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Book I: Starting Windows 10
Chapter 1: Windows 10 4 N00bs
Hardware and Software
Why Do PCs Have to Run Windows?............................................................14
A Terminology Survival Kit...........................................................................18
What, Exactly, Is the Web?............................................................................21
Getting inside the Internet...................................................................22
What is the World Wide Web?.............................................................23
Who pays for all this stuff?..................................................................25
Buying a Windows 10 Computer...................................................................26
Inside the big box.................................................................................28
Inside a touch‐sensitive tablet............................................................31
Screening...............................................................................................33
Managing disks and drives..................................................................34
Making PC connections........................................................................37
Futzing with video, sound, and multitudinous media......................40
Netbooks and Ultrabooks....................................................................41
Chapter 2: Windows 10 for the Experienced 43
A Brief History of Windows 10......................................................................43
The Different Kinds of Windows Programs, Er, Apps................................46
What’s New for the XP Crowd.......................................................................49
Improved performance........................................................................49
Better video...........................................................................................50
A genuinely better browser.................................................................50
Cortana...................................................................................................51
Other improvements............................................................................52
What’s New for Windows 7 and Vista Victims............................................53
Getting the hang of the new Start menu............................................53
Exploring new stuff in the old‐fashioned desktop............................56
What’s New for Windows 8 and 8.1 Users...................................................57
What’s New for All of Windows....................................................................58
The Start menu......................................................................................59
Microsoft Edge......................................................................................59
Cortana...................................................................................................62
Virtual desktops and Task view..........................................................63
Security improvements........................................................................64
Other Windows Universal apps..........................................................65
What you lose........................................................................................65
Do You Need Windows 10?............................................................................67
Chapter 3: Which Version? 69
Counting the Editions....................................................................................69
Buying the right version the first time...............................................71
Narrowing the choices.........................................................................71
Choosing 32‐bit versus 64‐bit........................................................................73
Which Version of Windows Are You Running Right Now?........................75
Chapter 4: Upgrades and Clean Installs 79
Do You Qualify for Free?................................................................................80
Deciding Whether to Upgrade Your Old PC................................................81
Choosing Your Upgrade Path........................................................................83
Upgrading Windows 7 SP1 or Windows 8.1
Update to Windows 10 Online...................................................................84
Installing Win10 from a DVD or USB Drive..................................................87
Cleaning the Gunk Off New PCs....................................................................94
What If the Wheels Fall Off?..........................................................................95
Book II: Personalizing Windows.................................... 97
Chapter 1: Getting around in Windows . 99
Windows’ New Beginnings..........................................................................100
A tale of two homes............................................................................100
Switching to Tablet Mode and back.................................................102
Navigating Around the Desktop..................................................................105
Keying Keyboard Shortcuts........................................................................112
Chapter 2: Changing the Lock Screen and Logon Screen 115
Working with the Lock Screen....................................................................116
Using your own picture......................................................................117
Adding and removing apps on the lock screen..............................119
Logging In Uniquely......................................................................................121
Using a picture password..................................................................121
Creating a PIN......................................................................................124
Windows Hello....................................................................................125
Bypassing passwords and logon.......................................................126
Chapter 3: Working with the Action/Notification Center . 127
What Is the Action Center?..........................................................................127
What, Exactly, Is a Notification?.................................................................130
Working with Notifications..........................................................................131
Working with Settings Shortcuts................................................................133
Chapter 4: Controlling Users . 135
Why You Need Separate User Accounts....................................................136
Choosing Account Types.............................................................................137
What’s a standard account?..............................................................137
What’s an administrator account?...................................................138
Choosing between standard and administrator accounts............139
What’s Good and Bad about Microsoft Accounts....................................140
Adding Users.................................................................................................142
Changing Accounts.......................................................................................145
Changing other users’ settings.........................................................145
Changing your own settings..............................................................149
Switching Users............................................................................................149
Chapter 5: Microsoft Account: To Sync or Not to Sync? 151
What, Exactly, Is a Microsoft Account?.....................................................152
Deciding Whether You Want a Microsoft Account..................................153
Setting Up a Microsoft Account..................................................................155
Setting up a Hotmail/Outlook.com account....................................156
Making any email address a Microsoft account.............................158
Taking Care of Your Microsoft Account....................................................160
Controlling Sync...........................................................................................161
Chapter 6: Privacy Control . 163
Why You Should Be Concerned..................................................................164
Knowing What Connections Windows Prefers.........................................166
Controlling Location Tracking....................................................................167
Blocking all location tracking............................................................170
Blocking location tracking in an app................................................171
Minimizing Privacy Intrusion......................................................................172
Book III: Working on the Desktop............................... 175
Chapter 1: Running Your Desktop from Start to Finish . 177
Tripping through Win10’s Three Personas...............................................177
Working with the Traditional Desktop......................................................180
Changing the background..................................................................180
Cleaning up useless icons and programs........................................181
Mousing with Your Mouse...........................................................................183
What’s up, dock?.................................................................................184
Changing the mouse...........................................................................186
Starting with the Start Button.....................................................................187
Touching on the Taskbar............................................................................190
Tapping with Tablet Mode..........................................................................192
Working with Files and Folders..................................................................195
Using File Explorer..............................................................................198
Navigating............................................................................................198
Viewing.................................................................................................199
Creating files and folders...................................................................200
Modifying files and folders................................................................201
Showing filename extensions............................................................202
Sharing folders....................................................................................204
Using the \ Public folder....................................................................205
Recycling..............................................................................................207
Creating Shortcuts........................................................................................208
Keying Keyboard Shortcuts........................................................................210
Sleep: Perchance to Dream.........................................................................211
Chapter 2: Personalizing the Start Menu 213
Touring the Start Menu................................................................................215
Modifying the Start Menu............................................................................216
Changing your picture........................................................................216
Manipulating Most used.....................................................................220
Controlling the bottom‐left lists........................................................220
Circumnavigating All Apps................................................................222
Resizing the Start Menu...............................................................................224
Changing Tiles on the Start Menu..............................................................227
Organizing Your Start Menu Tiles..............................................................228
