- You find many of these applications in Control Panel, a win- dow on the innards of your computer where you can twiddle with the dials and throw a few switches while the machine is running. - Open Control Panel. - Click a topic to launch a description or connect to the internet to get more information.. - (Vista and Windows 7 skip this screen and go straight to the one shown in Figure 3-1.). - Choose Go Online to Learn More (Windows 7) or What’s New in Windows (Vista) to visit a Microsoft help site that provides videos and other information about your ver- sion of the operating system.. - You can go directly to the help site from Internet Explorer. - For Windows 7, go to www.windows.microsoft.com. - Choose Start ➪ Control Panel or My Computer ➪ Control Panel to open the Control Panel window.. - Choose a different view, if you want, by clicking the Classic View or Category View option on the left side of the window (see Figure 3-2). - In Classic View, the Control Panel applications are listed in alphabetical order.. - Study the Control Panel window to familiarize yourself with the applications that you can access here.. - From Control Panel double-click the Display icon to launch the Display Properties utility (XP), or choose Personalization from the Appearance and Personalization menu in Windows 7 or Vista.. - To go directly to the Display Properties dialog without going through the Control Panel, right-click anywhere on the Windows Desktop and choose Properties (XP),. - or right-click the Desktop and choose Personalize (Vista and Windows 7).. - Select a general area to view or change from the tabs at the top of the Display Properties dialog (XP) or choose an area for modification from the menu choices at the left of the screen (Vista and Windows 7). - For example, you can choose a new desktop background from the images installed with Windows or use your own art or photograph (the Desktop tab in XP, or the Personalization screen in Vista and Windows 7). - You can do the same with the screen saver (Windows screen savers or your own images).. - In Vista and Windows 7 the display changes immediately when you make the choice. - Make additional modifications as desired, then click OK to accept the changes and close the Display Properties dialog (XP) or just close the Personalization dialog in Vista and Windows 7. - From Control Panel, double-click the Internet Options dialog. - This choice will be in the Vista and Windows 7 Network and Internet Category. - Figure 3-4 shows the Programs tab from the Vista Internet Options dialog.. - Click the Programs tab to set a variety of program. - You can choose the programs you want to use from the pull-down lists at each data entry field on this dialog.. - Click the Connections tab to tell Windows how you want to reach the Internet. - Click the tab to choose the options you want to view or change.. - The Internet Options dialog box is available on the Tools menu of Internet Explorer.. - Study the choices on the Advanced menu to make your Internet experience be just what you want it to be. - From Control Panel double click the Mail icon to display the Mail Setup dialog. - For the most part you can ignore the Data Files and Profiles options on this dialog. - If you have previ- ously configured an e-mail account, you will see a dialog that shows that account and lets you modify it or add a new one. - Click Finish on the final dialog to accept changes or cre- ate the new e-mail account.. - On the e-mail settings screen where you enter the core information for your account, you can click Test Account Settings to make sure your settings are cor- rect before you actually create the account.. - From Control Panel double-click the Network Setup Wizard icon (XP and Vista) to launch the wizard. - In Windows 7 open the Network and Sharing center from the Icon view, or choose Network Status and Tasks in the category view, then click on Set up a New Connection or Network.. - In Vista and Windows 7, this one Control Panel choice lets you configure your local area network and also set up an Internet connection. - In Windows XP the Network Setup Wizard gets you to the Internet.. - To create a new Local Area Network connection, choose Network Connections from the Control Panel, and Wireless Network Setup to configure a wireless network.. - Click Connect to a Network on the Set up a wireless router or access point screen to add your computer to an existing network.. - Click Connect to a Network if you’re adding a computer to an existing network.. - From Control Panel, double-click the Printers and Faxes icon (XP). - In Vista and Windows 7 choose Devices and Printers to view a list with icons of printers and fax devices.. - Figure 3-7 shows the initial Add a Printer dialog in Vista and Windows 7. - Windows XP displays a wizard welcome screen, then lets you choose the type of printer to install on the second dialog.. - Choose Local or Network printer from the wizard dialog and click Next to move to the next screen. - If you are installing a printer attached to a networked computer or other network device (such as a wireless access point or router), choose the printer host device from the port list on the next printer wizard dialog.. - Follow the wizard to the next to last page, answering the questions as you go, and choose Yes to print a test page.. - On the last screen click Finish to complete the installation.. - Vista and XP will have slightly different applications in this list. - Vista