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+<chapter id="control-center">
+<!-- Uncomment the <*info> below and add your name to be -->
+<!-- credited for writing this section. -->
+
+<!--
+<chapterinfo>
+<authorgroup>Here you can set up different profiles for your Wireless card,
+to be able to quickly switch settings if you connect to multiple
+networks. You can select a profile to be loaded on KDE startup.
+<author>
+<firstname>Your First Name here</firstname>
+<surname>Your Surname here </surname>
+</author>
+</authorgroup>
+</chapterinfo>
+-->
+
+<title>The &kcontrolcenter;</title>
+
+<indexterm><primary>&kcontrolcenter;</primary></indexterm>
+<indexterm><primary>&kcontrol;</primary></indexterm>
+<indexterm><primary>Configuration</primary></indexterm>
+<indexterm><primary>Customization</primary></indexterm>
+
+<mediaobject>
+<imageobject>
+<imagedata fileref="kcontrol.png" format="PNG" />
+</imageobject>
+<textobject><phrase>The &kcontrolcenter;</phrase></textobject>
+<caption><para>The &kcontrolcenter;</para></caption>
+</mediaobject>
+
+<para>The &kcontrolcenter; is the place to go to change any settings that
+affect the whole of your &kde; environment. You can open it using the
+<guimenuitem>Control Center</guimenuitem> item in the &kmenu;, or with its
+command-line name, <filename>kcontrol</filename>.</para>
+
+<para>The settings are divided into several major categories, which each
+contain several pages of settings. To display a settings page, expand the
+major category by clicking on the <guilabel>+</guilabel> button next to it,
+and then click on the name of the page you want. The settings page then
+appears on the right, and you can change settings to your heart's
+content. No changes take effect until you click on the
+<guibutton>Apply</guibutton> button. If you decide, after making some
+changes, that you want to leave the settings as they were, just click on
+<guibutton>Reset</guibutton>.</para>
+
+<para>If you need more help with a page, visit that page, then click on the
+<guilabel>Help</guilabel> tab. You might also want to look at the
+&kcontrolcenter; Handbook, which you can open with the
+<menuchoice><guimenu>Help</guimenu><guimenuitem>&kcontrolcenter;
+Handbook</guimenuitem></menuchoice>.</para>
+
+
+<sect1 id="kcontrol-appearance-and-themes">
+<sect1info>
+<authorgroup>
+<author>
+&J.Hall;
+&J.Hall.mail;
+</author>
+</authorgroup>
+</sect1info>
+
+<title>Appearance &amp; Themes</title>
+
+<para>Here you will find settings that change the way your &kde; desktop and
+applications look.</para>
+
+<variablelist>
+<varlistentry>
+<term><guilabel>Background</guilabel></term>
+<listitem>
+<para>This section controls the color or image that is set as your desktop
+background. These settings can be applied to all virtual workspaces, or to
+only a specific one. There are a range of background wallpapers that come
+with &kde; or you can supply your own.</para>
+</listitem>
+</varlistentry>
+
+<varlistentry>
+<term><guilabel>Colors</guilabel></term>
+<listitem>
+<para>This is where you can modify the colors for your kde applications.
+There are a variety of color schemes installed with &kde; by default, and
+you can find others at kde-look.org. You can also create your own. Here you
+can also modify the contrast and choose whether you want your &kde; colors
+to be applied to non-kde applications, for a more consistant overall
+appearance.</para>
+</listitem>
+</varlistentry>
+
+<varlistentry>
+<term><guilabel>Fonts</guilabel></term>
+<listitem>
+<para>Here you can control the various font settings for &kde; applications.
