Windows 10 Inside Out

[Pages:61]Windows 10 Inside Out Second Edition

Ed Bott Carl Siechert Craig Stinson

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Copyright ? 2016 by Ed Bott, Carl Siechert, Craig Stinson

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Contents at a glance

PART 1: Getting started with Windows 10

Chapter 1 What's new in Windows 10. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Chapter 2 Installing, configuring, and deploying Windows 10. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Chapter 3 Using Windows 10. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

Chapter 4 Personalizing Windows 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109

Chapter 5 Networking essentials. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139

Chapter 6 Managing user accounts, passwords, and credentials. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177

Chapter 7 Securing Windows 10 devices. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215

PART 2: Working and playing with Windows 10

Chapter 8 Using and managing apps and desktop programs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253

Chapter 9 Cortana and the web . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291

Chapter 10 Productivity and communication tools. . . . . . 337

Chapter 11 Music, photos, movies, and games . . . . . . . . . . 375

Chapter 12 Managing files on PCs and in the cloud. . . . . . 405

PART 3: System maintenance and troubleshooting

Chapter 13 Hardware. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 463

Chapter 14 Managing disks and drives. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 497

Chapter 15 System maintenance and performance. . . . . . 531

Chapter 16 Backup, restore, and recovery. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 571

Chapter 17 Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 607

PART 4: Windows 10 for experts and IT pros

Chapter 18 Using advanced system management tools. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 639

Chapter 19 Automating tasks and activities. . . . . . . . . . . . . 671

Chapter 20 Advanced networking. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 711

Chapter 21 Managing Windows 10 in business . . . . . . . . . . 769

Chapter 22 Running virtual machines with Hyper-V . . . . . 785

Chapter 23 What's next for Windows 10?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 813

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Appendixes

Appendix A Windows 10 editions at a glance. . . . . . . . . . . . . 821 Appendix B Help and support resources. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 831

Table of contents

Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xix

Who this book is for . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xix Assumptions about you . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xx

How this book is organized . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xx Acknowledgments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxi Current Book Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxi

How to register your book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxi Find out about updates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxii Errata, updates, and book support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxii Free ebooks from Microsoft Press . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxiii We want to hear from you . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxiii Stay in touch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxiii

PART 1: Getting started with Windows 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Chapter 1

What's new in Windows 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

The Windows 10 user experience . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Fundamental changes in core features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Windows 10, the web, and cloud services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Working and playing with Windows 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 More updates, more often . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Windows 10 for IT pros and experts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Chapter 2

Installing, configuring, and deploying Windows 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Before you start . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Check for potential compatibility problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Back up your data and settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Build (or buy) installation media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Choose your installation method . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

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