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Windows 10 Inside Out
3rd Edition

Ed Bott
Craig Stinson
Windows 10 Inside Out, 3rd Edition
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To Mackie. He was a good dog.
 Contents at a Glance

Part I Windows 10 essentials Chapter 13

Windows networking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 445
Chapter 1

.
What you need to know about Windows 10 . . . . . . 3 Chapter 14

.
Hardware and devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 505
Chapter 2

.
Installing, configuring, and deploying Chapter 15
Windows 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Troubleshooting, backup, and recovery . . . . . . . 555
.
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Chapter 3
Part IV For IT professionals and Windows experts
Using Windows 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
.
Chapter 16
Chapter 4
Hyper-V . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 607
Personalizing Windows 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117

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Chapter 17
Chapter 5
Managing business PCs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 651
Managing updates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147

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.
Chapter 18
Part II Productivity Windows security and privacy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 665

.
Chapter 6 Chapter 19
Installing and configuring modern apps and PowerShell and other advanced management
desktop apps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171 tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 699
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Chapter 7 Chapter 20
Using and managing built-in Windows apps . . . 207 Maximizing productivity on a portable PC . . . . . 739
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Chapter 8
Part V Appendixes
Microsoft Edge and Internet Explorer . . . . . . . . . 255
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Appendix A
Chapter 9
Windows 10 editions and licensing options . . . . 751
Storage and file management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 297
.
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Appendix B
Chapter 10
The Windows Insider Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 759
Cortana and Windows search . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 349
.
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Appendix C
Part III Managing Windows 10 Help and support resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 771
.
Chapter 11 Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 785
.
Managing user accounts, passwords, and
credentials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 383
.
Chapter 12
Performance and power management . . . . . . . . 419
.
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Part I

Chapter 1

Chapter 2
PC hardware
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Before you start
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Acknowledgments

Cloud connections
The app landscape
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
The user experience

Activating Windows
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Security and privacy
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Windows as a service
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Windows core features
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Who this book is for

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
How Windows 10 Setup works
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Performing a clean install

Managing digital licenses

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Errata, updates, & book support
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Configuring a multi-boot system
Windows licensing options
How this book is organized

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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Do you need a product key?
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Back up your data and settings

Performing an edition upgrade

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Choose your installation method
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Table of Contents

Troubleshooting activation problems

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Download or create installation media
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Product activation and corporate licensing
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Check for potential compatibility problems
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Upgrading from an earlier Windows version
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Managing Windows activation from the command prompt
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
vii
Tweaking and tuning your Windows 10 installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
63
62
62
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57
55
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52
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44
39
37
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31
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29
28
Installing, configuring, and deploying Windows 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
24
23
17
16
12
8
4
What you need to know about Windows 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Windows 10 essentials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
xxix
xxix
xxviii
xxvii
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxvii
 viii

Chapter 3

Chapter 4
Table of Contents

Switching tasks
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Working with fonts
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Selecting colors
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Navigating Windows 10

Overcoming challenges
Choosing a screen saver
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Settings vs. Control Panel
Moving the taskbar

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Setting pen options

Fine-tuning visual options

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Personalizing with themes
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Configuring desktop icons
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Selecting sounds for events
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Making text easier to read
Using the Touch Keyboard
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Using the Windows Ink workspace
Using and customizing Start

Managing and arranging windows

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Using and customizing the taskbar

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Customizing mouse pointers
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Customizing the visual appearance
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Switching between virtual desktops
Pinning people to the taskbar

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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Adding toolbars to the taskbar

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Using and customizing Action Center

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Pinning programs to the taskbar

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Making other small visual tweaks
Customizing the notification area

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Selecting the desktop background

Eliminating distractions with Focus Assist

Using alternative keyboard layouts
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Using Windows 10 on a touchscreen device
Customizing the Quick Actions panel

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Using a keyboard and mouse in Windows 10
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Changing the order of taskbar buttons

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Reviewing, revisiting, resuming with Timeline

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
An overview of the Windows 10 user experience

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Changing the taskbar’s size and appearance

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Taming your mouse or other pointing device
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Configuring the taskbar with multiple displays

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Customizing the lock screen and sign-in screen
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Setting date and time, currency, and other regional options
Using font smoothing to make text easier on the eyes
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Using Jump Lists for quick access to documents and folders

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Personalizing Windows 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117

Syncing your settings between computers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145

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Customizing notifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
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Using Windows 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
 Part II

Chapter 7
Chapter 5

Chapter 6

Using Maps
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Using OneNote
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Using Skype
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Uninstalling an app
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Buying an app
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
.
Reviewing history
What’s in a modern app

Resetting a modern app

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Getting directions
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Servicing channels

Setting AutoPlay options

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Browsing Microsoft Store
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Mail, Calendar, and People
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Managing Windows Update

Managing startup programs

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Setting up and using Mail
Apps included with Windows 10
Deferring and delaying updates

Managing line-of-business apps

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Troubleshooting update problems

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Turning Windows features on or off
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Setting up and using Calendar
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Searching for places and services
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Managing permissions and other settings
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Choosing how updates are installed

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What you get from Windows Update

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Suspending or removing startup items
Fine-tuning network bandwidth usage

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Adding or editing contacts with People
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An overview of how Windows 10 update works

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Terminating a program with Task Manager
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Assigning a program to a specific processor
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Finding technical information about updates

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Setting default programs and file-type associations
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Finding detailed information about a program
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Managing programs and processes with Task Manager
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Installing, running, and managing desktop applications
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Using a nondefault program on a case-by-case basis
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Running desktop applications as an administrator or another user

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Using and managing built-in Windows apps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207

Installing and configuring modern apps and desktop apps . . . . . . . . . 171
Productivity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169

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Managing updates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
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Dealing with compatibility issues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188

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Choosing when updates are installed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
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Music

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Using tabs
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Using libraries
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Browsing with favorites
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Essential customizations
Photos and videos

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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Importing favorites
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Extending Microsoft Edge
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Privacy and security issues
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Projecting to another screen

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Protecting your privacy
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Editing photos with Paint

Controlling Flash content

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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Browsing through history
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Specifying your default browser

Making text easier to read

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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Getting around in Microsoft Edge
Displaying the Favorites bar
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Music, photos, movies, and games

Reading ebooks in Microsoft Edge

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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Using Reading View in Microsoft Edge

Relocating personal data folders

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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Downloading maps for offline use

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Creating albums and video projects

Syncing favorites and other settings

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Choosing the light theme or the dark

Changing the default search provider

Sharing maps and creating reminders

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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Xbox and other forms of online entertainment

Customizing your start and home pages

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Using the reading list to save links for later
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What’s what (and where) in your user profile
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Setting media autoplay permissions globally
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Managing and securing your web credentials
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Using the Photos app to crop and edit pictures

Configuring security zones in Internet Explorer

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Navigating with the Start page and address bar

Annotating Microsoft Edge pages and PDF files

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Watching movies, recorded TV shows, and video clips

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Organizing personal data with user profile folders and libraries
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Performing screen captures with Snipping Tool and shortcut keys

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Managing and troubleshooting add-ons in Internet Explorer
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Storage and file management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 297
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Revisiting sites with Timeline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276
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Microsoft Edge and Internet Explorer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255

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Managing disk space
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Using Windows search
Mastering File Explorer

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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Deleting a volume
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Shrinking a volume
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Extending a volume
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Searching from File Explorer
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Purging the Recycle Bin
Filtering folder contents
Syncing files and folders

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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Working with virtual hard disks
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Grouping folder contents

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Restoring files and folders
Sorting a folder’s contents
Using the navigation pane

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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Cleaning up unneeded files
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Searching for item properties
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What you can do with Cortana
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Searching by item type or kind
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Setting up and using OneDrive

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Managing existing disks and volumes

Changing the scope of a search

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Changing default save locations

Searching nonindexed locations

Advanced search tools and techniques
Converting a FAT32 disk to NTFS
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Using Cortana in Microsoft Edge
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Configuring the Windows search index
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Managing file properties and metadata
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Sharing OneDrive files and folders

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Using compressed (zipped) folders

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Assigning and changing drive letters
Mapping a volume to an NTFS folder
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Saving searches and clearing search history
Assigning or changing a volume label
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Using OneDrive to store, sync, and share files

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Permanently wiping all data from a disk

Which files and folders are in the index?

