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Ciprian Adrian Rusen is cofounder of Digital Citizen (digitalcitizen.life), a tech blog that posts daily how-to articles on consumer technologies. Ciprian is also co-author of Windows 10 All-in-One For Dummies, 4th Edition, and author of Windows 10 At Work For Dummies.

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Your deepest dive into your Windows® 11 PC When you need to know more about the Windows 11 operating system than you'd find in a beginning book or an online article, turn to this expansive guide to find the answers you need. With hundreds of pages covering all things Windows, this book reminds you how to find the parts of Windows you use regularly and guides you to the parts you only need to visit occasionally. Work with the desktop, customize and control apps, and sync with your other devices. You'll find pro tips on doing things faster and easier, plus advice on keeping your Windows system secure and running smoothly. 10 Books Inside...

• Getting Started with Windows® 11
• Personalizing Windows
• Working on the Desktop
• Using Windows Apps
• Managing Apps
• Working Remotely
• Controlling Your System
• Maintaining Windows
• Securing Windows

• Enhancing Windows

  Inhalt

  Introduction 1

  About This Book 1

  Foolish Assumptions 2

  Icons Used in This Book 2

  Beyond the Book 3

  Where to Go from Here 3

  Book 1: Getting Started with Windows 11 5

  Chapter 1: Introducing Windows 11. 7

  Taking Your First Look at Windows 11 8

  Hardware versus Software 9

  Must You Run Windows? 10

  Which Windows Version Is Best? 13

  Understanding Important Terminology 14

  Buying a Windows 11 Computer 18

  Looking inside your PC 21

  Secure boot, TPM, and Windows 11 24

  Tablets and 2-in-1s 25

  Laptops, Ultrabooks, Gaming laptops 27

  Displays 29

  Managing disks and drives 30

  Connecting your PC to other devices 34

  Video, sound, and multimedia 37

  Is your old PC or laptop compatible with Windows 11? 38

  What You Might Not Like about Windows 11 40

  Chapter 2: Seeing What's New in Windows 11 43

  Microsoft's Design Philosophy behind Windows 11 44

  Understanding the Types of Windows 11 Apps 45

  Seeing What's New for the Windows Crowd 47

  A new Start menu and taskbar 48

  Increased role for Settings 48

  The Control Panel has shrunk 50

  Improved performance 51

  Better gaming 51

  RGB lighting 54

  Microsoft Edge 55

  Copilot 56

  Improved security 57

  Fine-tuned virtual desktops 58

  Table of Contents iii

  Improved window snapping and grouping 59

  Widgets are back 60

  Other apps and improvements 61

  Discovering What Was Removed from Windows 62

  Chapter 3: Windows 11 Versions 63

  Windows 11 Editions 65

  Narrowing your choices 66

  64-bit is the new normal 68

  Which Version and Edition of Windows 11 Are You Running? 69

  Upgrading from Windows 11 Home to Pro 70

  Understanding Microsoft 365 and Office 72

  Book 2: Personalizing Windows 75

  Chapter 1: Getting Around in Windows 77

  Navigating Around the Desktop 78

  Using Windows 11 on Tablets and Touchscreens 82

  Shut Down, Sleep, Restart, Sign Out, Lock, Sleep 84

  Shut down versus sleep 86

  Using the Keyboard and Keyboard Shortcuts 87

  Using the Mouse and Touchpad 91

  Chapter 2: Logging into Windows 11 93

  Signing into Windows 11 94

  Changing the Sign-In Password 95

  Logging in Without a Password 97

  Creating a PIN 97

  Changing a PIN 99

  Setting up facial recognition to sign in (Windows Hello) 100

  Setting up fingerprint recognition to sign in (Windows Hello) 102

  Bypassing passwords 103

  Personalizing the Lock Screen 104

  Changing the background of the lock screen 104

  Adding or removing widgets on the lock screen 107

  Chapter 3: Handling Notifications and Quick Settings 109

  What Exactly Is a Notification? 109

  Using the Notification Center 110

  Mastering Notifications 113

  Disabling notifications 113

  Muting notifications with Do Not Disturb 115

