Chapter 6: Customizing your Computer using the Control Panel

This chapter was very information about how to use the Control Panel to the fullest. There are so many different options it provides and knowing each of them can really help improve your computer's performance as well as customize to a way of your liking. Setting your computer's Firewall can really help you or other users on your PC when navigating through certain untrusted sites. You need to be able to protect your computer from any danger, and this can all be managed within the Control Panel's Network and Security window. Another good use of the Control Panel is to view your installed programs. Occasionally, you may browse through them and find any ones you do not use anymore, which allows you to free up some memory space. Now another cool and interesting feature provided in the Control Panel is to allow users to customize their desktop and even their own mouse pointer. Changing these settings can help you find and read better if you want to enhance the size of icons and text, and showcase to others a little about you. Maybe you like Spider-man, so instead of keeping the same old blue background provided with Windows 7, you can download a Spider-man background, change the font and colors accordingly and really make you enjoy looking at your desktop. The final important thing about the Control Panel is being allowed to place parental controls on other users. This can really help prevent others from messing with important files as well as doing something harmful to your computer.