5. BitLocker Drive Encryption
This item helps you to configure BitLocker encryption for your entire
system or with the new BitLocker to Go option to encrypt USB drives.
The BitLocker item can be located in the System and Security group.
6. Color Management
The Color Management item was introduced in
Windows Vista but was also available as a downloadable XP PowerToy.
This tool is designed to establish a better screen-to-print match and
to provide support for more reliable printing with today’s powerful
color devices (such as digital cameras and modern printers).
Keep in mind that whether you’re working with
the scanner, camera, computer, or printer, you are dealing with
different devices that have different characteristics and capabilities
with colors. Additionally, even software programs have different color
capabilities. For example, the same picture opened by two different
photo viewing applications might produce different results to the
viewer.
Color Management maintains consistency
between different devices and applications to produce a more uniform
appearance. It’s a tool that will mostly appeal to digital
photographers who are serious hobbyists or experts in the field.
One of the simpler features of Color Management is calibrating the display.
Using Color Management to Calibrate Your Display
The following steps take you through a wizard
that helps calibrate your display colors. This requires you to adjust
several onscreen sliders to set various color levels.
1. From the Start screen right-click on the screen.
2. Click the All Apps button that appears on the lower-right corner of the screen.
3. Select Control Panel.
4. In the Search field, type color.
5. Select Color Management.
6. Click the Advanced tab.
7. In the Display Calibration section, click the Calibrate Display button.
8. The Display Color
calibration box opens. If you use multiple monitors, make sure you are
viewing this box on the display you are attempting to calibrate. Click
Next.
9. You will be presented with some instructions on using the Color Calibration tool. Click Next.
10. You now have an
opportunity to adjust your brightness and contrast. If you want to skip
the brightness setting you can click on Skip Brightness and Contrast
Adjustment. Click Next.
11. An example of good and bad color brightness is displayed. Click Next.
12. Using the
controls on your display, set the Brightness higher or lower until you
can distinguish the suit from the shirt with the X that is barely
visible. Click Next.
13. An example of good and bad contrast is displayed. Click Next.
14. Using the
contrast control on your display, set the Contrast as high as possible
without losing the ability to see the wrinkles and buttons on the
shirt. Click Next.
15. You now have an
opportunity to adjust RGB color balance control settings. You can
choose to skip this setting by clicking on Skip Color Balance
Adjustment. Click Next.
16. Using the controls on your display adjust the Color Balance, removing any color from the gray bars. Click Next.
17. Click Finish to save and start using your adjusted settings. Or click Cancel to revert back to original settings.
18. At the end of
this dialog, a box is checked by default that initiates the ClearType
Tuner that ensures text appears correctly. Leave the box checked or
uncheck it (depending on your preference) and click Finish.
7. Credential Manager
This tool allows you to save your credentials
(such as your usernames and passwords) for websites you log in to and
other resources you connect to (such as other systems). These
credentials are saved in the Windows Vault (see Figure 10). One of the coolest features here is that you have the ability to back up and/or restore the vault.
Figure 10. The Credential Manager and the Windows Vault
On first glance, this might look like you
have the ability to use this feature for all of your website login
information (Gmail, Twitter, Facebook, and so on). However, it works
only with sites that can interact with Credential Manager and the
Windows Vault.
Adding Website Credentials to Windows Vault
The following steps take you into Credential
Manager. To complete the steps, you need the name of a website that you
want to add your credentials to along with the username and password
required to log in to the website.
1. From the Start screen right-click on the screen.
2. Click the All Apps button that appears on the lower-right corner of the screen.
3. Select Control Panel.
4. Click User Accounts and Family Safety.
5. Click Credential Manager.
6. In the Windows Credentials section, click Add a Windows Credential.
7. In the Internet or
Network Address box, type the address of the website or network
location. Type your User Name and Password information. Click OK.
Your newly added credentials are
listed. If you prefer, repeat this process with both Certificate-Based
Credentials and Generic Credentials. When completed, click Back Up
Vault to choose a location to back up your stored logon credentials.
Interestingly, instead of a Save button, you are asked to press
Ctrl+Alt+Delete. This secures the Desktop during the save process and
requires you to add a password to the backup file you are saving.
