Pace IT - Control Panel (Part 2)

Control Panel utilities II.

Instructor, PACE-IT Program – Edmonds Community College

Areas of Expertise Industry Certification

PC Hardware

Network Administration

IT Project Management

Network Design

User Training

IT Troubleshooting

Qualifications Summary

Education

M.B.A., IT Management, Western Governor’s University

B.S., IT Security, Western Governor’s University

Entrepreneur, executive leader, and proven manger

with 10+ years of experience turning complex issues

into efficient and effective solutions.

Strengths include developing and mentoring diverse

workforces, improving processes, analyzing

business needs and creating the solutions

required— with a focus on technology.

– Display/Display Settings.

– User Accounts.

– Folder Options.

– System.

– Windows Firewall.

– Power Options.

PACE-IT.

The Display/Display Settings utility can control different display settings that the user can adjust.

Adjust resolution, Calibrate color, Change display

settings, and Adjust Clear Type text are some of the

settings available in this utility. Caution: adjusting

the native resolution on a flat panel display may

result in a distorted display.


– Manage or add users to a PC.» Manage your credentials.

» Manage your file encryption certificates.

» Configure advanced user profile properties.

» Change my environment variables.

– Add users or change account types.


– Manage the default behavior of folders

and files.» Three tabs: General, View, and Search.

– General.» Basic behavior of files and folders.

– View.» Establishes how files and folders represent themselves.

» The user can unhide protected files and folders from

here.

– Search.» Establishes how the operating system searches folders.


– Information about the system is available.» Operating system.

» Processor.

» RAM.

– Provides access to additional sub-utilities.» Performance: an extension of Task Manager; gives a more

detailed view of system performance.

» Remote settings: sets the options for remote access.

» System protection: gives access to System Restore.


– System protection.» Software based firewall that protects against malicious code.

» Manages traffic control into and out of a PC.

– Windows Firewall should be active, unless

another firewall product is active.


– Utility used to adjust power usage.» User or administrator can set the power profiles for a given

situation.

– Power Plans: set the PC’s power usage

profile for a given power scenario.» Hibernate: sets the PC’s behavior when idle for a specified

amount of time; this saves more power than sleep, as the

content of RAM is placed on the disk drive.

» Sleep/suspend/standby: sets the PC’s behavior when idle for

a specified amount of time; faster recovery than hibernate, as

trickle power is kept to RAM.

Control panel utilities II.


This utility is used to adjust the display’s behavior.

Topic

Display/Display Settings.

Summary

This utility is used to manage or add user accounts to the PC. User Accounts.

This utility is used to manage how folders are represented on the PC. Folder Options.

This utility provides system information and access to sub-utilities for

control. System.

This utility is an on or off software-based firewall that is used to provide

security to the PC. Windows Firewall.

This utility allows you to set power usage profiles for given power outage

scenarios.Power Options

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Pace IT - Control Panel (Part 2)

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