Alan Wright - Windows 10 Absolute Beginners Guide

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Absolute
Beginners
Guide

Alan Wright

800 East 96th Street,
Indianapolis, Indiana 46240

Absolute Beginners Guide to Windows 10

Copyright 2016 by Que Publishing

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ISBN-13: 978-0-7897-5456-1
ISBN-10: 0-7897-5456-8

Library of Congress Control Number: 2015932056

Printed in the United States of America

First Printing: September 2015

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This book is dedicated to my patient and loving wife Pam, as well as our sons Joshua and Jonathan. They certainly had to share my attention with Windows 10 for several months while this book was in development.

Alan Wright has worked professionally in and around IT for more than 10 years. He has provided enterprise-level support in the Detroit, Michigan, area and now focuses on developing training materials for computer users while continuing to provide software and hardware support for small business and residential users. He holds several certifications from CompTIA and Microsoft and enjoys working with technology and teaching others how they can make technology work for them as computers and tablets continue to evolve. Alan has been the technical editor on other books from Que Publishing, including Using Windows 8, and co-authored Windows 8.1 Absolute Beginners Guide.

I want to acknowledge the hard work of the many Microsoft engineers who have worked miracles to get the initial Windows 10 technical preview to where it is today. The millions of Windows Insiders form another group that has undeniably influenced how Windows looks today, and I hope they continue to shape Windows in the years to come. The growing group of developers of apps for Windows deserve some love. Windows is only as good as the apps that we use each day. It has been exciting to see the changes and improvements that developers are bringing to the Windows ecosystem.

Finally, I would be remiss if I did not thank some of the great editors that have helped bring this book to completion. Bill, Karen, and Megan are just some of the extra hands that have helped shape this book. Their comments and suggestions have helped to create a publication that I am pretty happy with. Rick Kughen has been a great executive editor to work with; he has helped keep things in perspective even when deadlines and changes have created anxiety.

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