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Configuring Cortana and search options
Sorting, filtering, and grouping in File Explorer

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Using multiple criteria for complex searches
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Navigating faster with Quick Access shortcuts

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Using wildcards and character-mode searches
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How OneDrive and OneDrive for Business work

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Recovering lost, damaged, and deleted files and folders
Layouts, previews, and other ways to arrange files

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Monitoring the index and tuning indexer performance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .363
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Cortana and Windows search . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 349
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Chapter 11

Chapter 12

Chapter 13
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Systeminfo
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Using a PIN
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Managing services
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Wireless security
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Using Hotspot 2.0
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
System Information
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Deleting an account

Using Dynamic Lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Configuring services
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
TCP/IP configuration
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Permissions and rights

Setting the network location

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Managing the sign-in process

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Using a picture password
Choosing an account type

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Using the Services console
Sharing your PC with other users
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Changing account settings

Connecting to a wireless network

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Windows 10 networking essentials
Viewing details about your system

Network management tools

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Starting and stopping services
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Setting or changing a password
Creating and managing user accounts

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Adding a user to your computer

Introducing access control in Windows

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Connecting to a hidden network
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User accounts and security groups

Power management on desktop systems

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Restricting use with assigned access
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Checking the status of your network
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Monitoring performance with Task Manager
Managing services from Task Manager
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Controlling your family’s computer access

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Using Windows Hello for biometric sign-ins

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Mobile hotspots and other metered connections
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Configuring power options from the command line
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Signing out, switching accounts, or locking your computer

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Using Resource Monitor to pinpoint performance problems
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Windows Management Instrumentation command-line utility

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Windows networking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 445
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Managing user accounts, passwords, and credentials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 383
Managing Windows 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 381
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Night Light
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Managing USB devices
Sharing a printer

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Printers and print queues
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Uninstalling a driver
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Using Storage Spaces
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Setting up Bluetooth devices

Using multiple displays

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Changing display settings
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Setting up a new hard disk
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Updating and uninstalling drivers

Running Disk Management

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Troubleshooting network problems

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Enabling and disabling devices
Network troubleshooting tools

Working with solid-state drives

Using the Remote Desktop app

Speakers, microphones, and headsets

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Connecting to a network printer

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Troubleshooting TCP/IP problems

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Updating a device driver manually
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Disabling automatic driver updates
Using Remote Desktop Connection

Adjusting advanced device settings

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Installing a new Plug and Play device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Configuring displays and graphics adapters
Configuring your network for sharing

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Working with mapped network folders

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Rolling back to a previous driver version

Controlling scaling on high-DPI displays

Sharing files and folders from any folder

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Managing hard disks and other storage devices
Installing Remote Desktop client software

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Managing disks from the command prompt
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Adding, configuring, and removing hardware devices
Enabling inbound remote desktop connections

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How device drivers and hardware work together

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Getting useful information from Device Manager
Connecting to another computer with Remote Desktop

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Finding and using shared resources on a Windows network

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Understanding sharing and security models in Windows

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Sharing files, printers, and other resources over a local network

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Transferring pictures, links, and other items between nearby devices

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Chapter 15

Chapter 16
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Event Viewer

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Memory
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Networking
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Setting up Hyper-V
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Types of events

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Dealing with Stop errors

Using Hyper-V Manager

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Reliability Monitor

Checking disks for errors

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Running a virtual machine
Machine generation
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What’s in a Stop error

What’s in a virtual machine?

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Using a recovery drive
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Filtering the log display

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Built-in troubleshooters

Troubleshooting in Safe Mode

Viewing logs and events

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Windows Error Reporting

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Feedback and diagnostics

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Using enhanced session mode
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Configuring and using System Restore
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Automatic start and stop actions
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Changing settings for a virtual machine
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Isolating the cause of a Stop error

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Fine-tuning virtual memory usage
Creating and managing virtual machines
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Windows 10 backup and recovery options

Storage controllers and virtual disks

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Using the Windows 7 Backup program
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Using the New Virtual Machine Wizard
Getting started with Hyper-V on Windows 10
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Getting to know your troubleshooting toolkit

Rolling back to a previous restore point

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Using Quick Create to configure a new VM
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Using File History to protect files and folders

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Adding, removing, and adjusting virtual disks
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Working with event logs on a remote computer

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Working with Virtual Machine Connection windows
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Using the Reset option to recover from serious problems

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Customizing the presentation of tabular data in Event Viewer

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Hyper-V . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 607
For IT professionals and Windows experts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 605
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Customizing how Windows handles Stop errors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .567
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Troubleshooting, backup, and recovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 555

Advanced security options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .639

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Managing apps
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Blocking malware
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Securing data
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Microsoft Intune

Securing devices
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Encrypting information
Alternatives to Hyper-V

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Blocking malware
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Securing identities
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Working with checkpoints

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Configuring privacy options
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Using shared PC mode
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Modifying UAC settings
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Setting up a kiosk device
Changing policy settings

Understanding security threats

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Using a domain-based network

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Restoring default settings
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Dealing with UAC prompts
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
What triggers UAC prompts
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Managing the browsing experience
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Dealing with detected threats
Securing apps with AppLocker

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New security features in Windows 10
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Monitoring your computer’s security
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Manually scanning for malware
Using Local Group Policy Editor

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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Managing special-purpose computers
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Using the Encrypting File System
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Importing, exporting, and moving VMs

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Managing computers with Group Policy

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Using Windows Defender Antivirus
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Managing Windows Defender Firewall
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Management tools for enterprise deployments

Windows Server Update Services (WSUS)

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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Blocking intruders with Windows Defender Firewall
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Managing app distribution in an organization

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System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM)

Preventing unsafe actions with User Account Control

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Blocking ransomware with controlled folder access
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Stopping unknown or malicious programs with SmartScreen
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Advanced tools for managing Windows Defender Firewall
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Using Windows Defender Firewall with different network types
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Encrypting with BitLocker and BitLocker To Go . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .694
694
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681
679
677
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671
670
669
669
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Windows security and privacy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 665
662
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Managing business PCs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 651
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Part V
Chapter 19

Chapter 20
Table of Contents

Storage
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Pro
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Home
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Enterprise
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Automating tasks
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Mobile connectivity

Microsoft 365
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Task Scheduler
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Managing battery life
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Retail and OEM editions
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Editions for organizations
Starting PowerShell

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Enterprise E3 and E5
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Pro for Workstations

Enterprise LTSB/LTSC
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Registry virtualization
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Editing the Windows registry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Using command symbols

Scripting with PowerShell

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Editing the command line

Windows 10 editions at a glance

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Interacting with PowerShell
Command Prompt or PowerShell?

