Windows 10 All-in-One For Dummies - Woody Leonhard

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to your PC or downloading pictures from your Samsung Galaxy smartphone, Microsoft would rather sell you something different. The proverbial bottom line: I don’t duplicate the material in Windows 10 Help and Support, but I point to it if I figure it can help you.

      

A word about Windows 10 versions: Microsoft is trying to sell the world on the idea that Windows 10 runs on everything — desktops, laptops, tablets, assisted reality headsets, huge banks of servers, giant conference room displays, refrigerators, and toasters. While that’s literally true — Microsoft can call anything Windows 10 if it wants — for those of us who work on desktops, laptops, and tablets, Windows 10 is Windows 10.

      I don’t make many assumptions about you, dear reader, except to acknowledge that you’re obviously intelligent, well-informed, discerning, and of impeccable taste. That’s why you chose this book, eh?

      Okay, okay. The least I can do is butter you up a bit. Here’s the straight scoop: If you’ve never used Windows, bribe your neighbor (or, better, your neighbor’s kids) to teach you how to do four things:

       Play a game with your fingers (if you have a touchscreen) or with a mouse (if you’re finger-challenged). Any of the games that ship with Windows 10, or free games in the Microsoft Store, will do. If your neighbor’s kids don’t have a different recommendation, try the new Microsoft Solitaire Collection.

       Start File Explorer.

       Get on the web.

       Turn Windows 10 off. (Click or tap the Start icon in the lower left of the screen, click the universal on/off button thingy, and then click Shut down.)

      That covers it. If you can play a game, you know how to turn on your computer, log in if need be, touch and drag, and tap and hold down. If you run File Explorer, you know how to click a taskbar icon. After you’re on the web, well, it’s a great starting point for almost anything. And if you know that you need to use the Start menu, you’re well on your way to achieving Windows 10 enlightenment.

      And that begins with Book 1, Chapter 1.

      Some of the points in Windows 10 All-in-One For Dummies, 4th Edition, merit your special attention. I set off those points with icons.

      

When I’m jumping up and down on one foot with an idea so absolutely cool that I can’t stand it anymore, I stick a tip icon in the margin. You can browse any chapter and hit its highest points by jumping from tip to tip.

      

When you see this icon, you get the real story about Windows 10 — not the stuff that the Microsoft marketing droids want you to hear — and my take on the best way to get Windows 10 to work for you. You find the same take on Microsoft, Windows, and more at my eponymous website, www.AskWoody.com.

      

You don’t need to memorize the information marked with this icon, but you should try to remember that something special is lurking.

      

Achtung! Cuidado! Thar be tygers here! Anywhere that you see a warning icon, you can be sure that I’ve been burnt — badly. Mind your fingers. These are really, really mean suckers.

      

Okay, so I’m a geek. I admit it. Sure, I love to poke fun at geeks. But I’m a modern, New Age, sensitive guy, in touch with my inner geekiness. Sometimes, I just can’t help but let it out, ya know? That’s where the technical stuff icon comes in. If you get all tied up in knots about techie-type stuff, pass these paragraphs by. (For the record, I managed to write this entire book without telling you that an IPv4 address consists of a unique 32-bit combination of network ID and host ID, expressed as a set of four decimal numbers with each octet separated by periods. See? I can restrain myself sometimes.)

      When I wrote the 4th edition of this book, I covered the Windows 10 May 2020 update, version 2004. Microsoft promises to keep Windows 10 updated twice a year. For details about significant updates or changes that occur between editions of this book, go to www.dummies.com, search for Windows 10 All-in-One For Dummies, and open the Download tab on this book’s dedicated page.

      In addition, the cheat sheet for this book has handy Windows shortcuts and tips on other cool features worth checking out. To get to the cheat sheet, go to www.dummies.com, and then type Windows 10 All-in-One For Dummies Cheat Sheet in the search box.

      That’s about it. It’s time for you to crack this book open and have at it.

      If you haven’t yet told Windows 10 to show you filename extensions, flip to Book 3, Chapter 1. If you haven’t yet set up the File History feature, go to Book 8, Chapter 1. If you’re worried about Microsoft keeping a list of all the searches that you conduct on your own computer, check out Book 2, Chapter 5.

      

Don’t forget to bookmark two websites: www.AskWoody.com and www.digitalcitizen.life. They will keep you up-to-date on all the Windows 10 stuff you need to know — including notes about this book, the latest Windows bugs and gaffes, patches that are worse than the problems they’re supposed to fix, useful tutorials, and much more — and you can submit your most pressing questions for free consultation from The Woodmeister and his merry gang.

      See ya! Shoot me mail at [email protected].

      Sometimes, it’s worth reading the Intro, eh?

      Starting Windows 10

      1  Chapter 1: Windows 10 4 N00bs Hardware and Software Why Do PCs Have to Run Windows? A Terminology Survival Kit What, Exactly, Is the Web? Buying a Windows 10 Computer What’s Wrong with Windows 10?

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