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WINDOWS 10:

FREE UPGRADE,

INSTALL, AND USE

http://aztcs.org/

http://www.windowsusers.org/

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Web location for this

presentation:

http://aztcs.org

Click on “Meeting

Notes”2

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SUMMARY

You have until July 29, 2016 to

upgrade your existing "Windows 7" or

"Windows 8.1" to "Windows 10".

The free upgrade process provides

you with a permanent, activated copy

of "Windows 10.." with a "digital

activation" that is stored permanently

in the activation servers in Microsoft's

server farms in the Internet "cloud".3

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TOPICS

• Default Appearance of

"Windows 10

• Basic Information About

Upgrading To "Windows 10"

• Trying A Time-limited Copy of

"Windows 10" for Free

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TOPICS (continued)

• Three Ways To Upgrade to the

Full Version of "Windows 10"

For Free

• "Go Back.." Allowed For 30

days

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TOPICS (continued)

• Cloning Virtual Machines

• Windows 10's Privacy Issues

(and how to protect yourself)

• Timeline for "Windows 10"

• Requirements for "Windows 10"

• Disadvantages of "Windows 10"

• Advantages of "Windows 10"6

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DEFAULT APPEARANCE OF

"WINDOWS 10"

• Default background is the

"Hero Image" but you can delete it

and customize the background

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BASIC INFORMATION ABOUT

UPGRADING TO "WINDOWS 10"

• See

http://www.microsoft.com/en-

us/windows/windows-10-upgrade

• See


us/windows/Windows-10-

specifications19

http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/windows-10-upgrade

http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/Windows-10-specifications

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TRYING A TIME-LIMITED COPY OF

"WINDOWS 10" FOR FREE

• Trial Method 1:

"Windows 10" without activation

• Trial Method 2:

Time-limited free "Windows 10

Enterprise Evaluation" (90/270 days)

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"WINDOWS 10" FOR FREE• Platforms for running the two

"Trial Methods":

A real physical computer

A "virtual machine" inside a "virtual

machine" program inside a real physical

Windows/Mac/Linux computer

The "Boot Camp partition" of a Mac

A Virtual Machine in a "cloud storage

service" (such as Amazon Web

Services") 21

Real, host computer runs

"Windows 7"

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"VMware Workstation 12 Player"

virtual machine program

Virtual Machine runs

"Windows 10 Home" without

activation (Trial Method 1)

Real, host computer runs

"Windows 7"

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"VMware Workstation 12 Player"

virtual machine program

Virtual Machine runs

"Windows 10 Enterprise Trial

64-bit" (Trial Method 2)

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"WINDOWS 10" FOR FREE (continued)

• Details of Trial Method 1

("Windows 10" without activation):

Use the free "Media Creation Tool"

to download "Windows.iso" as

described at

http://aztcs.org/meeting_notes/winh

ardsig/win10/win10-

MediaCreationTool.pdf 24

http://aztcs.org/meeting_notes/winhardsig/win10/win10-MediaCreationTool.pdf

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• Details of Trial Method 1:

(continued)

Then burn the Windows.iso file to a

DVD disc.

Then use the DVD disc to install

"Windows 10.." into your computer.

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(continued)

When asked for an product key

for the first time, click on the

"Skip" button:

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(continued)

When asked for an product key

for the second time, click on

the "Do this later":

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• Details of Trial Method 1 (continued)

Disadvantage of "Method 1" that the

other two methods do not have:

When you use an not-activated copy

of "Windows 10", you cannot

personalize or configure many of the

settings in "Settings" such as the

background image of the monitor

screen(s). 34

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(continued)

See

http://www.windowscentral.com/yo

u-do-not-need-activate-windows-10

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http://www.windowscentral.com/you-do-not-need-activate-windows-10

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(Using the "Windows 10

Enterprise Evaluation"):

See

http://aztcs.org/meeting_notes/win

hardsig/win10/win10enteval.pdf

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http://aztcs.org/meeting_notes/winhardsig/win10/win10enteval.pdf

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THREE WAYS TO UPGRADE TO THE

