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| Windows Control Panel Top Tips | |
How many times have yopu wondered how to change a certain setting in windows here is our breakdown on some useful tips for the items in the contol panel :-
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What does it do?? Allows you to turn on Windows features for people with disabilities. Top Tip 1- if you have hearing disabilities or just dont want sound alerts you can make Windows produce visible rather than audio alerts. Select the Sounds tab and click the "Use SoundSentry" and "Use ShowSounds" Top Tip 2 - If you have a sight impairement select the Display Tab and click "Use High Contrast" box to improve windows colour scheme. |
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What does it do?? Automatically detects new "plug and play hardware" also allows you to install a hardware device manually. Top Tip 1 - Normally you should use the installation disk supplied with your new hardware. Although if the device doesnt seem to have intalled properly you can uninstall the device using Device Manager and re-install using Add Hardware. |
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What does it do?? Lists all the programs you have installed on your pc, helps add new applications, lets you remove existing applications and Add or Remove built in windows applications. Top Tip 1 - if you download and install lots of Applications you will soon find your harddisk becomes full and this will slow down your system. every month or so look through the list of installed programs in Add or Remove Programs, and use the change remove option to uninstall any programs you no longer require. |
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What does it do?? Provides access to system administration services and setting for the computer. It is will mainly be of use to system Administrators. Top Tip 1 - We reccomend that unless you are familiar with lower level system features of Windows you leave most of the tools alone. However if your system has become unstable the "Event Viewer" shows a log of recent events and any with a red cross and error next to them could help you locate the causes of the problems. The error messages themselves can certainly be very cryptic, so take note of them and visit microsoft support and conduct a search for further information on them. |
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What does it do?? Allows you to adjust your computers date and time Top Tip 1 - To allow your computer to keep perfect time why not synchronise it with the atomic clock over the internet. To do this First click on "Time Zone Tab" to ensure your PC is using the correct timezone for your location. Then click on "Internet Time Tab" and "Update Now". Assuming you are online windows will synchronise with the selected time server. Top Tip 2 -Did you know if you make the Windows XP task bar double-height, the standard clock panel also shows the date? Top Tip 3 - if you want to make specialised changes to the way windows displays dates and times in the taskbar you will need to download a third party application such as the freeware application TclockEx |
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What does it do?? Allows you to control the way windows looks and allows the changing of desktop backgrounds and screensavers. |
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What does it do?? Allows changes to the way windows folders look and behave. |
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What does it do?? Manages the fonts on your computer. |
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| Internet Options
What does it do?? Controls the way Internet explorer behaves and how you access the Internet. |
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| Mail
What does it do?? Determines the way your emai application Outlook, Eudora, Outlook express etc handles your email messages. |
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| Network Connections
What does it do?? Allows you to manage your network and internet connections |
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| Phone and Modem Options
What does it do?? Changes settings relating to your modem and telephone. |
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| Power Options
What does it do?? Allows you to configure power saving settings for your computer. |
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| Printers and Faxes
What does it do?? Allows you to add new printers or set up the fax function on your modem allowing you to send/receive faxes direct ly from/to your computer. Also helps manage connections to existing printers. |
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| Regional and Language
Options
What does it do?? Changes the the default location your computer thinks it is located and the keyboard layout it uses. NB changing location will not change the language that menus appear in for that you will need a forgein or multi-language edition of windows. |
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| Scheduled Tasks
What does it do?? Allows you to set specific times when applications such as the maintenance tools will run in unattended mode. |
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| Sounds and Audio Devices
What does it do?? Changes soundcard and speakers settings and / or assign specific sounds to any particular windows event. |
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| System Options
What does it do?? Allows you to access information about your windows system setup that enabling you to quickly diagnose problems. |
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| Taskbar and Start Menu
What does it do?? Determines the icons to be displayed in the taskbar at the bottom of the screen and enable the quicklaunch bar. |
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| User Accounts
What does it do?? Allows for the creating of new user accounts and / or the management of existing User accounts on your system. |
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