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Оглавление1 Book 1 Chapter 1FIGURE 1-1: The Windows 11 lock screen. Your picture may differ.FIGURE 1-2: The Windows 11 login screen.FIGURE 1-3: Worldwide market share of desktop operating systems from July 2020 ...FIGURE 1-4: Admiral Grace Hopper’s log of the first actual case of a bug being ...FIGURE 1-5: The enduring, traditional desktop PC. FIGURE 1-6: The PC Health Check app tells you whether you can upgrade to Window...FIGURE 1-7: Microsoft Surface Pro tablets have tear-away keyboards. FIGURE 1-8: The ASUS ZenBook Duo that I used for writing parts of the book. FIGURE 1-9: Comparative sizes of an SD, a miniSD, and a microSD card. FIGURE 1-10: The inside of a USB drive. FIGURE 1-11: The most common USB A, B, C, Mini, and Micro USB cables. FIGURE 1-12: RJ-45 Ethernet LAN connector. FIGURE 1-13: The back of a wireless router.FIGURE 1-14: HDMI replaces the old VGA and DVI-D video adapters. FIGURE 1-15: DisplayPort is a modern alternative to HDMI. FIGURE 1-16: The audio jacks on the back of a desktop computer.
2 Book 1 Chapter 2FIGURE 2-1: The recovery options built into Windows 11.FIGURE 2-2: When you roll back to Windows 10, you are asked why you want to go ...FIGURE 2-3: Windows 11 is the most beautiful Windows version yet.FIGURE 2-4: The Microsoft Store includes apps, desktop apps, Android apps, game...FIGURE 2-5: Windows 11 has a new taskbar and Start menu.FIGURE 2-6: The Settings app has received a major redesign in Windows 11.FIGURE 2-7: Auto HDR makes non-HDR games more beautiful in Windows 11.FIGURE 2-8: The Xbox game bar has many features useful to gamers.FIGURE 2-9: Microsoft Edge lets you finally cut the Internet Explorer cord.FIGURE 2-10: Cortana is no longer front and center in Windows 11, as it was in ...FIGURE 2-11: Task view displays all the multiple desktops you’ve set up.FIGURE 2-12: Windows 11 has many more useful snap layouts.FIGURE 2-13: Widgets present live news and information.
3 Book 1 Chapter 3FIGURE 3-1: The desktop and the Start menu in Windows 10.FIGURE 3-2: The desktop and the Start menu in Windows 11.FIGURE 3-3: Full system information is in the About window.
4 Book 2 Chapter 1FIGURE 1-1: The Start menu is simpler and better than it was in Windows 10.FIGURE 1-2: The Photos app looks and works like many Windows 11 apps.FIGURE 1-3: Search is a useful feature of Windows 11.FIGURE 1-4: Task view.FIGURE 1-5: The widgets display useful information.FIGURE 1-6: File Explorer in Windows 11 works much better on touchscreens.FIGURE 1-7: Use the Power menu to sleep, shut down, or restart your device.FIGURE 1-8: From this menu, you can lock your computer or sign out.FIGURE 1-9: The screen shot-taking options offered by the snipping tool.FIGURE 1-10: Use the snipping tool to edit your screen shots.FIGURE 1-11: Alt+Tab cycles through all running apps.FIGURE 1-12: The Power User menu can get you into the innards of Windows 11.FIGURE 1-13: Emojis are — finally! — just a keyboard command away.
5 Book 2 Chapter 2FIGURE 2-1: The Windows 11 lock screen.FIGURE 2-2: The Windows 11 sign-in screen.FIGURE 2-3: Change your lock screen here.FIGURE 2-4: Choose your own picture, with or without Microsoft advertising.FIGURE 2-5: Setting the slideshow.FIGURE 2-6: Choose which app displays detailed information on the lock screen.FIGURE 2-7: The sign-in options available in Windows 11.FIGURE 2-8: Creating a PIN is easy.FIGURE 2-9: Setting up facial recognition.FIGURE 2-10: Look at your camera as instructed.
6 Book 2 Chapter 3FIGURE 3-1: A new email notification in Windows 11.FIGURE 3-2: The notification center in Windows 11.FIGURE 3-3: These options appear when you hover your cursor over a notification...FIGURE 3-4: An expanded notification offers more information and interaction op...FIGURE 3-5: Accessing the Notifications settings.FIGURE 3-6: Silence notifications from individual apps.FIGURE 3-7: Focus Assist settings.FIGURE 3-8: Choose when you want Focus Assist to turn on.FIGURE 3-9: Quick actions are handy shortcuts to frequently adjusted settings.FIGURE 3-10: Editing the list of quick actions.
7 Book 2 Chapter 4FIGURE 4-1: User Account Control (UAC) asks for permission before performing ad...FIGURE 4-2: Windows 11 lays down a challenge before you dive into another user’...FIGURE 4-3: Control which Windows 11 settings are synced across your Microsoft ...FIGURE 4-4: Add other users.FIGURE 4-5: Microsoft wants you to set up a Microsoft account.FIGURE 4-6: Here’s the second time Microsoft asks whether you want to set up a ...FIGURE 4-7: Now you get to the “adding a new account” part.FIGURE 4-8: Choose the role for your child’s account.FIGURE 4-9: Choose the account you want to change from standard to administrato...FIGURE 4-10: Maintain another user’s account.FIGURE 4-11: The options you have for switching users.
