Introduction 1
About This Book 3
Foolish Assumptions 4
Icons Used in This Book 5
Beyond the Book 6
Where to Go from Here 6
Book 1: Starting Windows 10 7
Chapter 1: Windows 10 4 N00bs 9
Hardware and Software 12
Why Do PCs Have to Run Windows? 12
A Terminology Survival Kit 17
What, Exactly, is the Web? 21
Getting inside the Internet 22
What is the World Wide Web? 24
Who pays for all this stuff? 25
Buying a Windows 10 Computer 26
Inside the big box 29
Inside a touch-sensitive tablet 32
Screening 36
Managing disks and drives 36
Making PC connections 40
Futzing with video, sound, and multitudinous media 44
Ultrabooks and convertibles 46
What's Wrong with Windows 10? 46
Chapter 2: Windows 10 for the Experienced 49
If You Just Upgraded from Windows 7 or 8.1 to Windows 10 50
A Brief History of Windows 10 52
Exploring the Versions of Windows 10 55
The Different Kinds of Windows Programs, Er, Apps 56
What's New for the XP Crowd 60
Improved performance 60
Better video 62
A genuinely better browser is emerging 63
Cortana 63
Other improvements 64
What's New for Windows 7 Users 65
Getting the hang of the new Start menu 66
Exploring new stuff in the old-fashioned desktop 68
What's New for Windows 8 and 8.1 Users 69
What's New for All of Windows 70
The Start menu 70
Microsoft Edge 71
Search 73
Cortana 74
Virtual desktops and task view 75
Security improvements 76
Game mode and Xbox 77
Other Windows 10 apps 78
What you lose 79
Do You Need Windows 10? 80
Chapter 3: Which Version? 83
Counting the Editions 84
Buying the right version the first time 87
Narrowing the choices 87
Choosing 32 Bit versus 64 Bit 89
Which Version of Windows Are You Running? 91
Book 2: Personalizing Windows 95
Chapter 1: Getting Around in Windows 97
Windows' New Beginnings 98
A tale of two homes 99
Switching to tablet mode and back 102
Navigating around the Desktop 103
Keying Keyboard Shortcuts 109
Chapter 2: Changing the Lock and Login Screens 113
Working with the Lock Screen 114
Using your own picture 115
Adding and removing apps on the lock screen 118
Logging On Uniquely 120
Using a picture password 120
Creating a PIN 124
Windows Hello 125
Bypassing passwords and login 126
Chapter 3: Working with the Action/Notification Center 127
What is the Action Center? 128
What, Exactly, is a Notification? 129
Working with Notifications 131
Working with Settings Shortcuts 133
Chapter 4: Controlling Users 137
Why You Need Separate User Accounts 138
Choosing Account Types 139
What's a standard account? 139
What's an administrator account? 141
Choosing between standard and administrator accounts 141
What's Good and Bad about Microsoft Accounts 143
Adding Users 145
Changing Accounts 148
Changing other users' settings 148
Changing your own settings 153
Switching Users 154
The Changing Environment 154
Chapter 5: Microsoft Account: To Sync or Not to Sync? 157
What, Exactly, is a Microsoft Account? 158
Deciding Whether You Want a Microsoft Account 159
Setting Up a Microsoft Account 161
Making any email address a Microsoft account 164
Stop Using Your Microsoft Account 166
Taking Care of Your Microsoft Account 167
Controlling Sync 16
