Sams Teach Yourself Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional in 10 Minutes

By Dorothy Burke and Jane Calabria

• Table of Contents
  • Copyright
  • Tell Us What You Think!
  • About the Authors
  • Introduction
  • Conventions Used in This Book
  • Lesson 1. Navigating Windows 2000 Professional
  • Lesson 2. Working with a Window
  • Lesson 3. Using Menus
  • Lesson 4. Using Windows 2000 Professional Help
  • Lesson 5. Using Dialog Boxes
  • Lesson 6. Working with Multiple Windows and Applications
  • Lesson 7. Copying, Moving, and Linking Between Windows and Applications
  • Lesson 8. Using My Computer
  • Lesson 9. Managing Files with My Computer
  • Lesson 10. Using WordPad
  • Lesson 11. Understanding File Properties and the Recycle Bin
  • Lesson 12. Printing
  • Lesson 13. Using My Network Places
  • Lesson 14. Using the Control Panel
    • What Is the Control Panel?
    • What Can You Accomplish in the Control Panel?
    • Selecting a Screen Saver
    • Configuring Video Options
    • Configuring Sound Options
    • Configuring Multimedia Devices
    • Configuring Your Keyboard and Mouse
  • Lesson 15. Using Outlook Express Mail
  • Lesson 16. Sharing Workstations and Setting Passwords
  • Lesson 17. Using Internet Explorer 5
  • Lesson 18. Web Site and Document Searching
  • Lesson 19. Troubleshooting, Restarting, and Disaster Planning
  • Lesson 20. Customizing the Windows 2000 Environment

What Is the Control Panel?

Access the Control Panel to change the appearance of your desktop, choose a screensaver, change your default font, the time and date, and so forth. From the Control Panel, you can configure your Windows environment to work the way you want it to.

Access the Control Panel one of these ways:

• From the taskbar, click the Start button and then choose Settings, Control Panel. The Control Panel window appears (see Figure 14.1).
  

  Figure 14.1 Access settings to change how your hardware and software work from the Control Panel.

• From the desktop, double-click My Computer and then double-click the Control Panel folder icon. The Control Panel window appears (refer to Figure 14.1).
• From Windows Explorer, click the Control Panel folder found in the left pane of the window. The contents of the Control Panel appear in the right panel. These are the same icons that are displayed in the Control Panel window.

Once the Control Panel is open, click the icon that represents the feature you want to change. A dialog box or properties box opens and displays options that affect that feature.

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