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CHAPTER 1
Getting Started with Windows
To do something useful with your computer and with Windows 10, you need to learn a few basic tasks and techniques. These include exploring the screen, learning how to put your computer to sleep, how to restart and shut down your computer, how to connect to your network, and how to create a Microsoft account. You also need to learn how to work with apps, including installing them, starting them, and switching between them when you have multiple apps running. This chapter also shows you how to update and uninstall apps.
Explore the PC Screen
Explore the Tablet Screen
Put Windows to Sleep
Restart or Shut Down Windows
Connect to Your Wireless Network
Switch to a Microsoft Account
Install an App
Start an App
Switch Between Running Apps
Update an App
Uninstall an App
Explore the PC Screen
Before getting to the specifics of working with Windows 10, take a few seconds to familiarize yourself with the basic elements of the screen. These elements include the Start screen’s app tiles, live tiles, your user tile, and the Desktop tile.
Understanding where these elements appear on the Start screen and what they are used for will help you work through the rest of this book and will help you navigate Windows and its applications on your own. This section covers the screen you see on a PC. If you are using a Touch PC or a tablet, see the next section, “Explore the Tablet Screen.”
Desktop Icon
An icon on the desktop represents a program or Windows feature. A program you install often adds its own icon on the desktop.
Mouse Pointer
When you move your mouse, this pointer moves along with it.
Desktop
This is the Windows “work area,” meaning that it is where you work with your programs and documents.
Start Button
You use this button to start programs and launch many of Windows’ features.
Search Box
You use this box to search for items on your PC or on the Internet.
Taskbar Icons
You use these icons to launch some Windows features with just a mouse click.
Taskbar
The programs you have open appear in the taskbar. You use this area to switch between programs if you have more than one running at a time.
Notification Area
This area displays small icons that notify you about things that are happening on your computer. For example, you see notifications if your printer runs out of paper or if an update to Windows is available over the Internet.
Time and Date
This is the current time and date on your computer. To see the full date, position the mouse (
) over the time. To change the date or time, click the time.
Explore the Tablet Screen
If you are using a touch-based PC or a tablet device, Windows 10 will automatically reconfigure the screen into tablet mode, which is designed to make it easier for you to navigate and launch items using touches and other gestures. However, you might find that using this new interface is not easier at first. To get more out of this interface and to learn how to operate your Touch PC or tablet, you need to familiarize yourself with Windows 10’s tablet mode.
Explore the Tablet Screen
Tablet mode displays the Start screen, which consists of tiles for several common apps.
In an app, you can click Back (
) to return to either the previous app screen or to the Start screen.
To return directly to the Start screen, you can click Start (
).
To see more commands, click Menu (
).
Windows displays a menu of commands.
To hide the commands, click Menu () again.
To toggle tablet mode on and off, you can click Action Center (
) and then click Tablet Mode.
Put Windows to Sleep
You can make your computer more energy efficient by putting Windows into sleep mode when you are not using the computer. Sleep mode means that your computer is in a temporary low-power mode. This saves electricity when your computer is plugged in, and it saves battery power when your computer is unplugged.
In sleep mode, Windows keeps your apps open. This is handy because it means that when you return from sleep mode, after you sign in to Windows again, you can immediately get back to what you were doing.
Put Windows to Sleep
Click Start ().
The Start menu appears.
Click Power (
).
Click Sleep.
Windows activates sleep mode.
Note: To return from sleep mode, press your computer’s Power button.
Restart or Shut Down Windows
You can restart Windows, which means that it shuts down and starts up again immediately. This is useful if your computer is running slowly or acting funny. Sometimes a restart solves the problem.
Alternatively, when you complete your work, you could shut down Windows. However, do not just shut off your computer’s power because doing so can cause problems: If you have documents with unsaved changes, you may lose those changes; you also could damage one or more Windows system files, which could make your system unstable. Therefore, you should always follow the proper steps when shutting down your PC.
Restart or Shut Down Windows
Shut down all your running programs.
Note: Be sure to save your work as you close your programs.
Click Start ().
The Start menu appears.
Click Power ().
Click a command:
Click Restart to shut down and then start your computer.
Click Shut Down to turn off your computer.
Connect to Your Wireless Network
If you have a wireless access point and your computer has built-in wireless networking capabilities, you can connect to the wireless access point to access your network. If your wireless access point is connected to the Internet, then connecting to the wireless network gives your computer Internet access, as well.
Most wireless networks are protected with a security key, which is a kind of password. You need to know the key before attempting to connect. However, after you have connected to the network once, Windows remembers the password and connects again automatically whenever the network comes within range.
Connect to Your Wireless Network
Click Network (
).
Windows displays a list of wireless networks in your area.
Click your network.
To have Windows connect to your network automatically in the future, click Connect automatically (
changes to 
).
Click Connect.
If the network is protected by a security key, Windows prompts you to enter it.
Type the security key.
If you want to be certain that you typed the security key correctly, temporarily click and hold Display Password Characters (
).
Click Next.
Windows asks if it can locate the other computers and devices on your network.
Click Yes.
Windows connects to the network.
The network icon changes from Disconnected () to Connected (
) to indicate that you now have a wireless network connection.
Switch to a Microsoft Account
You can get much more out of Windows by using a Microsoft account. When you connect a Microsoft account to your Windows user account, many previously inaccessible Windows features become immediately available. For example, you can use the Mail app to access your email and the OneDrive app to store documents online. You can also download apps from the Windows Store, access your photos and documents anywhere online, and even sync your settings with other PCs for which you use the same account.
Switch to a Microsoft Account
Start a Microsoft Account
Click Start (not shown).
Click Settings (not shown).
Windows opens the Settings app.
Click Accounts.
The Accounts window appears.
Click Sign in with a Microsoft account instead.
The Make It Yours window appears.
Configure an Existing Microsoft Account
To create a new Microsoft account, you can click Create one and then skip to the next subsection, “Configure a New Microsoft Account.”
Type your email address.
Type your password.
Click Sign in.
To finish configuring your existing account, skip to the subsection “Complete the Account.”
The Let’s Create Your Account window appears.
Configure a New Microsoft Account
Type your name.
Type the email address you want to use and select either outlook.com or hotmail.com from the list.
Type your password.
Select your country.
Type your date of birth.
Click Next.
How you proceed after you type your email address depends on whether you are creating a new Microsoft account or using an existing account. Using a Microsoft account with Windows can help if you forget your account password and cannot log in.
You can provide Microsoft with your mobile phone number, so if you ever forget your password, Microsoft will send you a text message to help you reset your password. You can also give Microsoft an alternative email address, or you can provide the answer to a secret question.
The Add Security Info window appears.
Select your phone number’s country code.
Type your mobile phone number.
Click Next.
Complete the Account
Windows asks how you want to receive your security code to verify your account.
Click Next.
Windows asks you to verify your current account password.
Type your password.
Click Next.
Windows asks if you want to use a PIN with your account.
Click Skip this step.
Note: See the section “Set Up a Fingerprint Sign-In” in Chapter 11 to learn how to add a PIN to your account.
Windows connects the Microsoft account to your user account.
The next time you start Windows, you can use your Microsoft account email address and password to sign in.