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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.

Figure 01 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.

Figure 02 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.

Figure 03

Figure 04 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.

Figure 05 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.

Figure 06 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.

Figure 07 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.

Figure 08
Home Up Control Panel - Additional Options Control Panel - Appearance and Personalization Control Panel - Clock, Language, and Region Control Panel - Ease of Access Control Panel - Hardware and Sound Control Panel - Mobile PC Control Panel - Network and Internet Control Panel - Programs Control Panel - Security Control Panel - System and Maintenance Control Panel - User Accounts and Family Safety |