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Action Centre Backup & Restore Control Panel Cortana Date format Download W10 Edge Fresh install Home button Installation

• PDF Creator

• Settings • Setup • Stop MS using your m/c for distribution • Tablet mode • Task View & Multiple desktops • Tutorial • Uninstall W10 • Windows Defender • Windows update

Download • Register when invited • It will download eventually or if you are fed up with waiting: • Download it now from http://www.microsoft.com/enus/software-download/windows10 . (This is a legit Microsoft site.) Before you do, remember to back up anything important on your machine. – Select ‘Upgrade this PC now’ – It’s a large download so be patient

• Don't know if your machine is 32 or 64 bit? – For Windows7, right click on Computer in the Start menu. – For Windows8, right click on ThisPC. Then in both cases, click Properties and it is listed there.

Installation • Backup either the whole machine or, at least, ‘your stuff’ • The installation is an upgrade to W7 or W8 so all programs & ‘your stuff’ should be preserved • Accept licence • It will check for updates – may take a while • Ready to install confirms W10 and will keep personal files • Click Install • Commences – Will take a long time, do NOT interrupt – If a laptop, make sure on mains power – Will do multiple reboots (incl. machine appearing to shut down for a few minutes.

Setup • • • • • • • •

Welcome screen ‘Get going fast’ – read it – click Learn More & read that Suggest use Customize Settings at bottom left Read each point and decide what you want to ‘send to MS’ New apps – these are defaults. To change click ‘Let me choose default apps’. Most OK but consider Edge v IE It will then ‘setup’ your apps – wait for reboot Installs ‘optional’ features Should be good to go

Control panel v Settings • Settings are new in W10 (quite analogous to the old Control Panel). • The new Settings menu looks likely to replace the old Control Panel eventually. For now both are available • To get to Settings, click Start button and click Settings towards lower left – If you have a touch screen, you can also swipe from the right and then touch All Settings

• To get to the Control Panel, right click the Start button and choose from list (this list is a useful shortcut to many system management functions (but oddly, not Settings))

Post-setup • Prevent Microsoft using your machine for windows 10 distribution • A 'feature' of Windows 10, that is enabled by default, is that Microsoft will use spare capacity on your machine to participate in the distribution of W10 & subsequent updates to other people. This will happen in the background and you will probably not be aware of it UNLESS you have a metered broadband connection in which case you may see your usage rise significantly - which could affect your charges. • To turn off this feature read http://betanews.com/2015/07/31/stop-windows-10-using-yourinternet-connection-to-share-updates-to-other-people/ . – Even if you don't have metered broadband, you may want to turn it off anyway.

• The first line of the instructions says 'Open Settings'. See earlier slide for note on how to get to Settings.

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Windows Update Is always ‘on’ and cannot be controlled Go to Settings – Update & Security – Windows Update. Click Advanced Options Choose how updates are installed will be set to Automatic. The only option is to schedule any required restarts – you cannot stop the actual update download/install process. Tick the box for updates for other MS products (e.g. Office) Pro version only can ‘Defer upgrades’ that are enhancements rather than security or bug related – deferral period is up to MS Choose how updates are delivered is useful if you have multiple machines as they can share the updates locally. Turn it on but suggest select ‘PCs on my local network’. (This is the same issue discussed under ‘Prevent Microsoft using your machine for windows 10 distribution’ on a previous slide Update History shows which updates have/have not been installed. – At the top of this page there is a link to Uninstall updates should you ever need to. – If an update fails consistently to install, try: • • •

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Control Panel, System and Security, Admin Tools, Services, Windows Updates Stop & then restart Return to Windows Update in Settings and click Check for updates – it should now install.