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Windows 10 and your mobile phone
Registry values and data types
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Using Microsoft Management Console
Running with elevated privileges

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Working in a Command Prompt session

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
An introduction to Windows PowerShell

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Finding additional PowerShell resources

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Browsing and editing with Registry Editor

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Automating registry changes with .reg files

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Automating tasks with Windows Script Host
Understanding the Registry Editor hierarchy

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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Backing up and restoring parts of the registry

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Monitoring long-term battery life and capacity
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Starting Command Prompt at a particular folder

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Starting Command Prompt and running a command

Battery Saver and other power management options

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Automating command sequences with batch programs

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Using AutoRun to execute commands when Command Prompt starts

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753

755
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755
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Appendix A Windows 10 editions and licensing options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 751
Appendixes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 749
747
746
699

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743
742
739
Maximizing productivity on a portable PC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 739
736
736
735
735
735
734
731
729
728
726
724
723
722
719
708
707
706
703
703
702
702
702
701
701
PowerShell and other advanced management tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 699
 Online help
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Education

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Pro Education

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Microsoft Docs
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
TechNet forums
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
The Windows roadmap
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Getting technical support
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Microsoft Community
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Microsoft IT Pro Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Microsoft Knowledge Base

Microsoft Virtual Academy

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Submitting and tracking feedback

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Editions for educational institutions

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Joining the Windows Insider Program

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Online reference material from Microsoft
How the Windows Insider Program works

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Free and paid support from Microsoft
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Keeping track of what’s in each preview build

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Table of Contents

Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 785
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Appendix C Help and support resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 771
768
767
761
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Appendix B The Windows Insider Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 759
758
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About the authors
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 been 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 an adorable English Springer spaniel, Lucy,
who was adopted with the help of English Springer Rescue America (springerrescue.org). She
makes several cameo appearances in this book.

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.

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Introduction
Microsoft Windows has been around for more than three decades. During that time, it has
grown to become a mainstay of business and personal computing, running on some 1.5 billion
devices worldwide.

The authors of this book began working together in 2001 with the very first title in the Inside
Out series, covering Windows XP. Like many of you, we took a break a few years ago, watching
from the sidelines as Microsoft released Windows 8 and Windows 8.1. We returned for Windows
10 because, quite frankly, we were excited by the possibilities of “Windows as a service.” As we
predicted in the first edition of this book, published shortly after the initial release of Windows
10 in 2015, Windows 10 is evolving rapidly.

That evolution has been a key part of our experience over the past three years, as we researched
and wrote what turned out to be a very significant revision to the original edition and then did a
series of ebook-only updates. This third edition incorporates all that learning and covers the two
editions of Windows 10 released in 2018.

One bedrock fact we’ve discovered over the past three years is that the core features of Win-
dows 10 are familiar and change very slowly. The fundamentals of NTFS security and the reg-
istry, for example, have remained reassuringly consistent throughout many generations of
Windows. But there’s also plenty that’s new in Windows 10, some of it obvious (the new Start
experience) and some not so obvious (Windows Hello).

The challenge of writing a book like this one is that Microsoft keeps updating Windows 10,
releasing new features twice each year instead of every few years, as in the past. To our great
relief, we’ve found that most of the changes in these semi-annual Windows 10 feature updates
are evolutionary, not revolutionary. You might notice small changes in a dialog box or in the
appearance of a feature, but its fundamental workings remain the same as before. Our goal in
this edition is to help you accomplish those familiar tasks using a new set of tools.

Who this book is for

This book offers a well-rounded look at the features most people use in Windows. It serves as
an excellent starting point for anyone who wants a better understanding of how the central
features in Windows 10 work. If you’re a Windows expert-in-training, or if your day job involves
IT responsibilities, or if you’re the designated computer specialist managing computers and
networks in a home or small business, you’ll discover many sections we wrote just for you. And if
you consider yourself a Windows enthusiast—well, we hope you’ll find enough fun and interest-
ing tidbits to hold your attention because, after all, we’re unabashed enthusiasts ourselves.

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Assumptions about you

This book was written for people who have some experience with Windows and are comfort-
able with and even curious about the technical details of what makes Windows work. It touches
only briefly on some of the basic topics that you’ll find covered in more detail elsewhere. (For
people who require a more basic introduction, we recommend other Microsoft Press titles, such
as Windows 10 Step by Step or Windows 10 Plain & Simple.)

Whether you’ve been working with Windows for a few years or a quarter-century, we expect
that you’re comfortable finding your way around the desktop, launching programs, using copy
and paste operations, and finding information in a web browser. We don’t assume that you’re a
hardware tinkerer, hacker, hardcore gamer, or developer.

How this book is organized

Part I, “Windows 10 essentials,” offers an overview of what’s new in this version, along with
details on installing, configuring, and personalizing Windows 10. For this edition, we’ve added
a brand-new chapter covering the tools and techniques for managing Windows security and
feature updates.

Part II, “Productivity,” covers the essentials of using and managing Universal Windows Platform
(UWP) apps and desktop programs, with details on built-in productivity tools (including Mail)
and entertainment apps. This section also introduces Microsoft Edge, the new default web
browser. In this section, we explain how to organize your personal data using local drives and
the built-in OneDrive cloud storage service. Finally, we explain how to find those files as well
as answers from the internet, when you need them, using Cortana and Windows 10’s powerful
search tools.

Part III, “Managing Windows 10,” starts with a detailed guide to keeping your user accounts
and devices secure. Additional chapters cover routine maintenance tasks and explore tools and
techniques for measuring and improving your computer’s performance, keeping your network
connections fast and secure, and configuring hardware. The section closes with advice on how
to back up your important files, how to recover quickly from problems, and how to trouble-
shoot issues when they arise.

Part IV, “For IT professionals and Windows experts,” leads off with a chapter about Hyper-V, a
powerful virtualization platform built into Windows 10 Pro and Enterprise editions. Additional
chapters cover advanced tools for managing business networks and the Windows 10 devices
connected to those networks. Windows 10 security gets its own in-depth chapter, and we close
with a look at the unique features available for mobile computing.,

Finally, we provide three appendixes of reference information: a concise look at the differences
between Windows 10 editions, a hands-on guide to the Windows Insider Program, and an over-
view of help and support resources.
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Acknowledgments
For this edition we’re once again fortunate to have an expert production team led by Loretta
Yates. Proofreader Karen Davis, compositor Tricia Bronkella, and indexer Cheryl Lenser were
invaluable additions to our team, asking the right questions and offering excellent suggestions
to help smooth away our rough edges. And, as usual, they made it all happen quickly and effi-
ciently, despite all the curveballs that the crazy fast “Windows as a service” development pace
threw our way.

They were joined by a very special team member, Carl Siechert, who was our co-author on every
previous edition but put on the technical editor’s hat for this revision. It was a perfect fit.

And we’ve saved a special tip of the hat to our longtime colleagues Rick and Charlotte Kughen.
This book would never have gotten into your hands without their production magic.

Errata, updates, & book support

We’ve made every effort to ensure the accuracy of this book and its companion content. You
can access updates to this book—in the form of a list of submitted errata and their related
corrections—at:

MicrosoftPressStore.com/ Win10InsideOut/errata

If you discover an error that is not already listed, please submit it to us at the same page.

If you need additional support, email Microsoft Press Book Support at:

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Please note that product support for Microsoft software and hardware is not offered
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https://support.microsoft.com.
PART I

Windows 10 essentials

CHAPTER 1
What you need to know about Windows 10 . . . 3
CHAPTER 2
Installing, configuring, and deploying
Windows 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
CHAPTER 3
Using Windows 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
CHAPTER 4
Personalizing Windows 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
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CHAPTER 5
Managing updates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
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What you need to know about

Windows 10

Windows core features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 The user experience . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

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big picture, there’s nothing that works as well as a PC.

