Computer Basics Absolute Beginner's Guide, Windows 10
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Contents at a GlanceIntroduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1Part I: Understanding Computers1How Personal Computers Work. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72Setting Up and Using a Notebook Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 333Setting Up and Using a Desktop Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39Part II: Using Windows45678Getting to Know Windows 10—for New Computer Users . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49Getting to Know Windows 10—If You’ve Used Windows Before . . . . . . . . . . . . 67Using Windows 10 on a Touchscreen Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83Working with Files, Folders, and Online Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89Personalizing Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107Part III: Setting Up the Rest of Your System91011Connecting Other Devices to Your PC—and Your PC to Other Devices . . . . . 125Adding Storage and Backup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139Setting Up a Home Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145Part IV: Using the Internet121314Connecting to the Internet—at Home and Away . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157Browsing and Searching the Web . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163Shopping and Selling Online. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185Part V: Communicating Online151617Sending and Receiving Email . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203Social Networking with Facebook and Other Social Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215Video Chatting with Friends and Family . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243Part VI: Working with Software Programs1819Using Applications on the Desktop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251Finding and Installing New Apps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269Part VII: Doing Fun and Useful Stuff with your PC2021222324Doing Office Work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Staying Organized . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Viewing and Sharing Digital Photos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Watching Movies, TV Shows, and Other Videos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Playing Music . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .277299305321335Part VIII: Keeping Your System Up and Running2526Protecting Your PC from Computer Attacks, Malware, and Spam . . . . . . . . . . 351Performing Preventive Maintenance and Dealing with Common Problems . . . 363Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 381
Table of ContentsIntroduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1How This Book Is Organized . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3Which Version of Windows?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4Conventions Used in This Book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4Menu Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4Shortcut Key Combinations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5Web Page Addresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5Special Elements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5There’s More Online. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6Chapter 1How Personal Computers Work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7What Your Computer Can Do . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8Good for Getting Online . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8Good for Social Networking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8Good for Communicating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9Good for Sharing Photos and Home Movies. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9Good for Keeping in Touch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9Good for Entertainment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9Good for Keeping Informed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10Good for Work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10Good for Play . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10Inside a Personal Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11The Motherboard: Home to Almost Everything . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11Microprocessors: The Main Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12Computer Memory: Temporary Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13Hard Disk Drives: Long-Term Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14Solid-State Drives: Faster Long-Term Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14CD/DVD Drives: Storage on a Disc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15Keyboards: Fingertip Input . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16Mice and Touchpads: Point-and-Click Input Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18Network Connections: Getting Connected . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19Sound Cards and Speakers: Making Noise . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19Video Cards and Monitors: Getting the Picture. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
CONTENTSOther Parts of Your Computer System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21Providing Additional Functionality with Peripherals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21Doing What You Need to Do with Software and Apps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22Making Everything Work—with Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22Different Types of Computers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23Desktop PCs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24Notebook PCs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25Tablet PCs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27Hybrid PCs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28Which Type of PC Should You Choose? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29Don’t Worry, You Can’t Screw It Up—Much . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30Chapter 2Setting Up and Using a Notebook Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33Understanding Notebook PCs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34Connecting Peripherals and Powering On . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36Getting Connected . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36Powering On for the First Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37Chapter 3Setting Up and Using a Desktop Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39Understanding the Components of a Desktop Computer System . . . . . . . . . . . 40Before You Get Started. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42Connecting a Traditional Desktop PC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43Connect in Order . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43Connect by Color . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44Connecting an All-in-One Desktop. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45Turning It On and Setting It Up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46Getting the Right Order. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46Powering On for the First Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46Chapter 4Getting to Know Windows 10—for New Computer Users . . . . . . 49Introducing Microsoft Windows. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50Starting and Logging In to Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50Getting to Know the Windows Desktop. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52Learning Basic Operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53Pointing and Clicking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53Double-Clicking. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53Right-Clicking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54v
viCOMPUTER BASICS ABSOLUTE BEGINNER’S GUIDE, WINDOWS 10 EDITIONDragging and Dropping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54Mouse Over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54Moving and Resizing Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54Maximizing, Minimizing, and Closing Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55Scrolling Through a Window. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56Peeking at the Desktop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57Using Dialog Boxes, Tabs, and Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57Using the Start Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59Navigating the Start Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59Launching a Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60Reopening Recent Documents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60Using the Taskbar. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60Deciphering Taskbar Icons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60Opening Applications and Switching Between Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61Using Jump Lists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61Managing Taskbar Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63Switching Between Programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63Learning Important Windows Shortcuts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63Shutting Down Windows—and Your Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65Chapter 5Getting to Know Windows 10—If You’ve UsedWindows Before. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67A Short History of Windows. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68Early Windows. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68Windows Goes Mainstream . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69Starting It Up with Windows 95 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69Windows XP, Vista, and 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70Then Came Windows 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70Introducing Windows 10. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71Windows 10 for Windows 8/8.1 Users . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72Windows 10 for Windows 7 Users . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73Windows 10 for Windows XP Users. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74The Most Important New Features ofWindows 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75Back to the Desktop (Goodbye, Start Screen). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75The Start Menu Returns—Better Than Ever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
