Introduction 1 About This Book 2 How to Use This Book 3 Touchscreen Owners Aren''t Left Out 4 And What about You? 5 Icons Used in This Book 5 Beyond the Book 6 Where to Go from Here 6 Part 1: Windows 10 Stuff Everybody Thinks You Already Know 7 Chapter 1: What is Windows 10? 9 What is Windows, and Why Are You Using It? 9 What''s New in Windows 10? 12 What''s So Different about Windows 10? 15 Why Does Windows 10 Keep Changing? 16 Can My Current PC Still Run Windows 10? 17 The Different Flavors of Windows 10 18 Chapter 2: Starting with the Start Menu 19 Being Welcomed to the World of Windows 20 Understanding user accounts 22 Keeping your account private and secure 23 Signing up for a Microsoft account 26 Figuring Out the Windows 10 Start Menu 27 Toggling between Tablet and Desktop mode 30 Launching a Start menu program or app 31 Finding something on the Start menu 33 Viewing, closing, or returning to apps 34 Getting to know your free apps 35 Adding or removing Start menu items 38 Customizing the Start menu 39 Exiting from Windows 44 Temporarily leaving your computer 44 Leaving your computer for the day 46 Chapter 3: The Traditional Desktop 49 Finding the Desktop and the Start Menu 50 Working with the Desktop 51 Launching apps with the Start menu 53 Jazzing up the desktop''s background 54 Toggling between Tablet mode and the desktop 56 Dumpster diving in the Recycle Bin 58 Bellying Up to the Taskbar 59 Shrinking windows to the taskbar and retrieving them 61 Switching to different tasks from the taskbar''s Jump Lists 62 Clicking the taskbar''s sensitive areas 62 Opening the Action Center 66 Customizing the taskbar 67 Setting Up Virtual Desktops 69 Making Programs Easier to Find 72 Chapter 4: Basic Desktop Window Mechanics 75 Dissecting a Typical Desktop Window 76 Tugging on a window''s title bar 77 Navigating folders with a window''s Address bar 79 Finding commands on the Ribbon 80 Quick shortcuts with the Navigation Pane 82 Moving inside a window with its scroll bar 84 Boring borders 85 Maneuvering Windows around the Desktop 86 Moving a window to the top of the pile 86 Moving a window from here to there 87 Making a window fill the whole desktop 87 Closing a window 88 Making a window bigger or smaller 88 Placing two windows side by side 89 Making windows open to the same darn size 90 Chapter 5: Storage: Internal, External, and in the Cloud 91 Browsing the File Explorer File Cabinets 92 Getting the Lowdown on Folders 96 Peering into Your Drives, Folders, and Other Media 97 Seeing the files on a drive 97 Seeing what''s inside a folder 100 Creating a New Folder 101 Renaming a File or Folder 103 Selecting Bunches of Files or Folders 104 Getting Rid of a File or Folder 105 Copying or Moving Files and Folders 106 Seeing More Information about Files and Folders 108 Writing to CDs and DVDs 111 Buying the right kind of blank CDs and DVDs for burning 111 Copying files to or from a CD or DVD 112 Working with Flash Drives and Memory Cards 115 OneDrive: Your Cubbyhole in the Clouds 116 Setting up OneDrive 117 Changing your OneDrive settings 120 Opening and saving files from OneDrive 122 Customizing OneDrive for different devices with OneDrive Files On Demand 123 Accessing OneDrive from the Internet 126 Part 2: Working with Programs, Apps, and Files 129 Chapter 6: Playing with Programs, Apps, and Documents 131 Starting a Program or an App 132 Opening a Document 134 Saving a Document 136 Choosing Which Program Should Open Which File 138 Navigating the Microsoft Store 141 Adding new apps from the Store app 142 Uninstalling apps 145 Taking the Lazy Way with a Desktop Shortcut 146 Absolutely Essential Guide to Cutting, Copying, and Pasting 147 The quick ''n'' dirty guide to cut ''n'' paste 148 Selecting things to cut or copy 148 Cutting or copying your selected goods 149 Pasting information to another place 151 Chapter 7: Finding the Lost 153 Finding Currently Running Apps and Programs 153 Finding Lost Windows on the Desktop 155 Locating a Missing App, Program, Setting, or File 156 Searching with Cortana 159 Asking Cortana questions 160 Finding a Missing File inside a Folder 161 Finding Lost Photos 