+You can also modify here anti-aliasing settings, including what range of
+fonts to exclude from anti-aliasing settings.</para>
+</listitem>
+</varlistentry>
+
+<varlistentry>
+<term><guilabel>Icons</guilabel></term>
+<listitem>
+<para>This section is where you can manage your icon themes and other
+settings related to icons. New icon themes can be downloaded from
+kde-look.org, and installed here. Conversely, you can remove icon themes by
+highlighting them in the list and clicking remove. You can also set icon
+sizes for various uses in &kde; and effects to apply to icons.</para>
+</listitem>
+</varlistentry>
+
+<varlistentry>
+<term><guilabel>Launch Feedback</guilabel></term>
+<listitem>
+<para>This is where you can modify what kind of cursor and/or taskbar
+feedback you'd like for launching applications. You can also set the
+duration of this feedback here. For example, the default setting is for a
+bouncing cursor with a duration of 30 seconds, or when the application has
+loaded.</para>
+</listitem>
+</varlistentry>
+
+<varlistentry>
+<term><guilabel>Screen Saver</guilabel></term>
+<listitem>
+<para>Here you can configure options about your screensaver. You can
+configure the timeout before it starts, and whether it requires a password
+to unlock the screen.</para>
+</listitem>
+</varlistentry>
+
+<varlistentry>
+<term><guilabel>Splash Screen</guilabel></term>
+<listitem>
+<para>This is where you can install, remove and test the splash screens that
+display on &kde; startup. More splash screens can be downloaded from
+<ulink
+url="http://www.kde-look.org">
+
+http://www.kde-look.org</ulink>.</para>
+</listitem>
+</varlistentry>
+
+<varlistentry>
+<term><guilabel>Style</guilabel></term>
+<listitem>
+<para>This section allows you to modify your widget style. A variety of
+styles come with &kde;, and more can be downloaded from <ulink url="http://www.kde-look.org">http://www.kde-look.org</ulink>. This is also
+where you would enable or disable interface options such as transparent
+menus, showing icons on buttons and tooltips. Some styles have more
+configuration options than others.</para>
+</listitem>
+</varlistentry>
+
+<varlistentry>
+<term><guilabel>Theme Manager</guilabel></term>
+<listitem>
+<para>This is where you can create and manage themes that are made up of
+personalized settings. They are a combination of desktop background, colors, &kde; widget styles, icons, fonts and what Screensaver you'd like to display . This allows you to save your favorite
+<quote>looks</quote> and apply them with the click of a mouse button.</para>
+</listitem>
+</varlistentry>
+
+<varlistentry>
+<term><guilabel>Window Decorations</guilabel></term>
+<listitem>
+<para>Here you can configure your window decorations. You can modify the
+style as well as place the buttons in custom positions. Some window
+decorations will have more configuration options than others.</para>
+</listitem>
+</varlistentry>
+</variablelist>
+
+<!-- Add links to "further reading" here -->
+<itemizedlist>
+<title>Related Information</title> <listitem><para>If &kcontrolcenter;
+doesn't have the setting you want, you may need to edit a configuration file
+manually. See <xref linkend="hand-editing-config-files" /> for more
+information about how to do this.</para>
+</listitem>
+
+<listitem><para>If you enjoy modifying the appearance of your &kde; desktop,
+you can find plenty of themes and styles at <ulink url="http://kde-look.org">kde-look.org</ulink>.</para>
+</listitem>
+
+</itemizedlist>
+
+
+</sect1>
+
+<sect1 id="kcontrol-desktop">
+<sect1info>
+<authorgroup>
+<author>
+&J.Hall;
+&J.Hall.mail;
+</author>
+</authorgroup>
+</sect1info>
+<title>Desktop</title>
+
+<para>This is where you will find settings to configure the appearance and
+behavior of your &kde; desktop.</para>
+
+<variablelist>
+<varlistentry>
+<term><guilabel>Behavior</guilabel></term>
+<listitem>
+<para>Here you can configure the behavior of your desktop. This is where
+you would go to configure options such as showing or hiding desktop icons,
+showing tooltips and icon layout. You can also specify if you would like to
+see previews of particular filetypes on the desktop, and which devices you'd
+like to see icons for.</para>
+</listitem>
+</varlistentry>
+
+<varlistentry>
+<term><guilabel>Multiple Desktops</guilabel></term>
+<listitem>
+<para>This is where you would configure the number of virtual desktops or
