If you use the Control Panel regularly you can cut down on the amount of key strokes needed to access control panel by placing a Control Panel icon on your desktop.
1/ Launch Control Panel over your desktop - (Start>control panel).
2/ Now press the Restore Down button in the top right hand corner of the window so that part of the desktop is visible.
3/ At the top left hand corner of the Control Panel in the status bar (above the toolbar) you will see an Icon that resembles a screen with a red tick in it.
4/ Click and hold the right mouse button on this icon and drag it to the desktop.
5/ You now should have a Control Panel Icon on your desktop.