Windows 11 tips, tricks & shortcuts in easy steps
Book - 2023
"[This book] will make you a Windows 11 super-user and help you get more out of your PC and Windows 11."--Back cover.
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Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, United Kingdom :
In Easy Steps
[2023]
- Language
- English
- Main Author
- Item Description
- Includes index.
- Physical Description
- 216 pages : color illustrations; 23 cm
- ISBN
- 9781840789973
- 1. Windows 11 interface
- Obtaining Windows 11
- Signing in
- Start screen
- Quick tips for getting started
- Start button
- Repositioning the Start button
- Start menu
- Customizing the Start menu
- More menus
- Navigation
- Run commands
- The Control Panel
- Registry Editor
- Apps
- 2. Performance
- Overview
- Adding more memory
- Quick speed boost
- Reducing visual effects
- Icon thumbnails
- Faster paging
- Disabling Superfetch
- Canceling unneeded services
- More shutdown options
- Streamlining the Registry
- Optimizing the hard drive
- Updating device drivers
- Prioritizing CPU resources
- Third-party software
- System Restore
- PC recovery options
- Refreshing the PC
- Troubleshooting
- 3. Startup and shutdown
- Quick boot
- BIOS speed boost
- Disabling unused hardware
- Streamlining the Fonts folder
- Clearing out the Startup folder
- Screen savers and wallpaper
- Shutdown issues
- Killing services quickly
- Putting the PC to sleep
- 4. Productivity
- Finding it fast
- Using search aids
- Advanced searching
- More right-click options
- Quick file selection
- Batch renaming of files
- Changing/setting file associations
- Closing non-responding apps
- Customizing the Control Panel
- Organizing your data
- Navigation pane folders
- Snapping your apps
- Snap Layouts
- Miscellaneous tips
- 5. Things you can do without
- User Account Control (UAC)
- Notifications
- Snap
- Reporting problems
- AutoPlay
- OneDrive
- Sign-in password
- 6. Customization
- The Windows interface
- Using themes
- The Taskbar
- System icons
- Folder icons
- Displaying a Sign-in message
- 7. Privacy
- Hiding your browsing tracks
- InPrivate browsing
- Hiding your drives
- Hiding your private files
- 8. Security
- Securing your PC physically
- Restricting access to Windows
- Keeping your passwords safe
- Encrypting your private data
- Data backup
- Recovering your data
- Keeping Windows updated
- Privacy issues with Sync
- Windows Security
- Family safety
- 9. Some inner workings
- Upgrading to Windows 11
- Setting up user accounts
- Installing Windows 11 quickly
- Creating a virtual drive
- Keeping your files and settings
- Running older apps
- Calibrating your monitor
- 10. Shortcuts
- Switching applications quickly
- One-click shutdown/restart
- Hotkey shortcuts
- Windows key shortcuts
- Keyboard shortcuts
- 11. The internet
- No more broken downloads
- Cutting down on scrolling
- File sharing
- Getting more search providers
- Quick internet searching
- Easy text selection
- Getting to grips with tabs
- Sharing pages
- Becoming an Edge Insider
- Web select
- Web capture
- More Edge settings
- Edge extensions
- 12. Email
- Setting up an email account
- Using the Outlook Ribbon
- Useful Outlook settings
- Backing up your emails
- Opening blocked attachments
- High-risk file attachments
- Low-risk file attachments
- Managing senders
- A spam-free inbox
- Organizing your emails
- Automatic picture resizing
- 13. Multimedia
- Playing any media file
- Multimedia viewers
- Media Player
- Playing audio CDs
- Movies and TV
- Graphic formats unraveled
- Editing your photos
- 14. Miscellaneous
- Keyboard calculator
- Restarting Windows Explorer
- Turbo-charging the mouse
- Easy reading
- System details
- Steps Recorder
- Index