1. The Control Panel Howard Klein April 20, 2006

2. Contents Customizing the desktop, mouse & keyboard Controlling PC power usage Task scheduling for computer security User accounts and privileges Adding and removing H/W and S/W The Device Manager

3. Customizing the Display Wallpaper vs the ugly blue screen Appearance Themes Settings Screen saver choices My Pictures Slideshow

4. The Mouse & Keyboard Mouse button reversal, double click speed, pointer choices. Mouse wheel options Key repeat delay and speed, Cursor blink rate.

5. Computer Power Savings Contemporary computers use 40-80 watts at idle, 100-200 watts at high load. In addition the monitor uses 30 (LCD) - 100 (CRT ) watts. Power saving options are: Monitor power down, hard disk power down, standby, hibernate, and shutdown.

6. Computer Power (Cont.) For a computer which uses 80 watts at idle, and with a 100 Watt CRT monitor, the annual cost (at ~26 cents/KWH) is: 1.Always on$400. 2.CRT & HD power down 1 hr.$200. 3.#2 + System Standby after 1 hr.$175. 4.#2 + System Hibernate after 1 hr.$ 67. 5.#2 + Power down overnight$120.

7. Windows Security Security Center Task Scheduling: 1.Anti-virus data definitions 2.Virus Scan 3.Windows Update User Accounts and Permissions

8. Add/Remove H/W & S/W Add/Remove H/W Add/Remove Programs Add/Remove Windows Components The Device Manager

9. Questions?