+workspaces you would like to have, and what you would like them to be
+called. By default &kde; has 4 virtual desktops, and you can configure up to
+20. You can also enable switching between virtual desktops using the scroll
+button on your mouse.</para>
+</listitem>
+</varlistentry>
+
+<varlistentry>
+<term><guilabel>Panels</guilabel></term>
+<listitem>
+<para>Here you can modify options to do with &kicker; and other &kde;
+panels. Among the options are size, position, length and hiding. You can
+also modify the appearance of the panel with transparency, background images
+and icon zooming. This is also where you would configure various menu
+options including what applications you'd like to show in your
+&kmenu;.</para>
+</listitem>
+</varlistentry>
+
+<varlistentry>
+<term><guilabel>Taskbar</guilabel></term>
+<listitem>
+<para>The Taskbar module allows you to configure options related to your
+taskbar. You can configure whether to show windows from all desktops,
+grouping of similar tasks and what actions you would like to assign to your
+mouse buttons.</para>
+</listitem>
+</varlistentry>
+
+<varlistentry>
+<term><guilabel>Window Behavior</guilabel></term>
+<listitem>
+<para>This is where you would configure options related to the behavior of
+&kde;'s window manager, &kwin;. &kwin; is extremely configurable and has
+advanced features such as focus stealing prevention and different focus
+policies such as focus follows mouse. You can also configure what actions
+you would like to bind to certain keys and mouse events.</para>
+</listitem>
+</varlistentry>
+
+<varlistentry>
+<term><guilabel>Window-Specific Settings</guilabel></term>
+<listitem>
+<para>This is an advanced configuration dialog where you can set options for
+the behavior of specific windows. There are many options here for the fine
+tuning of your window layout, including what position on the screen you
+would like certain windows to open to, and whether they should be shown on
+the taskbar or pager. You can select windows by application, or even by
+their specific role within an application.</para>
+</listitem>
+</varlistentry>
+</variablelist>
+
+<!-- Add links to "further reading" here -->
+<!-- <itemizedlist>
+<title>Related Information</title>
+<listitem><para>to be written</para>
+</listitem>
+</itemizedlist> -->
+
+
+</sect1>
+
+<sect1 id="kcontrol-internet-and-network">
+<sect1info>
+<authorgroup>
+<author>
+&J.Hall;
+&J.Hall.mail;
+</author>
+</authorgroup>
+</sect1info>
+<title>Internet &amp; Network</title>
+
+<para>This section is where you would configure settings to do with internet
+and networking under &kde;.</para>
+
+<variablelist>
+<varlistentry>
+<term><guilabel>Connection Preferences</guilabel></term>
+<listitem>
+<para>Here you can set advanced networking options such as timeout values
+for server connects. Usually you would leave these options at the defaults
+unless you really knew what you were doing.</para>
+</listitem>
+</varlistentry>
+
+<varlistentry>
+<term><guilabel>Desktop Sharing</guilabel></term>
+<listitem>
+<para>Desktop Sharing allows you to invite someone to share your session
+with you, or can enable you to log in remotely to your machine from another
+location. You would then use a VNC client like &kde;'s Remote Desktop
+Connection application to control your desktop over the network. This is
+extremely useful if you want someone to help you perform a task. </para>
+
+<para>Here you can create and manage invitations as well as set your
+security policy for uninvited connections. You can also configure whether to
+show a background image and which port for the service to 'listen'
+on.</para>
+</listitem>
+</varlistentry>
+
+<varlistentry>
+<term><guilabel>File Sharing</guilabel></term>
+<listitem>
+<para>File sharing allows you to configure Samba (&Microsoft; &Windows;) and
+<acronym>NFS</acronym> (&UNIX;) file sharing. To make changes in this module
+you need to have the root or administrator password. This is where you would
+set up whether users are allowed to share files without knowing the root
+password, and which users are allowed to do so. You can also configure which
+folders you're like to be shared, using which type of sharing and who is
+allowed to view these shares.</para>
+</listitem>
+</varlistentry>
+
+<varlistentry>
+<term><guilabel>Local Network Browsing</guilabel></term>
+<listitem>
+<para>Here you can configure options related to browsing network shares in
