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What the Product ID key is for your system. Every legal copy of

Windows has a Product ID key—a long serial number that’s
required to activate Microsoft software. For more information
about Product ID keys, see Appendix A.

At the left side of the window, you find a few links:

Device Manager. This very powerful console lists every
component of your PC: DVD/CD-ROM, Modem, Mouse, and so
on. Double-clicking a component’s name (or hitting the symbol)

discloses the brand and model of that component. For more on the
Device Manager, see Chapter 14.

Remote settings. To read about Remote Assistance—a feature that
lets someone connect to your PC (via the internet) to help you
troubleshoot—see “Remote Assistance,” on this book’s “Missing

CD” page at missingmanuals.com.

System Protection. This link takes you to the System Protection

tab in the System Properties dialog box. Here you can keep track of
the automatic system restores (snapshot backups of a system), or
even create a new restore point. And if your computer has begun to
act like it’s possessed, you can go here to restore it to a previous

restore point’s state. Check out Chapter 16 for more details.

Advanced system settings. Clicking this link opens the Advanced

tab of the System Properties dialog box. This tab is nothing more
than a nesting place for four buttons that open other dialog boxes—

some of which aren’t “advanced” in the least.

The first button opens the Performance Options dialog box,
described on “Turning Off the New Look”. The second opens the

User Profile box, which is covered in the free PDF appendix
“Profiles” on this book’s “Missing CD” at missingmanuals.com.
The third opens a Startup and Recovery window. It contains
advanced options related to dual booting (“POWER USERS’