Chapter 8. The Control Panel


Like the control panel in the cockpit of an airplane, the Control Panel is an extremely important feature of Windows Vista. It's teeming with miniature applications (or applets ) that govern every conceivable setting for every conceivable component of your computer. Some are so important, you may use them (or their corresponding notification-area icons) every day. Others are so obscure you'll wonder what on earth inspired Microsoft to create them. This chapter covers them all.


Note: Here and there, within the Control Panel, you'll spot a little Windows security-shield icon. It tells you that you're about to make an important, major change to the operating system, something that will affect everyone who uses this PCfiddling with its network settings, for example, or changing its clock. To prove your worthiness (and to prove that you're not an evil virus attempting to make a nasty change), you'll be asked to authenticate yourself; see the box on page 191 for details.



Windows Vista. The Missing Manual
Windows Vista: The Missing Manual
ISBN: 0596528272
EAN: 2147483647
Year: 2006
Pages: 284
Authors: David Pogue

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