+&konqueror;. &konqueror; is able to browse a variety of network shares and
+manipulate remote files as though they were on your local machine. You can
+configure it to remember your preferred username and password for connecting
+to &Windows; shares (Samba). You can also set what types of network shares
+you would like to be able to browse, including &FTP;, <acronym>NFS</acronym>
+and <acronym>SMB</acronym>.</para>
+</listitem>
+</varlistentry>
+
+<varlistentry>
+<term><guilabel>Local Network Chat</guilabel></term>
+<listitem>
+<para>This module allows you to configure options relating to the &UNIX;
+<command>talk</command> daemon. It is a very simple network chat program
+that runs in a terminal, designed for chatting over a local area
+network. Some of it's features are being able to set up an 'answering
+machine' that will email to you messages left for you, and being able to
+forward messages to another location.</para>
+</listitem>
+</varlistentry>
+
+<varlistentry>
+<term><guilabel>Proxy</guilabel></term>
+<listitem>
+<para>This is where you would configure &kde; to connect to a proxy server
+rather than directly to the internet. Once again you would generally leave
+these options at their defaults unless you really knew what you were
+doing. If you do use a proxy server your network administrator will be able
+to tell you what details to fill in here.</para>
+</listitem>
+</varlistentry>
+
+<varlistentry>
+<term><guilabel>Samba</guilabel></term>
+<listitem>
+<para>The Samba Configuration module requires the
+<systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> or administrator password. It is
+an advanced configuration tool that allows you to control Samba's security,
+shares, users and printers in an intuitive graphical interface. This is a
+very powerful tool with support for configuring everything from simple file
+and printer sharing, to using your Samba server as a &Windows; NT Domain
+Controller.</para>
+</listitem>
+</varlistentry>
+
+<varlistentry>
+<term><guilabel>Service Discovery</guilabel></term>
+<listitem>
+<para>You can set up services browsing with ZeroConf. You can for example browse
+your local network using multicast DNS.</para>
+</listitem>
+</varlistentry>
+
+<varlistentry>
+<term><guilabel>Web Browser</guilabel></term>
+<listitem>
+<para>This module is where you would configure options relating to
+&konqueror; as a web browser. The usual options you would expect from a
+web browser, such as cookie configuration, cache and history can be found
+here as well as sections to modify keyboard shortcuts, plugins and
+fonts.</para>
+</listitem>
+</varlistentry>
+
+<varlistentry>
+<term><guilabel>Wireless Network</guilabel></term>
+<listitem>
+<para>Here you can set up different profiles for your Wireless card, to be
+able to quickly switch settings if you connect to multiple networks. You can
+select a profile to be loaded on &kde; startup.</para>
+</listitem>
+</varlistentry>
+</variablelist>
+
+
+<!-- Add links to "further reading" here -->
+<!-- <itemizedlist>
+<title>Related Information</title>
+<listitem><para>to be written</para>
+</listitem>
+</itemizedlist>-->
+
+
+</sect1>
+
+<sect1 id="kcontrol-kde-components">
+
+
+<sect1info>
+<authorgroup>
+<author>
+&J.Hall;
+&J.Hall.mail;
+</author>
+</authorgroup>
+</sect1info>
+
+<title>&kde; Components</title>
+
+<para>This section is where you can modify advanced &kde; options such as
+file associations and default applications.</para>
+
+<variablelist>
+
+<varlistentry><term><guilabel>Component Chooser</guilabel></term>
+
+<listitem><para>The component chooser allows you to select the default
+applications you would like to use for various services. Here you can define
+what Email Client, Embedded Text Editor, Instant Messenger, Terminal
+Emulator and Web Browser to use. If you prefer to use
+<application>Xterm</application>, <application>Vim</application> or
+<application>Mozilla</application>, this is the place to specify those
+preferences.</para>
+</listitem>
+</varlistentry>
+
+<varlistentry><term><guilabel>File Associations</guilabel></term>
+
+<listitem><para>This is where you configure everything to do with file
+associations. Here you can select a filetype, and choose what applications
+you would like to be able to open it with. You can also select which icon
+you would like to represent each filetype, and whether to show it in an