8 Book 2 Chapter 5FIGURE 5-1: Sign up for an Outlook.com/Microsoft account.FIGURE 5-2: Your new Microsoft account is live and working.FIGURE 5-3: Creating a Microsoft account with an email address from another com...FIGURE 5-4: Your new Microsoft account is alive, with an email that is not from...FIGURE 5-5: Type the name of the local user account, its password, and the pass...FIGURE 5-6: Control the way Microsoft accounts sync here.
9 Book 2 Chapter 6FIGURE 6-1: Windows 11’s privacy and security settings.FIGURE 6-2: Configure the Windows 11 telemetry data collected by Microsoft.FIGURE 6-3: Diagnostic Data Viewer shows you the telemetry data collected by Mi...FIGURE 6-4: You can disable some of the personalized ads in Windows 11.FIGURE 6-5: Stop Windows 11 from showing you ads and tips about all kinds of ap...FIGURE 6-6: GPS chips turn tiny. FIGURE 6-7: Carefully crafted orbits ensure that a GPS chip can almost always f...FIGURE 6-8: The Weather app wants you to reveal your precise location to show y...FIGURE 6-9: This is where you turn on and off Windows 11’s location tracking.FIGURE 6-10: You can turn off location tracking for individual apps, as well.
10 Book 3 Chapter 1FIGURE 1-1: You start everything at the mighty Windows 11 desktop.FIGURE 1-2: Choose your desktop background.FIGURE 1-3: Tiling can be a bit excessive.FIGURE 1-4: For more personalization, consider changing the theme.FIGURE 1-5: Choose between light mode and dark mode.FIGURE 1-6: It's a good idea to enable the night light.FIGURE 1-7: Change the night light strength and schedule.FIGURE 1-8: If you have an HDR-compatible display, be sure to enable HDR.FIGURE 1-9: Changing the resolution can improve or lower the visibility of item...FIGURE 1-10: If you have a high-resolution display, it's a good idea to increas...FIGURE 1-11: Increasing the refresh rate is a good idea for gaming.FIGURE 1-12: Magnifier is useful for people with eyesight problems.FIGURE 1-13: The Microsoft Solitaire Collection is great for mouse practice.FIGURE 1-14: Two drags and Windows 11 arranges two apps side by side.FIGURE 1-15: Snap Assist helps you put two windows side by side.FIGURE 1-16: Configuring how your mouse works makes you more productive.FIGURE 1-17: Here you enable or disable the touchpad and adjust its settings.FIGURE 1-18: Virtual desktops help you organize your work.FIGURE 1-19: Moving apps from one desktop to another is easy.FIGURE 1-20: The old right-click menu is hidden in Windows 11.FIGURE 1-21: Create shortcuts the old-fashioned manual way.FIGURE 1-22: Choose how you want to view your desktop icons.FIGURE 1-23: Go to the Recycle Bin to find deleted files and folders.
11 Book 3 Chapter 2FIGURE 2-1: The normal mouse-and-keyboard version of the Start menu, in Windows...FIGURE 2-2: The All Apps list displayed by the Start menu.FIGURE 2-3: Removing a pinned app from the Start menu.FIGURE 2-4: Pinning an app to the Start menu.FIGURE 2-5: Change your picture in the Settings app.FIGURE 2-6: Configuring the Recommended section of the Start menu.FIGURE 2-7: Adding folders to the Start menu.FIGURE 2-8: Here is where you personalize the taskbar.FIGURE 2-9: Choosing the alignment for the taskbar and the Start menu.
12 Book 3 Chapter 3FIGURE 3-1: Windows Search helps you find what you need.FIGURE 3-2: Search results are presented in various categories.FIGURE 3-3: Note how many things you can do with a search result.FIGURE 3-4: After you press the Windows key, you can start searching for stuff ...FIGURE 3-5: Don’t be afraid to use the Windows Search filters.FIGURE 3-6: For each search result, you have several contextual actions to its ...FIGURE 3-7: Accessing indexing options.FIGURE 3-8: Changing how Windows Search works.FIGURE 3-9: The taskbar juggles many different tasks.FIGURE 3-10: The jump list for File Explorer.FIGURE 3-11: Paint’s jump list shows recently opened images.FIGURE 3-12: Pinning apps to the taskbar is a no-brainer.FIGURE 3-13: Enabling or disabling Windows 11 taskbar icons.
