| Introduction |
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Touchscreen Owners Aren't Left Out |
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| Part 1 Windows 10 Stuff Everybody Thinks You Already Know |
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Chapter 1 What Is Windows 10? |
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What Is Windows, and Why Are You Using It? |
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What's New in Windows 10? |
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What's So Different about Windows 10? |
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Why Does Windows 10 Keep Changing? |
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Can My Current PC Still Run Windows 10? |
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The Different Flavors of Windows 10 |
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Chapter 2 Starting with the Start Menu |
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Being Welcomed to the World of Windows |
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Understanding user accounts |
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Keeping your account private and secure |
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Signing up for a Microsoft account |
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Figuring Out the Windows 10 Start Menu |
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Toggling between Tablet and Desktop mode |
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Launching a Start menu program or app |
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Finding something on the Start menu |
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Viewing, closing, or returning to apps |
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Getting to know your free apps |
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Adding or removing Start menu items |
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Customizing the Start menu |
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Temporarily leaving your computer |
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Leaving your computer for the day |
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Chapter 3 The Traditional Desktop |
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Finding the Desktop and the Start Menu |
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Launching apps with the Start menu |
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Jazzing up the desktop's background |
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Toggling between Tablet mode and the desktop |
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Dumpster diving in the Recycle Bin |
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Bellying Up to the Taskbar |
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Shrinking windows to the taskbar and retrieving them |
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Switching to different tasks from the taskbar's Jump Lists |
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Clicking the taskbar's sensitive areas |
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Opening the Action Center |
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Setting Up Virtual Desktops |
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Making Programs Easier to Find |
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Chapter 4 Basic Desktop Window Mechanics |
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Dissecting a Typical Desktop Window |
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Tugging on a window's title bar |
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Navigating folders with a window's Address bar |
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Finding commands on the Ribbon |
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Quick shortcuts with the Navigation Pane |
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Moving inside a window with its scroll bar |
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Maneuvering Windows around the Desktop |
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Moving a window to the top of the pile |
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Moving a window from here to there |
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Making a window fill the whole desktop |
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Making a window bigger or smaller |
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Placing two windows side by side |
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Making windows open to the same darn size |
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Chapter 5 Storage: Internal, External, and in the Cloud |
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Browsing the File Explorer File Cabinets |
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Getting the Lowdown on Folders |
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Peering into Your Drives, Folders, and Other Media |
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Seeing the files on a drive |
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Seeing what's inside a folder |
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Renaming a File or Folder |
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Selecting Bunches of Files or Folders |
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Getting Rid of a File or Folder |
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Copying or Moving Files and Folders |
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Seeing More Information about Files and Folders |
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Buying the right kind of blank CDs and DVDs for burning |
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Copying files to or from a CD or DVD |
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Working with Flash Drives and Memory Cards |
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OneDrive: Your Cubbyhole in the Clouds |
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Changing your OneDrive settings |
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Opening and saving files from OneDrive |
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Customizing OneDrive for different devices with OneDrive Files On Demand |
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Accessing OneDrive from the Internet |
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| Part 2 Working With Programs, Apps, And Files |
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Chapter 6 Playing with Programs, Apps, and Documents |
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Starting a Program or an App |
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Choosing Which Program Should Open Which File |
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Navigating the Microsoft Store |
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Adding new apps from the Store app |
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Taking the Lazy Way with a Desktop Shortcut |
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Absolutely Essential Guide to Cutting, Copying, and Pasting |
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The quick 'n' dirty guide to cut 'n' paste |
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Selecting things to cut or copy |
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Cutting or copying your selected goods |
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Pasting information to another place |
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Chapter 7 Finding the Lost |
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Finding Currently Running Apps and Programs |
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Finding Lost Windows on the Desktop |
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Locating a Missing App, Program, Setting, or File |
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Finding a Missing File inside a Folder |
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Finding Other Computers on a Network |
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Chapter 8 Printing and Scanning Your Work |
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Printing from a Start Menu App |
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Printing Your Masterpiece from the Desktop |
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Adjusting how your work fits on the page |
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Adjusting your printer's settings |
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Troubleshooting your printer |
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Scanning from the Start Menu |
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| Part 3 Getting Things Done On The Internet |
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Chapter 9 Cruising the Web |
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What's an ISP, and Why Do I Need One? |
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Connecting Wirelessly to the Internet |
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Browsing the Web with Microsoft Edge |
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Moving from one web page to another |
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Making Microsoft Edge open to your favorite site |
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Revisiting favorite places |
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Finding things on the Internet |
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Finding More Information on a Website |
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Saving Information from the Internet |
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Downloading a program, song, or other type of file |
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Chapter 10 Being Social: Mail, People, and Calendar |
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Adding Your Accounts to Windows |
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Understanding the Mail App |
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Switching among the Mail app's views, menus, and accounts |
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Composing and sending an email |
