Are you lost in the new Control Panel? Switch to the old one!
One of the most visible changes in Windows Vista is the complete redesign of the Control Panel. Lots of things were moved and now you have very easy access to some configuration options while others seem to be hidden deep in the Control Panel menus.
If you have a hard time finding things, don't worry. Windows Vista gives you the option to switch back to the old Control Panel and this is how you do it:
Go to Start -> Control Panel .
If you look carefully, you will notice that in the left side of the screen there is a panel with two options. The first option is Control Panel Home and the second is Classic View.
Click on Classic View and the Control Panel will be reloaded and will look just like the old one from Windows 2000 and XP.
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How to switch back to the Classic Start Menu
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I wish to know how can I change the language setting in my new computer which I currently bought in france. It seems that it is not possible in vista. I had a windows XP before.
lost control panel
I've got no access to my control panel (its dissapeared) and each time I try going to set program access and default I get a message saying " The operation has been cancelled due to restrictions in effect on ths computer. Please contact your system administrator."
Also when I start up I get a message saying windows cannot find 'C:/WINDOWS/system32/printer.exe'.
Any help would be appreciated.
Many Thanks
christopher
if you dont find contol
if you dont find contol panel there are various reasons for one could be there is a spy ware attack or windows probably not insatlled properly ,you can try doing a system restore if you havent tried reinstalling the operating system it will work.
Fix
A) you have a corrupt printer driver
B)you are using your parents computer and are not not using the default account. You are in limited mode which is not allowing you access to control panel. Its there, you are just locked out
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For some reason, I only have classic view for my control panel. The other disappeared a few days ago. Wasn't sure if I liked it at first, now I am wondering how to get it back....???
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I made my control panel into the old version and i want to bring back the new one which i don't know how,,.... help me please
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