13 Book 3 Chapter 4FIGURE 4-1: The File Explorer user interface changed in Windows 11.FIGURE 4-2: File Explorer starts by displaying its Quick Access section.FIGURE 4-3: Use the address bar and the arrows at the top to quickly jump betwe...FIGURE 4-4: When you double-click a folder, you see its files and subfolders.FIGURE 4-5: The different ways in which you can view your files in File Explore...FIGURE 4-6: Use the New menu to create folders, shortcuts, and files.FIGURE 4-7: Renaming folders and files is easy.FIGURE 4-8: If you want to find something, don’t hesitate to use the Search box...FIGURE 4-9: The default sorting options in File Explorer.FIGURE 4-10: Grouping items can be useful too.FIGURE 4-11: The View menu enables you to display file extensions for all your ...FIGURE 4-12: Right-clicking a folder gives you access to many useful options.FIGURE 4-13: On devices with touchscreens, items in File Explorer have a check ...FIGURE 4-14: Sharing in Windows 11 is quite different from Windows 7 or Windows...FIGURE 4-15: Clicking the three dots icon reveals an additional menu.FIGURE 4-16: File Explorer can open ZIP files and show you what’s inside.FIGURE 4-17: The Extract Compressed (Zipped) Folders wizard is quick and simple...FIGURE 4-18: The right-click menu in Windows 11 has been redesigned.FIGURE 4-19: The old right-click menu is one additional click away.
14 Book 3 Chapter 5FIGURE 5-1: Desktop PCs can be connected to the network using Ethernet cables.FIGURE 5-2: Your desktop PC is connected to the network and the internet.FIGURE 5-3: First check whether the Wi-Fi icon appears dimmed.FIGURE 5-4: Choose your Wi-Fi network and connect to it.FIGURE 5-5: Connecting to a hidden Wi-Fi network takes a bit more work.FIGURE 5-6: The shortcut for Microsoft Edge.FIGURE 5-7: The most important icons and user interface elements in Microsoft E...FIGURE 5-8: The Settings menu is quite long.FIGURE 5-9: Enabling vertical tabs in Microsoft Edge.FIGURE 5-10: Microsoft Edge’s InPrivate Browsing window.FIGURE 5-11: This is where you manage extensions in Microsoft Edge.FIGURE 5-12: Changing the default browser in Windows 11 is a frustrating experi...
15 Book 3 Chapter 6FIGURE 6-1: Time to sign in with a Microsoft account.FIGURE 6-2: Cortana is ready to go.FIGURE 6-3: Allowing Cortana to reply when you say its name.FIGURE 6-4: Cortana opens Settings for you.FIGURE 6-5: Cortana keeps your conversation history.FIGURE 6-6: Cortana’s settings lead to interesting places.FIGURE 6-7: See what Microsoft knows about your activity.
16 Book 3 Chapter 7FIGURE 7-1: Format a new storage device (HDD, SSD, USB drive) before using it.FIGURE 7-2: Choose how you want to format your drive.FIGURE 7-3: Storage Sense shows you how your storage space is used.FIGURE 7-4: Choose how you want to format your drive.FIGURE 7-5: Run a check disk in Windows 11.FIGURE 7-6: Here’s a full report of Windows 11’s defragmenting activities.FIGURE 7-7: Windows Security also displays a device performance & health report...
17 Book 4 Chapter 1FIGURE 1-1: A preview of the Windows 11 Mail app.FIGURE 1-2: I use Outlook for my personal email.FIGURE 1-3: I use Gmail as my secondary email.FIGURE 1-4: The Outlook app included with a Microsoft 365 subscription.FIGURE 1-5: I use Google Calendar on many different devices.FIGURE 1-6: The Outlook.com Calendar has lots and lots of options.FIGURE 1-7: The Mail app works with just about any kind of email account.FIGURE 1-8: Unless you want to change your Windows 11 login to a Microsoft acco...FIGURE 1-9: The Mail app is displaying my Outlook.com emails.FIGURE 1-10: Clicking or tapping the hamburger icon expands the left column.FIGURE 1-11: When you reply to a message or compose a new message, Mail gives y...FIGURE 1-12: Select the text and apply formatting in the usual way.FIGURE 1-13: To create a bulleted list, type the paragraphs, select them, and t...FIGURE 1-14: If you want to add a new email address, click or tap Manage Accoun...FIGURE 1-15: Enter your Microsoft email account.FIGURE 1-16: Change the details of an account.FIGURE 1-17: Your first time in Calendar app may make your head spin. Note the ...FIGURE 1-18: Getting rid of the Holidays and Birthdays calendars cuts down the ...FIGURE 1-19: Create a new appointment or calendar entry.
18 Book 4 Chapter 2FIGURE 2-1: The People app is a simple contact list.FIGURE 2-2: Add an account to your People app.FIGURE 2-3: The Add an Account dialog box looks just like the analogous dialog ...FIGURE 2-4: Disable all the contacts from a single source.FIGURE 2-5: The contact info for a person added to the People app.FIGURE 2-6: Change the contact’s information here.FIGURE 2-7: Enter your new contact in the People app.
