Windows 10 Fast Start: a Quick Start Guide for Windows 10

Publisher Marketing: Your 100-page quick start guide for Windows 10! Get this Fast Start guide to learn Windows 10 quickly. Windows 10 is more customizable than any earlier release of the Microsoft Windows operating system. Powerful new features and options combined with traditional favorites allow you to work in new ways. You can perform tasks more efficiently, and you can optimize and customize the operating system in many ways. Teaching you how to make Windows 10 work the way you want it to is what this book is all about. If you were moving in to a house, apartment, or dorm room, you would want to make the space your own. We do the same with just about everything in our lives, yet surprisingly few people take the time to make their virtual space their own, which can make using a computer a frustrating experience. One of the ways to make Windows 10 your own is to customize the interface. In any operating system, the interface is everything that connects you to your computer and its basic elements, including the desktop, the menu system, and the taskbar. The way these essential elements look depends on appearance settings. The way they behave depends on customization settings associated with your user account. Table of Contents 1. Kicking the Tires7 Using Touchscreens7 Getting Signed In8 Entering and Exiting Tablet Mode10 2. Navigating the Accounts Maze13 Local and Domain Accounts13 Accessing Business Networks14 3. Making the Most of Your Desktop Space17 Cortana & Search19 Task View & Changing Desktops22 4. Meet the New Start Menu25 New Tricks for an Old Dog26 More, More, More27 5. Conquering the Kangaroos29 Optimizing Interface Performance29 Mastering Desktop Essentials32 Stretching the Desktop37 Ready to Ditch Snap?41 6. Making the Start Menu Your B*tch43 Pinning Apps and Using Full-Screen Mode45 Creating Sections47 Resizing and Reorganizing Tiles48 Customizing the Most Used and Recently Added Lists49 7. Making the Taskbar Dance51 Putting the Taskbar Where You Want It51 Customizing Taskbar Appearance53 Pinning Programs to the Taskbar55 Using Flip Views and Jump Lists56 8. Customizing Backgrounds59 Using Pictures for Backgrounds61 Using Solid Colors for Backgrounds62 Using Slideshow Backgrounds62 9. Customizing Lock Screens65 Using Pictures on the Lock Screen67 Using Slideshows on the Lock Screen67 Configuring Notifications on the Lock Screen69 10. Customizing User Accounts71 Changing Account Pictures71 Changing Account Types72 Changing and Recovering Your Password73 11. Exploring Your Computer in New Ways75 Getting There75 Getting It Done77 Managing Access History80 12. Zeroing in on Apps83 Getting Your Apps83 Connecting Your Account to the Store84 Finding and Installing Your Apps87 Managing Currently Running Apps, Programs and Processes89 Click Look Inside and discover this hands-on computer handbook. Scroll to the top of the page and select the Buy Now button. Want something for your laptop, tablet, desktop or smart phone? Look also for the ebook edition!