At home, you (and a few hundred million people just like you) use Windows 10 PCs for checking
the news, making travel plans, shopping, and staying in touch over social media networks. You
probably also play a few games and occasionally edit family photos and videos using that PC.

You might be a developer, in which case you spend a lot of time writing, testing, and debugging
code. In the process, you use advanced features (like the Windows Subsystem for Linux) that
mere mortals will never touch.

Or perhaps you actually manage PCs in business settings, in which case, you have probably for-
gotten more about Windows deployment tools and techniques than most people will learn in a
lifetime.

The one thing all of you have in common is that you’re probably not a newcomer to Microsoft
Windows. Regardless of your productivity needs and your level of technical expertise, you’ve
undoubtedly mastered little shortcuts that make you more productive in everyday computing
activities.

For decades, one of the defining characteristics of Microsoft Windows—indeed, one of its great-
est strengths—has been its respect for backward compatibility. That means most of those old
tricks still work, and we don’t need to spend a lot of time dwelling on the familiar.

Instead, our goal in this book is to help you become more productive by helping you discover
and master some of the big changes in Windows 10. For this, the third edition of Windows 10
Inside Out, we’ve substantially reorganized both the structure and the content based on more

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than three years of hands-on experience with Windows 10 and lots of feedback from readers
like you.

In this introductory chapter, we introduce the most important improvements in Windows 10

and supply some reasons to dig deeper into this powerful operating system.

Windows core features

As we finished writing and editing this edition in late 2018, Microsoft’s official tally of devices
running Windows 10 had crossed 700 million. That’s an enormous number, but it represents only
about half of the worldwide population of PCs. The other half are still running older Windows
versions, primarily Windows 7.

If you’re among the substantial population that has stuck with Windows 7 for the past few years,
avoiding Windows 8 and waiting for Windows 10 to mature, you missed some interesting and
deep-seated changes to core features in Windows. This section introduces some of those essen-
tial changes in the most important parts of the operating system.
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stall Windows without having to search for installation media or product keys, with the option
to keep your personal files or wipe the system clean. For more details, see Chapter 15, “Trouble-
shooting, backup, and recovery.“

Figure 1-1 The Recovery options in Windows 10 allow you to reset a PC without requiring separate

installation media or wiping out your personal files.
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NTFS is still the default file system for Windows 10, but the primary file management tool has
changed significantly from its Windows 7 predecessor. It’s no longer called Windows Explorer;
beginning with Windows 8, the name officially changed to File Explorer. The addition of a
Microsoft Office–style ribbon, shown in Figure 1-2, makes a number of formerly obscure opera-
tions more discoverable and dramatically improves search capabilities by adding a Search Tools
tab when you click in the search box. Windows 10 adds a Quick Access region in the navigation
pane. We cover File Explorer in exhaustive detail in Chapter 9, “Storage and file management.“

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Figure 1-2 For anyone upgrading from Windows 7, File Explorer has a new name, an Office-style

ribbon, and a OneDrive node in the navigation pane.

Some of the most important architectural changes in Windows 10 aren’t visible, but you can cer-
tainly see their impact on performance. Microsoft’s engineers have made steady and significant
improvements in memory management, for example, which results in faster startups and more
efficient management of running processes.

You can monitor system performance in Task Manager, another familiar Windows 7 utility that
has received a major makeover in Windows 10. Press Ctrl+Shift+Esc to open Task Manager, and
then click the Performance tab to see detailed information about the most important aspects of
how the operating system is using available resources, as shown in Figure 1-3.

➤ For an in-depth look at the new Task Manager, see Chapter 12, “Performance and power
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Figure 1-3 The Task Manager Performance tab in Windows 10 offers far more information and is

more clearly organized than its Windows 7 predecessor.

Several other major architectural changes in Windows 10 are also on display in the previous
figure. The networking stack in Windows 10 continues to improve with each feature update, for
example. On modern devices that include multiple graphics processing units (GPUs), you can
now assign a specific GPU on a per-app basis to improve performance. Other display-related
changes include significant improvements when using multiple displays with different scaling
factors.

Not every core feature has survived the relentless parade of semi-annual updates that make up
Windows 10, however. HomeGroup, a signature networking feature that debuted in Windows
7 with the goal of making file and printer sharing easier, has been officially removed from Win-
dows 10 beginning with version 1803. We have details of this change in Chapter 13, “Windows
networking.”

Perhaps the most significant change of all in Windows 10 is the deprecation of a core feature
that has been part of Windows for more than two decades. The venerable Internet Explorer
is still part of Windows 10, but it has been supplanted as the default browser by Microsoft
Edge. The newer browser is built for the modern web, with a new rendering engine in which
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interoperability has a much higher priority than backward compatibility. We explain the differ-
ences between the two browsers, as well as how to configure each one to match your prefer-
ences, in Chapter 8, “Microsoft Edge and Internet Explorer.”

Microsoft Edge is touch-friendly, with a minimal list of controls. Among its unique features is a
Reading View button that reformats and rearranges the text of a cluttered webpage to make a
less distracting reading experience. You can see this feature in action in Figure 1-4, with side-by-
side Microsoft Edge windows displaying the same page in its original view (left) and in reading
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Figure 1-4 The Microsoft Edge web browser has simple controls and a Reading View option that

reformats text and removes clutter from webpages.

The version of Microsoft Edge that was included with the initial release of Windows 10 was
functional but lacked features that most experienced Windows users expect in a web browser.
After more than three years’ worth of development, Microsoft Edge has become more polished
and powerful. Each Windows 10 feature update has added significant new features to Microsoft
Edge, including support for browser extensions, which are delivered through the Microsoft
Store app. Figure 1-5 shows some of those extensions in use.

Subsequent feature updates have expanded the capabilities of Microsoft Edge significantly,
turning it into a capable viewer of PDF documents and e-books.
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Figure 1-5 Microsoft Edge supports browser extensions like those shown here, which add features

and connect to other apps and services.

Windows as a service
For decades, the cadence of Windows went something like this: Roughly every three years, a
new version of Windows came out. New PCs included the latest Windows version; owners of
existing PCs could choose to pay for an upgrade to the new Windows version or choose not to
upgrade. The cycle began anew three years later, with the release of yet another new Windows
version.

That’s all history now.

Before the initial release of Windows 10, Microsoft declared its intention to treat Windows as
a service. In the first three years after that release, Windows 10 customers had a chance to see
“Windows as a service” in action, with five feature updates that collectively would have qualified
as one of the most feature-packed new Windows versions ever.
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ABOUT WINDOWS 10 VERSIONS

The most striking difference between Windows 10 and its predecessors is the way Microsoft
has chosen to deliver new features Instead of assembling a long list of features and working

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on them as part of a new version—Windows 11, let’s call it—Microsoft chose to ship those
new features in small, bite-size chunks, as part of regular feature updates that are free for
every PC running Windows 10

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In November 2015, just a few months after the public debut of Windows 10, Microsoft
released the first feature update, version 1511. It contained a slew of changes, many of them
aimed at enterprise customers, including changes to Windows Update that allow adminis-
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where the first two digits represent the year, and the last two represent the month. Thus,
versions 1703 and 1709 were completed in March 2017 and September 2017, respectively

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resenting which half of the year the release belongs to: 19 1, for example
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for example, was build 10240, version 1607 was build 14393, and version 1809 is build 17763 .
A version identifier for each monthly cumulative update is appended to that build number.