Add, add, add your tiles.....................................................................228
Forming and naming your groups....................................................229
Chapter 3: Personalizing the Desktop and Taskbar 231
Decking out the Desktop..............................................................................231
Resolving Desktop Resolution....................................................................236
Setting the screen resolution............................................................236
Using magnification............................................................................239
Putting Icons and Shortcuts on the Desktop............................................241
Creating shortcuts..............................................................................243
Arranging icons on the desktop........................................................245
Tricking out the Taskbar.............................................................................249
Anatomy of the taskbar......................................................................249
Jumping................................................................................................250
Changing the taskbar.........................................................................252
Working with the taskbar..................................................................253
Chapter 4: Working with Multiple Desktops 255
Getting around Multiple Desktops.............................................................256
Interacting between Desktops....................................................................259
Other Multiple Desktop Settings................................................................261
Chapter 5: Internet Explorer, Chrome, and Firefox 263
Which Browser Is Best?...............................................................................264
Considering security..........................................................................264
Looking at privacy..............................................................................265
Picking a browser...............................................................................266
Setting a browser as your default.....................................................268
Using Internet Explorer on the Desktop....................................................271
Navigating in IE...................................................................................271
Dealing with cookies...........................................................................277
Changing the home page...................................................................279
Turning on key features.....................................................................281
Searching with alacrity . . . and Google............................................282
Customizing Firefox......................................................................................284
Installing Firefox..................................................................................285
Browsing privately in Firefox............................................................287
Bookmarking with the Fox.................................................................289
Syncing with Firefox...........................................................................291
Changing the default search engine.................................................292
Adding Firefox’s best add‐ons...........................................................293
Optimizing Google Chrome.........................................................................295
Installing Chrome................................................................................295
Navigating in Chrome.........................................................................296
Searching on the Web..................................................................................299
Finding what you’re looking for........................................................300
Using Advanced Search.....................................................................301
Pulling out Google parlor tricks........................................................303
Referring to Internet Reference Tools.......................................................304
Internet speed test..............................................................................304
DNSStuff...............................................................................................304
3d Traceroute......................................................................................305
Down for everyone or just me?.........................................................306
The Wayback Machine.......................................................................306
Chapter 6: Hey, Cortana! 309
The Cortana Backstory................................................................................310
Make Cortana Respond to “Hey, Cortana”................................................311
Setting up Cortana........................................................................................314
Using Cortana Settings.................................................................................317
Chapter 7: Maintaining Your System . 321
What Are the Differences among Restore, Reset, System
Repair, Recovery Mode, Refresh, and Restart?.....................................321
Using a Password Reset Disk......................................................................323
Creating a Password Reset Disk........................................................324
Using a Password Reset Disk.............................................................325
Maintaining Drives........................................................................................327
What is formatting?............................................................................328
Introducing hard‐drive‐maintenance tools......................................328
Running an error check......................................................................329
Defragmenting a drive........................................................................329
Maintaining Solid State Drives....................................................................331
Zipping and Compressing............................................................................332
Compressing with NTFS.....................................................................334
Zipping the easy way with Compressed (zipped) Folders............336
Book IV: Using the Built‐In Universal Apps................. 339
Chapter 1: Using the Mail and Calendar Apps . 341
Choosing a Mail/Calendar App...................................................................342
Comparing email programs...............................................................343
Comparing calendar apps..................................................................346
Choosing the right package...............................................................348
Drilling Down on Windows 10 Universal Mail...........................................349
Creating a new message.....................................................................353
Searching for email in Universal Mail...............................................355
Universal Mail settings.................................................................................355
Adding a new email account.............................................................356
Setting Extra Options.........................................................................358
Avoiding Universal Calendar App Collisions............................................358
Adding Calendar Items.......................................................................361
Struggling with Calendar shortcomings...........................................362
Beyond Email................................................................................................362
Chapter 2: Keeping Track of People 365
The Contact List in Windows 10.................................................................365
Putting Contacts in the Universal People App..........................................366
Adding accounts to Universal People..............................................366
Editing a contact.................................................................................370
Adding people in Universal People..................................................371
Alternatives to the Win10 Universal People App.....................................374
Chapter 3: Zooming the Photos App and Beyond 375
Discovering What Windows Photos App Can Do.....................................375
Touring Photos.............................................................................................376
Editing Photos...............................................................................................378
Setting Settings.............................................................................................382
Adding Photos...............................................................................................383
Importing Pictures from a Camera or External Drive..............................384
Working with Albums...................................................................................384
Storing and Managing Photos Online.........................................................385
Chapter 4: Noting OneNote 389
Getting Started in OneNote with or without a Pen...................................390
Setting Up Notebooks, Sections, Pages......................................................391
Embellishing on a OneNote Page................................................................394
Sending to OneNote......................................................................................396
Setting Settings.............................................................................................398
Chapter 5: Making Maps 401
Basic Map Functions....................................................................................401
Navigating with the Map App......................................................................404
Taking a Map Offline.....................................................................................407
Chapter 6: Running Music and Movies & TV 409
Getting Your Music and Movies into the Apps.........................................412
Running around the Universal Music App................................................413
Finding Music and Playlists.........................................................................415
Buying Music.................................................................................................417
Running around the Movies & TV App......................................................419
Book V: Connecting with the Universal Apps............... 421
Chapter 1: Introducing Edge 423
A Walk through Microsoft Edge..................................................................424
Working with Web Note...............................................................................429
A Sampler of Edge Settings..........................................................................429
Chapter 2: Using Skype in Windows 10 435
Exploring Skype Alternatives......................................................................436
Signing up with Skype..................................................................................438
Making First Contact....................................................................................442
Adding a Contact..........................................................................................444
A Few Tips from Skype‐ologists..................................................................445
Chapter 3: News, Money, and Sports 447
Recognizing the Bing in Everyone..............................................................448
Reading the News with Bing........................................................................449
Getting around News..........................................................................449
Adding your own Interests................................................................453
Pinning Money for Fun and Profit...............................................................456
