CONTROL PANEL

CONTROL PANEL

The Control Panel Program is an integral program that comes loaded with the Windows Software. It helps us to "make changes" to the settings of the computer.

This is called Customizing the computer. We cannot make files, using the control Panel as it is only responsible for "Customizing" our Windows environment according to our choice. Control Panel applets are the individual components found in Control Panel that contains the settings and options for the various parts of Windows.

To open the Control Panel

1. Click the Start Button.
2. Click the Control Panel option.

The Control Panel window opens.

The Window XP Control Panel is divided into two categories - Category view and Classic view. It is possible to switch between these through an option that appears on the left side of the window.

Category VIEW

The category view consists of categories, which when clicked on display the control panel applets related to the category. This category view makes it easy for users to locate the specific set of options that they wish to access.

Some Category View options are :

Appearance and Theme

Appearance and Themes option in the Control Panel is used to change the appearance of the desktop, screen saver, theme, wallpaper etc.

To change the theme of the Window XP

The theme is a predefined group of background, sounds, icons and other elements on the desktop.

1. Click the change the computer's theme option from the appearance and Theme window.
2. Click the Theme combo box drop-down arrow.
3. Choose Windows XP
4. Click the Apply button.
5. Click the OK button.

To change the Screen Saver and Wallpaper

Screen saver is a program which starts in some time period, if computer is not currently in use. It displays some image on screen depending on current default screen saver.

Configuring Screen Saver

1. Click the change a Screen saver option from the Appearance and Theme window.
2. Choose Screen Saver tab in Display Properties box.
3. Select the desired Screen Saver box.
4. Set time after which Screen Saver will start.
5. Click OK button.

Wallpaper is the background image on the computer screen that appears on computer. Windows XP offers many wallpaper choices.

Steps to change wallpaper are

1. Click the change the desktop background option from the Appearance and Theme window.
2. Choose Desktop tab in Display Properties box.
3. Select the desired wallpaper from the "Background" combo box.
4. Click OK button.

 

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