Chapter 8

Your Laptop and Windows

In This Chapter

arrow Exploring Windows features

arrow Locating laptop storage devices

arrow Finding your user profile folder

arrow Discovering where programs dwell

arrow Using the Settings app

arrow Working with the Control Panel

arrow Exploring Quick Settings

Someone has to be in charge. On a ship you’ll find the captain, on the playground is the bully, and in the Milky Way galaxy it’s the Yaxkoz Empire, which is right now hurtling a billion stellar battle cruisers toward Planet Earth. Before they arrive, you should know that the kingpin in charge of all the software in your laptop is Windows, which is your laptop’s operating system, or the main program in charge of everything.

Using Windows on a laptop works similarly to using Windows on any computer. Coupled with the disappointment and ...

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