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Exploring Windows XP Vol. 1

Part Three – Customization: Personalizing Windows XP

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Objectives

Change time settings. Initiate time synchronization. Alter taskbar and notification area settings. Work with display properties. Adjust sound properties. Change Recent Document and Applications

settings. Use accessibility options.

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Time Settings and Initiating Time Synchronization

Set the Date & Time.Set Time Zone.

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Altering Taskbar and Notification Area Settings

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Altering Taskbar and Notification Area Settings

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Working with Display Properties

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Adjusting Sound Properties

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Changing Recent Documentand Application Settings

RecentDocuments

RecentApplications

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StickyKeys — assist those who may have difficulty pressing two keys simultaneously. It lets you press the first key (such as Alt or Ctrl) and have it remain active while the second key is subsequently pressed.

FilterKeys — tells your computer to ignore quick or inadvertently repeated keystrokes.

ToggleKeys — feature helps monitor when locking keys are pressed. Whenever a locking key (such as Num Lock or Caps Lock) is pressed or released, a beeping sound will be heard.

SoundSentry — lets you choose the type of visual warning you’d like implemented when your system normally would make a sound (ranging from flashing the active caption bar or active window, to flashing the entire desktop).

Using Accessibility Options

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ShowSounds — option ensures that programs that normally give only sound indicators for necessary actions also provide either text captions or informative icons.

High Contrast — feature instructs Windows XP to use a special system color and font size that make reading information on the screen somewhat easier for people with visual impairments and is activated or deactivated using the keyboard shortcut (ALT+left SHIFT+PRINT SCREEN). Additionally, when the shortcut is pressed, an audible sound will be heard

MouseKeys — feature lets you perform mouse functions by using the keys on your numeric keypad.

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SerialKeys — settings enable you to use an alternative input device for keyboard and mouse features.

Microsoft Manager — settings window provides you with a magnified display at the top of your screen. Where the mouse pointer aims is, by default, at the center of the enlarged view but this can be changed using the tracking settings of the Magnifier Settings dialog box.

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What should you do?

Learn by doing the Hands-on exercises and the Practice with Windows XP Professional exercises at the end of the chapter.

Read the chapter summary.

Review the key terms.

Take the Multiple Choice test at the end of the chapter.