Deleting a File and Emptying the Recycle Bin

To delete a file you can either right click on the file and press delete, or you can press the delete key on the keyboard when you have the file selected. A message will appear after saying are you sure you want to do this and here you press yes. Screenshots of this are shown below.

Now to fully delete the file you need to remove it from the recycle bin. To do this you right click the recycle bin icon which is on the desktop and press empty recycle bin. This will remove the deleted file from your computer. Screenshots are shown below.

Creating a Folder

Creating a folder is really easy to do in windows. All you need to do is to find the area where you want to create the new folder then right click, and press new then folder. All you need to do then is to rename it. The screenshots below show how to do this.

Copying a File and Pasting it to a Different Directory

In order to copy a file, you need to right click the file and press copy. Alternatively you can press ctrl + c. This is a quicker way of doing it. A screenshot is shown below.

The next thing you need to do is to find a directory that you want to paste the file into. To do this you can right click and press paste. This is a quicker way of doing it. A screenshot is below.

Depending on how fast your computer is the next screen may not happen.

The next screenshot is the file in a new directory.

Running a Disk Defragment

In order to run a disk defragment, follow the screenshot below.

When you load the program the following screen will appear. All you need to do is then press Defragment and the process will begin. This will take a while depending on how big your hard disk is.

The screenshot above shows the defragment starting. It analyses the disk first before it starts to defragment. When it has finished defragmenting the hard disk then the analysis of the defragment will appear. This screenshot is shown below.

Running a Disk Cleanup

A disk cleanup clears temporary files and things like the cache. To run a disk cleanup follow the screenshots below.

This is where you would find the disk cleanup location.

This is the program running and finding the files it can cleanup.

This is the menu where you can select the files you want to cleanup or delete. By removing the items it can make the pc run faster.

This is the program removing the files you want.

Windows Updates

In order to run a Windows Update, all you need to do is go to http://www.update.microsoft.com/windowsupdate/v6/default.aspx?ln=en-us. Or go to http://www.microsoft.com/ and search windows updates in the search box, the first result will be the windows update link. Alternatively you can click on the Control Panel in the start menu and then click the Security Center icon. This has the windows update link on it.


When you have clicked the link, you will be asked what updates you want to install after windows updates has checked your computer. The screenshot below shows what happens when the website checks your computer for updates.

The time it takes to check your computer varies on a number of different things. A slow internet, lots of updates and a slow computer can all lead to a lengthy time to check. The screenshot below shows how the computer automatically updates when the selected updates have been downloaded.

This is the computer downloading and then installing windows updates. Some windows updates are big and can take a while to download and install. On the new service pack windows released the windows updates are installed as the computer is shutdown or restarted.

Installing Service Pack 2 for Windows (SP2)

To install Service Pack 2 all you need to do is to download the installer from windows and agree to anything that Microsoft asks.

When you download the installer double click the icon to run the program. The following screen will appear.

This is the program extracting the files for the installation to continue. After this has done a new screen will appear.

This is the first screen that appears. It just says welcome and a message recommending you what to do. The next screen is shown below.

This screen is the agreement screen asking you whether you want to agree to install the update or not agree to update. After you select agree you press the next button and the next screen will appear.

This is the installation of the update. The installation can take a varied amount of time depending on your system spec. Just give the installation some time and it will finish. After it has finished you have to restart your pc. It will ask you to do this.

Instead of loading windows straight away. It will go onto this please wait screen and will finish the updating. When the computer loads it has finished updating.