164 Finding Other Computers on a Network 164 Chapter 8: Printing and Scanning Your Work 167 Printing from a Start Menu App 168 Printing Your Masterpiece from the Desktop 170 Adjusting how your work fits on the page 171 Adjusting your printer''s settings 173 Canceling a print job 175 Printing a web page 176 Troubleshooting your printer 178 Scanning from the Start Menu 180 Part 3: Getting Things Done on the Internet 183 Chapter 9: Cruising the Web 185 What''s an ISP, and Why Do I Need One? 186 Connecting Wirelessly to the Internet 187 Browsing the Web with Microsoft Edge 190 Moving from one web page to another 192 Making Microsoft Edge open to your favorite site 193 Revisiting favorite places 195 Finding things on the Internet 196 Finding More Information on a Website 197 Saving Information from the Internet 198 Saving a web page 198 Saving text 199 Saving a picture 199 Downloading a program, song, or other type of file 200 Chapter 10: Being Social: Mail, People, and Calendar 201 Adding Your Accounts to Windows 202 Understanding the Mail App 204 Switching among the Mail app''s views, menus, and accounts 204 Composing and sending an email 207 Reading a received email 209 Sending and receiving files through email 211 Managing Your Contacts in the People App 213 Adding contacts 215 Deleting or editing contacts 216 Managing Appointments in Calendar 217 Chapter 11: Safe Computing 221 Understanding Those Annoying Permission Messages 221 Staying Safe with the New Windows Security Center 222 Avoiding and removing viruses 224 Avoiding phishing scams 226 Setting up controls for children 228 Part 4: Customizing and Upgrading Windows 10 233 Chapter 12: Customizing Settings in Windows 235 Finding the Right Switch 236 Flipping Switches with the Windows Settings App 237 System 238 Devices (adjusting mice, keyboards, scanners, and other gadgets) 244 Phone 248 Network & Internet 250 Personalization (changing your PC''s look and feel) 250 Apps 255 Accounts 256 Time & Language 257 Gaming 258 Ease of Access 258 Search 260 Privacy 260 Update & Security 261 Chapter 13: Keeping Windows from Breaking 263 Backing Up Your Computer with File History 264 Finding Technical Information about Your Computer 268 Freeing Up Space on Your Hard Drive 270 Setting Up Devices That Don''t Work (Fiddling with Drivers) 272 Chapter 14: Sharing One Computer with Several People 275 Understanding User Accounts 276 Changing or Adding User Accounts 277 Adding an account for a family member or friend 278 Changing existing accounts 282 Switching Quickly between Users 283 Changing a User Account''s Picture 285 Setting Up Passwords and Security 287 Signing in with Windows Hello 289 Chapter 15: Connecting Computers with a Network 293 Understanding a Network''s Parts 294 Setting Up a Small Network 296 Buying parts for a network 296 Setting up a wireless router 297 Setting up Windows computers to connect to a network 298 Sharing Files with Your Networked Computers 300 Setting your home network to private 300 Sharing files and folders on your private network 303 Accessing what others have shared 305 Sharing a printer on the network 307 Sharing with Nearby Sharing 307 Turning on Nearby Sharing 308 Sharing files with Nearby Sharing 309 Part 5: Music, Photos, and Videos 311 Chapter 16: Playing and Copying Music 313 Playing Music with the Groove Music app 314 Handing Music-Playing Chores Back to Windows Media Player 317 Stocking the Windows Media Player Library 320 Browsing Windows Media Player''s Libraries 323 Playing Music Files in a Playlist 326 Controlling Your Now Playing Items 327 Playing CDs 329 Playing DVDs 330 Playing Videos and TV Shows 330 Creating, Saving, and Editing Playlists 332 Ripping (Copying) CDs to Your PC 333 Burning (Creating) Music CDs 335 Chapter 17: Fiddling with Photos (and Videos) 337 Dumping Photos from a Phone or Camera to Your Computer 338 Taking Photos with the Camera App 341 Linking Your Phone with Your PC through the Your Phone App 343 Viewing Photos with the Photos App 345 Viewing your photo collection 346 Viewing photo albums 349 Viewing a slideshow 351 Copying digital photos to a CD or DVD 352 Part 6:.