+embedded or a separate viewer.</para>
+</listitem>
+</varlistentry>
+
+<varlistentry><term><guilabel>File Manager</guilabel></term>
+
+<listitem><para>Here you can configure the behavior of &konqueror; in file
+manager mode. Among the options are fonts and font sizes, previews over
+various network protocols and context menus. &konqueror; is an extremely
+powerful and configurable file management tool with a plethora of
+options. For more information, consult the &konqueror; handbook.</para>
+</listitem>
+</varlistentry>
+
+<varlistentry><term><guilabel>KDE Performance</guilabel></term>
+
+<listitem><para>Here are settings related to the memory usage of
+&konqueror;. <guilabel>Minimize Memory Usage</guilabel> allows you to
+control whether separate instances of &konqueror; will open or whether all
+new &konqueror; windows connect to the same instance. This has the effect of
+reducing memory usage. You can also select whether to pre-load &konqueror;
+after &kde; startup, to reduce start times.</para>
+</listitem>
+</varlistentry>
+
+<varlistentry><term><guilabel>KDE Resources Configuration</guilabel></term>
+
+<listitem><para><remark>To be written</remark></para>
+</listitem>
+</varlistentry>
+
+<varlistentry><term><guilabel>Service Manager</guilabel></term>
+
+<listitem><para>The Service Manager module displays a static list of
+services that are started on demand, and a second list of services that can
+be manipulated by the user. The services in the first list cannot be
+modified or changed. The services in the second list you can enable or
+disable a service loading at start up, and manually start and stop
+services.</para>
+</listitem>
+</varlistentry>
+
+<varlistentry><term><guilabel>Session Manager</guilabel></term>
+
+<listitem><para>Here you can configure how you would like &kde; to handle
+sessions. You can configure &kde; to remember your previous session and
+restore the applications you were using the next time you log in. You can
+also specify individual applications to exclude from being restored, or
+disable restoring sessions on login entirely.</para>
+</listitem>
+</varlistentry>
+
+<varlistentry><term><guilabel>Spell Checker</guilabel></term>
+
+<listitem><para>This module allows you to configure the &kde; Spell
+checker. It allows you to modify what spell checker to use, what types of
+error to check for and also what default dictionary to use. &kde; supports
+the use of both <application>ASpell</application> and
+<application>ISpell.</application></para>
+</listitem>
+</varlistentry>
+
+
+<varlistentry><term><guilabel>Vim Component Configuration</guilabel></term>
+
+<listitem><para>This module allows you to configure the use of
+<application>Vim</application> as an embeddable component. You need to have
+a recent version of <application>Gvim</application> or
+<application>Kvim</application> installed for this. You can configure the
+appearance of the editor as well as which <command>vim</command> binary to
+use.</para>
+</listitem>
+</varlistentry>
+
+</variablelist>
+
+<!-- Add links to "further reading" here -->
+<!-- <itemizedlist>
+<title>Related Information</title>
+<listitem><para>to be written</para>
+</listitem>
+</itemizedlist> -->
+
+
+</sect1>
+
+<sect1 id="kcontrol-peripherals">
+<sect1info>
+<authorgroup>
+<author>
+&J.Hall;
+&J.Hall.mail;
+</author>
+</authorgroup>
+</sect1info>
+<title>Peripherals</title>
+
+<para>This section is where you would change settings related to peripheral
+devices such as keyboards and joysticks.</para>
+
+<variablelist>
+<varlistentry><term><guilabel>Display</guilabel></term>
+
+<listitem><para>Here you can modify settings to do with the size,
+orientation and refresh rate of your display, and whether you would like
+these settings to be applied on &kde; startup. On the <guilabel>Power
+Control</guilabel> tab, you can configure your power management options for
+this screen such as blanking. </para></listitem>
+</varlistentry>
+
+<varlistentry><term><guilabel>Joystick</guilabel></term>
+
+<listitem><para>This section allows you to configure your joystick and test
+that it is working properly. You can also calibrate your joystick here, and
+manually specify the joystick device if it is not autodetected correctly.
+</para></listitem>
+</varlistentry>
+
+<varlistentry><term><guilabel>Keyboard</guilabel></term>
+
+<listitem><para>This module allows you to configure basic keyboard settings.
