Ed Bott - Windows 10 Support Secrets

12 CHAPTER 1 | Getting started with Windows 10 Settings If you need to change the look or feel of Windows, your starting point has traditionally been Control Panel. With Windows 10, the new go-to destination is the Settings app. It debuted, in very modest form, with Windows 8, but over time tasks that would previously have required the old Control Panel have been migrating to Settings. That process accelerates with the 2016 Anniversary Update, which adds a visual makeover to the Settings app. Figure 1-12 shows the nine basic categories for all Windows 10 settings, each of which contains additional layers of organization. Figure 1-12: Over time, many configuration and personalization options that were previously part of Control Panel have gone. You can click to dive deeper into each category and find its buried treasures, but the most important feature to show new users is the search box at the top of the page, which is extremely effective at tracking down the exact setting you’re looking for. Even more impressive is that the results of those searches also return the occasional setting that is still in the old-style Control Panel.