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Sending and receiving files through email |
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Managing Your Contacts in the People App |
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Deleting or editing contacts |
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Managing Appointments in Calendar |
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Chapter 11 Safe Computing |
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Understanding Those Annoying Permission Messages |
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Staying Safe with the New Windows Security Center |
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Avoiding and removing viruses |
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Setting up controls for children |
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| Part 4 Customizing And Upgrading Windows 10 |
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Chapter 12 Customizing Settings in Windows |
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Flipping Switches with the Windows Settings App |
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Devices (adjusting mice, keyboards, scanners, and other gadgets) |
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Personalization (changing your PC's look and feel) |
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Chapter 13 Keeping Windows from Breaking |
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Backing Up Your Computer with File History |
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Finding Technical Information about Your Computer |
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Freeing Up Space on Your Hard Drive |
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Setting Up Devices That Don't Work (Fiddling with Drivers) |
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Chapter 14 Sharing One Computer with Several People |
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Understanding User Accounts |
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Changing or Adding User Accounts |
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Adding an account for a family member or friend |
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Changing existing accounts |
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Switching Quickly between Users |
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Changing a User Account's Picture |
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Setting Up Passwords and Security |
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Signing in with Windows Hello |
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Chapter 15 Connecting Computers with a Network |
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Understanding a Network's Parts |
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Setting Up a Small Network |
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Buying parts for a network |
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Setting up a wireless router |
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Setting up Windows computers to connect to a network |
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Sharing Files with Your Networked Computers |
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Setting your home network to private |
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Sharing files and folders on your private network |
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Accessing what others have shared |
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Sharing a printer on the network |
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Sharing with Nearby Sharing |
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Turning on Nearby Sharing |
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Sharing files with Nearby Sharing |
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| Part 5 Music, Photos, And Videos |
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Chapter 16 Playing and Copying Music |
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Playing Music with the Groove Music app |
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Handing Music-Playing Chores Back to Windows Media Player |
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Stocking the Windows Media Player Library |
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Browsing Windows Media Player's Libraries |
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Playing Music Files in a Playlist |
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Controlling Your Now Playing Items |
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Playing Videos and TV Shows |
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Creating, Saving, and Editing Playlists |
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Ripping (Copying) CDs to Your PC |
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Burning (Creating) Music CDs |
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Chapter 17 Fiddling with Photos (and Videos) |
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Dumping Photos from a Phone or Camera to Your Computer |
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Taking Photos with the Camera App |
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Linking Your Phone with Your PC through the Your Phone App |
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Viewing Photos with the Photos App |
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Viewing your photo collection |
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Copying digital photos to a CD or DVD |
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| Part 6 Help! |
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Chapter 18 The Case of the Broken Window |
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Toggling between Tablet and Desktop Mode |
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The Magic Fixes in Windows |
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Restoring backups with File History |
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Windows Keeps Asking Me for Permission |
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I Need to Retrieve Deleted Files |
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I Need to Fix Broken Apps |
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My Settings Are Messed Up |
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My Computer Is Frozen Solid |
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Chapter 19 Strange Messages: What You Did Does Not Compute |
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Add Your Microsoft Account |
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Choose What Happens with This Device |
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Did You Mean to Switch Apps? |
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Do You Want to Allow This App to Make Changes to Your Device? |
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Do You Want to Save Changes? |
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How Do You Want to Open This? |
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How Do You Want to Open This File? |
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We're Not Allowed to Find You |
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You Don't Currently Have Permission to Access This Folder |
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Chapter 20 Moving from an Old PC to a New Windows 10 PC |
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Hiring a Third Party to Make the Move |
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Buying Laplink's PCmover program |
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Transferring Files Yourself |
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Chapter 21 Help on the Windows Help System |
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Getting Started with Windows 10 |
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Microsoft's paid support options |
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Microsoft's free support options |
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| Part 7 The Part Of Tens |
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Chapter 22 Ten Things You'll Hate about Windows 10 (and How to Fix Them) |
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Windows 10 Keeps Changing |
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I Want to Avoid the Apps! |
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Pruning apps from the Start menu and your PC |
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Telling desktop programs, not apps, to open your files |
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I Want to Avoid the Desktop |
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I Don't Want a Microsoft Account |
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Windows Makes Me Sign in All the Time |
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The Taskbar Keeps Disappearing |
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I Can't Line Up Two Windows on the Screen |
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It Won't Let Me Do Something Unless I'm an Administrator |
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I Don't Know What Version of Windows I Have |
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My Print Screen Key Doesn't Work |
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Chapter 23 Ten or So Tips for Tablet and Laptop Owners |
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Switching to Airplane Mode |
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Connecting to a New Wireless Internet Network |
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Toggling Your Tablet's Screen Rotation |
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Adjusting to Different Locations |
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Backing Up Your Laptop before Traveling |
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Accessing the Mobility Center |
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Turning Calculator into a Road Warrior Tool |
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