Quick guide to Windows 10 What s new in windows 10? Windows 10 is the latest Operating System from Microsoft, superseding Windows 7 and 8. There are a number of new features as well as improvements on features that existed in these two previous systems. This guide will introduce you to some of these new features and how they can be configured. Start Menu Access the Start menu by clicking the Windows icon in the bottom left of the screen. On the left hand side you will see a list of folders, settings, power options and apps. On the right hand side are the new app tiles. Some tiles are live tiles meaning they will show the latest information, e.g. news headlines. You can customise these groups of tiles (see page 2) to display the ones you want. Find your apps Apps installed on your PC are listed alphabetically. Scroll through the list and click an app to open it. You can also click in the Search box next to the Start button and type the name of any app to find and launch it. For example, type outlook to quickly find Microsoft Outlook in the search results. University of Aberdeen :: IT Services Reviewed: 08/09/2017 The University of Aberdeen is a charity registered in Scotland, No SC013683
Log off To log off and return to the login screen Click the Start button Click your name at the top of the menu. Click Sign out You can also right-click the Start button hover over Shut down or sign out Click Sign out Shut down To shut down the PC at the end of the day Click on Start Click Power Click Shut down You can also right-click the Start button hover over Shut down or sign out Click Shut down Customise tiles The tiles on the Start menu can be adjusted to suit your own preferences: Add a new title Click Start Find the app you want to pin, e.g. Calculator Right click the app tile Click Pin to Start The app tile will appear at the right hand side of the Start menu. Move a tile Click and drag the tile to re-order it Remove a tile Right click the tile Click Unpin from Start Resize a tile Right click the tile Click Resize Choose Small or Medium 2
Turn off live tiles Right click the live tile, e.g. Weather Create a tile group Hover your mouse above a pinned tile- the Name Group heading appears Click Name Group and type a new name Press the Enter key Quickly navigate the list of apps The alphabetical list of apps installed on your PC will be quite long, but includes group headings for each letter of the alphabet (plus Most used and #). You can use these headings to navigate quickly to a particular area of the list. Click the Start button. Click any group heading in the list to display a grid of letters. Click an letter in the grid to find apps beginning with that letter. Clicking the File Explorer button in the Start menu opens the File Explorer window. You can right-click a folder in File Explorer and pin it to the Quick Access area so it appears at the top of the folder list in File Explorer. The first eight items listed in this area will appear under the Pinned category in the File Explorer Jump List. Right-click an existing item to unpin it. The Start menu displays a list of your most-used apps at the top left. 3
Internet Browsers Windows 10 now has two internet browsers built in- Microsoft Edge and Internet Explorer 11. You will be familiar with the traditional Internet Explorer 11 browser which works just as before and is intended for legacy web applications. Microsoft Edge is a new browser for the modern web. It will run Flash Player but not plug-ins such as Java. Set the home page in Edge Click the ellipsis ( ) menu in the top right corner Click Settings at the bottom of the menu Click View advanced settings at the bottom of the menu Click in the box in the Show the home button section and type the address of your desired homepage Click the Save button at the right Import your favourites into Edge Click the Hub menu in the top right of the window Click the Star icon for Favourites Click Settings Choose Import from another browser Select the browser you want to import from Click Import Set the default browser to Internet Explorer 11 Click the Start button Click Settings to access the Settings app Click Apps Click Default apps in the menu at the left hand side of the screen Scroll down to the Web browser section and click the app tile to display the list of browsers Click the Internet Explorer tile Click the X in the top corner to close the Settings app 4
Set the default search engine in Edge Open the Edge browser and browse to the search engine s website (e.g. www.google.co.uk) Click the ellipsis ( ) menu in the top right corner Click Settings, then click View advanced settings at the bottom of the menu Scroll down to the section Search in the address bar with Click Change search engine Select your search engine s website Click Set as default. Note: If you don t select the search engine, the Set as default button will be greyed out. Cortana Windows 10 includes Cortana - a virtual assistant similar to Siri on Apple devices. To access Cortana: Right-click a blank area on the Task Bar and click Cortana from the pop-up menu. Choose between displaying the Cortana icon only or the icon and search box Click the Cortana icon or click in the search box Type your query into the search box OR If you have a microphone, click on the microphone icon in the search box to talk to Cortana. For more information, see http://windows.microsoft.com/en-gb/windows-10/getstarted-what-is-cortana Notifications and Action Center The Action Center is the main area for your alerts, where apps can display notifications to keep you up to date with events such as a new email in your mailbox. These notifications appear at the bottom right hand corner of the screen and you can customise them to suit your own preferences. Customising notifications Click on the Action Center icon in the bottom right of the Task Bar 5
Click All Settings the Settings window appears Click System- the System screen appears Click Notifications & actions from the menu Drag the slider icon under Show notifications from these senders to toggle items on or off, depending on which apps you want to see notifications from Click the Quick actions icons at the top of the window to choose the icons you want to display when you click the Action Center button Networking wireless and Direct Access University wireless networks To configure one of the University of Aberdeen WiFi networks, use the XpressConnect Tool located at http://www.abdn.ac.uk/wireless/ Non university wireless networks To connect to WiFi at home or a conference select the network icon ( or ) in the bottom right of the task bar. Select the network name from the list and enter the credentials required to connect. Some wireless networks will require you to open a web browser to sign in. Direct Access University users of corporate laptop and tablets will continue to have Direct Access capability enabling access to network shared drives and some programs via external networks. Direct Access connects automatically and you can see the status under the Action Center > All Settings > Network & Internet > Direct Access. To read more on Direct Access search for Remote Access on the Learners Toolkit: www.abdn.ac.uk/toolkit 6
Virtual Desktops with Task View Using the Task View feature, you can now organise your desktop into two or more separate virtual workspaces, each having a different set of apps open. View existing desktops You can start Task View either by clicking the Task View button on the taskbar or pressing the Windows key + Tab Add a new desktop Click the Task View icon on the task bar at the bottom of your screen to bring up the list of running applications Click on New desktop in the bottom right corner of the screen - a new desktop thumbnail appears at the bottom of the screen OR + Move an app to another desktop Click the Task View icon to bring up the list of open apps. Right click the thumbnail on the app you want to move. A shortcut menu appears. Choose Move to > Desktop 2 for example Close a desktop Click the Task View icon to bring up the list of desktops Move your mouse over the thumbnail icon of desktop you wish to close Click the X in the upper right corner of the desktop thumbnail to close Note: If the desktop you close has any running programs, these will be transferred to the desktop to the left of the one you close. What if I need help? If you have any questions about Windows 10, contact the Service Desk for advice: G84 Edward Wright Building or 1:122 Polwarth Building, Foresterhill Or email: servicedesk@abdn.ac.uk 7