19 Book 4 Chapter 3FIGURE 3-1: The Photos app actively promotes OneDrive.FIGURE 3-2: Your pictures are displayed in reverse chronological order.FIGURE 3-3: The Photos app in Windows 11 has a nicer way of displaying pictures...FIGURE 3-4: It's easy to import pictures from anywhere by using the Photos app.FIGURE 3-5: Here you can add more sources to the Photos app.FIGURE 3-6: Check the tools available in the Photos app.FIGURE 3-7: The editing options offered by the Photos app.FIGURE 3-8: Many traditional photo-adjusting tools are a swipe away.FIGURE 3-9: Accurate red-eye correction is just a few clicks away.FIGURE 3-10: Making the Photos app change its mind about dark mode.FIGURE 3-11: Creating an album.
20 Book 4 Chapter 4FIGURE 4-1: OneNote asks you to use a Microsoft account or a Work/School accoun...FIGURE 4-2: Verify your identity before using your Microsoft account with OneNo...FIGURE 4-3: OneNote is ready for you to use.FIGURE 4-4: OneNote’s list of notebooks.FIGURE 4-5: Type the name of the notebook.FIGURE 4-6: The new notebook really does get saved to your OneDrive.FIGURE 4-7: Rename a tab — a section — by right-clicking.FIGURE 4-8: Creating a page, the OneNote way.FIGURE 4-9: Typing and formatting a OneNote page is easy.FIGURE 4-10: Extensive drawing tools work better with a pen, but they’ll do oka...FIGURE 4-11: Drawing — even with a mouse — is easy.FIGURE 4-12: Choose to share with OneNote.FIGURE 4-13: OneNote’s Settings pane.FIGURE 4-14: A few settings may prove worthwhile.
21 Book 4 Chapter 5FIGURE 5-1: OneDrive files look and act a lot like everyday files, but they’re ...FIGURE 5-2: If you’re using a local account, hook it into OneDrive with a Micro...FIGURE 5-3: Choose where you want your OneDrive folder.FIGURE 5-4: A short explainer for Files On-Demand.FIGURE 5-5: The status icons for folders and files stored in OneDrive.FIGURE 5-6: Accessing OneDrive’s settings.FIGURE 5-7: Turn Files On-Demand on or off here.FIGURE 5-8: Sync all OneDrive data or choose which folders get the Files On-Dem...FIGURE 5-9: Set what you want OneDrive to back up for you.FIGURE 5-10: The result of applying your OneDrive sync settings.FIGURE 5-11: If you open a DOCX file from onedrive.com, Online Word appears and...FIGURE 5-12: The OneDrive app on an Android smartphone.FIGURE 5-13: Changing the OneDrive state of the Math Problems folder.FIGURE 5-14: Access OneDrive’s sharing options.FIGURE 5-15: The OneDrive Share dialog.
22 Book 4 Chapter 6FIGURE 6-1: It's time to sign into Skype.FIGURE 6-2: Configure and test your microphone and speakers.FIGURE 6-3: Skype is ready to use.FIGURE 6-4: Your Skype contacts.FIGURE 6-5: From here you add new contacts on Skype.FIGURE 6-6: Skype sends a message to the person you’d like to turn into a frien...FIGURE 6-7: Skype’s Echo/Sound Test Service helps you check whether your microp...FIGURE 6-8: This pane gives you options for managing your Skype account.FIGURE 6-9: Settings for Skype audio and video.FIGURE 6-10: Settings for controlling Skype notifications.FIGURE 6-11: Starting a group call in Skype for Windows 11.FIGURE 6-12: Recording a Skype call.
23 Book 4 Chapter 7FIGURE 7-1: The Windows 11 widgets in all their glory.FIGURE 7-2: Customizing the Weather widget.FIGURE 7-3: Setting the location and the units of measure for the Weather widge...FIGURE 7-4: Adding widgets is not difficult.
24 Book 4 Chapter 8FIGURE 8-1: Groove Music scans your Music folder and shows everything it finds.FIGURE 8-2: Groove Music’s controls are like any other music player.FIGURE 8-3: The Now Playing view is the way to go.FIGURE 8-4: Groove Music settings.FIGURE 8-5: First, name your playlist.FIGURE 8-6: Adding songs to your playlist involves a simple right-click.FIGURE 8-7: Windows Media Player can play both music and videos.FIGURE 8-8: Viewing a concert recording with Windows Media Player.FIGURE 8-9: Windows Media Player reads and plays your CDs with music too.FIGURE 8-10: Configuring the CD ripping settings.FIGURE 8-11: To join Spotify you must provide some personal details.FIGURE 8-12: Welcome to Spotify. Start playing music.FIGURE 8-13: The Photos app has Video Editor built in.FIGURE 8-14: Add pictures and videos to the Project Library.FIGURE 8-15: Movies & TV tries hard to sell you stuff.FIGURE 8-16: Playing videos is easy.
25 Book 4 Chapter 9FIGURE 9-1: Games offered at the Microsoft Store.FIGURE 9-2: If a game tickles your fancy, install it.FIGURE 9-3: Games appear just like any other new app in the Recommended list.FIGURE 9-4: Turning game mode on or off.FIGURE 9-5: The Xbox game bar appears at the top of the screen.FIGURE 9-6: Telling Windows 11 that you are playing a game and want game mode.FIGURE 9-7: Use the Xbox game bar while you play games in Windows 11.FIGURE 9-8: The list of apps and games for which you can set the default graphi...FIGURE 9-9: These games are published by Microsoft’s Xbox Game Studios.FIGURE 9-10: Klondike, the game you remember from when you were a kid.FIGURE 9-11: Minesweeper works like the original but looks much better.
