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Microsoft Windows XP
Lesson 10-6: Logging Off Windows
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To log off Windows, click
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Log Off.
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Windows XP asks if you
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Select Log Off to log
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The Welcome to Windows
dialog box
You share the same computer with another user: If you share your computer
with one or more people, you can create and log on to different user accounts so that each
person can use their own personalized files and settings.
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To gain administrative rights to a shared folder or printer: Some critical or
confidential areas of your computer or network may be restricted so that only authorized
users can access them. User accounts with administrative rights pretty much have access
to everything on your computer. You must be logged on as an administrator or a user with
administrative rights to add or change user accounts and to share folders on your
computer.
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In this lesson you will learn the complex task of logging off Windows XP.
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To Log Off Windows:
1. Save all your work and
exit all your programs.
2. Click the Windows Start
button and select Log
Off.
3. Click Log Off.
To secure your computer from unauthorized access: If your computer contains
lots of sensitive information you may want to log off Windows when you step out of the
office to prevent unauthorized users from using your computer.
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So why would you want to log off your computer instead of simply turning it off? There are
several reasons:
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Save all your work and exit all your programs.
There really isn’t a lot of difference between logging off your computer and shutting it
down. Save any files you’ve been working on and consider backing up any vital
information if you have a tape backup, Zip drive, or other backup device. You can also
save any important files to a floppy.
Click the Windows Start button and select Log Off.
The Log Off Windows dialog box appears, as shown in Figure 10-19.
Click Log Off.
Windows logs you off the system and displays the Welcome to Windows dialog box as
shown in Figure 10-20, allowing another person to log on to Windows to use the
computer.