Windows 10: The Missing Manual

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Windows 8’s graphic user interface was completely redesigned by Microsoft and it caused significant confusion for users due to its dueling UIs: one designed for touch, the other for keyboards and mice. Windows 10, however, fixes many of the problems introduced by the Windows 8 revolution. It offers several new features like the Spartan browser, Cortana voice-activated personal assistant, universal apps that run on a tablet, phone, and computer, and more. To take full advantage of the new operating system, you need the Windows 10: The Missing Manual guide.

The author, David Pogue, the founder of Yahoo Tech, previous New York Times columnist, bestselling author, and the creator of Missing Manuals has written this comprehensive guide. It is aimed at beginners, veteran standalone PC users, new tablet owners, and those who know their way around a network. This book illuminates its subject with technical insight, wit, and hard-nosed objectivity just like its predecessors.

From the Publisher

Windows 10: The Missing Manual is designed to accommodate readers at every technical level (except system administrators, who will be happier with a very different sort of book).

What’s New in Windows 10

The most radical new feature of Windows 10 is that Microsoft doesn’t consider it a new version of Windows. It is a work in progress, which will be continuously improved, a living software. Instead of megalithic annual chunks of updates and patches, Microsoft intends to fix bugs and add features continuously via quiet, automatic software releases.

• The Start Menu: Microsoft has realized the foolishness and incoherence of the Start screen in Windows 8, which replaced the Start menu.
• All Apps Work Alike: In Windows 8, there were two kinds of programs: the traditional Windows programs and then a new kind designed for touchscreen.
• Cortana: Cortana takes its usefulness to a whole new level being in your PC; same as Siri or Google now.
• The Edge browser: Microsoft has created a new bare-bones browser to replace the old Internet explorer, designed to take up very little screen space.
• Task View: With a single click on this new taskbar button, all open windows shrink into index cards, giving users a better chance of finding a program.
• Virtual screens: Multiple virtual monitors can now be set up, each with a set of open windows.
• And so much more…

Windows 10: The Missing Manual by O’Reilly Media is written in English, has a paperback version with 690 pages, an ISBN-10 of 1491947179, ISBN-13 of 978-1491947173 and weighs about 2.55 pounds. It was published on September 1, 2015.