Sports Fans Everywhere, Take Note..........................................................462
More Universal Apps....................................................................................463
Tripwolf, the Anointed Travel Guide................................................464
BBC Good Food...................................................................................466
Fitness & Health..................................................................................466
Chapter 4: Navigating the Windows Store . 469
Checking out What a Universal App Can Do.............................................470
Browsing the Windows Store......................................................................472
Searching the Windows Store.....................................................................476
Updating Your Windows Store Apps.........................................................478
Chapter 5: Games, Games, and Games 481
Searching the Store for Games...................................................................482
Bringing Back the Classics..........................................................................485
Starting with Sudoku....................................................................................487
Cutting the Rope with Style.........................................................................489
Pirates Love Daisies.....................................................................................492
Despicable Me, Sonic, and More.................................................................494
Book VI: Socializing with the Universal Apps............... 497
Chapter 1: Organizing Office for Windows 10 499
Three Major Branches of the Office Family Tree.....................................499
Office 2016 and desktop versions.....................................................500
Universal/Mobile/iOS/Android Office...............................................501
Office Online........................................................................................503
Office 365 — the Differentiator.........................................................505
Setting Up Universal Office for Windows 10..............................................507
The Future of Universal Windows Office...................................................509
Chapter 2: Using OneDrive . 511
What Is OneDrive?........................................................................................512
Setting Up a OneDrive Account..................................................................515
Running OneDrive on the Web...................................................................519
Syncing Files from OneDrive to Your Machine.........................................522
The Future of OneDrive — We Hope..........................................................525
Chapter 3: Getting Started with Facebook 527
Signing Up for a Facebook Account...........................................................529
Choosing basic Facebook privacy settings.....................................532
Interpreting the Facebook interface lingo.......................................538
Building a Great Timeline............................................................................539
Using the Universal Facebook App............................................................543
Chapter 4: Getting Started with Twitter 547
Understanding Twitter.................................................................................548
Setting Up a Twitter Account......................................................................551
Tweeting for Beginners................................................................................556
Beware hacking...................................................................................556
Using the @ sign and Reply................................................................557
Retweeting for fun and profit............................................................558
Direct Messaging.................................................................................558
Hooking Twitter into Windows...................................................................559
Chapter 5: Getting Started with LinkedIn 561
Signing Up for LinkedIn................................................................................561
Using LinkedIn for Fun and Profit...............................................................565
Book VII: Controlling Your System.............................. 569
Chapter 1: Settings, Settings, and More Settings 571
Introducing the Universal Settings App.....................................................572
Spelunking through the Control Panel.......................................................575
Putting Shortcuts to Settings on Your Desktop........................................577
“God Mode”...................................................................................................580
Chapter 2: Troubleshooting and Getting Help 583
Starting with Contact Support....................................................................584
Troubleshooting the Easy Way...................................................................587
System Stability and the Reliability Monitor............................................588
Tricks to Using Windows Help....................................................................590
The problem(s) with Windows Help................................................591
Using different kinds of help.............................................................591
How to Really Get Help................................................................................592
Snapping and Recording Your Problems..................................................595
Taking snaps that snap......................................................................595
Recording live.....................................................................................596
Connecting to Remote Assistance..............................................................600
Understanding the interaction..........................................................600
Making the connection.......................................................................601
Limiting an invitation.........................................................................606
Troubleshooting Remote Assistance...............................................606
Getting Help Online......................................................................................607
Chapter 3: Working with Libraries . 609
Understanding Libraries..............................................................................609
Making Your Libraries Visible.....................................................................610
Working with Your Default Libraries.........................................................613
Customizing Libraries..................................................................................616
Adding a folder to a Library..............................................................616
Changing a Library’s default save location.....................................617
Creating Your Own Library.........................................................................619
Chapter 4: Storing in Storage Spaces 621
Understanding the “Virtualization” of Storage.........................................622
Setting Up Storage Spaces...........................................................................624
Working with Storage Spaces......................................................................628
Storage Space Strategies..............................................................................629
Chapter 5: Getting the Most from Homegroups 631
Preparing a PC for a Homegroup................................................................631
Connecting to a Homegroup.......................................................................633
Setting up a new Homegroup............................................................635
Joining an existing Homegroup.........................................................637
Sharing Files and Printers in a Homegroup...............................................638
Navigating to a Homegroup Folder............................................................639
Caring for Your Homegroup........................................................................640
Changing the Homegroup password................................................640
Adding or blocking folders in the Homegroup................................642
Venturing beyond Homegroups.................................................................643
Sharing and granting permissions....................................................643
Sharing on mixed Homegroup, workgroup,
and Apple networks........................................................................644
Chapter 6: Running the Built‐In Applications 647
Setting Alarms & Clock................................................................................647
Getting Free Word Processing....................................................................651
Running Notepad................................................................................652
Writing with WordPad........................................................................653
Taming the Character Map..........................................................................656
Calculating — Free.......................................................................................657
Painting..........................................................................................................659
Sticking Sticky Notes....................................................................................661
Chapter 7: Working with Printers . 663
Installing a Printer........................................................................................664
Attaching a local printer....................................................................664
Connecting a network printer...........................................................666
Using the Print Queue..................................................................................668
Displaying a print queue....................................................................669
Pausing and resuming a print queue................................................670
Pausing, restarting, and resuming a document..............................671
Canceling a document........................................................................672
Troubleshooting Printing............................................................................672
Catching a Runaway Printer........................................................................674
Book VIII: Maintaining Windows 10........................... 677
Chapter 1: File History, Backup, Data Restore, and Sync 679
What Happened to the Windows 7 Backup?.............................................680
The Future of Reliable Storage Is in the Cloud.........................................680
Backing Up and Restoring Files with File History.....................................681
Setting up File History........................................................................682
Restoring data from File History.......................................................685
Changing File History settings..........................................................687
Storing to and through the Cloud...............................................................690
Considering cloud storage privacy concerns.................................691
Reaping the benefits of backup and storage in the cloud.............693
Choosing an online backup and sharing service............................693
Chapter 2: A Fresh Start: Restore and Reset . 697
The Three R’s — and an SI and RE.............................................................697
Resetting Your PC.........................................................................................700
Resetting Your PC and Removing Everything...........................................703
Restoring to an Earlier Point.......................................................................704
Creating a restore point.....................................................................705
Rolling back to a restore point..........................................................707