CONTENTSModern Apps in Desktop Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79More New Stuff . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80Chapter 6Using Windows 10 on a Touchscreen Device. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83Understanding Windows 10’s Tablet Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84Using Tablet Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84Scrolling Through the Tiles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86Opening a Tile. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86Finding Additional Apps in the All Apps List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86Using Windows 10 with a Touchscreen Display. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87Tapping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87Pressing and Holding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87Swiping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87Panning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87Zooming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87Rotating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88Other Important Touch Operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88Chapter 7Working with Files, Folders, and Online Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . 89Understanding Files and Folders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90Using File Explorer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90Launching File Explorer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91Exploring the File Explorer Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91Working with Ribbons and Tabs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92Navigating the Folders on Your PC. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93Viewing Files and Folders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93Changing the Way Files Display. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93Sorting Files and Folders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94Grouping Files and Folders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94Searching for Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95Performing Basic File and Folder Operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95Creating New Folders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96Renaming Files and Folders. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96Copying Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97Moving Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97Deleting Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98vii
viiiCOMPUTER BASICS ABSOLUTE BEGINNER’S GUIDE, WINDOWS 10 EDITIONWorking with the Recycle Bin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98Restoring Deleted Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98Managing the Recycle Bin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99Working with Compressed Folders. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100Compressing a File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100Extracting Files from a Compressed Folder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100Copying Files to Another Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101Copying Files over a Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101Copying Files with a Portable Drive. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101Copying Files via Email . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102Working with Cloud-Based Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102Accessing OneDrive from File Explorer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102Using Microsoft OneDrive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103Syncing Files on Your PC to OneDrive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104Evaluating Other Online Storage Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105Chapter 8Personalizing Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107Personalizing the Windows Desktop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108Changing the Desktop Background. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108Changing the Accent Color . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109Choosing a Windows Theme. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110Customizing the Taskbar. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111Customizing the Start Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112Personalizing the Lock Screen. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112Changing the Lock Screen Background . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112Displaying a Slide Show on the Lock Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113Adding Apps to the Lock Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114Changing Your Account Picture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114Setting Up Additional User Accounts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115Setting Up a New Family Member . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116Setting Up Other Users . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118Switching Users . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119Logging Out . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119Logging In with Multiple Users . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
CONTENTSConfiguring Other Windows Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120Configuring Settings with the Settings Tool. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120Configuring Settings from the Traditional Control Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123Chapter 9Connecting Other Devices to Your PC—and Your PC toOther Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125Getting to Know the Most Popular Peripherals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126Adding New Hardware to Your System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127Connecting and Using a Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129Understanding Different Types of Printers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129Connecting a Printer to Your Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132Connecting a Printer to Your Network. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133Printing to Your System’s Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133Connecting Portable Devices to Your PC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134Connecting Your PC to Your Living Room TV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135Chapter 10 Adding Storage and Backup. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139Understanding External Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140Connecting an External Hard Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141Backing Up Your Important Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141Backing Up to an External Hard Drive. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141Using Windows’ File History Utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142Backing Up Online . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143Chapter 11 Setting Up a Home Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145How Networks Work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146Wired Networks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146Wireless Networks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146Connecting and Configuring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147Setting Up a Wireless Network in Your Home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148How It Works . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148What You Need . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149Making the Connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150Connecting Your Computer to Your New Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150Connecting via Ethernet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151Connecting Wirelessly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151ix
xCOMPUTER BASICS ABSOLUTE BEGINNER’S GUIDE, WINDOWS 10 EDITIONConnecting Computers in a Homegroup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152Creating a New Homegroup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152Connect to an Existing Homegroup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153Accessing Computers on Your Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154Accessing Homegroup Computers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154Accessing Other Computers on Your Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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