WINDOWS XP
TUESDAY 2:00
PM
LESSON 7
NON-RESPONDING PROGRAM
Open several programs – word pad, paint, solitaire.
Press the keys ctrl-alt and tap
the delete key.
You will get the task manager
window.
Make sure the applications tab
is selected.
Pretend that the solitaire game is not responding,
highlight it and then click on end task. This will close the program. If you
were typing in word and have not saved for awhile. You will lose what you have
not saved.
OTHER
FEATURES OF TASK MANAGER
Processes
Performance
Networking
Users
Quickly Rip CDs to Your Computer
You can use Windows Media Player 10 to rip (copy) songs
from your CDs to your computer. After that, you can synchronize the songs to a
portable music player, burn a mix CD for a party, or play the songs without the
hassle of having to find the CD.
To
rip music from a CD to your computer
Start
Windows Media Player and connect to the Internet. By connecting to the
Internet, media information about the songs being ripped will be displayed in
the Library feature.
Insert
an audio CD into the CD drive, and then click Rip.
All
songs are selected to be ripped if you have not previously ripped them.
If
there are any songs that you do not want to rip, clear the check box next to
each, as shown in the following screen shot. You can use the check box at the
top of the list to select or clear all check boxes.
Click
Rip Music.
The
first time you rip music, you are prompted to choose the format for the files
being created. Click one of the following options:
Keep
my current format settings. This option keeps your current file format and
audio quality level settings and immediately starts ripping the songs you
selected to your computer. By default, the Player uses the Windows Media Audio
format, which optimizes the balance between file size and sound quality.
Change
my current format settings. Select this option if you want to change the
format, bit rate, storage folder, or other options.
After
you click an option, click OK. (To change the format or audio quality settings
later, on the Tools menu, click Options, and then click the Rip Music tab.)
After
the songs have been ripped, you can find and play them in your library.
Choosing
a Format
By
default, the Player uses the Windows Media Audio format, which optimizes the
balance between file size and sound quality. You can also choose one of the
following formats:
Windows
Media Audio (variable bit rate), which can reduce the file size but may also
take longer to rip.
Windows
Media Audio Lossless, which provides the best audio quality but increases the
file size.
MP3
format, new in Windows Media Player 10, which provides more flexibility when
choosing a format.
COPY FILES & FOLDERS TO
CD
As more and more computers come standard with a CD-ROM drive,
burning your data onto a CD makes sense and is replacing floppy disks as
the removable media people use to create backup copies and to share files
with other people. For example, you might want to burn a CD to preserve the
digital photographs you took on vacation instead of taking up precious
space on your hard drive. Or you might want to keep a digital record of
your house inventory on a CD and store that CD in a safety deposit box. The
reasons for putting your data on a CD are endless.
Important Microsoft Windows 2000 does not have
built-in CD-burning capability. This procedure applies only to Microsoft
Windows® XP, which provides basic CD-burning capability. For additional
functionality, you can use CD-burning programs available from third-party
software vendors. For more information on these products, visit the Windows XP
Catalog, click the Software tab, point to Utilities,
and then click CD-ROM.
Copy files and folders to a CD
1.
Insert a blank, writable CD into the CD recorder. Use one of the
following:
·
Recordable compact disc (CD-R)
·
Rewritable compact disc (CD-RW)
With rewritable CDs, you can copy data to and erase data from the
CD multiple times.
2.
Click Start, and then click My Computer.
3.
Click the files or folders that you want to copy to the CD.
·
To select more than one file, hold down the CTRL key while you
click the files you want. Then, under File and Folder Tasks, click Copy
this file, Copy this folder, or Copy the selected items.
·
If the files are located in My Pictures, under Picture
Tasks, click Copy to CD or Copy all items to CD, and then
go to Step 5.
4.
In the Copy Items dialog box, click the CD recording drive,
and then click Copy.
5.
In My Computer, double-click the CD recording drive. Windows
displays a temporary area where the files are located before they are
copied to the CD. Verify that the files and folders that you intend to copy
to the CD appear under Files Ready to be Written to the CD.
6.
Under CD Writing Tasks, click Write these files to CD.
Windows displays the CD Writing Wizard. Follow the instructions in the
wizard.
Notes
·
Do not try to copy more files to the CD than it will hold. Check
the CD packaging to see the capacity of each CD. For files too large to fit
on a CD, you can copy files to a recordable DVD (DVD-R or DVD+R) or
rewritable DVD (DVD-RW or DVD+RW). However, Windows XP does not support
copying to a DVD, so you have to use DVD authoring software.
·
Make sure that you have enough disk space on your hard disk to
store the temporary files that are created during the CD-writing process.
For a standard CD, Windows reserves up to 700 megabytes (MB) of the
available free space. For a high-capacity CD, Windows reserves up to 1 gigabyte
(GB) of the available free space.
·
After you copy files or folders to the CD, you can view the CD to
confirm that the files have been copied.
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