Check your account

Step by step

1. Click the Start button! Look at the bottom of this practice computer: the dark strip there is its taskbar. In the middle of it, click the Start button (four blue squares). The main menu opens just above it. If you see two taskbars, use the one inside this page.
2. Click "Browser". In the menu that opened, click the "Browser" tile (a square with a small picture and its name under it): the app opens in its own window.
3. Go to . Click in the address bar at the top, type and press Enter. It is a practice bank website: made-up bank, fake money.
4. Type the password. Click in the "Password" box and type the practice password: (it is also written on the page).
5. Click "Sign in". Click the "Sign in" button (or press Enter).
6. Open "Everyday Checking". Click the "Everyday Checking" box: your recent payments show up.
7. Open the payment to Corner Pharmacy. In "Recent transactions", click "Corner Pharmacy" to see the details of that payment.
8. Sign out. When you are done, always sign out: click "Sign out" at the top right of the page.
9. Close this window. You are done with this window, so close it: click the ✕ button at the top right corner of the "Browser" window (on its title bar, the strip at the top). The window disappears.

These steps are written for SafePC, a pretend Windows-style computer in your web browser. On your own computer, the buttons and menus may look a little different, but the idea is the same.

More lessons in Online banking

• Sign in to your bank
• Download a bank statement
• Send money to someone you saved
• A fake message from "your bank"