For more depth, see http://www.howtogeek.com/223068/what-you-need-toknow-about-windows-update-on-windows-10/

Post-setup (cont) • Date format in File Explorer • You may notice that the date in any File Explorer view is in US format (mm/dd/yy) • To correct, go to Settings – Time & Language – Date & Time • Under Formats you will see the Short Date format is wrong – Click ‘Change date & time formats’ • If the format you want is in the Short Date dropdown, select it •

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click back arrow to get back to Time & language panel click Additional date, time & regional settings Click Change date, time or number formats Click Additional Settings On the Date tab, in the Short Date box type the format you want. Examples (Note these are case sensitive): • • •

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dd-MM-yy looks like 25-08-15 dd/MMM/yy looks like 25/Aug/15 dd MMM yyyy looks like 25 Aug 2015

Click Apply, click OK, click OK – date should be correct

Edge • New, default browser introduced with W10 – Will work across all platforms

• (IE is still available) • New features – Reading view • • • •

Removes ads and other ‘rubbish’ on page Activate by clicking book icon at top right Not available on all pages Bit erratic

– Add a note • Click ‘pen and pad’ symbol (top right) to open a tool bar that allows adding notes, highlighting and marking the page • Annotated page can be saved locally and shared with others

– Share • Easily email a link to a page to someone else – click the circular icon (top right) • If sharing an annotated page it sends an image of the page (note there appears to be an error where notes get lost – other annotations are OK)

Cortana • A ‘personal assistant’ – Works across all platforms – Also Android (in beta) & Apple (later this year) versions

• Accessed via Search icon (magnifying glass) in task bar – Cortana needs to be setup, otherwise icon acts like a normal search routine • Once setup icon changes to a round circle

– Type requests or speak them if your computer has a mic (many laptops, most tablets and phones do) • Most seem to just get passed thru to Edge/Bing (at least for me) • Seems better suited for mobile devices – tablets & partic phones – With a mic.

– Can set reminders – once or recurring – Setup notebook (floppy icon) to advise on things like weather, travel, upcoming events, restaurants

Task View • Task View – Shows all active tasks

Multiple desktops • Multiple desktop views – Click New Desktop (bottom right of Task view) – Drag items from one desktop to another – Note how highlighting on Task Bar changes – Closing a desktop transfers its icons to other

Home button – Toggles traditional desktop & tablet-like view – Icons work as single-click launchers

Home button (cont) – Click 3-bar icon at top left to open W7 like panel

All apps (programs) list – All apps button (at bottom) for alphabetical all programs list

Other stuff - 1 • A useful introduction tutorial can be found at: http://www.gcflearnfree.org/windows10 – Read #2 for a quick intro to new features – If you tend to have multiple apps active at the same time, particularly read about Task View & Virtual Desktops in #5.

• Built in PDF creator – Click Print on any document and select ‘Microsoft Print to PDF’ in the Name dropdown. (Note this setting will be retained until changed). It will ask you where you want to save the PDF file

Other stuff - 2 • Action centre – Contains info about recent or required actions and a no. of useful icons, e.g. open settings, change to tablet mode, brightness & others. – Get to it: • On a touch screen, swipe from right • On a conventional device, Winkey + A

• Windows Defender – Simple, reasonably effective anti-virus package – Setup via Settings – Update & Security – Windows Defender – Suggest leave all options as ‘On’ – Link at bottom of panel will invoke Defender

Tablet mode • In Action Centre, click Tablet Mode – Task bar reduces to control items only • Right click on task bar to – Show app icon (a la traditional view) – Show all notification icons (ditto) – Toggle icon for on-screen keyboard (maybe hardware dependent)

– Home button toggles between app and menu page – Task view works same

Uninstall W10 • This can only be done within 1 month of installing • Go to Settings – Update & Security – Recovery – Go back to Windows 7 (or 8)

Backup & Restore • Never been a Windows ‘strong’ point but much improved according to http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/system-restorefactory-reset-work-windows-10/ which also gives guidance on how to use it • Or use a 3rd party backup tool – eg Paragon https://www.paragon-software.com/home/br-free/

Fresh install • W10 is always installed as an upgrade to the original W7 or W8 operating system – This maintains installed programs & your data

• After having upgraded, if you wish to install as a completely new operating system, go to http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/softwaredownload/windows10 – – – – –

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Choose version (32 or 64 bit) Select language, architecture & edition Select media (USB drive or DVD) This will download a bootable ‘disc’ file Make sure you have backed up ‘your stuff’ to external media ( another drive, USB, cloud based storage) Make sure you have installation media for any programs you have installed Reboot machine from the USB/DVD and carry out the install of W10 Re-intsall your programs – you may need to download updated versions for W10 Restore ‘your stuff’

• Based on 1 machine, there was no performance advantage in doing this