Chapter 4. Personalizing Windows 10

Settings vs. Control Panel

Customizing the visual appearance

Fine-tuning visual options

Selecting sounds for events

Choosing a screen saver

Setting date and time, currency, and other regional options

Syncing your settings between computers

Overcoming challenges

One could argue that color schemes, desktop backgrounds, and lock screens that feature your kids or your favorite sports team are just eye candy, unrelated to personal productivity.

We beg to differ.

Those seemingly small changes might not affect your productivity directly, the way that, say, pinning shortcuts to the taskbar does. But creating a visually pleasing workspace makes you more comfortable with your PC. And when you’re more comfortable, you’re ...

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