and Windows 7 display drop-down menus when you choose Accessories or one of the Accessories sub- menus. - To use one of the Accessories applications, simply click the menu item you want to use.. - To exit the Accessories menu, move your mouse pointer outside the menu area and click on the desktop.. - From the Accessories program list you can right-drag the Windows Explorer icon to your desk to create a shortcut to make access easier.. - Click the right-facing triangle to the left of a folder name in the Folders display at the left of the screen to present a list of the sub-folders within.. - Click a folder name to display its contents on the right side of the Explorer screen.. - You can move files easily among directories. - First dis- play the folder contents for the source location of a file or files, then click the triangle to the left of a main folder on the left to display the destination.. - Drag the file from the right window display across to the folder name to move it to the new location.. - Click a folder name on the left of the screen to display its contents on the right. - Click in the Search field at the upper right of the Explorer window and type all or a part of a file name to find it.. - If you select Computer (Vista and Windows 7) the search routine will look in all of your storage devices for the specified file. - In Windows XP click on the Search spyglass on the Explorer toolbar and fill out the information dis- played on the next screen.. - If you have additional computers or storage devices on your network, Windows will find them and show them in the Network list on the left of the screen. - If you have shared resources on these devices, you can access them from Explorer.. - Click the back and forward arrows at the upper left of the display to step through locations you have browsed since you opened Windows Explorer.. - The System Information util- ity generates a complete report on what’s in your com- puter, similar to the one shown in Figure 3-10. - You can refer to this system information at any time to make sure that you have the latest system updates, as well as to determine whether your system meets new applications’. - and other key features of your computer.. - Windows XP: Choose Start➪All Programs➪. - Vista: Open Control Panel. - Vista and Windows 7 simply search your hard drive for applications and display a list of those applications.. - Vista and Windows 7 let you choose to test the program or tell the wizard what problems you have experienced.. - If the program runs properly, you can close the wizard. - You never connect to the Internet or to any other computer over a local area network.. - If you have that sort of hermetically sealed machine, though, you’re missing out on much of the fun and productivity that come from making connections. - Check for Windows. - Choose Start➪Control Panel, and look for the Windows Update icon in the far-left column of the Control Panel window. - updates.” In 7, you must choose the icon view first.) It appears there in both Classic View, which displays all the available major utilities as separate icons, and Category View, which groups icons of similar types. - (See Chapter 3 for more information about Control Panel’s views.). - Windows XP: Double-click Windows Update.. - Windows 7: If you’re viewing Control Panel in Classic View, click the Windows Update icon. - If you’re in Classic View, click System and Security;. - then click Windows Update in the resulting list.. - In general, however, the update software goes directly to the Internet, checks for updates to your system, and then tells you whether updates are available.. - Update link in Windows Vista’s Control Panel. - Click the Install Updates button (see Figure 4-2) to download and install the updates on your PC, or click the View Available Updates link to get more information about them first.. - Choose Start➪Control Panel to open the Control Panel window.. - Double-click the Automatic Updates icon (see Figure 4-3).. - Choose one of the available options:. - If you select this option, you can set your computer to communicate with the Microsoft mothership automatically on a particu- lar day of the week or every day, as well as tell it what time of day to look for updates.. - Remember to check the notification icon in the noti- fication area of the Windows desktop and initiate putting any new software in place. - If you don’t, the updates will be on your computer but won’t be installed in Windows.. - Notify Me but Don’t Automatically Download or Install Them: If you choose this option, Microsoft sends the updates that it thinks your computer needs. - About once or twice in each operating system’s life cycle, Microsoft offers a major package of updates and revisions called a Service Pack, which is about as close to a completely new version of Windows as you can get. - If you haven’t already, register all of your applications with their manufacturers. - Automatic: Some third-party programs offer regu- lar automatic updates that last until a new version of the program is released or for a specific period.. - Manual: If you decide not to get automatic. - While your PC is connected to the Internet, click the program’s. - They may address minor issues that may not apply to your system or to the tasks you perform, or they may add some functions that you don’t need or want. - In Vista and Windows 7 type it into the search box.
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