Computer Basics Absolute Beginner’s Guide, Windows 10 Edition, Eighth Edition

4. Getting to Know Windows 10—for New Computer Users

In This Chapter

• Introducing Microsoft Windows

• Starting and Logging into Windows

• Getting to Know the Windows Desktop

• Learning Basic Operations

• Using the Start Menu

• Using the Taskbar

• Learning Important Windows Operations

• Switching Between Programs

• Getting Help in Windows

• Shutting Down Windows—and Your Computer

As you learned in Chapter 1, “How Personal Computers Work,” the software and operating system make your hardware work. The operating system for most personal computers is Microsoft Windows, and you need to know how to use Windows to use your PC. Windows pretty much runs your computer for you; if you don’t know your way around Windows, you can’t do much of anything ...