The ____ page of Windows Settings is used to configure various ____ for hearing/visually impaired users. The ____ category of this page contains various options such as ____ which increases the display contrast and the ____ which allows you to zoom in on areas of the display that are difficult for the user to view. If a user prefers voice narration, they can enable the ____ feature to have everything on the screen read aloud. The ____ category of accessibility allows you to configure settings such as ____ which will play audio in one speaker or headphone. You can also turn on ____ to turn on captions and display text at the bottom of the screen that recaps any audio. The ____ category of accessibility allows you to enable settings that make interacting with the PC easier. You can enable ____ which allow a user to interact with the PC by speaking commands. If a user has trouble entering keyboard "shortcuts" such as Ctrl+Alt+Del, you can enable ____ which will make it easier to enter short keys. The ____ page of Windows settings can be used to adjust time and language related settings. If your PC is displaying incorrect time, you may need to configure adjust the ____ to ensure that your PC is pulling time from the location you are currently in, not another one. If you are a bi-lingual user, you can additional ____ to your PC from this page so that you can change the display language and the language used when entering data on your keyboard. You can also change which language is used by the ____ when narrator or other text-to-talk features are enabled. The ____ page of Windows Settings is used to manage updates. This page will be referred to as Windows Update if you are using Windows 11. Windows usually releases one or two "big" updates per year that contain new features and make improvements to the OS. Windows updates use a special naming convention: An update is identified by the year it is released in + the half of the year it is released in (H1 for the first half, H2 for the second half). So, an update released in the 1st half of 2026 would be called an ____ update. If you are interested in viewing all previously installed updates you can use the ____ feature to view them. Sometimes updates are released that contain bugs or issues that make use of the OS difficult. In this case you should ____ the update to uninstall it and return to an older version of the OS that works better. The ____ page of Windows Settings contains many settings related to application permissions and device security. You can launch ____ from here, the all-in-one built-in security solution for the Windows OS, that contains a firewall, anti-virus, and device status health updates. You can also configure ____ here to configure what types of data apps are allowed to collect. You can turn on the ____ feature to encrypt your drive if you don't have a Pro edition of Windows, or you can use ____ to encrypt your fixed drive and any removable drives if you have a Pro edition of Windows or higher. The ____ page of Windows settings can be used to customize the appearance of Windows. You can modify fonts, wallpaper images, the start menu, etc. The ____ page allows you to view all installed apps and uninstall them. From this page you can also enable the ____ feature of ____, which allows you to connect your mobile device to your PC and sync calls, text messages, and browsing data from your PC to your mobile device and vice versa. The system page of Windows Settings contains several settings that modify the behavior of your system. The ____ category is used to configure settings related to the display. If a user works late at night and needs to reduce eye strain caused by the blue light emitted from the display, they should enable the ____ feature to make the screen amber. A user can adjust the ____ to change the quality of the displayed image. Adjusting this setting can resolve distorted or poor-quality display image issues. If a user connects their laptop to multiple displays, they can choose to configure the ____, which will make the additional monitors function as separate displays, or they can configure the ____ which will copy the laptop display to the additional monitors. You can also adjust the screen orientation to change whether the display is in ____, where images are displayed with a vertical orientation, or ____, where images are displayed horizontally. The ____ category of the system page allows you to configure the behavior of a PC when it receives notifications. You can configure which apps are allowed to send you notifications and turn on ____, which silences all notifications. The ____ category of the system page is used to configure how a PC uses and conserves energy. You can configure sleep settings, hibernation settings and what a laptop does when the lid closes. The ____ page of Windows settings allows you to connect/disconnect devices from your PC. From this page, you can connect printers, bluetooth speakers, etc. You can also enable ____ a feature that will automatically open files on removable media when they are inserted into a PC. The ____ page of Windows Settings allows you to connect to wired/wireless networks. From this page you can enable/disable ____, which turns off all wireless connections, or you can connect to a ____, a secure private network that encrypts your data while connected to public networks. The ____ page of Windows Settings allows you to enable/disable game mode, which optimizes your PC for gaming. The ____ page of Windows Settings allows you to add/remove user accounts from your PC. You can create a ____, which can only be used to sign in on the PC it was created on, or you can add a ____ to your PC, which can be used to sign into multiple PCs and is required to access Microsoft services such as Office 365 and Outlook. You can also configure what method is used to sign into a PC. This includes Windows Hello the biometric authentication feature of Windows that enables you to sign in with your face or fingerprint. Under the ____ category of user accounts, you can configure parental controls for other users. Each user must have a Microsoft Account.

1.6: Windows Settings

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