Control Panel s Security Settings

Control Panel's Security Settings

With so many new security features, it's a good thing that Windows Vista does a better job of organizing security-related tasks than previous versions of Windows. Vista's one-stop security shop is, appropriately, the Control Panel, which has a Security icon in the Home folder that has three links:

• Security Click this link to open the Security folder and see Vista's main security settings, as shown in Figure 6.1. I discuss most of these features in this chapter.

  Figure 6.1. Click the Control Panel's Security link to see this list of Vista's main security settings.

  

• Check for Updates Click this link to open the Windows Update folder, which shows when you last checked for updates, your current Windows Update status, and a link for checking updates.

• Check This Computer's Security Status Click this link to open the Security Center. The Security Center is covered in the next section.