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 Objectives

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• Explain Windows 10 and its editions

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• Describe the features of Windows 10

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 Introduction

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• Windows 10 is Microsoft’s

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• Windows 10 combines the

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 Features in Windows 10

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• Windows 10 operating

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– Multi-tasking

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– Windows Assistant

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– Improved Windows
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Task View
– Phone Addition
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 Windows 10 - Taskbar

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• Taskbar lists some of the most

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• Desktop displays icons of

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various applications,
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Desktop and Taskbar of Windows 10

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 Windows 10 - File Explorer

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• File Explorer is a file

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all other folders and

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documents stored in the

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Home, Share, and View.
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File Explorer
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 Windows 10 - Cortana

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• Cortana is Microsoft’s intelligent

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personal assistant to the users of the

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devices running on Windows 10,

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Windows phone or Xbox.

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• To use Cortana, either type a

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question in the search box in the

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Cortana
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 User Management

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• The user accounts are of two

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– Administrator account: This

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in an organizational setup.

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– General user accounts: This

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Windows 10 Desktop with

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 Windows Cloud

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• Microsoft allows its legitimate

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storage on cloud.
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Microsoft Cloud Storage called

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 Universal Apps

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• Universal apps were made

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all Microsoft platforms.

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• Users can access Windows or

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Microsoft store by clicking the

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Universal Apps
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 Web Browsing

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• With Windows 10, Microsoft

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called Edge.

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• Users can access Edge by

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clicking the e icon on the

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Taskbar.

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Edge Web Browser

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 Security

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• Windows 10 uses the

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– User account control

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– Windows firewall

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– Windows defender

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 Summary (1-2)

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• Windows 10 is Microsoft’s personal computer • The Start menu has two panes, left pane is the

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operating system and is a part of the Windows traditional menu from Windows 7 and the right
NT operating system family. pane is the tiled menu taken from Windows 8

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• Microsoft made Windows 10 available operating system. The tiled menu of the right lists
free‐of‐cost to registered users of Windows 7 frequently used applications along with some live

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and Windows 8.1 operating systems. updates, such as location, weather, social media
• Windows 10 operating system is available in 12 updates, day and date, to name a few.

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editions, with each edition has a specific set of • The prominent features of Windows 10 in addition
features, and can be installed on a specific to the all-encompassing Start menu are:

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device. – Multi-tasking
• The editions of Windows 10 operating system – Windows assistant (Cortana)

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– Baseline edition
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– Organizational edition – Phone set up with PC
– Device-specific edition
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 Summary (2-2)

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• Cortana is Microsoft’s intelligent personal assistant tool. This tool is

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available on the PC running Windows 10, Windows phone or Xbox.

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• Microsoft allows its legitimate or registered users to access storage on
cloud. If the Microsoft users have a Microsoft account, they can use it to

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access Microsoft Cloud storage called One Drive.

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• To make the Microsoft apps universal, Microsoft launched the Universal

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Windows Platform (UWP) and modified the Windows app store to serve as
a single store for all Microsoft apps.

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• With Windows 10, Microsoft launched its new Web browser, called Edge.
Users can access Edge by clicking the e icon on the Taskbar.
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