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After the initial setup, and every time you start your laptop after that, you're greeted with the graphical fun and folly of the Windows operating system.

The first step is to sign in to Windows, which is like identifying yourself to the warden. It involves supplying a user account name and a password to verify that you are who you claim to be.

The very first screen shown in Windows 10 is called the lock screen. Press Enter or swipe the screen to summon the sign-in screen. A sample sign-in screen is illustrated in Figure 4-3. Here’s what to do:

1 Type your password in the box or, if it’s enabled, type your PIN.Click the mouse or tap the screen to activate the box. For a tablet PC, an onscreen keyboard appears.If you’ve set up a PIN and you type it in, you’re done signing in. Otherwise:

2 Press Enter or, on a touchscreen, tap the arrow.When the stars are aligned in your favor, you’re granted access to Windows.

FIGURE 4-3: The Windows 10 sign-in screen.

After a few frantic moments, you see the Windows desktop and you can start using the laptop. See Chapter 8 for a discussion on using Windows after you sign in.

 If your laptop comes with a fingerprint reader, you can use it to identify yourself: Swipe or press your finger (or thumb) on the reader bar. That’s all you need to do.

 Yes, the fingerprint reader works whether your finger is attached or not. And yes, you watch too many spy movies.

 The Accessibility Options button (refer to Figure 4-3) displays options for folks needing physical assistance when using the laptop.

 The Shutdown Options button in the lower right corner of the screen displays a menu with various choices for turning off the laptop. See Chapter 5 for a description of these options.

  Windows 10 uses the term sign in to refer to the process of identifying your account on the laptop. Other terms include log on or log in. These differing terms are offered to help foster confusion among Windows users.

 By the way, it's log, as in to write down. It has nothing to do with timber.