Chapter 9

You and Your Laptop

In This Chapter

arrow Customizing your user account

arrow Configuring the laptop’s display

arrow Understanding the User Account Control warning

arrow Adding a media card or an external drive

arrow Removing media or an external drive

arrow Installing software

arrow Uninstalling software

No two laptops are alike. Sure, they may come from the same manufacturer or have the same case design or both be named Winston. After you set up Windows, add your account, and install software, things change. The system changes further as you customize Windows, which truly means no two laptops are alike. And if your Winston laptop is just the same as someone else’s laptop named Winston, you can customize things to your heart’s content.

User Accounts

Perhaps the greatest thing that makes your laptop yours is ...

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