"FULL VERSION OF "WINDOWS 10"

FOR FREE• Upgrade Method 1:

Reserve using the GWX icon

• Upgrade Method 2:

"Media Creation Tool" has an "Update

Now" Button

• Upgrade Method 3:

"Media Creation Tool" to download .iso

file and then make an installation DVD38

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UPGRADE TO "FULL VERSION" METHOD 1:

RESERVE USING THE "GWX" ICON

• "GWX" stands for "Get Windows

10"

• The "GWX" icon will automatically

show up during a "Windows

Update" inside all non-Enterprise

copies of "Windows 7.." and

"Windows 8.1" 39

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RESERVE WITH THE "GWX" ICON

(continued)

• See

http://aztcs.org/meetin

g_notes/winhardsig/wi

n10/win10-GWX-

process.pdf45

http://aztcs.org/meeting_notes/winhardsig/win10/win10-GWX-process.pdf

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"MEDIA CREATION TOOL" HAS AN

"UPGRADE THIS PC NOW" OPTION

• Use a Web browser to go to

https://www.microsoft.com/en-

us/software-download/windows10

and

download the "Media Creation Tool".

Then use it to upgrade your computer

now (without waiting for the GWX

process to complete).46

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows10

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(continued)

• See

http://aztcs.org/meeting_notes/winhardsi

g/win10/win10-MediaCreationTool.pdf

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(continued)

• See

http://www.ign.com/articles/2015/07/31/h

ow-to-skip-the-wait-for-your-windows-10-

update

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http://www.ign.com/articles/2015/07/31/how-to-skip-the-wait-for-your-windows-10-update

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"MEDIA CREATION TOOL" LETS YOU

DOWNLOAD .ISO FILES

• Use a Web browser to go to

https://www.microsoft.com/en-

us/software-download/windows10

and

download the "Media Creation Tool".

Then use it to download an .ISO file.

Then burn the .ISO file to a DVD disc.

Then use the DVD disc to upgrade your

computer. 52

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows10

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DOWNLOAD .ISO FILES (continued)

• See

http://aztcs.org/meeting_notes/winhardsi

g/win10/win10-MediaCreationTool.pdf

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• When "Method 1" fails:

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• When "Method 2" fails, you

get this cryptic error

message:

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• "Method 3" usually

succeeds for us when

"Method 1" and "Method 2"

have failed.

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"GO BACK.." ALLOWED

• "Go Back To Windows ##" button

works for 30 days after you upgrade

to "Windows 10" (from "Windows 7"

or "Windows 8.1)

See

http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/how-

to/windows/how-downgrade-

windows-10-to-windows-7-8-easy-

3615606/59

http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/how-to/windows/how-downgrade-windows-10-to-windows-7-8-easy-3615606/

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"GO BACK.." ALLOWED (continued)

• and

http://www.infoworld.com/article/2974

479/microsoft-windows/how-to-get-

rid-of-the-your-upgrade-to-windows-

10-is-ready-lock-on-windows-update-

in-win7-and-8-1.html

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http://www.infoworld.com/article/2974479/microsoft-windows/how-to-get-rid-of-the-your-upgrade-to-windows-10-is-ready-lock-on-windows-update-in-win7-and-8-1.html

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"GO BACK.." ALLOWED (continued)

• To make sure that the "Go Back.."

button works, do not delete the

Windows.old

folder on your C: drive.

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UNEXPECTED COMPATIBILITY WITH

OLDER COMPUTER HARDWARE

• "Windows 10" is supposed to require

a processor (on the motherboard of

the computer) that has PAE, NX, and

SSE2

(See

http://www.zdnet.com/article/window

s-10-will-your-pc-run-it/ )62

http://www.zdnet.com/article/windows-10-will-your-pc-run-it/

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UNEXPECTED COMPATIBILITY WITH

OLDER COMPUTER HARDWARE

(continued)

• However, our very own Dennis

McCormick has been about to install

"Windows 10" into TCS' old Dell

"Vostro 1500" laptop:

See

http://aztcs.org/meeting_notes/winha

rdsig/win10/win10-install1.pdf

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http://aztcs.org/meeting_notes/winhardsig/win10/win10-install1.pdf

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CLONING VIRTUAL MACHINES

• Mac and Linux users often run

"Windows.." inside "virtual machines"

inside "virtual machine" programs.

