Windows 10 Inside Out

Ed Bott is an award-winning author and technology journalist who has been researching and writing about Windows and PC technology, in print and on the Internet, for more than two decades. He has written more than 30 books, all on Windows and Microsoft Office, which in turn have been translated into dozens of languages and read worldwide. You can catch up with Ed's latest opinions and get hands-on advice at The Ed Bott Report on ZDNet (zdnet.com/blog/bott). You can also follow his lively and occasionally irreverent Twitter feed (@edbott). Ed and his wife, Judy, live in northern New Mexico with two English springer spaniels, Mackie and Lucy, who were adopted with the help of English Springer Rescue America (springerrescue.org). Both of those lucky dogs make cameo appearances in this book. Carl Siechert began his writing career at age eight as editor of the Mesita Road News, a neighborhood newsletter that reached a peak worldwide circulation of 43 during its eight-year run. Following several years as an estimator and production manager in a commercial printing business, Carl returned to writing with the formation of Siechert & Wood Professional Documentation, a Pasadena, California, firm that specializes in writing and producing product documentation for the personal computer industry. Carl is a coauthor of more than 20 books, covering operating systems from MS-DOS 3.0 to Windows 10 and productivity applications from Microsoft Works 3 to Office 2013. In a convergence of new and old technology, Carl's company now operates a popular website for hobby machinists, https: //littlemachineshop.com. Carl hiked the Pacific Crest Trail from Mexico to Canada in 1977 and would rather be hiking right now. He and his wife, Jan, live in Southern California. Craig Stinson, an industry journalist since 1981, was editor of Softalk for the IBM Personal Computer, one of the earliest IBM-PC magazines. He is the author or coauthor of numerous books about Windows and Microsoft Excel. Craig is an amateur musician and reformed music critic, having reviewed classical music for various newspapers and trade publications, including Billboard, the Boston Globe, the Christian Science Monitor, and Musical America. He lives in Bloomington, Indiana.

Table of contents

Introduction                                                                                                                 

PART 1: Getting started with Windows 10                                 

Chapter 1       What’s new in Windows 10                                                                                  

Chapter 2      Installing, configuring, and deploying Windows 10                       

Chapter 3      Using Windows 10                                                                                                      

Chapter 4      Personalizing Windows 10                                                                                   

Chapter 5      Networking essentials                                                                                            

Chapter 6      Managing user accounts, passwords, and credentials               

Chapter 7       Securing Windows 10 devices                                                                            

     

PART 2: Working and playing with Windows 10                      

Chapter 8      Using and managing apps and desktop programs                            

Chapter 9      Cortana and the web                                                                                               

Chapter 10    Productivity and communication tools                                                 

Chapter 11     Music, photos, movies, and games                                                               

Chapter 12    Managing files on PCs and in the cloud                                                  

     

PART 3: System maintenance and troubleshooting               

Chapter 13    Hardware         

Chapter 14    Managing disks and drives                                                                               

Chapter 15    System maintenance and performance                                                  

Chapter 16    Backup, restore, and recovery                                                                         

Chapter 17     Troubleshooting                                                                                                        

     

PART 4: Windows 10 for experts and IT pros                            

Chapter 18    Using advanced system management tools  

Chapter 19  Automating tasks and activities                                      

Chapter 20   Advanced networking                                                                                            

Chapter 21    Managing Windows 10 in business                                                             

Chapter 22   Running virtual machines with Hyper-V                                              

Chapter 23   What’s next for Windows 10?                                                                            

Appendix A  Windows 10 editions at a glance                                                                     

Appendix B  Help and support resources                                                                              

Index to troubleshooting topics                                                                                                

Index