OT What is Control Panel called in Win 7?

I'm using Team Viewer and trying to help my brother. What is Control Panel called in Win 7?

He's going to call back after he eats lunch.

Reply to
micky
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control panel

Reply to
gonjah

It's still called Control Panel

Reply to
Meanie

It is called "Control Panel".

Start button will give access to it.

Reply to
Roy

It's called control panel

Reply to
clare

Thanks for all the replies.

Yeah, I clicked on Start and there was no control panel!!

Reply to
micky

Maybe I should have said that this is an HP laptop?

Reply to
micky

I found it. It was under HP Setup Manager, with 9 other items with little white print on a transparent purple background. Ugh.

He's 73 and not fond of computers, but I had just as much troulble as he did. This was to get the mike volume higher, but he's called Rosetta Stone Customer Service about the other problems, like repeatly suggesing he update the software, then when he does, suggesting it again, and having no way to bypass Update except by starting Update and cancelling it in the middle. They're supposed to call him back in 10 minutes.

Thank you all.

Reply to
micky

Hey, that works in XP too, typing it into the Run box, even with the space. I didn't know that.

It turns out it's always there for him too, but hidden like I describe in the previous post

Reply to
micky

Try reading this link and see if that solves the problem:

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The link actually shows how to hide the Control Panel, but maybe if someone already hid it, you can "un-hide" it by unchecking the right option.

Or, try what is says near the bottom of the link and type in "control" after clicking on "Programs".

Or, maybe TeamViewer doesn't give you permission to access the Control Panel remotely? If so, could you ask your brother to try clicking on Start then Control Panel himself directly on his own computer rather than you trying to do it through TeamViewer?

Reply to
TomR

So far TViewer lets me do everything -- it's great --, except that if i want to use combination keys, like alt-tab, I have to say so. A box pops up and asks after the first time I try, and after every time if I don't give blanket agreement.

Thank you.

My brother is 73, doesn't like computers, and this program is giving 3 other problems that I can't solve either. Well I think I solved one, that he just understand what was wanted, but the other two wore me out.

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Reply to
micky

I take care of about 15 computers running XP or Win7. Desktops, laptops, netbooks. Every one has the control panel in the same place on the Start menu. Doubt yours is different.

Reply to
Ed Pawlowski

Heh

You can access it through the search tool when you click the start menu. (on the bottom)

One of several ways. :)

Reply to
gonjah

It might be unpinned from the start menu.

Your job sounds similar to my old job but I just had a lot more computers. Not system administrator (would involve more money) but responsible for everyone's bs?

Reply to
gonjah

It's called WTF. ^_^

TDD

Reply to
The Daring Dufas

Some are job related, others are family related. We don't have enough IT to need a System Administrator (it would be a pay cut anyway), it is just that I happen to know more about computers than anyone at work. If I need help, I call the guy that builds them for us.

My boss is the owner, a graduate mechanical engineer, very smart and has owned a couple of businesses. Every year he takes his laptop to Florida and every year he calls and asks how to disable the touch pad as he uses a mouse. You get the idea.

Reply to
Ed Pawlowski

Stuff like that always reminds me of a Quake command line switch.

-noidea

Reply to
Metspitzer

We could have used a real IT guy but maybe for only 4 hours a day, so they used me and I'd call up a consultant when it was out of my league. The system sort of worked. I don't know what happened when I left.

If I get myself in that situation again I hope I've learned how to say "no". I doubt it though.

Reply to
gonjah

It happens that micky formulated :

Don't know about Teamviewer but just Win 7.

Right Click START button. Left click PROPERTIES Left Click START MENU tab Left Click CUSTOMISE Uncheck DONT DISPLAY THIS ITEM under Control Panel (about line 9)

AltHome Repair is hardly the proper news to get a good reply to a computer problem. :-?

Reply to
John G

Hmmm, There is help file, just start > help and support > enter the subject topic

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Tony Hwang

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