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Computer Literacy Chapter 7: Taking Control of Windows –Using Control Panel Wisely
Chapter 7:Taking Control of Windows –Using Control Panel Wisely
Computer Literacy
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Computer Literacy Chapter 7: Taking Control of Windows –Using Control Panel Wisely
Introduction
• The Control Center: Windows Control Panel
• Using Control Panel Applets• Taking Precautions: Understanding
the Impact of Changing System Settings with the Control Panel
• Case Study: Printers
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Computer Literacy Chapter 7: Taking Control of Windows –Using Control Panel Wisely
The Computer’s Control Center
• Windows Control Panel
• Access from Start menu– Start | Control
Panel
• Category view/Control Panel Home
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Computer Literacy Chapter 7: Taking Control of Windows –Using Control Panel Wisely
The Computer’s Control Center
• Windows Control Panel
• Access from Start menu– Start | Control
Panel
• Classic view
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Computer Literacy Chapter 7: Taking Control of Windows –Using Control Panel Wisely
Using Control Panel Applets
• Date and Time• Display• Sound• Mouse• Keyboard• Fonts• Printers• System
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Computer Literacy Chapter 7: Taking Control of Windows –Using Control Panel Wisely
Using Control Panel Applets
• Date and Time• Display• Sound• Mouse• Keyboard• Fonts• Printers• System
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Computer Literacy Chapter 7: Taking Control of Windows –Using Control Panel Wisely
Using Control Panel Applets
• Display• Date and Time• Sound• Mouse• Keyboard• Fonts• Printers• System
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Computer Literacy Chapter 7: Taking Control of Windows –Using Control Panel Wisely
Using Control Panel Applets
• Display• Date and Time• Sound• Mouse• Keyboard• Fonts• Printers• System
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Computer Literacy Chapter 7: Taking Control of Windows –Using Control Panel Wisely
Using Control Panel Applets
• Display• Date and Time• Sound• Mouse• Keyboard• Fonts• Printers• System
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Computer Literacy Chapter 7: Taking Control of Windows –Using Control Panel Wisely
Using Control Panel Applets
Changing Disability Settings•Hearing – replace sounds with visual cues•Visual – text readers•Motor – change keystroke responses
Changing Security Settings•Windows Firewall•Automatic Updates•Spyware Scanning
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Computer Literacy Chapter 7: Taking Control of Windows –Using Control Panel Wisely
Using Control Panel Applets
• Display• Date and Time• Sound• Mouse• Keyboard• Fonts• Printers• System
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Computer Literacy Chapter 7: Taking Control of Windows –Using Control Panel Wisely
Using Control Panel Applets
• Display• Date and Time• Sound• Mouse• Keyboard• Fonts• Printers• System
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Computer Literacy Chapter 7: Taking Control of Windows –Using Control Panel Wisely
Using Control Panel Applets
• Display• Date and Time• Sound• Mouse• Keyboard• Fonts• Printers• System
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Computer Literacy Chapter 7: Taking Control of Windows –Using Control Panel Wisely
• Changing system settings via the Control Panel is serious business
• Exercise caution, and note what you’ve changed in case something goes wrong
• Example: Impact of the system time
Impact of Changing System Settings
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Computer Literacy Chapter 7: Taking Control of Windows –Using Control Panel Wisely
• Date and time– Maintained by
the CMOS battery
– Tracks file dates with a time stamp
Impact of Changing System Settings
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Computer Literacy Chapter 7: Taking Control of Windows –Using Control Panel Wisely
User Accounts and Privileges
Windows Vista and Windows 7 accounts:•Administrator - can do pretty much anything•Standard User - cannot install programs or change certain system settings•Guest – can use computer, but nothing else
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Computer Literacy Chapter 7: Taking Control of Windows –Using Control Panel Wisely
Undoing System Setting Changes
• Don’t click OK! – If you’re not sure, use Cancel instead
• Refer to your notes about what you changed (You did take notes, right?)
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Computer Literacy Chapter 7: Taking Control of Windows –Using Control Panel Wisely
Case Study: Printers
• Control Panel applet is calledPrinters
• Printer icons tell whether a printer is:– local or networked– currently online or offline– your default printer
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Computer Literacy Chapter 7: Taking Control of Windows –Using Control Panel Wisely
Installing a Printer
• Two ways to install:– The media that came with the print
device– The Printers applet
• Add Printer Wizard– Plug and Play detection– Manual install
• When needed, find printer drivers online
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Installing a Printer
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Computer Literacy Chapter 7: Taking Control of Windows –Using Control Panel Wisely
Connecting Wireless or Networked Printers
• All the hard work is already done—someone else has installed this printer locally!
• Use the Add Printer Wizard, select the option Add a network, wireless, or Bluetooth printer
• Browse to the printer you want
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Computer Literacy Chapter 7: Taking Control of Windows –Using Control Panel Wisely
Deleting a Printer
• Right-click the printer icon in Printers and Faxes, and choose Delete
• Deleting a networked printer doesn’t wipe it out—it just takes it out of your printer list
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Computer Literacy Chapter 7: Taking Control of Windows –Using Control Panel Wisely
Summary
• The Control Center: Windows Control Panel
• Using Control Panel Applets• Taking Precautions: Understanding
the Impact of Changing System Settings with the Control Panel
• Case Study: Printers