Windows 10 Portable Genius

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Paul McFedries. Windows 10 Portable Genius

Windows® 10 Portable Genius. Table of Contents

List of Illustrations

Guide

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Introduction

Chapter 1: How Do I Customize Windows?

Working with Settings

Opening the Settings app

Synchronizing settings between PCs

Accessing an app’s settings

Customizing the Start Menu

Pinning an app to the Start menu

Arranging and sizing Start menu tiles

Customizing Start menu settings

Customizing the Taskbar

Pinning an app to the taskbar

Customizing taskbar settings

Customizing the taskbar’s notification area

Customizing the Lock Screen

Changing the Lock screen background

Adding an app to the Lock screen

Extending Your Desktop with Multiple Monitors

Setting Up Multiple Desktops

Adding a new desktop

Switching to another desktop

Moving an app to a different desktop

Chapter 2: How Can I Make the Most of Surfing the Web?

Taking Advantage of Tabs

Opening a link in a new tab

Creating a new tab

Customizing the new tab page

Navigating tabs

Duplicating a tab

Pinning a tab

Controlling which tabs appear at startup

Closing tabs

Saving Your Favorite Pages

Adding a page to the Favorites list

Working with the Favorites bar

Displaying the Favorites bar

Adding a web page to the Favorites bar

Opening a page from the Favorites list

Maintaining favorites

Customizing Edge

Changing the Edge search engine

Changing the theme

Setting the default zoom level

Customizing the toolbar

Customizing the font

Chapter 3: How Do I Maximize Sending and Receiving Email?

Managing Mail Accounts

Adding an account

Adding a web-based email account

Adding a POP or IMAP account

Changing the account name

Deleting an account

Setting Options for Incoming Messages

Customizing account sync settings

Combining the Focused and Other tabs

Grouping messages individually

Controlling notifications

Switching between accounts

Setting Send Options

Creating a signature

Setting the default message font

Changing your message priority

Running the spell-checker to eliminate message errors

Chapter 4: Can I Use Windows to Manage Contacts and Appointments?

Managing Your Contacts

Adding contacts from an existing account

Adding Microsoft 365 contacts

Adding Google contacts

Adding iCloud contacts

Controlling third-party content

Creating a contact

Viewing contacts

Viewing a contact

Searching for a contact

Editing a contact

Assigning a photo to a contact

Creating a new contact from an electronic business card

Filtering your contacts

Hiding contacts without phone numbers

Hiding contacts by account

Linking multiple profiles to a contact

Combining a suggested contact

Locating and combining a contact

Deleting a contact

Tracking Your Events

Viewing your calendar

Changing the calendar view

Navigating with the mini calendar

Adding an event to your calendar

Creating a time-based event

Creating an all-day event

Creating a recurring event

Adding an event reminder

Setting up an online meeting

Customizing your calendar

Chapter 5: What Other Day-to-Day Tasks Can I Perform?

Finding Stuff on Your PC

Viewing your timeline

Searching your PC

Using Multiple Desktops

Searching from the taskbar

Searching from a folder window

Configuring the Cortana Voice Assistant

Controlling your PC with Cortana

Making Video Calls

Configuring Skype

Calling someone using Skype

Dealing with an incoming Skype call

Working with Maps

Giving Maps access to your location

Displaying a location on a map

Getting directions to a location

Checking the Weather

Checking your weather forecast

Creating a default location

Changing the launch location

Checking another city’s weather forecast

Chapter 6: How Do I Max Out the Windows Image Tools?

Getting Images into Your PC

Importing images from a smartphone or digital camera

Scanning an image

Taking a picture or video with your PC camera

Viewing Your Images

Using File Explorer to view your images

Using the Photos app to view your images

Viewing individual images

Viewing images by collection or by album

Starting a slide show

Running the slide show in the Photos app

Running the slide show on the Photos tile

Enhancing Your Images

Cropping an image

Applying a filter

Adding a vignette effect

Repairing Your Images

Rotating an image

Straightening an image

Adjusting the light

Adjusting the colors

Enhancing image clarity

Getting rid of red eye

Fixing small flaws

Chapter 7: Can I Share My Computer?