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Any device running any edition of Windows 10 is eligible for feature updates. Instead of waiting
two or three years to be included in a new Windows version or a service pack, new features are
delivered automatically, through Windows Update. That’s a major change from previous Win-
dows versions, which delivered only security and reliability updates through these Microsoft-
managed channels.

➤ The sole exception to the above discussion of feature updates is the Long Term Servicing
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this exception in “Servicing channels” in Chapter 5, “Managing updates ”
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The new update process also allows Windows users to choose how soon they want to receive
those updates.

Previously, Microsoft developed and tested new Windows features privately, occasionally offer-
ing the public an advance look in the form of preview versions before releasing them publicly.
Beginning with Windows 10, those preview releases are built into the development cycle. As
new features make their way into Windows, they’re delivered to different “flights,” starting
with internal testers in Microsoft’s engineering group, and then working out to customers who
have opted to join the Windows Insider Program and receive preview releases. Each new flight
reaches a larger number of people, with fixes for bugs discovered in previous flights incorpo-
rated into later ones. Figure 1-6 shows, conceptually, how the process works.
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After the preview phase concludes, the first public release of a feature update, installed by PC
manufacturers and available to the general public through Windows Update, goes to the Semi-
Annual Channel (Targeted). That release, previously known as the Current Branch, represents
program code that has been tested as part of the preview cycle and corresponds to what have
traditionally been General Availability releases of new Windows versions or service packs. The
“targeted” designation signals to businesses that they should target test groups within their
organizations before deploying feature updates more widely.

IT managers and administrators on enterprise networks can choose a more cautious approach
to feature updates by configuring PCs under their management to receive feature updates after
they’re released to the Semi-Annual Channel (previously known as the Current Branch for Busi-
ness), typically at least two months after the initial public release.

Microsoft’s developers receive unprecedented levels of feedback that shape the development
effort in real time. That feedback comes from automated data collection (known formally as
diagnostics and informally as telemetry) as well as from a Feedback Hub app, shown in Figure
1-7, which is installed with every Windows 10 release.
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Figure 1-7 This Windows Feedback app allows anyone using Windows 10 to report bugs and offer

suggestions directly to Microsoft.

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In this book, we pay proper respect to the legacy desktop apps that still account for much of the
productivity work we do on PCs. That includes stalwarts like Microsoft Office and a practically
endless list of third-party programs. In fact, a few desktop programs are still part of Windows
10, including Windows Media Player, Paint, Notepad, and WordPad. Most of those legacy apps
are in maintenance mode at this point, with no new features; they’re present largely because
third-party apps require them, and some Windows users have long-established workflows that
depend on them.

Much more interesting are the Trusted Microsoft Store apps that are designed to work on any
device running Windows 10. Some of these apps are provisioned automatically with a new Win-
dows 10 installation; others are downloaded from the Microsoft Store. In either case, because
these apps can be updated automatically via the Store, they can incorporate new features and
bug fixes without requiring a separate installation, as is usually the case with legacy desktop
apps. With the help of a steadily evolving set of application programming interfaces (APIs),
these apps can also sync settings and data between Windows 10 devices without having to
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reconfigure accounts or import data. When you set up a new Windows 10 device and install one
of these so-called modern apps, you can literally pick up where you left off on the other device.

Windows 10 includes a lengthy list of productivity, entertainment, and news and information
apps as part of a default installation. That list continues to grow, with several apps (Paint 3D and
People foremost among them) arriving years after the initial release of Windows 10. Other apps
that are part of a default installation of Windows 10 have matured dramatically since their initial
release, thanks in part to improvements in the underlying Universal Windows Platform (UWP).

Finally, some relatively recent additions to the Windows 10 platform expand the reach of the
Store tremendously. First, those API changes allow developers of traditional desktop programs
to deliver and update those programs through the Microsoft Store; the list of programs that
have been repackaged in this fashion includes some megahits like Spotify Music and iTunes, as
you can see in the Store listings in Figure 1-8.

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iTunes, can now deliver and update those apps through the Microsoft Store.

An additional set of APIs supports progressive web apps, which are built on the same foundation
and open standards as the web but allow features that aren’t available in a browser—work-
ing offline, for example, or accessing hardware directly. You’ll find more details about Trusted
Microsoft Store apps and how they differ from legacy desktop programs in Chapter 6, “Install-
ing and configuring apps and desktop programs.”
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Chief among the productivity apps provisioned with Windows 10 are the three communica-
tion apps: Mail, Calendar, and People. These apps work with a broad swath of internet services,
including Microsoft’s Office 365 and Outlook.com services as well as Google’s Gmail and Apple’s
iCloud. Figure 1-9 shows a month of appointments in the Calendar app.
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Figure 1-9 The Calendar app, shown here, is included with a default installation of Windows 10.

Switch to the companion Mail or People apps using the icons in the lower-left corner.

If you looked at the Mail and Calendar apps during the first year or so after Windows 10’s debut
and dismissed them as underpowered, it might be worth taking another look. For modern
email and calendaring platforms such as Office 365, Outlook.com, and Gmail, these apps offer
a light, touch-friendly way to respond to incoming mail or check your calendar. You don’t have
to replace your preferred mail/calendar client; you can use these apps as needed, in addition
to a full desktop app like Microsoft Outlook 2016 or a browser-based session. As a bonus, con-
necting accounts to the Windows 10 apps allows you to see events in the calendar flyout that
appears when you click the date in the notification area.

Windows 10 also includes an assortment of entertainment apps and casual games (the Micro-
soft Solitaire Collection is included with every edition). The Photos app has become an espe-
cially interesting showcase for the Universal Windows Platform, offering tools for editing digital
pictures and then organizing them into albums or easy-to-share videos with music, as shown
here.
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These new apps for Windows 10 are delivered and updated through the Microsoft Store, just
as their predecessors in Windows 8 were, but that’s where the resemblance ends. In Win-
dows 10, Store apps can work in resizable windows alongside conventional Windows desktop
applications.

On a tablet, for example, the editing capabilities in the new Photos app work best in full screen.
On a large desktop display (or two), the full-screen view is overkill, and the app is perfectly
usable in a window, as shown in Figure 1-10.

➤ For a more thorough look at how Store apps work, see Chapter 6
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Figure 1-10 The editing controls in the universal Photos app are designed so that they work well in a

resizable window on desktop PCs with a large display, a keyboard, and a mouse.

Cloud connections
When you set up a new PC running Windows 10, you can create a local account and sign in,
avoiding the cloud completely. If you do that, however, you miss some of the operating system’s
most compelling features.

Throughout this book, we assume most of our readers are signing in with a Microsoft account
(free to individuals) or an Azure Active Directory account associated with their organization.
Doing so unlocks access to a variety of cloud services; adding an Office 365 account provides a
total of 1 TB of cloud storage for personal files. That’s a lot of online storage space.

The OneDrive synchronization client installed with Windows 10 supports connections to cloud
storage from both the consumer version of OneDrive and its professional counterpart, One-
Drive for Business, with synced files and folders available in File Explorer. And that sync client
has been evolving methodically since the original release of Windows 10. It now includes a
feature called Files On-Demand, which allows you to see all cloud files in File Explorer, even if
they’re not synced to the local device. And on consumer accounts, the default settings sync
(and back up) key system folders to the cloud, as shown here. That makes recovery easier after a
hardware failure or even a successful ransomware attack.
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A second major Windows 10 feature that also depends on the cloud is Cortana. With your per-
mission, this “intelligent personal assistant” handles searches, tracks appointments, and sets
reminders. Cortana recognizes your voice, if you choose to enable that option, and can also be,
in turn, a calculator, package tracker, translator, and source of real-time sports updates, to list
just a few skills from Cortana’s résumé.