26 Book 5 Chapter 1FIGURE 1-1: Here’s a peek at the Microsoft Store.FIGURE 1-2: You can’t buy stuff from the Microsoft Store with a local account.FIGURE 1-3: The app-ordering page for the Adobe Photoshop Elements app.FIGURE 1-4: Apps and everything else in the Store are organized by groups chose...FIGURE 1-5: Searching for vlc in the Microsoft Store.FIGURE 1-6: The app's page includes plenty of details you should look at.FIGURE 1-7: Removing Windows 11 apps takes only a right-click.
27 Book 5 Chapter 2FIGURE 2-1: The Clock app welcomes you to its new focus sessions.FIGURE 2-2: Set up your focus session and start working.FIGURE 2-3: The Weather app delivers the basics you need for a weather forecast...FIGURE 2-4: Notepad is good only for working with plain text files.FIGURE 2-5: WordPad includes rudimentary formatting and the capability to embed...FIGURE 2-6: The standard calculator, with a conventional keypad.FIGURE 2-7: The volume converter lets you choose from many different measures o...FIGURE 2-8: Paint has received a fresh coat of paint.FIGURE 2-9: The Sticky Notes app is easy to use.FIGURE 2-10: Microsoft To Do can enhance your productivity.FIGURE 2-11: The basic road view calls out the landmarks.FIGURE 2-12: Aerial view has a satellite shot with various notations.FIGURE 2-13: Even places with lots of elevation differences look like a 12th-ce...
28 Book 5 Chapter 3FIGURE 3-1: While trying to download a desktop app from the web, you get offers...FIGURE 3-2: Searching for Adobe Reader on Google reveals many download location...FIGURE 3-3: VirusTotal is great at checking apps for viruses.FIGURE 3-4: The extended right-click menu includes the option to Scan with Micr...FIGURE 3-5: The App List section is where you go to uninstall programs and apps...
29 Book 5 Chapter 4FIGURE 4-1: Click or tap Get Updates to make sure everything is up to speed.FIGURE 4-2: You can see the progress of your app updates.FIGURE 4-3: From time to time, even app updates fail.FIGURE 4-4: All major web browsers update themselves automatically.FIGURE 4-5: Some programs check for updates each time you start them.FIGURE 4-6: Patch My PC Home Updater can help you keep your programs up to date...FIGURE 4-7: Device Manager shows you all the hardware in your computer.FIGURE 4-8: Tell Windows 11 that you want to search for drivers.
30 Book 6 Chapter 1FIGURE 1-1: Windows 11 often promotes the Facebook app.FIGURE 1-2: Facebook.com on the right vs the Facebook app on the left.FIGURE 1-3: The facebook.com Log In or Sign Up page.FIGURE 1-4: Your Facebook profile is ready and also empty.FIGURE 1-5: The most important security setting is two-factor authentication.FIGURE 1-6: The default is for all future posts to be visible only by friends.FIGURE 1-7: Don’t be too surprised if you see some bizarre apps and websites th...FIGURE 1-8: Your Timeline is your resume in the Facebook world.FIGURE 1-9: The options available for every item in your Timeline.FIGURE 1-10: You can add items to the Timeline and mark them as a specific life...FIGURE 1-11: This is where you access all Your Facebook Information.FIGURE 1-12: You can download a surprisingly large amount of information.FIGURE 1-13: The Messenger app for Windows 11.FIGURE 1-14: The Facebook Watch app for Windows 11.FIGURE 1-15: A typical tweet from an atypical source.FIGURE 1-16: Tweet with a hashtag.FIGURE 1-17: The interconnections among Twitter users during the Egyptian upris...FIGURE 1-18: All you need to sign up for Twitter is a valid phone number or ema...FIGURE 1-19: Use a strong password for your Twitter account.FIGURE 1-20: Choose a picture for your account.FIGURE 1-21: Choose who you want to follow on Twitter.FIGURE 1-22: Creating your first tweet.FIGURE 1-23: Reply to a tweet.FIGURE 1-24: Retweet a tweet to all your followers — with or without your own c...
