Windows 10

By Carl Stewart as presented on August 9, 2018

Common Keyboard Shortcuts

Press this key	To do this
Ctrl + X	Cut the selected item
Ctrl + C (or Ctrl + Insert)	Copy the selected item
Ctrl + V (or Shift + Insert)	Paste the selected item
Ctrl + Z	Undo an action
Alt + Tab	Switch between open apps
Alt + F4	Close the active item, or exit the active app
Windows logo key + L	Lock your PC
Windows logo key + D	Display and hide the desktop
Ctrl + A	Select all items in a document or window
Ctrl + D (or Delete)	Delete the selected item and move it to the Recycle Bin
Ctrl + R (or F5)	Refresh the active window
Ctrl + Y	Redo an action
Esc	Stop or leave the current task

Press this key	To do this
Windows logo key	Open or close Start
Windows logo key + A	Open Action center
Windows logo key + B	Set focus in the notification area
Windows logo key + E	Open File Explorer
Windows logo key + H	Start dictation
Windows logo key + I	Open Settings
Windows logo key + L	Lock your PC or switch accounts
Windows logo key + M	Minimize all windows
Windows logo key + S	Open search

Source:

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/12445/windows-keyboard-shortcuts

Windows 10 Tips

By Elaine Drain

Customizing Windows 10

Other topics in this brief:

• Is that email from "Microsoft OneDrive" real?  (Yes - but here's how to check.)
• What does it take to turn a VHS taped video into a DVD Movie disk?

Our headliner was, "How to personalize or customized Windows 10 to your liking?"

Links of note:

• Windows 10 Customization's Handout <link>
• The Cheapskate: How to reduce your Cable Bill by hiring a negotiator.  <link>
• How To Geek: How to fix all Windows 10 annoyances <link>
• Bloom's preferred Video Capture Device and software, the Elgato <link>

Envy Part 4, Win10 part 2, & Favorite Websites

Our HP Envy Desktop Part 4: SSD installation
My Win10 Recommendation Part 2: Download & install
& lots of websites!


Rather than have links, here's are the *names* of the websites we looked at.  If it's not obvious what the URL is, Google 'em!

Strange Facts:  https://www.factslides.com
Gizmo's Freeware:  my choice for finding free software and reviews thereof
My Home pages:  Twistedsifter, Woot, Xkcd, Joy of Tech, and Yahoo Tech
Good Computer Help:  HowToGeek, SevenForums, AskLeo
Shopping:  Amazon, Monoprice, NewEgg, Woot & TigerDirect

Windows Accessories

Helen Browne and Bob Bloom (sorta) collaborated on:

• WordPad and Notepad
• Calculator
• Snipping Tool
• Disk Cleaner / Ccleaner / Cleanup!
• Disk Defrag / Auslogics Defrag

Windows 10: Before, During and After

A new record!  We had *87* people attending this presentation.  We apologize for those that that may have got stuck in the back; had we known that so many were coming we would have not set up all the tables to have more room.

This was a presentation on:

1. Getting ready for Windows 10,
2. The process of installing Windows 10, and
3. Some of this things you should look for after installing Windows 10

I had 87 slides in this presentation, and naturally, did not get to show them all.  All are included below, although I'll probably also show them in a future presentation.

Part 1 - Getting ready.  This part was mainly how to make an image backup of your computer using either the built-in Windows 7 or 8 tools, Acronis True Image, or Macrium Reflect free.  Although most of the Windows 10 installs have been error-free, and those that weren't corrected themselves, it's always nice to have a safety net and insurance if all goes bad.  A good image backup is that safety net.

Part 2 - Installing and Configuration.  I've done 4 upgrades so far, one of these live during this presentation.  It took 1 hour, 20 minutes on a 6.5 year old laptop - and completed seemingly without error.  (Give me time to check all the applications before pronouncing it done!)

A News & Q&A Day

Today's Topics:

• Breaking News:  The OPM Hack included Fingerprints, The Hacking Team was Hacked, the Chrysler car Hack, Windows 10 is almost here, and MSE on XP is no longer.
• A follow-up to last week's Phish, find out how it worked
• Part two of Imaging - needed before you take the Windows 10 plunge
• And 10 questions from the audience

More Bytes

Topics of the day:

• iTunes Demo - Podcasts (Continuation of last week)
• Internet Music (How to Get and save it)
• Talk to Google (New Feature built-in to Chrome)
• Firefox & Tracking (eliminate tracking and speed up your browsing)
• Windows 10 Demo (finally got it to work)
• Best AntiVirus (ymmv!)

Bob's Bytes

This Week's Topics:

• My Birthday Gifts: a new Laptop and my first ever Smart Phone.  My Experiences and Observations
• More Windows 10: How to reserve a copy, Should you reserve a copy, Should you 'upgrade' at all, and Getting rid of that Windows 10 notification.
• PodCasts & iTunes:  A great combination whether or not you have a Apple device.

Here's a link to the popular John Wayne's "God Bless America" video:  <link>
The 1970 TV special from which that song is from is available at Amazon:  <link>

I made a list of almost all the actors in that video, but I didn't know a couple - can you help?

Lorne Greene ?Forrest Lewis? ?Ross Martin? William Shatner

 ?Hal Williams?  ?Celeste Holm?  ?child?  Dennis Weaver

 ? + ?Edward Faulkner?

The First Q&A of 2015

Topics discussed:

• How to download Videos?
• Our Opinion of “WinCleaner”?
• Free AntiVirus Programs Opinions 
• Free Microsoft Office?
• What’s my Password?
• Should I Install Windows 10?

And from last week

• Some Pointers on backing up System Files
• Are Tablets safe from Crapware?
• How to set Defaults in MS Word