➤ For more information about how OneDrive and Windows 10 work together, see Chapter 9
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The user experience
How you react to Windows 10 is determined in no small part by how you feel about its
predecessor.

With the launch of Windows 8 in October 2012, Microsoft removed the familiar touchstones of
the Windows user experience—the Start button and Start menu—and replaced them with a
radically redesigned Start screen created for use with touch-enabled devices. It also introduced
a new class of touch-friendly apps, delivered through a new Windows Store. (In the Windows 10
era, the store’s branding changed. It’s now known as the Microsoft Store.)

The innovations in Windows 8 laid an essential foundation for tablets and other touch-oriented
devices. But that new design also inspired some passionate and often blunt feedback from
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Windows users who weren’t pleased with the often-confusing changes to an operating system
they had spent years mastering. Microsoft reacted to that feedback by reworking the user expe-
rience in Windows 10, bringing back the Start menu from Windows 7 and combining it with live
tiles and other features that were introduced in Windows 8.

If you skipped Windows 8 and stuck with Windows 7, as we know many of our readers did,
you missed several major iterations of the Windows user experience that some people found
difficult to use on conventional PCs with a keyboard and mouse. By contrast, the Windows 10
user experience feels very much like a smooth evolution of Windows 7. After a half-dozen fea-
ture updates, the Windows 10 user experience has added considerable polish as well as some
impressive all-new capabilities, such as the Timeline feature. (We’ll get to that in a minute.) The
result should feel significantly more natural for anyone upgrading from Windows 7.

Our lightning tour of the Windows 10 user experience starts at the lock screen, which hints at a
few of the security improvements we’ll talk about later. Note that instead of entering a password
here, we can use a PIN assigned to this device, as shown in Figure 1-11. On some newer devices
that support Windows Hello biometric authentication, you can skip that step completely and
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Figure 1-11 The Windows 10 lock screen offers the option to sign in using a PIN (with the option of a

hardware security device in this example) instead of a password.

After you successfully sign in, Windows 10 takes you to the Windows desktop. For anyone mak-
ing the move from Windows 7, this environment should be familiar. The taskbar runs along the
bottom, as expected, with a notification area on the right. In the lower-left corner is a stylized
Windows logo. Clicking that button opens what Windows designers call the Start experience, an
example of which is shown in Figure 1-12.
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Mode, which works well on touchscreen devices without a physical keyboard.

Although the basic arrangement of Start in Windows 10 has remained consistent, subsequent
updates have introduced some subtle but significant changes. In its current incarnation, the
Start experience incorporates a scrolling All Apps list that is permanently available, while the
power button and shortcuts to frequently used folders shrink to a slim column of icons on
the left. (Click the so-called hamburger button in the upper-left corner to reveal labels for those
icons.) Tiles are resizable and can be organized into folders, which expand and collapse to
reduce clutter.

Version 1803 introduced the most significant new addition to the Windows 10 experience: a
feature called Timeline. Timeline expands the capability of Task View to include not just running
apps but also “activities” you’ve allowed Windows 10 to track on your behalf: websites you’ve
visited using Microsoft Edge, for example, and documents you’ve opened with apps that sup-
port the Timeline APIs. The list of supported apps includes every built-in Windows app (modern
apps like Photos as well as legacy programs like Notepad) and all of the Microsoft Office desk-
top programs. Third-party programs that support the Timeline API, such as the members of the
Adobe Creative Cloud family, are also included, and Microsoft plans to release browser exten-
sions that will add content from third-party web browsers to the Timeline.

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The visual design of Windows 10 uses flat icons and a monochromatic color scheme in the noti-
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Figure 1-13 The Windows 10 Settings app adds more options with every feature update; its overall

design and typography are characteristic of the operating system.

The Settings app debuted in 2012 with Windows 8, and its evolution accelerated under Win-
dows 10. Over that entire period, Microsoft’s designers and engineers have been steadily mov-
ing user controls from the old Control Panel to their new home. That work has taken major steps
forward with each feature update, as new categories appear (Cortana settings, for example, now
appear in their own category) and major groups of options migrate permanently to Settings,
like the Networking options shown below. The iconography and typography have become
more sophisticated over time, and other recent changes include the incorporation of shadows
and transparency, part of a major set of visual enhancements Microsoft calls Fluent Design.
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We Spend a Couple of Days at a Michigan Man’s Ranch in Darkest
Africa—Pa and the Cowboys Take a Bath—After Smoking about 50
Cigars—Pa Told What Cowards Lions and Tigers Were—Pa Walked
up to a Lion and Gave Him a Cut with a Whip.

We have spent a comple of days at the Michigan man’s ranch in

Darkest Africa, where he has brought civilization right into the
Jungle, and after spending six months with negro savages and wild
animals, and menagerie people, it has been the most enjoyable two
days I ever knew.
It is good sometimes to see ourselves as others see us, and not
having looked into a mirror for half a year, we found that we were
about the most disreputable looking tourists that ever came in sight
of beds with linen sheets on, and pillows.
I noticed that the family of the Michigan man and the servants looked
at us with suspicion, and turned up their noses at us, but I never
realized what it was all about until they showed us to our rooms that
night, when I saw myself in a mirror, and found that my face and
hands were black with dirt and smoke, my clothes were greasy and
patched with buckskin patches, sewed on with strips of rawhide, and
my torn coat was pinned together with thorns. I could see Pa and the
cowboy all the time, and knew that they looked like tramps, but I
thought I was all right.
The Michigan man showed us to our rooms, after Pa and the cowboy
had drank a few quarts of highballs, and they were going to go to
bed with their clothes on, but I knew they would ruin the beds if they
did, so I insisted that we all get in the bath tubs and take our semi-
annual bath, and as the man left us he said we could find clothes to
put on in the morning, in a closet, and to leave our clothes out in the
hall and he would have a servant take them away with the tongs and
burn them in the furnace.
That sobered Pa and the cowboy a little, and they decided to try the
baths.
Well, we didn’t do a thing to the running water, and before we retired
we had washed ourselves so clean, with real soap, the first we had
seen since we left Germany, that Pa and the cowboy had to be
introduced to each other, and I was so clean that I didn’t know
myself, and we put on pajamas that we found in the room, and
crawled into the clean beds and slept till morning, after putting all of
our clothes out of the room, to purify the air.
In the morning we dressed up in the clothes the Michigan man told
us we would find in the closet, and such a transformation was never
seen before.
Pa found a pair of gray pants and a frock coat, and a silk hat, and
when he was dressed and had on a white shirt he looked like a
senator from South Carolina.
The cowboy found a golf suit, with short pants, long socks, and putty
leggins, and a Tam o’ Shanter cap, and he looked like an escaped
Scotchman, while I found a Buster Brown suit that fit me, and all I
wanted was a dog to be complete, and we went down to breakfast,
and made a hit, the family acting as though they were proud to have
us in their midst.
During breakfast they all drew Pa out, and he told them of his
experiences capturing wild animals in Africa, and exploring the
country, and being made king of a tribe, and they called Pa “Your
Highness,” and Pa lied enough about his adventures to send him
over the road for disorderly conduct.
The women drew out the cowboy, and he lied some on his own
account, and the children got me to going, and you know how it is
with me when I get to going.
When the breakfast was over we were all heroes, and Pa pulled out
a handful of uncut diamonds and spread them on the table by his
plate, and gave each one a diamond as big as a hickory nut, and left
a lot of smaller ones on the table with the bread crumbs for the
servants, and when we left the table the whole family bowed low to
us, and stood back until the king and the cowboy and I had passed
out on to the veranda.
Gee, but they seemed to think King Edward wouldn’t be ace high to
Pa, and Pa swelled up so I thought he might bust.