When you fire up a newly-cloned

virtual machine for the first time, it

will ask you if you want to "Move" or

"Copy". You have to click on "Move"

in order to have a cloned "Windows

10" virtual machine that is activated.64

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(continued)

• Clicking on "I Copied It" is the "kiss

of death" for a "Windows 10" virtual

machine because it tells the

"VMware.." program to assign a new

UUID to the virtual motherboard of

the virtual machine.

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(continued)

• Clicking on "I Copied It" is okay for all

versions of "Windows.." prior to

"Windows 10", since all prior versions

of "Windows.." usually let you change

the motherboard of a computer without

triggering a "Your copy of Windows is

not genuine" event" (if you do not also

change the processor or the RAM at

the same time). 68

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WINDOWS 10 PRIVACY ISSUES

• Even before its release on July 29,

2015 there has been a lot of

controversy about privacy issues for

"Windows 10".

You can adjust Windows 10's

settings and log in as a "local

account" to defend yourself against

many of Microsoft's privacy

intrusions.69

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(continued)

• Log in as a "local account" to turn off

Microsoft's main privacy intrusion

mechanisms.

• Adjust settings manually to turn off

privacy intrusions in "Windows 10"

• Use free software programs to manually

turn off privacy intrusions in "Windows

10"

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(continued)

• See

http://aztcs.org/meeting_

notes/winhardsig/win10/

win10-privacy.pdf

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http://aztcs.org/meeting_notes/winhardsig/win10/win10-privacy.pdf

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TIMELINE FOR "WINDOWS 10"

• See

http://aztcs.org/meeting_notes/

winhardsig/win10/win10-

timeline.pdf

http://aztcs.org/meeting_notes/winhardsig/win10/win10-timeline.pdf

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SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS

System requirements

Basically, if your PC can run Windows 8.1, you’re

good to go. If you're not sure, don't worry—the

Windows installation media will check your system

to make sure it can install .

Processor: 1 gigahertz (GHz) or faster

RAM: 1 gigabyte (GB) (32-bit) or 2 GB (64-bit)

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SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS

(continued)

Basically, if your PC can run Windows 8.1,

you’re good to go. If you're not sure, don't

worry—the Windows installation media will

check your system to make sure it can

install.

Processor: 1 gigahertz (GHz) or faster

RAM: 1 gigabyte (GB) (32-bit) or 2 GB (64-bit)

Free hard disk space: 16GB for the 32-bit

version /20 GB for 64-bit version of

"Windows 10"

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SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS

(continued)

Free hard disk space: 16GB for the

32-bit version /20 GB for 64-bit

version of "Windows 10"

Graphics card: Microsoft DirectX 9

graphics device with WDDM

driver

A Microsoft account and Internet

access

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SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS

(continued)

According to

http://www.techrepublic.com/arti

cle/windows-10-on-an-old-pc-

when-it-comes-to-specs-how-

low-can-you-go/,

your processor also has to meet

some processor specifications:

http://www.techrepublic.com/article/windows-10-on-an-old-pc-when-it-comes-to-specs-how-low-can-you-go/

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<Start of quote>

Beyond the speed of processor, you

will also need a 32-bit or 64-bit CPU

that supports three different

processor features - PAE, SSE2

and NX. Windows 8.1 also requires

support for these, so if your

machine runs Windows 8.1,

chances are it'll run Windows 10.

<End of quote>

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SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS

(continued)

These processor

requirements are actually

the stricter requirements

that Microsoft

implemented for "Windows

8" in May 2012.

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DISADVANTAGES OF "WINDOWS 10"

According to


us/windows/windows-10-

specifications:

http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/windows-10-specifications

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(continued)If you have Windows 7 Home Premium, Windows 7

Professional, Windows 7 Ultimate, Windows 8

Pro with Media Center, or Windows 8.1 Pro with

Media Center and you install Windows 10,

Windows Media Center will be removed.

