NT 5.0, the Final Frontier

Control Panel

• Accessibility Options: this applet has stayed the same so far. However, MS has added a few new accessibility tools accessible via the start / programs / accessories menu. We'll cover these in a moment.
• Add / Remove Programs: also very familiar, no changes implemented (yet).
• Date / Time: no change.
• Display: the addition of a tab called "Color schemes", intended to work together with Kodak's colour matching scheme, which has been incorporated into NT 5. However, as of yet, it's next to useless since there aren't that many schemes to choose from yet and making your own config is also not yet possible.
• Fax client / server: finally, MS decided to incorporate a simple faxing solution into NT 5 like it did with Windows 95. Since this solution is essentially the same as the "Personal Fax" program you can download from MS's web site, it's bare bones and just covers the basics (OK, maybe a wee bit more). If you want a full-fledged solution, take a look at Symantec's WinFax Pro 8.01. For those of you who haven't seen Microsoft's fax solution yet, here it is
  Fax Client Properties, Fax Server Properties
• Keyboard: you can now install new keyboard layouts from floppies or CD and also remove them interactively:
• Modem: MS has finally incorporated the diagnostics feature that was mysteriously absent from the NT 4.0 version of the applet:
• Mouse: if you like it fast, like I do, you could switch to the motion tab and adjust the speed to its maximum setting. However, if this was not fast enough, you had to edit the registry to enable acceleration. Finally, this option can be set interactively as well:
• Power Management: as I've told you before, NT now supports power management. All configuration takes place through this applet. It has the following three tabs.
  
  • Power Management Properties : Power Schemes
    
  • Power Management Properties : Advanced
    
  • Power Management Properties : Hibernate
• Regional settings: currently, the last control applet to have undergone some major changes:

As you can see, you can now add support for several non-Western European languages. Not only that, support can be added sperately for the administrator and for the current user.