Entering the Windows Recovery Environment.........................................709
Chapter 3: Monitoring Windows 713
Viewing Events..............................................................................................714
Using Event Viewer.............................................................................714
Events worthy — and not worthy — of viewing.............................716
Gauging System Reliability..........................................................................717
Chapter 4: Using System Tools . 721
Tasking Task Manager.................................................................................721
Task Manager Processes...................................................................724
Task Manager Performance...............................................................724
Task Manager App History................................................................726
Task Manager Startup and Autoruns...............................................727
Task Manager Users...........................................................................729
Task Manager Details and Services..................................................730
Installing a Second Hard Drive....................................................................730
Running a Virtual Machine..........................................................................733
Book IX: Securing Windows 10................................... 741
Chapter 1: Spies, Spams, Scams — They’re Out to Get You . 743
Understanding the Hazards — and the Hoaxes........................................744
The primary infection vectors..........................................................744
Zombies and botnets..........................................................................746
Phishing...............................................................................................749
419 scams.............................................................................................753
I’m from Microsoft, and I’m here to help.........................................757
0day exploits.......................................................................................759
Staying Informed...........................................................................................760
Relying on reliable sources...............................................................760
Ditching the hoaxes............................................................................761
Am I Infected?................................................................................................763
Evaluating telltale signs.....................................................................763
Where did that message come from?...............................................764
What to do next...................................................................................765
Shunning scareware...........................................................................767
Getting Protected.........................................................................................769
Protecting against malware...............................................................769
Disabling Java and Flash....................................................................770
Using your credit card safely online................................................771
Defending your privacy......................................................................773
Reducing spam....................................................................................774
Dealing with Data Breaches........................................................................776
Chapter 2: Fighting Viri and Scum 779
Basic Windows Security Do’s and Don’ts..................................................779
Making Sense of Malware............................................................................783
Scanning for Rootkits with Windows Defender Offline............................785
Deciphering Browsers’ Inscrutable Warnings..........................................789
Chrome.................................................................................................789
Firefox...................................................................................................791
Chapter 3: Running Built‐In Security Programs . 793
Working with Windows Defender...............................................................793
Adjusting Windows Defender............................................................795
Running Windows Defender manually.............................................797
Judging SmartScreen....................................................................................798
Booting Securely with UEFI.........................................................................801
A brief history of BIOS........................................................................802
How UEFI is different from/better than BIOS..................................803
How Windows 10 uses UEFI...............................................................804
Controlling User Account Control..............................................................805
Poking at Windows Firewall........................................................................808
Understanding Firewall basic features.............................................809
Speaking your firewall’s lingo............................................................810
Peeking in to your firewall.................................................................811
Making inbound exceptions..............................................................812
Chapter 4: Top Security Helpers . 817
Deciding about BitLocker............................................................................818
Managing Your Passwords..........................................................................821
Using password managers.................................................................821
Which is better: Online or in‐hand?..................................................822
Rockin’ RoboForm..............................................................................822
Liking LastPass....................................................................................823
Keeping Your Other Programs Up to Date................................................825
Blocking Java and Flash in Your Browser.................................................827
Fighting Back at Tough Scumware.............................................................829
Securing Your Communication with VyprVPN.........................................831
What’s a VPN?.....................................................................................831
Setting up a VPN.................................................................................832
Book X: Enhancing Windows 10................................. 835
Chapter 1: Using Your iPad and iPhone with Windows . 837
Running iTunes on Windows, or Maybe Not.............................................838
Why you may need or want iTunes for Windows...........................839
Installing iTunes..................................................................................839
Setting up iTunes................................................................................842
Pulling Internet videos onto your iPad............................................845
The Inside Story on Office for iPad............................................................847
Great iPad Apps to Use with Windows......................................................849
Controlling Windows from your iPad...............................................850
Delivering PowerPoint presentations with your iPad....................851
Extending your Windows display with iDisplay.............................852
Moving files between your PC and the iPad....................................852
Playing with Kids on Your iPad or iPhones...............................................854
Chapter 2: Android, Chromecast, Roku, Kindle,
and Windows 10 857
What, Exactly, Is Android?..........................................................................858
Getting clear on Android...................................................................859
Making Windows talk to your Android phone or tablet................860
Connecting TVs with Roku, Plex, and Chromecast..................................861
Using Office for Android..............................................................................864
Wrangling E‐Book Files................................................................................864
Introducing popular e‐book formats................................................865
Reading e‐book files on your PC.......................................................865
Organizing your e‐book files with calibre........................................867
Getting Media from Your PC to Your Kindle.............................................870
Emailing books from your PC to your Kindle..................................870
Receiving emailed books from a friend............................................871
Adding music to your Kindle.............................................................873
Chapter 3: Getting Started with Gmail, Google Apps, and Drive 875
Finding Alternatives to Windows with Google..........................................876
Setting Up Gmail...........................................................................................880
Using Google Docs/Drive.............................................................................883
Moving Your Domain to Google..................................................................887
Chapter 4: Using Web‐Based Outlook.com (nee Hotmail) . 891
Getting Started with Outlook.com..............................................................892
Bringing back Quick Views/Categories......................................................895
Bringing Some Sanity to Outlook.com Organization................................898
Handling Outlook.com Failures..................................................................899
Importing Outlook.com Messages into Gmail...........................................900
Weighing the Alternatives...........................................................................902
Chapter 5: Windows’ Best Free Add‐Ons 905
Windows Universal Apps You Absolutely Must Have.............................905
File History...........................................................................................905
VLC Media Player................................................................................906
PSI Inspector........................................................................................907
LastPass...............................................................................................908
Recuva..................................................................................................910
The Best of the Rest — All Free..................................................................911
Revo Uninstaller..................................................................................911
Paint.net...............................................................................................911
7‐Zip......................................................................................................912
PicPick..................................................................................................913
Tixati.....................................................................................................914
Dropbox, Google Drive, OneDrive, or . . . .......................................915
Other interesting free software.........................................................915
You may not need to buy Microsoft Office......................................916
Don’t Pay for Software You Don’t Need!....................................................917
Windows 10 has all the antivirus software you need.....................917
Windows 10 doesn’t need a disk defragger.....................................918
Windows 10 doesn’t need a disk partitioner...................................918
Windows 10 doesn’t need a Registry cleaner..................................918
Windows 10 doesn’t need a backup program.................................919
Don’t turn off services or hack your Registry
