Windows Starter · Lesson 1 of 6

Switch on and sign in

Switching on and signing in

About 6 minutes. Practice desktop only. Nothing on your computer changes.

The lesson fills your screen. You can stop at any time with Exit, at the top right.

The practice desktop is easiest on a computer, laptop or tablet.

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Your place in this lesson won’t be kept.

Help

  • Read the instruction, then choose Next when you are ready.
  • Choose Previous to go back. Your work is kept.

This is a practice desktop. Nothing you click here changes your own computer.

Using the keyboard

Tab moves between controls. Enter or Space presses the highlighted button.

Every part of the practice desktop is a button, so it works with Tab and Enter as well as the mouse. You can switch between Windows 10 and Windows 11 at any time with the switch at the top.

Using Help never affects your progress.

Lesson menu

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Your work in this lesson will be cleared and you will go back to the first slide.