log number 4

Judith Skeen is the receptionist at BDC, she uses the same computer applications everyday for her job. You need to automate Judith,s computer so that Word, Excel and Internet Explorer open automatically whenever she logs into the computer.

1. From the Start menu, click on Settings, then on Taskbar & Start Menu.

2. Step 2Click the Start Menu tab.
3. Step 3Click Add.
4. Step 4Click Browse. A window will appear.
5. Step 5Move through the window until you locate the program that you want to launch every time your computer starts up. Select the executable file and click Open.
6. Step 6Click Next on the window that appears.
7. Step 7Double-click the Start Menu folder.
8. Step 8Enter the name of the program as you want it to appear in the Start menu.
9. Step 9Click Finish. Select an icon to use if asked.

Below are screen shots on how the task will be performed.















Links with useful resources for me to solve this problems are below

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/setup/hwandprograms/autorun.mspx#top

http://www.ehow.com/how_8461_launch-program-automatically.html