Control Panel and Windows Mobility Center

. Configure mobility options . Configure performance settings

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1. Which of the following do you find in the Mobility Center? (Choose all that apply.)

❍ A. Volume ❍ B. Presentation Settings ❍ C. Display Settings ❍ D. External Display

2. What command would you use to turn off the hibernate function and to remove the hiberfil.sys file?

❍ A. Run the powercfg –hibernate off command ❍ B. Open a command prompt and delete the hiberfil.sys file ❍ C. Open the Power settings within the Control Panel and uncheck

Enable Hibernate option ❍ D. Run the Hibernate On command

3. What application do you use to manage your offline folders?

❍ A. System Configuration tool ❍ B. Offline folder console ❍ C. Sync Center ❍ D. Mobility Share tool

Answers

1. A , B, and D are correct. The Mobility Center includes Volume, Battery Status, Wireless Network, External Display, Sync Center, Presentation Settings, and Screen Rotation. Because the Display Settings are not listed, Answer C is incorrect as you cannot modify your display settings from the Mobility Center.

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2. A is correct. The powercfg command is a command-line tool that enables you to control the power settings on a system. To disable hibernate and remove the hiberfil.sys file, you use the powercfg -hibernate command. Answer B is incorrect because deleting the hiberfil.sys command does not disable hibernate. Answer C is incorrect because there is no Enable Hibernate option. Answer D is incorrect because there is no Hibernate On command.

3. C is correct. When you set up the synchronization, you may set up a one- way or two-way synchronization. To configure Offline Files, click Open the Sync Center and then click Manage offline files. Answer A is incorrect because the System Configuration tool is a tool to troubleshoot startup problems. Answers B and D are incorrect because there is neither an Offline folder console nor a Mobility Share tool.

All mobile and power settings are configured within the Control Panel. To make finding these settings quick and easy, Windows 7 includes the Windows Mobility Center, which provides a single location that enables you to quickly adjust mobile PC settings, as shown in Figure 14.1. Depending on your system, the Mobility Center window has some, but perhaps not all, of the following tiles:

. Volume: Move the slider to adjust the speaker volume of your mobile PC or select the Mute check box

. Battery Status: View how much charge remains on your battery or select a power plan from the list

. Wireless Network: View the status of your wireless network connec- tion or turn your wireless adapter on or off

. External Display: Connect an additional monitor to your mobile PC or customize the display settings

. Sync Center: View the status of an in-progress file sync, start a new sync or set up a sync partnership, and adjust your settings in Sync Center

. Presentation Settings: Adjust settings, such as the speaker volume and the desktop background image, for giving a presentation

. Screen Rotation: Change the orientation of your Tablet PC screen, from portrait to landscape, or vice versa

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If a tile doesn’t appear, it might be because the required hardware, such as a wireless network adapter, or drivers are missing.

FIGURE 14.1 Windows Mobility Center.

If you need to make additional adjustments to your mobile PC settings that require you to access Control Panel, click the icon on a tile to open Control Panel for that setting. For example, you can select an existing power plan from the Battery Status tile, or you can click the icon on the tile to open Power Options in Control Panel to create a power plan.

The Mobility Center can be opened using any one of the following methods: . Click the Start button, click Control Panel, click Mobile PC, and then

click Windows Mobility Center. . Click the battery meter icon in the notification area in the Windows

taskbar, and then click Windows Mobility Center. . Press the Windows logo key + X.

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