The first acquaintance with the operating system Microsoft Windows XP should begin with an examination of the main working space user - desktop Windows, called the English version of the OS Desktop.

Those who previously have had to deal with class OS Windows 9x/ME/2000, certainly draw attention to one characteristic of the new operating system: Windows XP Desktop contains only a single icon - the cart, different icons, traditional for previous versions of Windows, such as My Computer, My Documents or browser Internet Explorer, the desktop available. This was changed in the interface of Windows XP in order to allow the user to customize your desktop exactly as it should, and place it precisely the icons and shortcuts, which are needed for the job. In this section we will examine in detail all available in Windows XP desktop settings.

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