+These include keyboard repeat delay and rate, and what state you would
+prefer numlock to be on KDE startup.</para></listitem>
+</varlistentry>
+
+<varlistentry><term><guilabel>Mouse</guilabel></term>
+
+<listitem><para>Here is where you can configure settings to do with your
+mouse device. You can switch the button order, reverse the scroll direction
+or modify the behaviour of clickable icons. You may also preview, install
+and select cursor themes. The <guilabel>Advanced</guilabel> tab allows you
+to fine tune your mouse settings further.</para></listitem>
+</varlistentry>
+
+<varlistentry><term><guilabel>Printers</guilabel></term>
+
+<listitem><para> This dialog allows you to configure printers using a
+variety of print systems. You can add local and remote printers, check
+current jobs and look at printer properties.</para>
+</listitem>
+</varlistentry>
+
+</variablelist>
+
+<!-- Add links to "further reading" here -->
+<!-- <itemizedlist>
+<title>Related Information</title>
+<listitem><para>to be written</para>
+</listitem>
+</itemizedlist> -->
+
+
+</sect1>
+
+<sect1 id="kcontrol-power-control">
+<sect1info>
+<authorgroup>
+<author>
+&J.Hall;
+&J.Hall.mail;
+</author>
+</authorgroup>
+</sect1info>
+
+<title>Power Control</title>
+
+<para>This section has a single module, <guilabel>Laptop Battery</guilabel>.
+Here you can configure the appearance and behaviour of the <application>Klaptopdaemon</application>
+battery monitor. You can select battery icons to represent different power states, and set up
+notification of certain events. In the case that your battery runs down to a critical level, you can
+configure the daemon to suspend or shutdown your laptop, to save you from losing data.
+</para>
+
+<!-- Add links to "further reading" here -->
+<!-- <itemizedlist>
+<title>Related Information</title>
+<listitem><para>to be written</para>
+</listitem>
+</itemizedlist>-->
+
+</sect1>
+
+<sect1 id="kcontrol-regional-and-accessibility">
+<sect1info>
+<authorgroup>
+<author>
+&J.Hall;
+&J.Hall.mail;
+</author>
+</authorgroup>
+</sect1info>
+
+<title>Regional &amp; Accessibility</title>
+<para>This section is where you can configure options to do with region
+and locale, and also acessibility related options for disabled
+persons.</para>
+
+<variablelist>
+
+<varlistentry><term><guilabel>Accessibility</guilabel></term>
+
+<listitem><para>Here is where you can configure options for users who have
+difficulty hearing system sounds or using a keyboard. You can configure the
+system bell to use a visual signal, such as flashing the screen or inverting
+screen colors. You can also configure keyboard accessibility options such
+as sticky keys and slow keys.</para></listitem>
+</varlistentry>
+
+<varlistentry><term><guilabel>Country/Region &amp; Language</guilabel></term>
+
+<listitem><para>This module allows you to configure options that are
+specific to your location such as language, currency and date format. To
+make available more languages, install the kde-i18n packages for your
+distribution.</para></listitem>
+</varlistentry>
+
+<varlistentry><term><guilabel>Input Actions</guilabel></term>
+
+<listitem><para>Here is where you would configure input actions, such as
+mouse gestures and keyboard shotcuts for launching applications and running
+commands.</para></listitem>
+</varlistentry>
+
+<varlistentry><term><guilabel>Keyboard Layout</guilabel></term>
+
+<listitem><para>This module is where you would configure
+<application>Kxkb</application>, a keyboard layout switching utility that
+uses the &X-Window; xkb extension. It allows you to switch between different
+layouts using a tray indicator or a keyboard shortcut. You can
+enable/disable keyboard layouts through this dialog, and add more. Some of
+the more powerful features are the ability to configure switching of layouts
+globally, per application or per window.</para></listitem>
+</varlistentry>
+
+<varlistentry><term><guilabel>Keyboard Shortcuts</guilabel></term>
+
+<listitem><para>Here you can configure global &kde; keyboard
+shortcuts. There are several predefined shortcut schemes you can use if you
+are more used to another windowing environment, like &Windows; or
+&MacOS;. If you prefer, you can customise your own scheme and modifier keys.