Chapter 1: Windows 10 4 N00bs
Hardware and Software
Why Do PCs Have to Run Windows?............................................................14
A Terminology Survival Kit...........................................................................18
What, Exactly, Is the Web?............................................................................21
Getting inside the Internet...................................................................22
What is the World Wide Web?.............................................................23
Who pays for all this stuff?..................................................................25
Buying a Windows 10 Computer...................................................................26
Inside the big box.................................................................................28
Inside a touch‐sensitive tablet............................................................31
Screening...............................................................................................33
Managing disks and drives..................................................................34
Making PC connections........................................................................37
Futzing with video, sound, and multitudinous media......................40
Netbooks and Ultrabooks....................................................................41
Chapter 2: Windows 10 for the Experienced 43
A Brief History of Windows 10......................................................................43
The Different Kinds of Windows Programs, Er, Apps................................46
What’s New for the XP Crowd.......................................................................49
Improved performance........................................................................49
Better video...........................................................................................50
A genuinely better browser.................................................................50
Cortana...................................................................................................51
Other improvements............................................................................52
What’s New for Windows 7 and Vista Victims............................................53
Getting the hang of the new Start menu............................................53
Exploring new stuff in the old‐fashioned desktop............................56
What’s New for Windows 8 and 8.1 Users...................................................57
What’s New for All of Windows....................................................................58
The Start menu......................................................................................59
Microsoft Edge......................................................................................59
Cortana...................................................................................................62
Virtual desktops and Task view..........................................................63
Security improvements........................................................................64
Other Windows Universal apps..........................................................65
What you lose........................................................................................65
Do You Need Windows 10?............................................................................67
Chapter 3: Which Version? 69
Counting the Editions....................................................................................69
Buying the right version the first time...............................................71
Narrowing the choices.........................................................................71
Choosing 32‐bit versus 64‐bit........................................................................73
Which Version of Windows Are You Running Right Now?........................75
Chapter 4: Upgrades and Clean Installs 79
Do You Qualify for Free?................................................................................80
Deciding Whether to Upgrade Your Old PC................................................81
Choosing Your Upgrade Path........................................................................83
Upgrading Windows 7 SP1 or Windows 8.1
Update to Windows 10 Online...................................................................84
Installing Win10 from a DVD or USB Drive..................................................87
Cleaning the Gunk Off New PCs....................................................................94
What If the Wheels Fall Off?..........................................................................95
Book II: Personalizing Windows.................................... 97
Chapter 1: Getting around in Windows . 99
Windows’ New Beginnings..........................................................................100
A tale of two homes............................................................................100
Switching to Tablet Mode and back.................................................102
Navigating Around the Desktop..................................................................105
Keying Keyboard Shortcuts........................................................................112
Chapter 2: Changing the Lock Screen and Logon Screen 115
Working with the Lock Screen....................................................................116
Using your own picture......................................................................117
Adding and removing apps on the lock screen..............................119
Logging In Uniquely......................................................................................121
Using a picture password..................................................................121
Creating a PIN......................................................................................124
Windows Hello....................................................................................125
Bypassing passwords and logon.......................................................126
Chapter 3: Working with the Action/Notification Center . 127
What Is the Action Center?..........................................................................127
What, Exactly, Is a Notification?.................................................................130
Working with Notifications..........................................................................131
Working with Settings Shortcuts................................................................133
Chapter 4: Controlling Users . 135
Why You Need Separate User Accounts....................................................136
Choosing Account Types.............................................................................137
What’s a standard account?..............................................................137
What’s an administrator account?...................................................138
Choosing between standard and administrator accounts............139
What’s Good and Bad about Microsoft Accounts....................................140
Adding Users.................................................................................................142
Changing Accounts.......................................................................................145
Changing other users’ settings.........................................................145
Changing your own settings..............................................................149
Switching Users............................................................................................149
Chapter 5: Microsoft Account: To Sync or Not to Sync? 151
What, Exactly, Is a Microsoft Account?.....................................................152
Deciding Whether You Want a Microsoft Account..................................153
Setting Up a Microsoft Account..................................................................155
Setting up a Hotmail/Outlook.com account....................................156
Making any email address a Microsoft account.............................158
Taking Care of Your Microsoft Account....................................................160
Controlling Sync...........................................................................................161
Chapter 6: Privacy Control . 163
Why You Should Be Concerned..................................................................164
Knowing What Connections Windows Prefers.........................................166
Controlling Location Tracking....................................................................167
Blocking all location tracking............................................................170
Blocking location tracking in an app................................................171
Minimizing Privacy Intrusion......................................................................172
Book III: Working on the Desktop............................... 175
Chapter 1: Running Your Desktop from Start to Finish . 177
Tripping through Win10’s Three Personas...............................................177
Working with the Traditional Desktop......................................................180
Changing the background..................................................................180
Cleaning up useless icons and programs........................................181
Mousing with Your Mouse...........................................................................183
What’s up, dock?.................................................................................184
Changing the mouse...........................................................................186
Starting with the Start Button.....................................................................187
Touching on the Taskbar............................................................................190
Tapping with Tablet Mode..........................................................................192
Working with Files and Folders..................................................................195
Using File Explorer..............................................................................198
Navigating............................................................................................198
Viewing.................................................................................................199
Creating files and folders...................................................................200
Modifying files and folders................................................................201
Showing filename extensions............................................................202
Sharing folders....................................................................................204
Using the \ Public folder....................................................................205
Recycling..............................................................................................207
Creating Shortcuts........................................................................................208
Keying Keyboard Shortcuts........................................................................210
Sleep: Perchance to Dream.........................................................................211
Chapter 2: Personalizing the Start Menu 213
Touring the Start Menu................................................................................215
Modifying the Start Menu............................................................................216
Changing your picture........................................................................216
Manipulating Most used.....................................................................220
Controlling the bottom‐left lists........................................................220
Circumnavigating All Apps................................................................222
Resizing the Start Menu...............................................................................224
Changing Tiles on the Start Menu..............................................................227
Organizing Your Start Menu Tiles..............................................................228
Add, add, add your tiles.....................................................................228
