Windows SIG Future Meetings

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1 Windows SIG

2 Windows SIG Future Meetings Doug Steinke has been advised that the Atrium will not be available on: February 23, 2016, and September 13, 2016 Our choices are: Move the meeting to the Annex for those dates, or Not to meet on the forgoing dates It is your choice, please advise!

3 Add Recuva to Your Toolkit Recuva is a effective, free, file recovery tool and can be downloaded from Piriform is also the vendor of CCleaner Recuva can be effective for recovering accidently deleted files, plus files from a dead hard Recuva is easy to use and requires no technical knowledge

4 Microsoft Security Report System vulnerabilities increased 56.3% in the second half of 2014 The term vulnerabilities does not include spyware malware The principle entry points are via, browsers, Java and Adobe Flash

5 Security in Depth All Windows versions have a software firewall on each computer If you employ a router, the router also contains a firewall that protects all computers on your network There is a new product (free and paid versions) that can provide a significant degree of additional protection, it s called Glasswire What is unusable about Glasswire is that it is an additional firewall that works in conjunction with the Windows Firewall and provides additional protection on each computer on which it is installed I have used free version of Glasswire for several weeks on a Win 8.X and a Win 10 installation and believe it is affective Glasswire can be downloaded at this link The following page provides a graphic of Glasswire installed on a typical network

6 Glasswire & Firewall Protection In Depth Windows Firewall Router Firewall

7 Backup and Storage There are a variety of places that a User can backup data, including CD/DVDs, flash drives, external hard drives and the cloud What argues for cloud storage is that the depth of security is difficult to replicate, your data can be accessed from anywhere in the world with an Internet connection and most important, the redundancy provided by virtually all major vendors cannot be duplicated by a typical User Users should consider cloud storage for at least one component of your backup strategy You can purchase a much capacity as needed at economical prices If you have a Microsoft account, Microsoft has a special offer that for $9.99 per month a User gets 1 TB on storage, plus Office 365 To view the offer logon to Click the icon, on the Menu bar at the top left Select OneDrive from the drop down At the bottom left click, Get More Storage, then At the right click Buy More Storage and you will see the 1 TB & 360 offer

8 Speed Test There is a new, free speed test tool that is available in the Microsoft store for Win 8.X and Win 10 Users If you like to check your upload and download speeds, this app is a good addition to your toolkit Here s the download link Here s a screen shot Click Start to run

9 Free Microsoft Guides and Books Following is a link to numerous User guides and books from Microsoft Press: collection-of-free-microsoft-ebooks-ever-including-windows-8-1- windows-8-windows-7-office-2013-office-365-office sharepoint-2013-dynamics-crm-powershell-exchange-server-lync system-center-azure-cloud-sql.aspx Copy and paste the link into your favorite browser Page down to see the individual links or you can download all

10 Windows 10 Opt-In Icon If you employ Win 7 or 8.X and have not seen the Windows 10 opt-in icon at the bottom right, in the system tray Following is a link with directions to download the update which will produce the icon and permit a User to opt-n to the Win10 update Page down to your operating system and follow the directions You must install KB for the opt-in icon to appear If you cannot resolve, use the new Phone Hot Line or stop by the Help Center for assistance All Win 7 & 8.X Users should avail themselves of the free upgrade to Windows 10, it is a material improvement!

11 Win10 Basic Navigation

12 Mastering Any New Operating System If you are to enjoy computer usage, you need get over your reliance to change All operating systems are essentially the same, in that they all perform the same functions What is different about operating systems is that the look different and nothing is ever located where it was in a previous system Computer competency is not about knowledge it s about frequency, you learn by doing! The more time you spend the better you get You develop competency by mastering two concepts: 1. Spend time with the Graphical User Interface (GUI) so you understand basic navigation and how to access basic tools and links, and 2. Don t worry about finding things in Win10, use the Cortana search box to find what you need

13 Log-On Produces Default Desktop Click to Win icon access Start Screen Cortana & Search Customizable Taskbar

14 Win10 Customizable Start Screen Live Tiles

15 Right Click Windows Icon for Popular Places right click Windows icon produces Menu for links to popular places

16 Popular Places Links

17 click Icon for most used & basic settings Win10 Most Used Access

18 Most Used Links in Left Panel

19 Win10 All Apps Alphabetic Listing Click for all apps alphabetic listing

20 ALL Apps Listed Alphabetically in Left Pane

21 Win10 Customizable Start Screen customizable weather app mail app customizable calendar

22 Win 10 Mail App manage Settings & add account(s)