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Windows Control Panel & Desktop
Most of the control panels, utilities and applications within
Windows
are accessed from the
Start
menu in
Windows 7
,
and from the
Desktop
in
Windows 8
.
Throughout this manual you will see an instruction to open the
Control Panel
. In
Windows 7
click the Start menu and
select
Control Panel
. In
Windows 8
right-click the lower left hot corner to bring up the context menu (or use the
Win-
dows Logo Key
+ X
key combination) and select
Control Panel
.
Figure 10 - Windows 8 Context Menu
The desktop interfaces for both
Windows 7 & 8
are similar (
Windows 8
has no start button). To access the Desktop App
in
Windows 8
use the
Windows Logo Key
+ D
key combination or Desktop App in the Metro UI Start Screen (
Win-
dows 7
’s standard interface is the desktop).
Move the mouse to the
and right-click to access
bottom left of the screen
the menu.