Forming and naming your groups....................................................229
Chapter 3: Personalizing the Desktop and Taskbar 231
Decking out the Desktop..............................................................................231
Resolving Desktop Resolution....................................................................236
Setting the screen resolution............................................................236
Using magnification............................................................................239
Putting Icons and Shortcuts on the Desktop............................................241
Creating shortcuts..............................................................................243
Arranging icons on the desktop........................................................245
Tricking out the Taskbar.............................................................................249
Anatomy of the taskbar......................................................................249
Jumping................................................................................................250
Changing the taskbar.........................................................................252
Working with the taskbar..................................................................253
Chapter 4: Working with Multiple Desktops 255
Getting around Multiple Desktops.............................................................256
Interacting between Desktops....................................................................259
Other Multiple Desktop Settings................................................................261
Chapter 5: Internet Explorer, Chrome, and Firefox 263
Which Browser Is Best?...............................................................................264
Considering security..........................................................................264
Looking at privacy..............................................................................265
Picking a browser...............................................................................266
Setting a browser as your default.....................................................268
Using Internet Explorer on the Desktop....................................................271
Navigating in IE...................................................................................271
Dealing with cookies...........................................................................277
Changing the home page...................................................................279
Turning on key features.....................................................................281
Searching with alacrity . . . and Google............................................282
Customizing Firefox......................................................................................284
Installing Firefox..................................................................................285
Browsing privately in Firefox............................................................287
Bookmarking with the Fox.................................................................289
Syncing with Firefox...........................................................................291
Changing the default search engine.................................................292
Adding Firefox’s best add‐ons...........................................................293
Optimizing Google Chrome.........................................................................295
Installing Chrome................................................................................295
Navigating in Chrome.........................................................................296
Searching on the Web..................................................................................299
Finding what you’re looking for........................................................300
Using Advanced Search.....................................................................301
Pulling out Google parlor tricks........................................................303
Referring to Internet Reference Tools.......................................................304
Internet speed test..............................................................................304
DNSStuff...............................................................................................304
3d Traceroute......................................................................................305
Down for everyone or just me?.........................................................306
The Wayback Machine.......................................................................306
Chapter 6: Hey, Cortana! 309
The Cortana Backstory................................................................................310
Make Cortana Respond to “Hey, Cortana”................................................311
Setting up Cortana........................................................................................314
Using Cortana Settings.................................................................................317
Chapter 7: Maintaining Your System . 321
What Are the Differences among Restore, Reset, System
Repair, Recovery Mode, Refresh, and Restart?.....................................321
Using a Password Reset Disk......................................................................323
Creating a Password Reset Disk........................................................324
Using a Password Reset Disk.............................................................325
Maintaining Drives........................................................................................327
What is formatting?............................................................................328
Introducing hard‐drive‐maintenance tools......................................328
Running an error check......................................................................329
Defragmenting a drive........................................................................329
Maintaining Solid State Drives....................................................................331
Zipping and Compressing............................................................................332
Compressing with NTFS.....................................................................334
Zipping the easy way with Compressed (zipped) Folders............336
Book IV: Using the Built‐In Universal Apps................. 339
Chapter 1: Using the Mail and Calendar Apps . 341
Choosing a Mail/Calendar App...................................................................342
Comparing email programs...............................................................343
Comparing calendar apps..................................................................346
Choosing the right package...............................................................348
Drilling Down on Windows 10 Universal Mail...........................................349
Creating a new message.....................................................................353
Searching for email in Universal Mail...............................................355
Universal Mail settings.................................................................................355
Adding a new email account.............................................................356
Setting Extra Options.........................................................................358
Avoiding Universal Calendar App Collisions............................................358
Adding Calendar Items.......................................................................361
Struggling with Calendar shortcomings...........................................362
Beyond Email................................................................................................362
Chapter 2: Keeping Track of People 365
The Contact List in Windows 10.................................................................365
Putting Contacts in the Universal People App..........................................366
Adding accounts to Universal People..............................................366
Editing a contact.................................................................................370
Adding people in Universal People..................................................371
Alternatives to the Win10 Universal People App.....................................374
Chapter 3: Zooming the Photos App and Beyond 375
Discovering What Windows Photos App Can Do.....................................375
Touring Photos.............................................................................................376
Editing Photos...............................................................................................378
Setting Settings.............................................................................................382
Adding Photos...............................................................................................383
Importing Pictures from a Camera or External Drive..............................384
Working with Albums...................................................................................384
Storing and Managing Photos Online.........................................................385
Chapter 4: Noting OneNote 389
Getting Started in OneNote with or without a Pen...................................390
Setting Up Notebooks, Sections, Pages......................................................391
Embellishing on a OneNote Page................................................................394
Sending to OneNote......................................................................................396
Setting Settings.............................................................................................398
Chapter 5: Making Maps 401
Basic Map Functions....................................................................................401
Navigating with the Map App......................................................................404
Taking a Map Offline.....................................................................................407
Chapter 6: Running Music and Movies & TV 409
Getting Your Music and Movies into the Apps.........................................412
Running around the Universal Music App................................................413
Finding Music and Playlists.........................................................................415
Buying Music.................................................................................................417
Running around the Movies & TV App......................................................419
Book V: Connecting with the Universal Apps............... 421
Chapter 1: Introducing Edge 423
A Walk through Microsoft Edge..................................................................424
Working with Web Note...............................................................................429
A Sampler of Edge Settings..........................................................................429
Chapter 2: Using Skype in Windows 10 435
Exploring Skype Alternatives......................................................................436
Signing up with Skype..................................................................................438
Making First Contact....................................................................................442
Adding a Contact..........................................................................................444
A Few Tips from Skype‐ologists..................................................................445
Chapter 3: News, Money, and Sports 447
Recognizing the Bing in Everyone..............................................................448
Reading the News with Bing........................................................................449
Getting around News..........................................................................449
Adding your own Interests................................................................453
Pinning Money for Fun and Profit...............................................................456
Sports Fans Everywhere, Take Note..........................................................462
