"Covers desktop PCs, laptops, and tablets"--Cover.

Includes index.

The Windows desktop. Desktop & start menu ; File explorer, taskbar & action center ; Organizing & finding your files ; Redesigning the desktop ; Cortana, your voice assistant -- The programs of Windows 10. Programs & documents ; Settings & control panel ; The Windows starter apps -- Windows online. Getting online ; The Edge browser ; Mail ; Security & privacy -- Hardware and peripherals. Tablets, laptops & hybrids ; Printing, fonts & PDFs ; Hardware & drivers -- PC health. Maintenance, speed & troubleshooting ; Backups & file history ; The disk chapter -- The Windows network. Accounts (and logging on) -- Setting up a small network -- Sharing files on the network -- Appendixes. Appendix A. Installing & upgrading to Windows 10 ; Appendix B. Where'd it go? ; Appendix C. Master list of keyboard shortcuts & gestures.

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, 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 hard nosed objectivity for beginners, veteran standalone PC users, new tablet owners, and those who know their way around a network.

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