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CLINIC Dual Booting”) and what happens when the system

crashes.

Finally, the Environment Variables button opens a dialog box that
will get only technically minded people excited. It identifies, for
example, the path to your Windows folder and the number of

processors your PC has. If you’re not in the computer-
administration business, avoid making changes here.

Tablet PC Settings

This Control Panel item offers settings for touchscreen tablets. The Display
tab lets you calibrate your touchscreen; the Other tab lets you specify
whether you’re right- or left-handed (to control where menus appear

relative to your pen).

Taskbar and Navigation

This program teleports you to the Taskbar pane in Settings, where you can

control every conceivable behavior of the taskbar. These options are
covered in Chapter 2.

Troubleshooting

These features are duplicated in the Settings app; see “Privacy”.

Here’s a list of Windows’ troubleshooters—step-by-step interview screens
that walk you through fixing various problems. (Insert your own joke here

about Windows’ need for an entire program dedicated to troubleshooting.)

Anyway, you can find links here for running older programs in Windows
10, getting online, figuring out why your speakers aren’t working, sleuthing

out why your PC is getting so slow, and even inviting a trusted friend to
share your screen to help you out.

User Accounts