  Enhancing productivity with focus sessions 116

  Using the Calendar 119

  Using Quick Settings 120

  Chapter 4: Understanding Microsoft Accounts 123

  Realizing Which Accounts Are Microsoft Accounts 124

  Deciding Whether You Want a Microsoft Account 125

  Setting Up a Microsoft Account 127

  Creating an Outlook.com account 128

  Making any email address a Microsoft account 130

  Taking Care of Your Microsoft Account 132

  Controlling What Is Synchronized with Your Microsoft Account 132

  Closing Your Microsoft Account 134

  Chapter 5: Managing User Accounts 135

  Understanding Why You Need Separate User Accounts 136

  Choosing Account Types 137

  What's a standard account? 137

  What's an administrator account? 138

  Choosing between standard and administrator accounts 138

  Adding Accounts in Windows 11 140

  Adding a user with a Microsoft account 140

  Adding a local (offline) account 142

  Adding a child account 143

  Changing Other Users' Settings 145

  Setting a standard account as administrator 145

  Modifying the settings of other accounts 146

  Switching Users 148

  Removing User Accounts from Windows 11 150

  Chapter 6: Setting Up Your Family 153

  Comparing Microsoft Family Safety with Microsoft 365 Family 154

  Adding Child Accounts to Microsoft Family 154

  Setting Time Limits for Children 158

  Blocking Access to Inappropriate Sites 159

  Blocking Inappropriate Apps and Games 161

  Chapter 7: Protecting Your Privacy 163

  Handling Your Privacy in Windows 11 164

  Limiting diagnostics and feedback data collection 165

  Viewing the diagnostic data sent to Microsoft 167

  Knowing What Connections Windows Prefers 169

  Seeing Fewer Ads in Windows 11 170

  Getting fewer Welcome dialogs in Windows 11 172

  Controlling Location Tracking 173

  Blocking all location tracking in Windows 11 174

  Blocking location tracking in an app 175

  Minimizing Privacy Intrusion 176

  Chapter 8: Making Windows 11 Accessible 177

  Increasing Text Size 178

  Making the Mouse Pointer More Visible 179

  Improving Text Cursor Visibility 180

  Using Magnifier 181

  Controlling Windows 11 with Your Voice 182

  Dealing with Color Blindness 184

  Book 3: Working on the Desktop 187

  Chapter 1: Running Your Desktop from Start to Finish 189

  Working with the Desktop 190

  Changing the background 191

  Switching Windows 11 themes 193

  Battling dark mode and light mode 194

  Setting Up Your Display 195

  Switching the night light on and off 195

  Enabling HDR and auto HDR 197

  Setting the screen resolution 198

  Changing the size of text, apps, and other items 200

  Adjusting the refresh rate 201

  Adjusting the display orientation 202

  Adjusting the brightness 203

  Working with a Mouse and a Touchpad 204

  Snapping app windows 204

  Configuring the mouse 206

  Setting up the touchpad 207

  Using Virtual Desktops 209

  Moving apps between virtual desktops 210

  Managing Icons and Shortcuts 211

  Creating shortcuts 212

  Arranging icons on the desktop 214

  The Recycle Bin 215

  Setting Up the Sound 216

  Muting your computer 216

  Setting the volume and your sound devices with Volume Mixer 217

  Chapter 2: Personalizing the Start Menu 219

  Touring the Start Menu 220

  Right-clicking Start for the WinX menu 221

  Modifying the Start Menu 223

  Adding, moving, and removing pinned apps 223

  Creating folders with pinned apps 224

  Adding and removing Start menu folders 226

  Choosing the Start Menu layout 227

  Personalizing the Start menu 228

  Moving the Start menu and taskbar to the left 229

  Chapter 3: Exploring Search and the Taskbar 231

  Searching in Windows 11 232

  Searching is the fastest way to start apps 234

  Filtering search results to find what you need 236

  Starting apps as admin from a Windows search 237

  Setting Search to index your entire PC 238

  Configuring how Search works 240

  Touring the Windows 11 Taskbar 242

  Using the taskbar 243

  Using jum…