What Is This? Windows Basics

Unless your desktop has been "locked" by a network adminstrator in your organization, you can usually save files directly to your Desktop area.  This is handy if you are working on a document and want to quickly reference it again soon.  In most cases, it is not a good idea to use the Desktop area to save documents because:

• the desktop only has a finite amount of space and can quickly become cluttered
  
• automatic computer back-ups do not usually save documents that are on the desktop, so you could lose these documents
  
• there is a small but significant impact on computer performance if it needs to load a lot of desktop items