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Getting Acquainted with Desktop Applications Your computer comes with standard desktop icons provided by Windows NT: My Computer, Internet Explorer, Network Neighborhood, Inbox, Recycle Bin, and My Briefcase. For information on these applications and directories, refer to the Windows NT manual provided with your computer. In addition, your computer has standard Windows NT programs that you can access using the Windows Start button. To access these programs, click on the Start button, and then select Programs. You can now access the following items: Accessories, Internet Explorer, Command Prompt, Windows NT Explorer, Administrative Tools, Startup, and the IBM Welcome Center. Your computer also comes with extra Windows NT operating system enhancements and applications on the desktop that are provided by IBM as a convenience to you. A description of these enhancements and programs follows: Service Pack 3 is a Windows NT update made available to Windows NT users by Microsoft. IBM has installed Service Pack 3 on your hard disk. Important To install device drivers without affecting the Service Pack 3 installation, you must install the device drivers from the I386 directory on drive C. If you install device drivers from any directory or device other than the I386 directory on drive C, you will have to reinstall Service Pack 3 after you install the device drivers. To reinstall Service Pack 3, double-click on the Service Pack 3 icon on the desktop. Then click on the Reinstall Service Pack icon. Internet Explorer 4.0x is an updated, ready-to-install version of the Internet Explorer. Internet Explorer is a tool that makes it easy to navigate and find information on your company intranet or on the World Wide Web. (Note that Microsoft provides Internet Explorer 3.02 with the Windows NT operating system preinstalled in your computer; IBM provides Microsoft Internet Explorer version 4.0x in a ready-to-install form so that you can easily install it from the desktop if you want to.) If you want to install Internet Explorer 4.0x, double-click on the IE4 Setup icon on the desktop. Follow the instructions on the screen. When you install Version 4.0x, a channel bar appears to the right of the desktop screen. Chapter 2. Getting Started 7

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Getting Acquainted with Desktop Applications
Your computer comes with standard desktop icons provided by Windows
NT:
My Computer, Internet Explorer, Network Neighborhood, Inbox,
Recycle Bin, and My Briefcase.
For information on these applications and
directories, refer to the Windows NT manual provided with your computer.
In addition, your computer has standard Windows NT programs that you
can access using the Windows
Start
button.
To access these programs, click
on the
Start
button, and then select
Programs
.
You can now access the
following items:
Accessories, Internet Explorer, Command Prompt,
Windows NT Explorer, Administrative Tools, Startup, and the IBM
Welcome Center.
Your computer also comes with extra Windows NT operating system
enhancements and applications on the desktop that are provided by IBM as
a convenience to you.
A description of these enhancements and programs
follows:
±
Service Pack 3
is a Windows NT update made available to Windows
NT users by Microsoft.
IBM has installed Service Pack 3 on your hard
disk.
Important
To install device drivers without affecting the Service Pack 3
installation, you must install the device drivers from the I386
directory on drive C.
If you install device drivers from any
directory or device other than the I386 directory on drive C, you
will have to reinstall Service Pack 3 after you install the device
drivers.
To reinstall Service Pack 3, double-click on the
Service Pack 3
icon
on the desktop.
Then click on the
Reinstall Service Pack
icon.
±
Internet Explorer 4.0x
is an updated, ready-to-install version of the
Internet Explorer.
Internet Explorer is a tool that makes it easy to
navigate and find information on your company intranet or on the
World Wide Web.
(Note that Microsoft provides Internet Explorer 3.02
with the Windows NT operating system preinstalled in your computer;
IBM provides Microsoft Internet Explorer version 4.0x in a
ready-to-install form so that you can easily install it from the desktop if
you want to.)
If you want to install Internet Explorer 4.0x, double-click on the
IE4
Setup
icon on the desktop.
Follow the instructions on the screen.
When you install Version 4.0x, a channel bar appears to the right of the
desktop screen.
Chapter 2.
Getting Started
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