Chapter 4. Personalizing Windows 10

Settings vs. Control Panel

Customizing the visual appearance

Working the way you like

Tuning Windows to know about you

Syncing your settings between computers

Overcoming challenges

Every new version of Windows brings some changes to its visual appearance, and Windows 10 is no exception. Another constant is the ability to tweak and refine that appearance to better suit your tastes.

It’s your operating system; make it reflect your preferences, your needs, your style. Make it work for you. Windows 10 provides myriad tools for doing just that—tools that we survey in this chapter.

Settings vs. Control Panel

Personalizing Windows to your liking is generally done by applying settings. So it makes sense that many ...

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