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(“recording”), then you’re taken to the Speech Recognition page, where you

can set up your microphone.

Sounds tab

Windows comes with a tidy suite of little sound effects—beeps, musical
ripples, and chords—that play when you turn on the PC, trigger an error

message, empty the Recycle Bin, and so on. This tab lets you specify which
sound effect plays for which situation; see “Desktop icon settings” for
details.

Communications tab

This tab is designed for people who make phone calls using the PC, using a
program like Skype or Google Hangouts. Here you can tell your PC to mute
or soften other sounds—meaning music you’ve got playing—whenever

you’re on a PC call.

Nice touch.

Speech Recognition

This little program sets up all the speech-related features of Windows. See
Chapter 6 for complete details.

Storage Spaces

The Storage Spaces feature can save every file onto two or more drives
simultaneously, as a backup. For more on this somewhat obscure feature,
visit this book’s “Missing CD” page at missingmanuals.com and look for

the PDF appendix to this chapter called “Storage Spaces.”

Sync Center

The Sync Center is for syncing your files with folders elsewhere on your

corporate network, so you’ll always be up to date. For details, read “Three