Sharing Your PC via User Accounts

Creating a user account

Adding a user who already has a Microsoft account

Adding a user by creating a new Microsoft account

Adding a user without a Microsoft account

Switching between accounts

Switching between accounts when Windows is running

Switching between accounts at startup

Handling a Forgotten Password

Changing your user account picture

Choosing an image file to use as your account picture

Taking a photo to use as your account picture

Changing the account type

Deleting an account

Sharing Your PC with a Child

Adding a child to your PC

Setting restrictions on a child’s account

Accessing the family settings online

Enabling activity reporting

Setting screen time limits

Restricting the content your child can view

Sharing PC Resources

Sharing a document or folder

Switching to advanced sharing

Sharing a folder with other users on the network

Protect your shared folders with advanced file permissions

Chapter 8: How Can I Get More from a Tablet PC?

Working in Tablet Mode

Controlling Windows with Gestures

Understanding gestures

Using gestures to control Windows

Inputting Text with the Touch Keyboard

Displaying the touch keyboard

Selecting a touch keyboard type

Using the touch keyboard

Entering text using the handwriting panel

Configuring the touch keyboard

Setting Power and Battery Options

Monitoring battery life

Setting the power mode

Adjusting screen brightness

Switching to Battery Saver mode

Creating a custom power plan to improve battery life

Checking out more ways to save energy

Chapter 9: How Do I Work with Documents?

Editing Documents

Creating a new document

Saving a document

Opening a document

Changing the text font

Finding text

Replacing text

Inserting special symbols

Saving a copy of a document

Taking Notes with OneNote

Creating a OneNote notebook

Adding pages and sections to a notebook

Adding a section to a notebook

Adding a page to a notebook

Adding and working with text notes

Adding a text note

Sizing a text note container

Moving a text note container

Adding an image to a notebook page

Working with notebook lists

Creating a bulleted list

Creating a numbered list

Creating a to-do list

Working with Files

Selecting a file

Changing the file view

Previewing a file

Copying a file

Moving a file

Renaming a document

Creating a new file

Deleting a document

Restoring a Deleted File

Extracting files from a compressed folder

Viewing compressed folder files

Extracting files from a compressed folder

Creating a compressed folder

Specifying a different app when opening a document

Chapter 10: What Are Some Ways to Enhance PC Security?

Enhancing Sign-In Security

Creating a strong password

Updating your account password

Creating a picture password

Signing in with a PIN

Setting up a fingerprint sign-in

Locking Your PC to Prevent Others from Using It

Locking your computer

Configuring your PC to lock automatically

Pairing a Bluetooth mobile device

Activating Dynamic Lock

Enhancing Your Privacy

Making the Start menu more private

Controlling your private information

Stopping an app’s notifications

Clearing your activity history

Clearing Other Activity

Resetting your computer to preserve privacy

Chapter 11: How Do I Increase Internet Privacy and Security?

Making the Web More Secure

Avoiding viruses

Opting to never save a site’s password

Deleting a saved website password

Making the Web More Private

Deleting your browsing data to ensure privacy

Turning on private browsing

Preventing ad sites from tracking you online

Enabling strict tracking prevention

Preventing sites from requesting your location

Enhancing Email Security and Privacy

Avoiding viruses in email

Preventing messages from opening automatically

Thwarting web bugs by blocking images in messages

Avoiding phishing scams

Chapter 12: How Do I Maintain Windows?

Performing a Few Maintenance Chores

Scheduling automatic maintenance

Don’t Miss Maintenance

Checking hard drive free space

Dealing with Low Hard Drive Free Space

Deleting unnecessary files

Safeguarding Your Files

Keeping a history of your files

Restoring a file from your history

Creating a system image backup

Using the Windows Recovery Environment

Understanding the Recovery Environment’s tools

Accessing the Recovery Environment

Working with a Recovery Drive

Creating the recovery drive

Booting your PC using the recovery drive

Working with Restore Points

Creating a system restore point

Reverting to an earlier restore point

Increasing Restore Point Storage

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