Windows 10 All-in-One For Dummies. Woody Leonhard

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10 to work for you. You find the same take on Microsoft, Windows, and more at my eponymous website, www.AskWoody.com.

      

You don’t need to memorize the information marked with this icon, but you should try to remember that something special is lurking.

      

Achtung! Cuidado! Thar be tygers here! Anywhere that you see a warning icon, you can be sure that I’ve been burnt — badly. Mind your fingers. These are really, really mean suckers.

      

Okay, so I’m a geek. I admit it. Sure, I love to poke fun at geeks. But I’m a modern, New Age, sensitive guy, in touch with my inner geekiness. Sometimes, I just can’t help but let it out, ya know? That’s where the technical stuff icon comes in. If you get all tied up in knots about techie-type stuff, pass these paragraphs by. (For the record, I managed to write this entire book without telling you that an IPv4 address consists of a unique 32-bit combination of network ID and host ID, expressed as a set of four decimal numbers with each octet separated by periods. See? I can restrain myself sometimes.)

Beyond the Book

      When I wrote the 4th edition of this book, I covered the Windows 10 May 2020 update, version 2004. Microsoft promises to keep Windows 10 updated twice a year. For details about significant updates or changes that occur between editions of this book, go to www.dummies.com, search for Windows 10 All-in-One For Dummies, and open the Download tab on this book’s dedicated page.

      In addition, the cheat sheet for this book has handy Windows shortcuts and tips on other cool features worth checking out. To get to the cheat sheet, go to www.dummies.com, and then type Windows 10 All-in-One For Dummies Cheat Sheet in the search box.

Where to Go from Here

      That’s about it. It’s time for you to crack this book open and have at it.

      If you haven’t yet told Windows 10 to show you filename extensions, flip to Book 3, Chapter 1. If you haven’t yet set up the File History feature, go to Book 8, Chapter 1. If you’re worried about Microsoft keeping a list of all the searches that you conduct on your own computer, check out Book 2, Chapter 5.

      

Don’t forget to bookmark two websites: www.AskWoody.com and www.digitalcitizen.life. They will keep you up-to-date on all the Windows 10 stuff you need to know — including notes about this book, the latest Windows bugs and gaffes, patches that are worse than the problems they’re supposed to fix, useful tutorials, and much more — and you can submit your most pressing questions for free consultation from The Woodmeister and his merry gang.

      See ya! Shoot me mail at [email protected].

      Sometimes, it’s worth reading the Intro, eh?

Book 1

      Starting Windows 10

Contents at a Glance

      1  Chapter 1: Windows 10 4 N00bs Hardware and Software Why Do PCs Have to Run Windows? A Terminology Survival Kit What, Exactly, Is the Web? Buying a Windows 10 Computer What’s Wrong with Windows 10?

      2  Chapter 2: Windows 10 for the Experienced If You Just Upgraded from Windows 7 or 8.1 to Windows 10 A Brief History of Windows 10 Exploring the Versions of Windows 10 The Different Kinds of Windows Programs, Er, Apps What’s New for the XP Crowd What’s New for Windows 7 Users What’s New for Windows 8 and 8.1 Users What’s New for All of Windows Do You Need Windows 10?

      3  Chapter 3: Which Version? Counting the Editions Choosing 32 Bit versus 64 Bit Which Version of Windows Are You Running?

Chapter 1

      Windows 10 4 N00bs

      IN THIS CHAPTER

      

Reading the newbie’s quick guide

      

Understanding that hardware is hard — and software is hard, too

      

Seeing Windows’ place in the grand scheme of things

      

Defining computer words that all the grade-schoolers understand

      

Finding out what, exactly,

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