User Guide

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Change your settings
PC Settings
Most of the settings that you'll want to change can be found in PC settings.
To open PC settings from Start:
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On the Start screen, tap or click PC settings. It’s a tile.
To open PC settings from the Settings charm bar:
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Swipe in from the right edge of the screen, tap or click Settings > Change PC settings.
After you’ve opened PC settings, tap or click a category. For example, tap or click PC and devices to add a
device, or Accounts to change account settings. If you can’t find a setting, you can use Search to find it.
For more info, see Get help with PC settings on Windows.com.
Search for a setting
You can use the Search charm to find a setting. Here’s how:
1. Open the Search charm, tap the arrow and choose Settings.
2. Tap the search box and enter what you want to find. For example, enter sound to find sound settings.
3. If you don’t see the setting you want, tap or click the Search button to see more results.
4. Tap or click a setting to open it.
Control Panel
Control Panel includes some additional settings that you might use less often, such as customizing the desktop.
To open Control Panel:
 From the Start screen, open the Settings charm, tap or click Change PC settings > Control Panel (at the
bottom of the left pane.)
 From the desktop, open the Settings charm, and tap or click Control Panel.
Sync your settings
When you sign in with a Microsoft account, your personal settings and preferences are stored on OneDrive, and
are synced to any PC that you sign in to.
To choose which settings sync: Open the Settings charm, and tap or click Change PC settings > OneDrive >
Sync settings. For more info about this, see Sync settings between PCs with OneDrive on Windows.com.