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Windows XP Utilities
Introducing
CONTROL PANEL
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This is the Category View of Control Panel
Control Panel is one of most important centralized locations for in Windows XP management utilities.
From Start menu, select Settings, then Control Panel.
There are new applets in XP : An applet is a small application designed for a limited range of functionality or capability.
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This is the Classic View of Control Panel
Control Panel in Classic View.
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RIES Control Panel Contains Categories in it. Following are the categories :-
Ac
cess
ibili
ty O
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s These are the various optionsIn Accessibility Options
Pop-Up Menu
Ac
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The accessibility tools available in Accessibility Options in Control Panel perform various functions.
• Filter Keys adjusts the response of your keyboard.
• Toggle Keys emits sounds when certain locking keys are pressed.
• Sound Sentry provides visual warnings for system sounds.
• Show Sounds instructs programs to display captions for program speech and sounds.
• High Contrast improves screen contrast with alternative colors and font sizes.
• Mouse Keys enables the keyboard to perform mouse functions.
•Serial Keys allows the use of alternative input devices instead of a keyboard and mouse.
Accessibility Options in Control Panel to customize the way your keyboard, display, or mouse functions. Many of these features are useful to people without disabilities.
A
dd/R
emov
e Pr
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Add/Remove Program Window
Add/
Rem
ove
Prog
ram
s Change or Remove Programs
Add/Remove Windows Components Wizard
Add New Programs
• Displays installed applications, disk space for the application, and usage frequency
• From Vendor Supplied Disk or Microsoft Update Website .• Over Internet through “Windows Installer”.
• Add XP components not included in the initial installation, i.e Faxing service, Indexing service, Internet Information Services
Appe
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ce &
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Display Properties Windows
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Use Display in Control Panel to select a desktop theme,customize your desktop, and modify display settings.
Select a theme to define the overall appearance of your desktop. A theme determines your background, screen saver, Window fonts, colors and three-dimensional effects in windows and dialog boxes, the look of icons and mouse pointers, and sounds. You can customize a theme by changing individual elements.
You can customize your desktop in other ways as well, such as adding Web content to your background or selecting icons that you want to display on the desktop.
You can also specify color settings, change your screen resolution, and set the refresh rate for your monitor. If you are using multiple monitors, you can specify individual settings for each.
U
ser A
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nts
User Accounts Window
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ser A
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A user account defines the actions a user can perform in Windows.
You must be logged on as an administrator or a member of the Admin- istrators group to use User Accounts in Control Panel.
User Accounts allows you to add users to your computer and to add users to a group In Windows, permissions and user rights usually are granted to groups.
By adding a user to a group, you give the user all the permissions and user rights assigned to that group.
User Accounts lets you create or change the password for local user acc- ounts, which is useful when creating a new user account or if a user forgets a password.
Soun
d, S
peec
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Aud
io Sound & Audio Speech
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Text-to-Speech (TTS) capabilities for a computer refers to the ability to play back text in a spoken voice.
You can assign sounds to some system events Some examples of system events are a computer program performing a task or having a problem performing a task, minimizing or maximizing a program window, or trying to copy a file to a floppy disk without a disk in the floppy disk drive.
You can assign these sounds to system events according to your preferences. For example, you can assign a specific sound that Windows plays every time you get a new e-mail message. You can also save all of your sound assign- ments as a sound scheme. Later, you can assign a completely different set of sounds to system events, save this scheme under a new name, and switch between the old and new schemes without losing your settings.
Perf
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System Properties
Perf
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Windows XP provides tools and programs designed to keep your computer safe, manage your system, and perform regularly scheduled maintenance that keeps your computer running at optimum performance. You can use this options to free up disk space, restore your system, create regularly scheduled tasks, and more.
Tim
e, D
ate,
Lan
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gion
al O
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sTime, Date, Language & Regional Opt.
Tim
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ate,
Lan
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gion
al O
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Open Regional and Language Options in Control Panel.
On the Regional Options tab, under Standards and formats, click the locale whose date, time, number, and currency format you want to use. .
Net
wor
k &
Inte
rnet
Co
nnec
tions
Network & Internet Connections
Net
wor
k &
Inte
rnet
Co
nnec
tions
Microsoft Windows allows you to enable and disable installed network connections. When a network connection suddenly stops functioning, disabling and re-enabling it can repair the problem.
Additionally, many Windows computers have multiple network connections installed. Sometimes these connections may interfere with each other. Disabling individual connections when they are not being used can improve network reliability and security.
Prin
ters
& O
ther
Har
dwar
eAdd Hardware Wizard
Prin
ters
& O
ther
Har
dwar
eYou might need to be logged on as an administrator or a member of the Administrators group in order to perform some tasks.
The Add Hardware Wizard enables you to add new hardware or trouble -shoot any hardware-related problems.
To open the Add Hardware Wizard, click Start, click Control Panel, and then click Printers and Other Hardware. Under See Also, click Add Hardware.
You can Add many types of hardware devices like printer, mouse, disk drives, bluetooth device, modem etc.
Prin
ters
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ther
Har
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eAdd Printer Wizard
Prin
ters
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ther
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e Keyboard Settings Configuring your keyboard can mean two subtly diff- erent things :-
Changing the way that your keyboard produces symbols (for e.g., how long you have to press a key before it repeats)
Changing the way that sym- bols are mapped to keys (for example, choosing a diff- erent alphabet or a different keyboard layout))
Prin
ters
& O
ther
Har
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e Mouse SettingsYou can customize your mouse in a variety of ways, such as swapping the functions of your mouse buttons, making the mouse pointer more visible, and altering the scroll wheel speed.
THE END
Presentation By
Sandeep Mahey