More Universal Apps....................................................................................463
Tripwolf, the Anointed Travel Guide................................................464
BBC Good Food...................................................................................466
Fitness & Health..................................................................................466
Chapter 4: Navigating the Windows Store . 469
Checking out What a Universal App Can Do.............................................470
Browsing the Windows Store......................................................................472
Searching the Windows Store.....................................................................476
Updating Your Windows Store Apps.........................................................478
Chapter 5: Games, Games, and Games 481
Searching the Store for Games...................................................................482
Bringing Back the Classics..........................................................................485
Starting with Sudoku....................................................................................487
Cutting the Rope with Style.........................................................................489
Pirates Love Daisies.....................................................................................492
Despicable Me, Sonic, and More.................................................................494
Book VI: Socializing with the Universal Apps............... 497
Chapter 1: Organizing Office for Windows 10 499
Three Major Branches of the Office Family Tree.....................................499
Office 2016 and desktop versions.....................................................500
Universal/Mobile/iOS/Android Office...............................................501
Office Online........................................................................................503
Office 365 — the Differentiator.........................................................505
Setting Up Universal Office for Windows 10..............................................507
The Future of Universal Windows Office...................................................509
Chapter 2: Using OneDrive . 511
What Is OneDrive?........................................................................................512
Setting Up a OneDrive Account..................................................................515
Running OneDrive on the Web...................................................................519
Syncing Files from OneDrive to Your Machine.........................................522
The Future of OneDrive — We Hope..........................................................525
Chapter 3: Getting Started with Facebook 527
Signing Up for a Facebook Account...........................................................529
Choosing basic Facebook privacy settings.....................................532
Interpreting the Facebook interface lingo.......................................538
Building a Great Timeline............................................................................539
Using the Universal Facebook App............................................................543
Chapter 4: Getting Started with Twitter 547
Understanding Twitter.................................................................................548
Setting Up a Twitter Account......................................................................551
Tweeting for Beginners................................................................................556
Beware hacking...................................................................................556
Using the @ sign and Reply................................................................557
Retweeting for fun and profit............................................................558
Direct Messaging.................................................................................558
Hooking Twitter into Windows...................................................................559
Chapter 5: Getting Started with LinkedIn 561
Signing Up for LinkedIn................................................................................561
Using LinkedIn for Fun and Profit...............................................................565
Book VII: Controlling Your System.............................. 569
Chapter 1: Settings, Settings, and More Settings 571
Introducing the Universal Settings App.....................................................572
Spelunking through the Control Panel.......................................................575
Putting Shortcuts to Settings on Your Desktop........................................577
“God Mode”...................................................................................................580
Chapter 2: Troubleshooting and Getting Help 583
Starting with Contact Support....................................................................584
Troubleshooting the Easy Way...................................................................587
System Stability and the Reliability Monitor............................................588
Tricks to Using Windows Help....................................................................590
The problem(s) with Windows Help................................................591
Using different kinds of help.............................................................591
How to Really Get Help................................................................................592
Snapping and Recording Your Problems..................................................595
Taking snaps that snap......................................................................595
Recording live.....................................................................................596
Connecting to Remote Assistance..............................................................600
Understanding the interaction..........................................................600
Making the connection.......................................................................601
Limiting an invitation.........................................................................606
Troubleshooting Remote Assistance...............................................606
Getting Help Online......................................................................................607
Chapter 3: Working with Libraries . 609
Understanding Libraries..............................................................................609
Making Your Libraries Visible.....................................................................610
Working with Your Default Libraries.........................................................613
Customizing Libraries..................................................................................616
Adding a folder to a Library..............................................................616
Changing a Library’s default save location.....................................617
Creating Your Own Library.........................................................................619
Chapter 4: Storing in Storage Spaces 621
Understanding the “Virtualization” of Storage.........................................622
Setting Up Storage Spaces...........................................................................624
Working with Storage Spaces......................................................................628
Storage Space Strategies..............................................................................629
Chapter 5: Getting the Most from Homegroups 631
Preparing a PC for a Homegroup................................................................631
Connecting to a Homegroup.......................................................................633
Setting up a new Homegroup............................................................635
Joining an existing Homegroup.........................................................637
Sharing Files and Printers in a Homegroup...............................................638
Navigating to a Homegroup Folder............................................................639
Caring for Your Homegroup........................................................................640
Changing the Homegroup password................................................640
Adding or blocking folders in the Homegroup................................642
Venturing beyond Homegroups.................................................................643
Sharing and granting permissions....................................................643
Sharing on mixed Homegroup, workgroup,
and Apple networks........................................................................644
Chapter 6: Running the Built‐In Applications 647
Setting Alarms & Clock................................................................................647
Getting Free Word Processing....................................................................651
Running Notepad................................................................................652
Writing with WordPad........................................................................653
Taming the Character Map..........................................................................656
Calculating — Free.......................................................................................657
Painting..........................................................................................................659
Sticking Sticky Notes....................................................................................661
Chapter 7: Working with Printers . 663
Installing a Printer........................................................................................664
Attaching a local printer....................................................................664
Connecting a network printer...........................................................666
Using the Print Queue..................................................................................668
Displaying a print queue....................................................................669
Pausing and resuming a print queue................................................670
Pausing, restarting, and resuming a document..............................671
Canceling a document........................................................................672
Troubleshooting Printing............................................................................672
Catching a Runaway Printer........................................................................674
Book VIII: Maintaining Windows 10........................... 677
Chapter 1: File History, Backup, Data Restore, and Sync 679
What Happened to the Windows 7 Backup?.............................................680
The Future of Reliable Storage Is in the Cloud.........................................680
Backing Up and Restoring Files with File History.....................................681
Setting up File History........................................................................682
Restoring data from File History.......................................................685
Changing File History settings..........................................................687
Storing to and through the Cloud...............................................................690
Considering cloud storage privacy concerns.................................691
Reaping the benefits of backup and storage in the cloud.............693
Choosing an online backup and sharing service............................693
Chapter 2: A Fresh Start: Restore and Reset . 697
The Three R’s — and an SI and RE.............................................................697
Resetting Your PC.........................................................................................700
Resetting Your PC and Removing Everything...........................................703
Restoring to an Earlier Point.......................................................................704
Creating a restore point.....................................................................705
Rolling back to a restore point..........................................................707
Entering the Windows Recovery Environment.........................................709