+</para></listitem>
+</varlistentry>
+</variablelist>
+
+<!-- Add links to "further reading" here -->
+<!-- <itemizedlist>
+<title>Related Information</title>
+<listitem><para>to be written</para>
+</listitem>
+</itemizedlist> -->
+
+
+</sect1>
+
+<sect1 id="kcontrol-security-and-privacy">
+<sect1info>
+<authorgroup>
+<author>
+&Anne-Marie.Mahfouf;
+&Anne-Marie.Mahfouf.mail;
+</author>
+<author>
+<firstname>Javier</firstname>
+<surname>Mart&iacute;n Diez</surname>
+</author>
+<othercredit role="reviewer">
+<personname><firstname>Rocco</firstname> <surname>Stanzione</surname>
+</personname>
+</othercredit>
+</authorgroup>
+</sect1info>
+<title>Security &amp; Privacy</title>
+
+<para>This section is where you can configure options related to
+security and privacy such as the use of cryptography, enabling the KDE
+wallet, setting your identity and managing caches.</para>
+
+<variablelist>
+<varlistentry><term><guilabel>Crypto</guilabel></term>
+<listitem><para>This module allows you to configure SSl for use with most
+KDE applications, as well as manage your personal certificates
+and the known certificate authorities.</para></listitem>
+</varlistentry>
+
+<varlistentry><term><guilabel>KDE Wallet</guilabel></term>
+<listitem><para>
+Here you can change your KDE Wallet Manager settings.</para>
+
+<para>KDE Wallet aims to provide secure storage for passwords and web form data.
+You can group different passwords in different wallets, and each one will only
+be opened with a master password (which you should never forget!). The
+default wallet is named "kdewallet", and you can either create a new wallet
+for your local passwords or accept the default wallet for all data in
+the "Automatic Wallet Selection" section.</para>
+
+<para>KDE programs like Konqueror, Kmail and Kopete are fully compatible with
+the KDE Wallet Manager. All of them will ask at least once for permission to
+access to actual wallet. You can give different access levels, such as "always
+allow", "allow once", etc. If you want to change that access level, you can do
+it from the "Access Control" tab by deleting the program entry and selecting a
+new preference the next time that application requests access to the
+wallet.</para>
+
+ <variablelist>
+
+ <varlistentry><term><guilabel>Wallet Preferences</guilabel></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>To enable the KDE wallet subsystem, check the <guilabel>
+Enable the KDE wallet subsystem</guilabel> box.
+Unchecking this box will disable the KDE Wallet on your system.</para>
+
+<para>By default, KDE Wallet Manager is kept opened until the
+user session is closed, but you can change that in the <guilabel>Close
+Wallet</guilabel> section to close it when unused for a time, when a screen
+saver starts or when the last application stops using it.</para>
+
+<para>As you can have several wallets, <guilabel>Automatic Wallet
+Selection</guilabel> allows you start KDE with a given wallet.</para>
+
+<para>KDE Wallet will appear in your system tray by default, but you can hide
+it. Uncheck <guilabel>Show manager in the system tray</guilabel> to keep it
+always hidden, or check <guilabel>Hide system tray icon when last wallet
+closes</guilabel> to hide it only when all wallets are closed. These items are
+in the <guilabel>Wallet Manager</guilabel> section.</para></listitem>
+</varlistentry>
+
+
+<varlistentry><term><guilabel>Access Control</guilabel></term>
+
+<listitem><para>You can set here what policy you want for your
+KDE applications, regarding to the wallet use.</para></listitem>
+</varlistentry>
+</variablelist>
+
+</listitem>
+</varlistentry>
+
+
+<varlistentry><term><guilabel>Password &amp; User Account</guilabel></term>
+<listitem><para>You can change here your personal information
+which will be used in mail programs and word processors. You
+can change your login password by clicking the <guibutton>Change
+Password...</guibutton> button.</para></listitem>
+</varlistentry>
+
+<varlistentry><term><guilabel>Privacy</guilabel></term>
+<listitem><para>This module allows you to erase traces which
+KDE leaves on your system such as command histories or
+browser caches.</para></listitem>
+</varlistentry>
+
+</variablelist>
+
+</sect1>
+
+<!-- <sect1 id="kcontrol-sound-and-multimedia">
+<title>Sound &amp; Multimedia</title>
+<para>to be written</para>
+
+<itemizedlist>
+<title>Related Information</title>
+<listitem><para></para>
+</listitem>
+</itemizedlist>
+
+</sect1> -->
+
+<sect1 id="kcontrol-system-administration">
+<sect1info>
+<authorgroup>
+<author>
+&J.Hall;
+&J.Hall.mail;
+</author>
+</authorgroup>
+</sect1info>
+
+<title>System Administration</title>
+<para>This module allows you to configure aspects of your system such as
+the bootloader, the kernel and helps you perform essential system tasks. Most of these
+sections will require the root or Administrator password to effect changes.</para>
+
+<variablelist>
+<varlistentry>
+<term><guilabel>Boot Manager (LILO)</guilabel></term>
+<listitem><para>If you use the popular bootloader
+<acronym>LILO</acronym> this section will allow you to configure it.