31 Book 6 Chapter 2FIGURE 2-1: Signing up for LinkedIn is easy.FIGURE 2-2: You must provide a lot of data for a LinkedIn account.FIGURE 2-3: Give details about whether you're a student or an employee.FIGURE 2-4: It is time to add your LinkedIn picture.FIGURE 2-5: LinkedIn takes you to the main page.FIGURE 2-6: Even if you’re only moderately well connected, you can have hundred...FIGURE 2-7: Resume Assistant is a useful integration of LinkedIn and Office.FIGURE 2-8: Zoom is available in the Microsoft Store too.FIGURE 2-9: Creating a Zoom account starts with checking for your birth date.FIGURE 2-10: Provide your name and password to finalize the Zoom account.FIGURE 2-11: Before using Zoom, you need to sign in.FIGURE 2-12: The Zoom Home screen is the place where you start everything.FIGURE 2-13: Complete the necessary details for your scheduled Zoom meeting.FIGURE 2-14: Provide the meeting details to join.FIGURE 2-15: These are the details other people can use to contact you on Teams...FIGURE 2-16: The meet and chat features are now a click or tap away.FIGURE 2-17: Find the person(s) you want to chat with and send a message.FIGURE 2-18: Make sure you turn on your microphone and the webcam before starti...FIGURE 2-19: Choose how you want to invite others to your meeting.FIGURE 2-20: The Microsoft Teams app is built into Windows 11.FIGURE 2-21: Enabling Remote Desktop in Windows 11.FIGURE 2-22: The Remote Desktop Connection app allows you to connect to other c...FIGURE 2-23: You see the desktop of the remote computer and can use it as your ...FIGURE 2-24: All the ports used by monitors, new and old. FIGURE 2-25: The Project options in Windows 11.FIGURE 2-26: Microsoft LifeCam HD-3000. FIGURE 2-27: The Date and Time dialog box where you add clocks to the taskbar.FIGURE 2-28: The clocks you added appear just above the calendar.
32 Book 7 Chapter 1FIGURE 1-1: The Windows 11 Settings app looks a lot more inviting.FIGURE 1-2: System’s Storage pane helps you better manage your storage space.FIGURE 1-3: Control what gets synced among computers using your Microsoft accou...FIGURE 1-4: You may still need to browse the Control Panel.FIGURE 1-5: Create a shortcut to the Windows Update pane in the Settings app.FIGURE 1-6: The new shortcut takes you straight to the Windows Update pane.FIGURE 1-7: God mode is a massive collection of more than 200 shortcuts to all ...FIGURE 1-8: Create a shortcut to the Windows Update pane in the Settings app.FIGURE 1-9: Set your language and region.FIGURE 1-10: Choose a new language to install.FIGURE 1-11: The settings available when installing a new language.
33 Book 7 Chapter 2FIGURE 2-1: This is where you update Windows 11.FIGURE 2-2: You can pause updates up to five weeks.FIGURE 2-3: This is where you control the more advanced features of Windows Upd...FIGURE 2-4: Setting the hours when Windows 11 doesn’t restart for updates.FIGURE 2-5: Your Update History reveals plenty of useful information.FIGURE 2-6: Remove troublesome updates.FIGURE 2-7: The properties of a wired (Ethernet) connection look like this.FIGURE 2-8: If you have a Wi-Fi connection, it’ll look like this.
34 Book 7 Chapter 3FIGURE 3-1: Troubleshooting wizards can cut to the heart of a problem.FIGURE 3-2: To get wushowhide to hide updates, go to the Advanced options and t...FIGURE 3-3: The sfc /scannow command scans all your system files.FIGURE 3-4: Don’t be scared of all the red error messages you see.FIGURE 3-5: Windows Terminal can work with many shells, including CMD and Power...FIGURE 3-6: Adding Windows Sandbox to Windows 11.FIGURE 3-7: I'm from the Internet and I'm here to help!FIGURE 3-8: The Microsoft Support site doesn’t always answer the question you a...FIGURE 3-9: The snipping tool can take screen shots in a few steps.FIGURE 3-10: The unassuming Steps Recorder.FIGURE 3-11: Save the recording as soon as you finish it.FIGURE 3-12: The recording appears as a series of snapshots, with detailed acco...FIGURE 3-13: Windows Remote Assistance wants to know whether you’re giving or g...FIGURE 3-14: The best choice is to save the invitation as a file.FIGURE 3-15: Windows Remote Assistance.FIGURE 3-16: Remote Assistance requires your explicit permission.FIGURE 3-17: Your computer gets this Remote Assistance bar.FIGURE 3-18: Your guru friend sees your entire desktop in a special Remote Assi...FIGURE 3-19: Allow your guru friend to take over.
35 Book 7 Chapter 4FIGURE 4-1: Start with three drives, two for your storage pool.FIGURE 4-2: Create a storage pool.FIGURE 4-3: Windows 11 allows you to pool any drives other than those that cont...FIGURE 4-4: Windows 11 wants you to give the new storage space a name and drive...FIGURE 4-5: If it weren’t for the fact that you just created it, you probably w...FIGURE 4-6: Full details of your storage space and the storage pool it sits in.
36 Book 7 Chapter 5FIGURE 5-1: When installing drivers for your printer, be mindful of what other ...FIGURE 5-2: Your printers and scanners appear in this list.FIGURE 5-3: When installing a network printer, it’s best to use the drivers fro...FIGURE 5-4: Windows 11 lists the printers that it finds on your network.FIGURE 5-5: Setting the new printer as the default.FIGURE 5-6: The documents waiting to print are displayed in the queue.FIGURE 5-7: Windows asks you to confirm that you want to remove your printer.