Chapter 3: Monitoring Windows 713
Viewing Events..............................................................................................714
Using Event Viewer.............................................................................714
Events worthy — and not worthy — of viewing.............................716
Gauging System Reliability..........................................................................717
Chapter 4: Using System Tools . 721
Tasking Task Manager.................................................................................721
Task Manager Processes...................................................................724
Task Manager Performance...............................................................724
Task Manager App History................................................................726
Task Manager Startup and Autoruns...............................................727
Task Manager Users...........................................................................729
Task Manager Details and Services..................................................730
Installing a Second Hard Drive....................................................................730
Running a Virtual Machine..........................................................................733
Book IX: Securing Windows 10................................... 741
Chapter 1: Spies, Spams, Scams — They’re Out to Get You . 743
Understanding the Hazards — and the Hoaxes........................................744
The primary infection vectors..........................................................744
Zombies and botnets..........................................................................746
Phishing...............................................................................................749
419 scams.............................................................................................753
I’m from Microsoft, and I’m here to help.........................................757
0day exploits.......................................................................................759
Staying Informed...........................................................................................760
Relying on reliable sources...............................................................760
Ditching the hoaxes............................................................................761
Am I Infected?................................................................................................763
Evaluating telltale signs.....................................................................763
Where did that message come from?...............................................764
What to do next...................................................................................765
Shunning scareware...........................................................................767
Getting Protected.........................................................................................769
Protecting against malware...............................................................769
Disabling Java and Flash....................................................................770
Using your credit card safely online................................................771
Defending your privacy......................................................................773
Reducing spam....................................................................................774
Dealing with Data Breaches........................................................................776
Chapter 2: Fighting Viri and Scum 779
Basic Windows Security Do’s and Don’ts..................................................779
Making Sense of Malware............................................................................783
Scanning for Rootkits with Windows Defender Offline............................785
Deciphering Browsers’ Inscrutable Warnings..........................................789
Chrome.................................................................................................789
Firefox...................................................................................................791
Chapter 3: Running Built‐In Security Programs . 793
Working with Windows Defender...............................................................793
Adjusting Windows Defender............................................................795
Running Windows Defender manually.............................................797
Judging SmartScreen....................................................................................798
Booting Securely with UEFI.........................................................................801
A brief history of BIOS........................................................................802
How UEFI is different from/better than BIOS..................................803
How Windows 10 uses UEFI...............................................................804
Controlling User Account Control..............................................................805
Poking at Windows Firewall........................................................................808
Understanding Firewall basic features.............................................809
Speaking your firewall’s lingo............................................................810
Peeking in to your firewall.................................................................811
Making inbound exceptions..............................................................812
Chapter 4: Top Security Helpers . 817
Deciding about BitLocker............................................................................818
Managing Your Passwords..........................................................................821
Using password managers.................................................................821
Which is better: Online or in‐hand?..................................................822
Rockin’ RoboForm..............................................................................822
Liking LastPass....................................................................................823
Keeping Your Other Programs Up to Date................................................825
Blocking Java and Flash in Your Browser.................................................827
Fighting Back at Tough Scumware.............................................................829
Securing Your Communication with VyprVPN.........................................831
What’s a VPN?.....................................................................................831
Setting up a VPN.................................................................................832
Book X: Enhancing Windows 10................................. 835
Chapter 1: Using Your iPad and iPhone with Windows . 837
Running iTunes on Windows, or Maybe Not.............................................838
Why you may need or want iTunes for Windows...........................839
Installing iTunes..................................................................................839
Setting up iTunes................................................................................842
Pulling Internet videos onto your iPad............................................845
The Inside Story on Office for iPad............................................................847
Great iPad Apps to Use with Windows......................................................849
Controlling Windows from your iPad...............................................850
Delivering PowerPoint presentations with your iPad....................851
Extending your Windows display with iDisplay.............................852
Moving files between your PC and the iPad....................................852
Playing with Kids on Your iPad or iPhones...............................................854
Chapter 2: Android, Chromecast, Roku, Kindle,
and Windows 10 857
What, Exactly, Is Android?..........................................................................858
Getting clear on Android...................................................................859
Making Windows talk to your Android phone or tablet................860
Connecting TVs with Roku, Plex, and Chromecast..................................861
Using Office for Android..............................................................................864
Wrangling E‐Book Files................................................................................864
Introducing popular e‐book formats................................................865
Reading e‐book files on your PC.......................................................865
Organizing your e‐book files with calibre........................................867
Getting Media from Your PC to Your Kindle.............................................870
Emailing books from your PC to your Kindle..................................870
Receiving emailed books from a friend............................................871
Adding music to your Kindle.............................................................873
Chapter 3: Getting Started with Gmail, Google Apps, and Drive 875
Finding Alternatives to Windows with Google..........................................876
Setting Up Gmail...........................................................................................880
Using Google Docs/Drive.............................................................................883
Moving Your Domain to Google..................................................................887
Chapter 4: Using Web‐Based Outlook.com (nee Hotmail) . 891
Getting Started with Outlook.com..............................................................892
Bringing back Quick Views/Categories......................................................895
Bringing Some Sanity to Outlook.com Organization................................898
Handling Outlook.com Failures..................................................................899
Importing Outlook.com Messages into Gmail...........................................900
Weighing the Alternatives...........................................................................902
Chapter 5: Windows’ Best Free Add‐Ons 905
Windows Universal Apps You Absolutely Must Have.............................905
File History...........................................................................................905
VLC Media Player................................................................................906
PSI Inspector........................................................................................907
LastPass...............................................................................................908
Recuva..................................................................................................910
The Best of the Rest — All Free..................................................................911
Revo Uninstaller..................................................................................911
Paint.net...............................................................................................911
7‐Zip......................................................................................................912
PicPick..................................................................................................913
Tixati.....................................................................................................914
Dropbox, Google Drive, OneDrive, or . . . .......................................915
Other interesting free software.........................................................915
You may not need to buy Microsoft Office......................................916
Don’t Pay for Software You Don’t Need!....................................................917
Windows 10 has all the antivirus software you need.....................917
Windows 10 doesn’t need a disk defragger.....................................918
Windows 10 doesn’t need a disk partitioner...................................918
Windows 10 doesn’t need a Registry cleaner..................................918
Windows 10 doesn’t need a backup program.................................919
Don’t turn off services or hack your Registry
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