Chapter 8
Your Laptop and Windows
IN THIS CHAPTER
Exploring Windows features
Locating laptop storage devices
Finding your User Profile folder
Discovering where programs dwell
Using the Settings app
Working with the Control Panel
Exploring the Quick Settings
Someone must be in charge. On a ship, you find the captain; on the playground, it’s the bully; and in the Milky Way galaxy, it’s the Mulvanian Empire, which is right now hurtling a fleet of 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 ...
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