Everyone who uses Windows is used to the venerable convention of single-clicking an item to select it and double-clicking to open it. Everyone who uses the World Wide Web is used to the convention of pointing at an object to select it and clicking once to open it.
With the interface changes added to Windows 2000, NT, and XP, you can adopt the point-to-select, click-once-to-open convention -- and you don't have to use the Active Desktop. Just follow these steps:
1. Click the Tools menu in any window and select Folder Options. (In Windows NT Workstation 4, click the View menu.)
2. Click the General tab and look for the Click Items As Follows section at the bottom of the page. (In Windows NT Workstation 4, in the Windows Desktop Update section, select the Custom option and then click Settings.)
3. In the Click Items section, select the Single-click option. You can also decide whether you want your icons to be underlined all the time (so they look like links on a Web page) or underlined only when you point to them.
4. Click on OK when you finish.
You can assign a password to your user account to prevent other people from accessing the account. You will need to enter the password each time you want to use Windows. If you have a computer administrator account, you can assign passwords to all accounts. If you have a limited account, you can assign a password only to your own account.
To assign a password to a user account:
1. Click start to display the Start menu.
2. Click Control Panel to change your computer's settings. The Control Panel window appears.
3. Click User Accounts to work with the user accounts set up on your computer. The User Accounts window appears. If you have a limited account, skip to Step 5. If you have a computer administrator account, the accounts set up on your computer are displayed.
4. Click the account you want to assign a password to. A list of tasks that you can perform to change the account appears.
5. Click Create a password to assign a password to the account.
6. Type a new password for the account.
7. To confirm the password, type it again.
8. Type a word or a phrase that can help you remember the password. (This information will be available to everyone who uses the computer.)
9. Click Create Password.
To make a quick backup of a file, first highlight the file and press Ctrl-C then Ctrl-V. This will, in the same folder, create a copy of the file with the prefix "Copy Of."