+You can configure the location to install the bootloader to, set the timeout
+on the <acronym>LILO</acronym> boot screen as well as add or modify
+kernel images for the boot list.</para>
+</listitem>
+</varlistentry>
+
+<varlistentry>
+<term><guilabel>Date &amp; Time</guilabel></term>
+<listitem><para>This configuration module allows you to configure the system date and time
+settings. You can set the date, time, and also the current time zone. These settings will be applied system-wide.</para></listitem>
+</varlistentry>
+
+<varlistentry>
+<term><guilabel>Font Installer</guilabel></term>
+<listitem><para>Here is where you would configure both personal and system-wide fonts.
+This dialog allows you to install new fonts, delete old ones and preview the fonts you
+have installed. By default, it displays personal fonts. To modify system-wide fonts click the <guibutton>Administrator Mode</guibutton> button.</para> </listitem>
+</varlistentry>
+<varlistentry>
+<term><guilabel>IBM Thinkpad Laptop</guilabel></term>
+<listitem><para>This configuration module allows you to configure the special keys on an IBM thinkpad
+ laptop. You will need the <quote>nvram</quote> module to use these features.</para></listitem>
+</varlistentry>
+<varlistentry>
+<term><guilabel>Linux Kernel</guilabel></term>
+<listitem><para>If you run &kde; on &Linux; there is a &kcontrol; module to create or modify
+configuration files for a &Linux; kernel. This configurator is compatible with kernels previous to 2.5.</para></listitem>
+</varlistentry>
+<varlistentry>
+<term><guilabel>Login Manager</guilabel></term>
+<listitem><para>This module allows you to configure the &kde; login manager, &kdm;. &kdm; is
+a powerful login manager with a large range of options. It supports user switching, remote graphical logins and has a fully customizable appearance. For more information, see the &kdm; handbook. </para></listitem>
+</varlistentry>
+<varlistentry>
+<term><guilabel>Paths</guilabel></term>
+<listitem><para>This dialog allows you to configure the default locations where certain
+important files are kept. The <guilabel>Desktop</guilabel> directory contains all the files on your desktop. The <guilabel>Autostart</guilabel> directory contains files or links to files that you want run when &kde; starts, and the <guilabel>Documents</guilabel> directory is the default location &kde; applications will open or save documents to.</para></listitem>
+</varlistentry>
+<varlistentry>
+<term><guilabel>Sony Vaio Laptop</guilabel></term>
+<listitem><para>This configuration module allows you to configure features specific to
+Sony Vaio laptops. If you have a Sony Vaio, you will have to install the <quote>sonypi</quote>
+driver to use this section.</para></listitem>
+</varlistentry>
+</variablelist>
+<!-- Add links to "further reading" here -->
+<!-- <itemizedlist>
+<title>Related Information</title>
+<listitem><para>to be written</para>
+</listitem>
+</itemizedlist>-->
+</sect1>
+</chapter>
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