User's Manual

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Special Folders
Here you specify the physical paths to which special folders such as "My Documents" should link.
Highlight a predefined path and click on Edit to change it to your requirements.
Command prompt
You can configure the appearance and behavior of the command prompt here.
Under Completion, you can specify which key combinations are to be used to complete file and folder
names.
Under Advanced settings, you can click on the Advanced button to open a window where you can
specify the visual appearance and start folder of the command prompt.
Security
User Account Control (Windows Vista and Windows 7 only)
The User Account Control feature ensures that no unauthorized changes are made to the computer. It
does this by asking whether a user has administrator rights to allow any changes to be made to the
system. If User Account Control is enabled, a standard user will always be asked to enter an
administrator password to make such changes.
You can specify here how a user logged on as an administrator is to be informed of potential changes to
the computer and prompted for confirmation.
This is how Windows differentiates between changes that the user makes himself (e.g. security-related
settings) and the startup of programs that can carry out changes. You can set here in detail, which
changes must require confirmation first and whether a password must be entered beforehand.
Because this is a security-relevant setting, it is advisable to leave the user account control activated
and select at least Prompt to confirm without entering password (for Windows Vista) or For
changes by programs, without password (for Windows 7).
One aim of User Account Control is to ensure that no programs start in the background without the user
being aware of it. At every program startup, Windows determines whether this program will make
changes to the computer. If this is the case and User Account Control is enabled, the user will be
prompted to have an administrator confirm the program startup. This feature is a key security step in
case an unknown (and potentially harmful) program starts up without the user having initiated it himself.
Security Center (Windows Vista) / Maintenance Center (Windows 7)
The Security Center or Maintenance Center, as it is called in Windows 7, regularly runs in the
background to check the security status of your computer and displays warnings if a possible security
problem is determined.
If these warnings are displayed on your computer in error or you do not want to be shown warnings from
the Security/Maintenance Center, you can switch the warnings off here.
Advanced