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

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 Tires 7

Using Touchscreens 7

Getting Signed In 8

Entering and Exiting Tablet Mode 10

2. Navigating the Accounts Maze 13

Local and Domain Accounts 13

Accessing Business Networks 14

3. Making the Most of Your Desktop Space 17

Cortana & Search 19

Task View & Changing Desktops 22

4. Meet the New Start Menu 25

New Tricks for an Old Dog 26

More, More, More 27

5. Conquering the Kangaroos 29

Optimizing Interface Performance 29

Mastering Desktop Essentials 32

Stretching the Desktop 37

Ready to Ditch Snap? 41

6. Making the Start Menu Your B*tch 43

Pinning Apps and Using Full-Screen Mode 45

Creating Sections 47

Resizing and Reorganizing Tiles 48

Customizing the Most Used and Recently Added Lists 49

7. Making the Taskbar Dance 51

Putting the Taskbar Where You Want It 51

Customizing Taskbar Appearance 53

Pinning Programs to the Taskbar 55

Using Flip Views and Jump Lists 56

8. Customizing Backgrounds 59

Using Pictures for Backgrounds 61

Using Solid Colors for Backgrounds 62

Using Slideshow Backgrounds 62

9. Customizing Lock Screens 65

Using Pictures on the Lock Screen 67

Using Slideshows on the Lock Screen 67

Configuring Notifications on the Lock Screen 69

10. Customizing User Accounts 71

Changing Account Pictures 71

Changing Account Types 72

Changing and Recovering Your Password 73

11. Exploring Your Computer in New Ways 75

Getting There 75

Getting It Done 77

Managing Access History 80

12. Zeroing in on Apps 83

Getting Your Apps 83

Connecting Your Account to the Store 84

Finding and Installing Your Apps 87

Managing Currently Running Apps, Programs and Processes 89



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