Woody Leonhard - Windows 10 All-in-One For Dummies

Windows 10 All-in-One For Dummies, 4th Edition

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15. Book 3 Chapter 6
16. Book 4 Chapter 1
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36. Book 8 Chapter 1
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48. Book 10 Chapter 5

Windows has a long and glorious history, stretching all the way back to Windows 1.0 in 1985. It was sent to the bit bucket in the sky at the end of 2001. Windows 3.0, starting in 1990, began to fill Microsofts coffers and 3.1 (1992) is widely held as a landmark achievement in the history of computing. Then came Windows NT a completely new beast, built to be a server and the reunification of consumer and server side in Windows 95 (Chicago), Windows 98 (Memphis the first version to ship with Internet Explorer built-in), 2000, and the much-maligned Windows ME.

With Windows XP (Whistler) in 2001, Microsoft took on the mantle of juggernaut, and blew away everything in its path. Also in 2001, the US Department of Justice sued Microsoft for using its monopoly power to roll over other Internet browsers. Such was the staying power of Windows XP that it was used in a significant number of PCs for many years after its launch.

Windows Vista came along in 2006/2007, but it was upstaged in 2009 by Windows 7 arguably the most-loved version of Windows. It continues to capture a large share of Windows users and was only recently upstaged by Windows 10.

Then, in 2012, there was Windows 8. Think of Windows 8/8.1 as an extended, bad, no-good, horrible nightmare. Microsofts woken up now. They fired almost everybody who ran the Windows 8 operation, cleaned out the house, and brought in some truly gifted engineers. Windows 10 is a brand-new day. Whether its your brand-new day is another story.

Windows 10, released in July 2015, looks a little bit like Windows 7 and a little bit like Windows 8.1. It doesnt work like either of them, but for the billion-and-a-half Windows users out there, at least its recognizable as Windows.

If you havent yet taken the plunge with Windows 10, I advise you to go slowly. Microsoft is furiously working on extending the product and shoring up problems. The Windows 10 you know today will change in a few months a new version appears every six months and you may like the new one better. Before installing Windows 10, I would simply count to ten.

For most Windows 8 and 8.1 users, Windows 10 is a no-brainer. You can kvetch about some problems the disappearance of Windows Media Center, for example. There are dozens of additional details, but by and large, Windows 10 is what Windows 8.1 shouldve been.