Windows 7 desktop gadgets will be removed as part

of installing Windows 10.

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(continued)Watching DVDs requires separate

playback software ("Windows 10"

does not have "Windows Media

Center")

Two options for playing DVDs:

Free "VLC Media Player from

"videolan.org"

or

the "Windows DVD Player" app which

is free for some upgraded computers

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(continued)

For information on the

"Windows DVD Player", see

http://winsupersite.com/windo

ws-10/windows-dvd-player-

app-released-windows-10-

will-be-free-some

http://winsupersite.com/windows-10/windows-dvd-player-app-released-windows-10-will-be-free-some

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(continued)

Solitaire, Minesweeper, and Hearts

Games that come pre-installed on

Windows 7 will be removed as part

of installing the Windows 10

upgrade. Microsoft has released our

version of Solitaire and

Minesweeper called the “Microsoft

Solitaire Collection” and “Microsoft

Minesweeper.”

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(continued)

If you have been running the "Start

Screen" of "Windows 8" or

"Windows 8.1", it will be gone by

default in "Windows 10" (but you

can get it back by turning on

"Table Mode".

The "Charms bar" of "Windows 8"

or "Windows 8.1 is gone.

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(continued)

If you have been running "XP

Mode" inside "Windows 7 Pro"

or "Windows 7 Enterprise", you

will lose it when you upgrade to

"Windows 10".

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ADVANTAGES OF "WINDOWS 10.."

• Restored "Start Menu"

• "Windows Store Apps" Run in the

Desktop

• "Task View" and Multiple Desktops

• "Snap" Improvements

• New "Microsoft Edge" Browser is

Fast

• "Cortana" Lets You Talk To Your

Computer

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ADVANTAGES OF "WINDOWS 10.."

(continued)

• Features Carried Over from

"Windows 8" and "Windows 8.1"

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THE RESTORED "START MENU"

By default, an improved "Start

Menu" is back AND the

unpopular "Start Screen" (that

was in Windows 8.1) is

missing.

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(continued)

There still are two columns in the

"Start Menu":

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(continued)

The left column looks like the left

column in Windows 7's "Start

Menu":

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(continued)

The right column is a

grid of "tiles" like those in

the "Start Screen" of

"Windows 8" and

"Windows 8.1":

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(continued)

Many tiles in the right side of the

"Start Menu" are "Live tiles" but

you can right click on them to turn

them off.

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(continued)

The desktop applications that

you install into your computer

such as Quicken, Firefox,

Chrome browser, Microsoft

Office, LibreOffice, games etc.

are at the bottom of the "All

Apps" submenu.

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(continued)

This means that you will

probably have to scroll

vertically downward in order to

see the programs that you

have installed into your

computer:

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Drag the top of the "Start

Menu" to re-size the height of

the "Start Menu".

(You cannot do this in all

previous versions of

"Windows..".)

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"Universal

Windows Platform

Apps"

Run In The

"Desktop":

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"UWP APPS" RUN IN THE "DESKTOP"

• "Universal Windows Platform"

(UWP) Apps

="Windows Store apps"

= "Metro Style Apps"

= "Modern Apps"

= "Universal Apps"

• (In "Windows 8" and "Windows

8.1", "Windows Store Apps" run

full-screen from the "Start Screen")

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"UWP APPS" RUN IN THE

"DESKTOP" (continued)

• In the "Windows 10",

"UWP apps" run in the

"Desktop" in windows that are

a reasonable size (in whatever

size windows you ran each

one in previously).

