Windows 10: The Missing Manual

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"O'Reilly Media, Inc.", Sep 17, 2015 - Computers - 690 pages

With Windows 8, Microsoft completely reimagined the graphical user interface for its operating system, which now runs on both desktop PCs and tablets, but the overhaul was not without hitches and its dueling UIs (one designed for touch, the other for keyboards and mice) created significant confusion for users. Windows 10 (a free update to users of Windows 8 or Windows 7) fixes a number of the problems introduced by the revolution in Windows 8 and offers plenty of new features along, such as the new Spartan web browser, Cortana voice-activated “personal assistant,” new universal apps (that run on tablet, phone, and computer), and more. But to really get the most out of the new operating system, you’re going to need a guide.

Thankfully, Windows 10: The Missing Manual will be there to help. Like its predecessors, this book from the founder of Yahoo Tech, previous New York Times columnist, bestselling author, and Missing Manuals creator David Pogue illuminates its subject with technical insight, plenty of wit, and hardnosed objectivity for beginners, veteran standalone PC users, new tablet owners, and those who know their way around a network.

 

Contents

Introduction
1
The Windows Desktop
17
Desktop Start Menu
19
File Explorer Taskbar Action Center
45
Organizing Finding Your Files
119
Redesigning the Desktop
173
Cortana Your Voice Assistant
195
The Programs of Windows 10
221
Hardware and Peripherals
439
Hardware Drivers
483
Backups File History
517
The Disk Chapter
533
The Windows Network
551
Accounts and Logging On
553
Setting Up a Small Network
585
Sharing Files on the Network
595

Programs Documents
223
Settings Control Panel
257
The Windows Starter Apps
291
Windows Online
367
Getting Online
369
Security Privacy
415
Appendixes
621
Installing Upgrading to Windows 10
623
Whered It Go?
635
Master List of Keyboard Shortcuts Gestures
641
Index
651
Copyright

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David Pogue is an American technology writer and TV science presenter. He was born in 1963 and grew up in Shaker Heights, Ohio. Pogue graduated summa cum laude from Yale University in 1985, with distinction in music. After graduation, Pogue wrote manuals for music software, worked on Broadway and Off-Broadway productions, and wrote for Macworld Magazine. He wrote Macs for Dummies, which became the best-selling Mac title, as well as other books in the Dummies series. He launched his own series of humorous computer books entitled the Missing Manual series, which includes 120 titles. He spent 13 years as the personal-technology columnist for the New York Times, before leaving to found Yahoo Tech. In addition to how-to manuals, he wrote Pogue's Basics: Essential Tips and Shortcuts (That No One Bothers to Tell You) for Simplifying the Technology in Your Life, collaborated on The World According to Twitter, and co-authored The Weird Wide Web.