In the Windows 7 Control Panel Tutorial we will
only cover the features that a senior or beginner computer user would be
interested in. The Control panel is full of tools to change the way Windows
looks and behaves.
We will cover the topics of User Accounts and
Family Safety, appearance and Personalization, and printers and Keyboard. You
can click on any of these topics to jump ahead.
We are going to start with User Accounts. To
open the Control Panel Click on the windows logo in the lower left corner then
click Control Panel in the right hand column. This will open the control panel
window.
User Accounts is a place where you can add or
delete users, change a password or password protect your user account, Change
the picture by your name when you log on or change the way you log on and off,
or set parental controls
User Accounts is a beneficial tool because it
allows each user of the computer to have their own look and feel for the
Windows Desktop, customize their own favorites on the web and have their own My
Documents Folder. This is also great for Parents to monitor their children's
computer usage.
All of the link options in the control panel
are alphabetized. Click on the User Account link and we will get started.
When the user Account Window opens you will see
the three options.
We will start by having a little fun with the
picture that appears by our name when we log on. Click on Change your picture
link.
In this window you can change the picture that
appears next to your name in the Start Menu and when you log on. Browse through
the pictures and pick your favorite one then click on it. If you have a
favorite picture that does not appear in the list of default pictures click on
the Browse for more pictures link and a window will open for you to choose one
of your personal pictures.
If you made any changes click on the Change
Picture button. If no changes were made click on Cancel and it will take you to
the user account window.
Now we will go through one by one to learn more
about making changes to a user account. You do not have to make any changes to
your computer but I would like you to get a feel for all of the windows in case
you need to make changes in the future.
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