Control Panel's Security Settings With so many new security features, it's a good thing that Windows Vista does a better job of organizing security-related tasks than previous versions of Windows. Vista's one-stop security shop is, appropriately, the Control Panel, which has a Security icon in the Home folder that has three links: Security Click this link to open the Security folder and see Vista's main security settings, as shown in Figure 6.1. I discuss most of these features in this chapter. Figure 6.1. Click the Control Panel's Security link to see this list of Vista's main security settings.
Check for Updates Click this link to open the Windows Update folder, which shows when you last checked for updates, your current Windows Update status, and a link for checking updates. Check This Computer's Security Status Click this link to open the Security Center. The Security Center is covered in the next section.
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