Pa Swelled Up So I Thought He Might Bust.

After smoking some fifty cigars, Pa told of what cowards lions and
tigers were, and how he could take a riding whip and chase a lion up
a tree, and the Michigan man proposed to have an exhibit of his wild
animals, which he kept in his private forest outside of the clearing.
He had a race track in the clearing next to the forest, and told Pa that
every morning his herders turned a lot of lions, giraffes, rhinoceroses
and zebras into the track, and the family chased them around the
track in automobiles, and Pa said he would like to enter into such a
race, and the man ordered the herders to turn in the animals.
The cowboy wanted a saddle horse and a lariat rope, and they fixed
him out, and when the herders announced that the animals were on
the track all right, we got into the waiting autos, the man and Pa lit
cigars and sat on the front seat with the chauffeur, and some of us
got in the back seats and started out.
When the animals saw us coming they started down the home
stretch, and the auto gave chase, and we yelled and fired guns in the
air, and the chauffeur put a charge of bird shot into the hind hams of
a lion that didn’t seem to be in much of a hurry, and the lion turned
on us, and Pa told the chauffeur to stop and he would settle with the
lion.
Pa got out with a horse whip and started for the lion, which gave a
roar like distant thunder, and as I looked at Pa with the frock coat
and silk hat, walking towards the lion I thought that was the last of
Pa, and begged him to come back, but he said, “Never you mind me,
I have seen lions before,” and Pa walked up to the lion and gave him
a cut with the whip, and yelled, “Get back into the jungle, you Tom
Cat.”
Well, really, that lion ought to have turned and put his tail between
his legs and galloped for the woods, but Pa had made a mistake in
his lion, for the animal went up to Pa and took a mouthful of his
pants, and shook him like a dog would shake a rat, and Pa yelled for
them to take away their lion if they didn’t want the animal injured.
The animal rolled Pa over on the ground in the dust, chewed his silk
hat, and Pa got loose and made a rush for the auto and crawled
under it to fix something, and just then the cowboy came along on a
pony and threw his lariat over the lion’s head and pulled him away
across the track, and Pa came out from under the machine and took
a big monkey-wrench and started again for the lion, bareheaded,
and so mad he fairly frothed at the mouth, after he saw the lion was
choked nearly to death, and then Pa mauled the apparently dead
lion until the cowboy dismounted from the pony and gave his lariat
rope back.
Pa gave the lion a couple of kicks, and got back into the auto, and
the Michigan man patted him on the back and said, “Old man, you
are a king of beasts, sure enough;” and Pa said, “O, I don’t know; I
never did like a cowardly lion, no how.”
We chased some more animals around the track, and the Michigan
man said he hoped the toothless old lion would not die, as he was
saving him for Roosevelt to practice on when he came to the ranch
after the 4th of March.
The cowboy went across the field where a tame giraffe was grazing
in a tree top, and took the saddle off his pony and put it on the
giraffe, and we run up to where he was, and the Michigan man
asked him what he was going to do, and he said he was going to
ride the giraffe, as he had ridden almost everything that walked on
four legs except a giraffe.
The Michigan man told him he had better leave the giraffe out of his
repertoire, because a giraffe was mighty uncertain, but the cowboy
got the saddle on, and climbed into it, and then the trouble began.
The giraffe didn’t have any bridle on, and no mane to hold on to, and
he was built so that the saddle slipped down by his rump, and when
the animal turned around and saw he had the cowboy where he
wanted him, he started off towards the forest on a hop, skip and a
jump, kicking up his heels like a bucking broncho, and the last we
saw of the expedition the giraffe had jumped over a wire fence and
took to the woods, with the cowboy dangling by one stirrup, swearing
in the Wyoming dialect.
 The Giraffe Didn’t Have Any Bridle On—and No Mane to
Hold On To.

Then we went back to the house to play golf, and the Michigan man
sent some servants into the woods with a strecher to bring in the
remains of the cowboy.
As we dismounted at the veranda, Pa lit a cigarette and said to the
man, “You certainly have all the comforts of a home here, and all the
facilities for enjoyment that anybody has outside of a traveling
menagerie, except draw poker.”
“We can fix you all right on the draw poker,” said the Michigan man.
“Boy, bring the chips and the cards, and let me know when they find
the remains of Mr. Cowboy,” and they began to play poker, and I
went out to see them milk a Jersey cow.
 CHAPTER XXII.
Pa and the Boy Have a Series of Ups and Downs—Pa Plays Poker with
the Michigan Man and Loses All His Money—Pa Puts Up His Airship
and Loses—Pa and the Boy Start for Hamburg—The Boy Makes a
King’s Crown Out of Tin—The Boy Tells How They Escaped from the
Negro Tribes in Africa.

It seems to be just one series of ups and downs with Pa and I. One
day we are kings and things, and the next day we are just things and
not kings, or ninespots, or anything in the deck, except it’s Jacks.
That short stay at the ranch of the Michigan man in Africa, which
seemed like being set down from hades in Darkest Africa to Heaven
in America, terminated just as everything else does with us.
After we had enjoyed the morning with the wild animals on the race
track, Pa and the Michigan man set into a game of draw poker with
some other sharps and the cowboy, and they must have stacked the
cards on Pa and the cowboy, for before night they had got all Pa’s
money away, and the cowboy was burst, too, and in the evening Pa
put the airship up against the creamery and a drove of Jerseys, and
Pa lost the airship, and then Pa gave checks on a bank in the River
Nile, and lost all the checks, and about a pint of the diamonds, and
when we went to bed the Michigan man said he hated to part with
us, but if we must go he would send us over to Lake Victoria
Nigouza, where we could take a steamer for Hamburg.
We didn’t sleep much that night, and the next morning the auto was
at the door, and we took what little stuff Pa had not lost playing
poker, and crossed the country to the lake, at a town where Pa sold
some of his uncut diamonds for money enough to pay for our
passage to Hamburg, and we got on board the vessel and got into
our state rooms.
Just before we were ready to start an officer came on board looking
for two white men who had been giving checks that were no good,
and for selling diamonds that would not wash.
I heard about it, and there was such a crowd that the vesselmen did
not remember Pa and the cowboy, but they said the officers could
search the vessel if they wanted to.
I went to the state room and told Pa and he turned pale, and
trembled like a leaf, and the brave cowboy had a fit. They were
scared at the prospect of being taken ashore and put in an English
jail, and Pa sweat so he looked like a hippopotamus sweating blood.
Pa said they were up a stump, and asked me if I could think of
anything to help them out. I told Pa the only thing for us to do was to
take a burned cork and black up, and pretend that Pa was an African
king, on the way to England to have a conference with King Edward
about tribal affairs.
Gee, but Pa and the cowboy bit like a bass and I got a champagne
cork and burned it over the lamp and went to work bleaching us all
up, and in half an hour we were three of the blackest niggers that
ever emigrated from Africa. I even blacked the place on Pa’s leg
where the lion had chewed a hole through his pants.
We looked at ourselves in the mirror, and inspected each other, and
couldn’t find a white spot, and then I told Pa what to do when the
officers of the law came.
He was to be seated in state, on a high chair, looking like a nigger
king, and the cowboy and I were to get down on our knees before
him and kowtow.
I got a crown made out of a tin basin, and a feather duster for a
plume, and fixed Pa up so that any tribe would have gone wild over
him.
Just as we got Pa fixed up, and we had all stopped laughing, there
was a knock at the door of the state room, and I opened it, and two
semi-Englishmen came in looking for Pa and the cowboy, but when I
waved my hand and said, “Behold the King of Natabeland,” and the
cowboy bit the duster and saluted Pa, and Pa looked savage and
said in broken negro, “What, ho! varlets,” the officers said, “Beg
pardon, don’t you know, your ’ighness,” and they backed out of the
door, making salaams, and soon disappeared. Gee, it was a close
call.
Soon after the engine began to turn the screw of the propeller, and
when we looked out of the porthole the vessel was going towards the
ocean, and when I told Pa he got down off his throne and danced a
jig and hugged the cowboy, and we were having a jollification when
there was another rap at the door, and Pa jumped up on the throne
and put on his tin basin crown, and I opened the door, and the
steward of the vessel came in with his hat in his hands, and asked
Pa what he would have for supper. Pa said he didn’t care what he
had if he only got it quick, and the steward said mostly when they
were carrying African kings to England they served the meals in the
state rooms, as the kings did not care to sit at the same table with
the common herd, and Pa said that suited him all right, and the
steward added that the passengers also complained of the manners
of the African kings, and the smell that they emitted in the cabin.
 There Was a Knock at the Door of the Stateroom.

