How to Add Windows Components
There are many components available to you as a Windows user. Many of these components have to be added and configured for your computer before you can actually use them. To see the components available to you, you must go to the “Control Panel” and access them through the “Add or Remove Programs” icon.
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Instructions
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Click once on the “Start” menu button, which is located on the taskbar.
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Find the Control Panel. Click once on it. The “Control Panel” window will pop up.
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Click twice on “Add or Remove Programs.” The “Add or Remove Programs” window will pop up. Along the left side of the window, you will see four choices: “Change or Remove Programs,” “Add New Programs,” “Add/Remove Windows Components” and “Set Program Access and Defaults.”
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Choose “Add/Remove Windows Components” by clicking on it. The “Windows Components Wizard” window will pop up.
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Select the component you want to add by clicking inside the small square next to the component’s name.
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Click the “Next” button at the bottom of the “Windows Components Wizard” window. The wizard will automatically configure for you the component you want to add.
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Wait until another window pops up that says, “You have successfully completed the Windows Components Wizard.”
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Click the “Finish” button at the bottom of the “Windows Components Wizard” window.
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