16 - Windows Vista Start Menu & Control Panel
Concise User’s Guide
English
Windows Vista Start Menu & Control Panel
Most of the control panels, utilities and programs within
Windows Vista
(and most other
Windows
versions) are ac-
cessed from the
Start
menu. When you install programs and utilities they will be installed on your hard disk drive,
and a shortcut will usually be placed in the
Start
menu and/or the desktop. You can customize the look of the
Start
menu by right-clicking the
Start
menu and selecting
Properties
from the menu.
In many instances throughout this manual you will see an instruction to open the
Control Panel
. The
Control Panel
is accessed
from the
Start
menu, and it allows you to configure the settings for most of the key features in
Windows
(e.g. power, video, network, audio etc.).
Windows Vista
provides basic controls for many of the features, however
many new controls are added (or existing ones are enhanced) when you install the drivers provided. To see all controls
it may be necessary to swith to Classic View.
Figure 8 - Start Menu & Control Panel
Click here to toggle Classic View
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