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A deep dive into the Windows, for beginners and advanced users alike Windows 11 All-in-One For Dummies, 2nd Edition is your most thorough source of information on the world's #1 computer operating system. This 800+ page reference guides you through the art of navigating the Windows interface, setting up personal accounts, and digging into the menus, settings, and features that you need to become a power user.
Cheat Sheet / Updated 04-05-2022
Windows 10 comes jam-packed with features. Here are shortcuts and tips for using the keyboard, mouse, and Ribbon to get fast access to the most commonly used commands. You'll be commanding Windows 10 in no time!5 big changes in Windows 10Windows 10 brings many changes to the Windows world. Basically, it takes the best parts of Windows 7 and Windows 8.
Cheat Sheet / Updated 02-03-2022
Adjusting to a new operating system, whether you're upgrading from an old version of Windows to Windows 11 or you've purchased a new machine running Windows 11, isn't an easy thing to do. In this cheat sheet, you find out what has changed in Windows 11, what you should and shouldn’t do when you start using Windows 11.
Article / Updated 10-19-2021
Network discovery is an underrated and often misunderstood feature that allows Windows 10 to find other computers and devices on a network. This feature is automatically turned on when you’re connected to private networks like the one in your home or workplace but turned off when you’re connected to public networks that shouldn’t be trusted and when you don’t allow your PC to be discoverable on those networks.
Article / Updated 10-15-2021
A proxy server is an intermediary between your Windows 10 PC or device and the Internet. This server makes requests to websites, servers, and services on the Internet for you. For example, say that you use a web browser to visit www.wiley.com and your browser is set to use a proxy server.After you type www.wiley.
Article / Updated 09-30-2021
When you start File Explorer in Windows 10, it displays Quick Access, where you see a list of the folders you browse most frequently and the files that you recently accessed. This list changes over time as you use different folders.
Pin folders to Quick Access
You can always pin the folders and libraries that you want to access as quickly as possible to Quick Access.
Article / Updated 09-15-2021
Windows stores all of your user files and folders in C:Users, followed by your username. There, you see folders such as Desktop, Downloads, Documents, Music, and Pictures. In Windows 10, these folders also appear in File Explorer under This PC and Quick Access.If your computer has multiple partitions, you may want to change the location of one or more of your user folders.
Dig into the ins and outs of Windows 10Computer users have been "doing Windows" since the 1980s. That long run doesn't mean everyone knows the best-kept secrets of the globally ubiquitous operating system. Windows 10 All-in-One For Dummies, 4th Edition offers a deep guide for navigating the basics of Windows 10 and diving into more advanced features.
Article / Updated 10-16-2019
An archive is a file containing one or more files along with their data. You use archives in Windows 10 to copy multiple files into a single file for easier portability and storage, or simply to compress files to use less storage space.Archives are also useful when you want to send multiple files to someone by email.
Step by Step / Updated 03-27-2016
Encrypting the Windows 10 operating system drive with BitLocker (or any other encryption software) takes significant time and involves setting a password to use before starting Windows and using an encrypted drive.
It’s important to remember this password. Without it, you can’t access the encrypted drive. To prevent you from completely losing access to the encrypted drive, the encryption process includes a step to save a backup recovery key.