37 Book 7 Chapter 6FIGURE 6-1: Each time you plug in a USB device, you see this notification.FIGURE 6-2: Options for handling removable drives.FIGURE 6-3: You can choose to disable AutoPlay.FIGURE 6-4: Choose what AutoPlay should do for removable drives.FIGURE 6-5: Choose the USB device you want to remove safely.FIGURE 6-6: Adding devices starts in Bluetooth & devices.FIGURE 6-7: The types of wireless devices that you can add to Windows 11.FIGURE 6-8: Removing Bluetooth devices requires a few clicks or taps.
38 Book 8 Chapter 1FIGURE 1-1: The old Windows 7’s Backup options are hidden deep in the Control P...FIGURE 1-2: With an external drive connected, it's time to turn on File History...FIGURE 1-3: Your backup data appears way down in a chain of folders.FIGURE 1-4: You need to find the file you want to restore, starting at the top.FIGURE 1-5: First, find the location. Then find the correct version.FIGURE 1-6: You can restore an entire folder full of files all at once.FIGURE 1-7: Exclude individual folders from File History.FIGURE 1-8: Take control of your backups here.FIGURE 1-9: Dropbox popularized cloud storage.FIGURE 1-10: Google Drive works very well with Google apps.FIGURE 1-11: iCloud works with Apple products but makes it difficult to share f...
39 Book 8 Chapter 2FIGURE 2-1: Run Reset from the Settings app.FIGURE 2-2: Choose the kind of reset you want.FIGURE 2-3: These apps — yes, even some apps from Microsoft — won’t survive a r...FIGURE 2-4: What Reset your PC with Remove Everything does.FIGURE 2-5: The hard-to-find System Restore option.FIGURE 2-6: Enable and configure System Restore here.FIGURE 2-7: Give your restore point a name.FIGURE 2-8: System Restore to the rescue.FIGURE 2-9: The latest restore point isn’t always the best restore point.FIGURE 2-10: Windows can scan the restore point to see what programs will be af...
40 Book 8 Chapter 3FIGURE 3-1: Safe mode loads only the essentials.FIGURE 3-2: Choosing Troubleshoot leads you to several advanced options.FIGURE 3-3: From here you can change how Windows behaves at startup.FIGURE 3-4: Press 4 or 5 to start into safe mode or safe mode with networking.FIGURE 3-5: Safe mode with networking.FIGURE 3-6: The Windows Recovery Environment has loaded.FIGURE 3-7: Advanced boot options.
41 Book 8 Chapter 4FIGURE 4-1: Events logged by Windows.FIGURE 4-2: The result of an event lookup for the error 10010.FIGURE 4-3: When something goes wrong, it leaves a trace in Reliability Monitor...FIGURE 4-4: A more detailed view of your problem reports.
42 Book 8 Chapter 5FIGURE 5-1: The compact view of Task Manager.FIGURE 5-2: The Processes tab in Task Manager.FIGURE 5-3: View all apps that are eating up your CPU.FIGURE 5-4: Task Manager allows you to force-close any running app.FIGURE 5-5: Keep tabs on the key components of your PC’s performance.FIGURE 5-6: Resource Monitor tells you at a glance what’s going wrong with your...FIGURE 5-7: A comprehensive list of all the time you’ve spent using each Window...FIGURE 5-8: A subset of those cycle-stealing auto-startup programs.FIGURE 5-9: Autoruns finds more sneaky autorunning programs than Task Manager.FIGURE 5-10: All details about every process appear here.FIGURE 5-11: See details about Windows services.FIGURE 5-12: Managing Windows 11 startup apps from Settings.
43 Book 9 Chapter 1FIGURE 1-1: The Conficker worm employed programmability built into Windows and ...FIGURE 1-2: Most infections happen when people don’t think about what they’re d...FIGURE 1-3: If you click the link, you open a page that looks much like the Pay...FIGURE 1-4: This is a fake eBay sign-on site. Can you tell the difference from ...FIGURE 1-5: If enough people report a site as being dangerous, you see a warnin...FIGURE 1-6: Oh me, oh my, he’s going to send the FBI.FIGURE 1-7: The header for the 419 message in Figure 1-6.FIGURE 1-8: Checking where a scam email came from.FIGURE 1-9: Windows Security, ready for action.FIGURE 1-10: Rogue antimalware gives you reason to pay.FIGURE 1-11: Win32/FakeSecSen scares you into thinking you must pay to clean yo...FIGURE 1-12: The lock indicates a secure site.
44 Book 9 Chapter 2FIGURE 2-1: Windows Security is up and running.FIGURE 2-2: The three different HTTPS padlocks in Chrome.FIGURE 2-3: Firefox gives detailed, site security information.FIGURE 2-4: Microsoft Edge has a padlock too.
