a floating customizable toolbar generally located on the taskbar. You start applications by clicking once on an icon on the Quick Launch toolbar.

Active Desktop

Active Desktop allows you to put "active content" on your desktop from Web pages or channels. For example, you can place a Web page that updates regularly, such as a weather Web page, on your desktop to get the latest information.

New Views

You have a choice of a Classic style view, Web style view or a Custom view based on your preferences.

Classic style view gives you that familiar Windows look and feel. This means that you double-click on folders, files, and programs to open them. When you double-click on folders in My Computer a separate window is opened for each.

Selecting Web style view means that your Desktop is "active," all your folders look like Web pages, and you single-click to open items. This replaces the single window view in My Computer from Windows 95.

Selecting Custom view allows a combination of Web style and Classic style based on setting that you choose.

In Windows 98 there are three ways to view your desktop and browse through files and folders:

• Classic style—much like Windows 95 desktop view. You double-click items to open them and each item appears in a new window.

• Web style—in this view you can browse your desktop and folders like you browse Web pages, by single-clicking items and using back and forward buttons. Items open in the same window rather than in separate windows.

• Custom style—allows you to choose the options which make your computer easiest for you to use.