Pa was going to get hot at that remark, but I was afraid the burnt
cork would rub off, so I said His Highness would be served in his
state room, and to bring the best the ship offered, and bring it quick if
he didn’t want trouble aboard, and he bowed low and went out, and
pretty soon the waiters began to bring in oysters and soup and
turkey and boiled pheasants, and ice cream, and we kings and
things didn’t do a thing to the food, and when the dishes were taken
away empty, and the wine had been drank, and the cigars brought
in, King Pa got down from his throne and just yelled, and he said to
the cowboy, “Say, Alkali Ike, wouldn’t this skin you?” and Ike said he
guessed it would when they found out what frauds we were, and
after awhile we turned in and slept just like we were at home.
For several days they fed us like they were fattening us for a
sausage factory, and the ocean was blue and calm, and we were let
out on deck near our state room for exercise, and I kept burning cork
and keeping us all blacked up nice, and Pa would repeat African
words that he had picked up, mixed with English words, and
everybody kept their distance and thought we were the real nigger
thing.
Well, everything was going along beautifully, and we thought we had
never struck such a snap in all our lives, until about the fifth day.
We had eaten so much that our appetites had gone, and Pa and the
cowboy took to drinking more and more, and one night it began to
blow, and the vessel was part of the time on one end and then on the
other, and then rolling from side to side, so that Pa couldn’t sit on his
throne without sideboards, and towards morning we all got seasick
and fell all over the state room, and Pa had a pain under his belt that
doubled him up like a jackknife, and he yelled for a doctor. I told him
never to send for a doctor until the boat tied up at a dock, because it
was dangerous, but Pa said he had to have a doctor, and the
cowboy had drank a bottle of Scotch whiskey and had laid down
under a bunk, and he was no good, so I rang for the ship’s doctor,
but I told Pa he must keep the parts of his body that were not black
covered up, or the doctor would find out he was a white man, and
then it would be all off in the nigger king masquerade.
Pretty soon the ship’s doctor came with a female trained nurse, and
Pa was a pitiful sight when he saw them. The doctor felt of Pa’s
pulse, and asked him where the pain was, and Pa, like a darn fool,
put his hand on his stomach, and before Pa could stop it the doctor
had opened Pa’s shirt, and was feeling where the appendix gets in
its work.
 Pretty Soon the Ship’s Doctor Came with a Nurse.

It was a little dark, but the doctor said, “You old seney ambion, you
have got about the worst case of appendicitis that was ever pulled
off on this vessel. Boy, bring me that lantern.”
I hated to do it, because I knew Pa would be discovered, and I
delayed bringing the lantern as long as I could, but, turning the wick
down, but the doctor snatched a match so he could see Pa’s
stomach, and then he said, “Say, old skate, you are no more nigger
king than I am; you are a white man blacked up;” and the trained
nurse said, “The ’ell you say,” and then I got the lantern and they
looked at Pa’s white skin, and the doctor asked Pa what he had to
say for himself, and Pa admitted that he was a white man, but said
he had many of the estimable qualities of a nigger, but that he was
traveling incog, to throw his enemies off the track, and then Pa
fainted away from the pain, and the cowboy got sober enough to
wake up and take notice, and we told the doctor who we were, and
how we had escaped from negro tribes and draw poker sharps and
officers of the law, and the cowboy fell in love at first sight with the
trained nurse, and then Pa came to, with the aid of a bucket of water
and some whiskey, and the storm went down, and the doctor said Pa
would have to have an operation performed to remove his appendix,
and Pa kicked about it, but they took him to the ship’s hospital, with
the cowboy for an assistant nurse, and I was left alone in our state
room, the only king there was left, and when I washed off my burnt
cork I was so white and pale that they gave me medicine, and the
trained nurse held me on her lap and sang English songs to me, with
all the h’s left out, and every day she told me how they removed Pa’s
appendix, and it was swollen up bigger than a weiner sausage, but
that he would live all right, and when he got well enough the captain
would put Pa in irons for passing himself off for a nigger king, and
that he would probably be transported for life, if he couldn’t raise the
price of a ransom. And there you are.
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 Transcriber’s Notes
Spelling and possible printer’s errors have mostly been retained. Likewise,
inconsistencies in hyphenation, spacing and capitalization have also been
retained. Changes made to the text are noted in the comments below.

Pg. 8: The page number for CHAPTER XIX. has been added in the Table of
Contents.

Pg. 8: The last page of the Table of Contents, containing the last chapters, is
missing in all known editions of the text.

Pg. 9 - 10: Three entries from the List of Illustrations refer to non-existent
illustrations. They have been removed because the illustrations were not in the
original publication:
“Am Going to Have Him Mended and Keep Him for a Souvenir,” Said the Pussy
Woman.

My Lawyer Told Me to Groan When Anyone Was Present.

I Never Saw a Giant Negro So Mad as That Husband Was.

Pg. 11: The last eight illustrations in the book are missing from the end of the List
of Illustrations.

Pg. 28: Punctuation fix: ‘..Orphan’ to ‘Orphan’ - Extra periods removed in block
quote at start of chapter

Pgs. 38, 58 & 197: The following three illustrations do not seem to correspond to
the printed text and are by a different illustrator, but are present in all known
editions. Their source is ‘Peck’s Bad Boy Abroad’ (1905).
Pg. 38: ‘Tossed him over the fence.’

Pg. 58: ‘Started on a stampede.’

Pg. 197: ‘Dad started to run for the fence.’

Pg. 78: Heading standardization: ‘VI.’ to ‘CHAPTER VI.’ - Missing word in heading
inserted to match other headings

Pg. 87: Caption fix: Added missing caption present in List of Illustrations: ‘When it
Exploded the Jap Was the Scaredest Person I Ever Saw.’
Text on Pg. 117, from ‘Pa has had the hardest time ...’ and until chapter end is
replicated at the beginning of Chapter X, Pg. 145, with minor differences inluding
punctuation and initial capitals on some words. Both have been retained as they
appear in the original.

Pg. 131: Heading standardization: ‘IX.’ to ‘CHAPTER IX.’ - Missing word in

heading inserted to match other headings

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em-dash in heading block-quote
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