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The primary features are duplicated in the Settings app; see “Accounts”.

This control panel is the master switch and control center for the user-

accounts feature described in Chapter 18. If you’re the only one who uses
your PC, you can (and should) ignore it.

Windows Defender Firewall

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

In this age of digital technology, when most people’s computers are
connected at all times to the internet (and therefore always vulnerable to the

internet), it’s a good and reasonable idea to have a firewall protecting your
computer from possible attacks and exploitation. To learn more about
Windows Defender Firewall, see Chapter 11.

Windows Mobility Center

The Windows Mobility Center is a central panel for instant access to
laptoppy/tablety features like screen brightness, volume, battery, and so on.

The new Action Center is nearly an exact duplicate and is much easier to
find. See Figure 2-29 for more on Action Center. For more on Windows
Mobility Center, see the PDF appendix to this chapter called “Three

Obscure Mobility Features.” It’s on this book’s “Missing CD” at
missingmanuals.com.

Windows To Go

This feature, for peripatetic corporate employees, lets you carry your entire
work world on a flash drive. For more on this feature, look for the free PDF
appendix called “Three Obscure Mobility Features” at

missingmanuals.com.

Work Folders

If you work for a corporation, your kindly, all-knowing network

administrator may have set up Work Folders for you—folders full of your