45 Book 9 Chapter 3FIGURE 3-1: The Windows Security home page.FIGURE 3-2: The current status of Windows Security signature file updates.FIGURE 3-3: Scan settings for Windows Security.FIGURE 3-4: A full history of the protection actions taken appear here.FIGURE 3-5: You have to set up Controlled Folder Access manually — and doing so...FIGURE 3-6: SmartScreen may take the credit for the bust, but Windows Security ...FIGURE 3-7: If SmartScreen can’t phone home, it leaves you on your own.FIGURE 3-8: Think twice before turning off SmartScreen.FIGURE 3-9: The AwardBIOS Setup Utility.FIGURE 3-10: The UEFI interface on an ASUS PC.FIGURE 3-11: User Account Control tries to keep you from clobbering your system...FIGURE 3-12: Windows 11 allows you to change the level of UAC intrusiveness.FIGURE 3-13: Allow installed programs to poke through the firewall.FIGURE 3-14: Allow a program (that you’ve thoroughly vetted!) to break through ...
46 Book 9 Chapter 4FIGURE 4-1: Manage everything from the BitLocker Drive Encryption window.FIGURE 4-2: Choose how you want to save the BitLocker recovery key.FIGURE 4-3: RoboForm is easy to use and can import passwords from all browsers.FIGURE 4-4: Bitwarden is on the job if you can see its icon in the upper-right ...FIGURE 4-5: Windows 11 can manage VPN connections with ease.FIGURE 4-6: Add the details of your VPN connection.FIGURE 4-7: CyberGhost has an impressively lengthy list of servers.
47 Book 10 Chapter 1FIGURE 1-1: On an Android smartphone, choose to use the USB connection for tran...FIGURE 1-2: Windows 11 automatically detects Android devices and installs the a...FIGURE 1-3: If the device installs properly, you can access the files on it thr...FIGURE 1-4: Samsung DeX makes it easy to interact with your smartphone in Windo...FIGURE 1-5: Premium Samsung smartphones can use Samsung DeX.FIGURE 1-6: Starting the setup process is easy. Finishing it is hard.FIGURE 1-7: Follow the instructions closely.FIGURE 1-8: The Your Phone app is ready for you to start exploring.FIGURE 1-9: The Your Phone app is straightforward.FIGURE 1-10: Removing an Android smartphone from the Your Phone app is simpler ...FIGURE 1-11: DroidCam helps you use your smartphone as a webcam for your PC.
48 Book 10 Chapter 2FIGURE 2-1: The Microsoft Store page for installing iTunes.FIGURE 2-2: Accessing the iTunes Store with your Apple ID.FIGURE 2-3: Adding your iPhone to iTunes on Windows.FIGURE 2-4: Options for using iTunes to sync stuff between the PC and the iPhon...FIGURE 2-5: Choosing what to sync from iCloud.FIGURE 2-6: TeamViewer lets you control your PC from an iPhone or iPad — and it...
49 Book 10 Chapter 3FIGURE 3-1: Microsoft Edge has a built-in PDF viewer.FIGURE 3-2: The calibre app translates and organizes.FIGURE 3-3: Choose the device you use most commonly.FIGURE 3-4: The calibre app displays and allows you to edit a lot of data about...FIGURE 3-5: Choose the new book format in the Output Format box.FIGURE 3-6: Scroll to the Digital Content And Devices section of your Amazon ac...FIGURE 3-7: You can add the email of your friends, so that they send books dire...
50 Book 10 Chapter 4FIGURE 4-1: Google Workspace runs from $6 to $18 per person per month, with dis...FIGURE 4-2: Signing up for a Google account is free.FIGURE 4-3: Your brand-new Gmail account comes with an email message.FIGURE 4-4: Create a new email message here.FIGURE 4-5: Here you see all Gmail settings.FIGURE 4-6: Adding a POP3 account to Gmail is easy if you know the server’s nam...FIGURE 4-7: Google Drive is familiar to anyone who’s used a cloud drive.FIGURE 4-8: The files you add to the Google Drive folder on your PC appear in G...FIGURE 4-9: Simple Microsoft Office documents render well.FIGURE 4-10: You'll get more consistent results creating new documents from Goo...
51 Book 10 Chapter 5FIGURE 5-1: Your Outlook.com inbox and all its options.FIGURE 5-2: The Sweep options available in Outlook.com.FIGURE 5-3: The Archive folder (note the Archive heading at the top) can hold a...FIGURE 5-4: Microsoft’s Service Status site gives a broad overview of the curre...FIGURE 5-5: Compare the Microsoft party line with the crowdsourced Downrightnow...FIGURE 5-6: The Office app promotes Microsoft 365.FIGURE 5-7: Office.com is the same as the Office app in Windows 11.
52 Book 10 Chapter 6FIGURE 6-1: VLC Media Player plays every song and video type imaginable, even y...FIGURE 6-2: Bitwarden gives you one place to store all your passwords — and all...FIGURE 6-3: Recuva undeletes files — even on your smartphone.FIGURE 6-4: Install or update popular desktop apps with Ninite.FIGURE 6-5: Paint.NET is a powerful image editor.FIGURE 6-6: 7-Zip may not have the greatest interface, but it’s a workhorse.FIGURE 6-7: qBittorrent doesn’t have uTorrent’s baggage.FIGURE 6-8: Check the plans available for Dropbox, OneDrive (Microsoft 365), an...FIGURE 6-9: The Disk Management program enables you to manage your partitions w...
