Control Panel - Mobile PC

A friend of mine (yes, I actually have one) asked how I put up with all the dumb questions I must get. That's easy to answer. Many years ago in a class I asked a question I felt was perfectly legitimate. I still remember the laughter, but not nearly as vividly as I did for a few months afterward. Fortunately, I had a professor that answered my question without batting an eye and moved on with the lecture. And yeah, it was a dumb question and one I should have known the answer to, but I didn't, so to me it was a viable question. That just reinforced my belief that the only dumb question is the one that never gets asked. That said, if you're sitting there wondering why you don't have the [Mobile PC] category it's because you aren't using a mobile PC or whatever name you call a laptop. It just doesn't show up on a desktop system.

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Windows Mobility Center - Basically, a mini control panel within Control Panel that applies to functions 'someone' has deemed the most likely to be accessed on a regular basis by mobile PC users. I don't really see the point of this item, but then I almost never use a laptop on the road. For those that do there may be some value in having this selection of controls in one grouping.

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Power Options - The only difference between [Power Options] listed here in the [Mobile PC] category and the one listed in [System and Maintenance] category is the sub-links appearing beneath [Power Options]. Within the sub-links, [Change Battery Settings] takes you to the screen [Figure 03] where a power plan can be selected. The [Change When The Computer Sleeps] button will deliver you directly to the screen for the power plan setting that's currently selected. The rest of the sub-links lead to the [Define Power Buttons And Turn On Password Protection] [Figure 04] screen.

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Personalization - All [Personalization] does is lead to a screen that is a duplicate of the Appearance and Personalization > Personalization section of Control Panel. Use the link if you want to review the different items in more detail.

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Tablet PC Settings - Again, this is a duplicate of the [Tablet PC Settings] screen that is found in Control Panel > Hardware and Sounds section of Control Panel. Use the link if you want to review the different items in more detail.

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Pen and Input Devices - And once again, this is a duplicate of the [Pen and Input Devices] screen that is found in Control Panel > Hardware and Sounds section of Control Panel. Use the link if you want to review the different items in more detail.

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Sync Center - And once again, this is a duplicate of the [Sync Center] screen that is found in Control Panel > Network and Internet section of Control Panel. Use the link if you want to review the different items in more detail.

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