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"Task view"

button and

virtual

desktops:

112

The "Task View"

button is on the

left side of the

"Taskbar":

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"TASK VIEW" BUTTON AND

VIRTUAL DESKTOPS (continued)

When you click on the "Task View"

button, all windows that are

running in your desktop will be

displayed as equal-sized

thumbnails, even if they are

actually minimized:

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VIRTUAL DESKTOPS

After you click on the "New

desktop" button, "Task View"

shows you a new desktop

thumbnail AND the new,

empty desktop which will have

no windows in it yet:

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VIRTUAL DESKTOPS

The new desktop is shown to

the right of the existing

desktop and the original

desktop is now called

"Desktop1":

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VIRTUAL DESKTOPS

Each time you click on "New

desktop":

you get a new empty desktop

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VIRTUAL DESKTOPS

To have "Task View" show a

specific desktop, hover the

mouse cursor over the

thumbnail of the desktop and

all Windows inside the desktop

will be displayed above the

thumbnails:

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VIRTUAL DESKTOPS

To move a window to a

different desktop, drag it to the

thumbnail of the desired

desktop:

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VIRTUAL DESKTOPS

To go to a desktop, click on its

thumbnail.

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VIRTUAL DESKTOPS

The Taskbar in each desktop

will only show you the windows

that belong to that specific

desktop.

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VIRTUAL DESKTOPS (continued)

When you close a desktop, all

windows that belong to it will move

to the desktop that is to the left of

the closed desktop.

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Improved

"AeroSnap"

and "Snap

Assist":

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IMPROVED "AEROSNAP" AND

"SNAP ASSIST"

(Similar to "Windows 7,

"Windows 8", and "Windows

8.1"), you can drag the title bar

of a window to top of the

monitor screen to maximize

the window so that it covers up

the other open windows:

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"SNAP ASSIST"

(Similar to "Windows 7,


8.1"), you can drag the title bar

of a window to the left or right

edge of the monitor screen a

corner to create a "Snap" to

half of the monitor screen.

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"SNAP ASSIST" (continued)

Unlike to "Windows 7",


8.1", you can drag the title bar

to a corner of the monitor

screen to "Snap" to one

quadrant of the monitor

screen.

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"SNAP ASSIST" (continued)Similar to "Windows 7",

"Windows 8" and "Windows

8.1", you can use the

"Windows Key" combined with

the four "arrow keys" to move

a window to the two side-by-

side halves of the monitor

screen.

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"SNAP ASSIST" (continued)(Unlike for "Windows 7",

"Windows 8" and "Windows

8.1"), you can use the

"Windows Key" combined with

the four "arrow keys" to move

a window to any of the four

quadrants of the monitor

screen.

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IMPROVED "AEROSNAP" AND "SNAP

ASSIST" (continued)

After you snap one window to a

quadrant corner or a horizontal

half of the monitor screen,

"Snap Assist" pops up thumbnails

of other windows for you to click

on to also snap them to the

remaining corners or horizontal

half of the monitor screen:

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IMPROVED "AEROSNAP" AND "SNAP

ASSIST" (continued)

If you do not want "Aerosnap"

and "Snap Assist", you can

disable them by stopping and

disabling "Themes" in the

"Services" Management Console

by running services.msc from an

"Command Prompt (Admin)".

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ADVANTAGES OF RUNNING

"WINDOWS 10" (continued)

Longer Microsoft support relative

to older versions of "Windows":

According to

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-

us/windows/lifecycle:

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/lifecycle

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ADVANTAGES OF RUNNING

"WINDOWS 10" (continued)

Several computer journalists agree

with me that the many of the

advantages for running

"Windows 10" are the features

that were either new or carried

over from "Windows 8" and

"Windows 8.1":

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Features in

"Windows 10"

That Are Carried

Over from

"Windows 8.1"

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FEATURES IN THE "WINDOWS 10..

THAT ARE ARE CARRIED OVER

FROM "WINDOWS 8.1"

• File History

• System Image Backup

• Storage Spaces

• Hyper-V (in the "..Pro" and

"..Enterprise" editions only)

• Windows To Go (in the

"..Enterprise" edition only)

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FEATURES IN THE "WINDOWS 10.."

THAT ARE ARE CARRIED OVER

FROM "WINDOWS 8.1" (continued)• The enhanced version of "Hyper-V"

(in "Windows 10 Pro.." and

"..Enterprise..", is the only virtual

machine program that can create a

"virtual machine" has a virtual

"Secure Boot" module running inside

a "EFI". This is critical for testing the

most advanced distros of "Linux".

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