Windows 10 Tutorial: Install Windows 10

Hey, all windows 10 box followers, this is the first lesson on my windows 10 tutorial. In this lesson, I will talk about installing a fresh copy of windows 10 and adjust your settings for first use.

By the way, if you upgraded from a previous version of windows, you settings will be the same as it was on your previous windows, but if want to install a fresh copy of windows 10 this lesson will be helpful for you.

Select Your Language, Country And Time Zone In Windows 10

As I said Above, if you are installing a fresh copy of windows 10, you are going to see the same screen as in the picture. In this screen, you are able to select your language, country, and time zone. Simply go ahead and click on the first list it will be opened and select your country where you live. Then, click on the next list and select your preferred language. After that, click on the third list and select the keyboard language that you would like to use. Finally, choose your time zone and click next.

Windows 10 License And Agreements

After adjusting your language settings, the next page you will get is about windows 10 license and agreements, you can read it and when you are ready, click Accept.

Windows 10 Internet Connection

in this page you should connect to Wi-Fi network, it will show to you the available networks to select one of them, but if you already connected through a wire, you will see screen such as in the picture. after that you have to use the express settings or customize settings, I recommend you choose express settings and you can change them anytime later.

Note that, internet connection is very important for windows 10, if you did not connect to the internet, this will limit your options later on.

Windows 10 Is Asking You Who Owns This PC?

After Connecting to the internet and selecting Express settings, in the next page Windows 10 will ask you, who owns this PC? most of you will choose I own it, but if you working in an organization or anywhere you have to choose My organization.

if you are an individual person, so go ahead and choose I own it and click next.

Windows 10 Sign In Account

Next page, Windows 10 will ask you if you want to login in with, online account or local account. An online account allows you to use more features of windows 10. local account means little features.

I recommend you to sign-in with online account, if you already have an account just type username and password then hit sign in, if you don't have one so click create one and fill the information to get new one.

If you want to sign in with a local account, just click skip this step and you will get the next screen.

Simply fill the information needed and hit next.

Windows 10 PIN

After setting your account information, in the next screen windows 10 will ask you to set a PIN instead of password, this is an interesting option to use, but if you want to continue using your password, so click skip this step.

Windows 10 Cortana

This page gives you some information about Windows 10 Cortana, but I will talk about it in details late on this windows 10 tutorial, so just hit next.

now windows 10 is preparing your desktop for first use, just wait a little and windows 10 desktop will be opened.

Finally, if you have any question please contact me. Soon I will post another lesson from this windows 10 tutorial.

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Windows 10 Tutorial Review

As I said in my previous posts, I am going to create Windows 10 Tutorial which will take you from a very beginner level to get comfortable and understand how to use everything inside windows 10. 

Windows 10 Tutorial Introduction

If this is your first time using Microsoft windows or an old windows user, this Windows 10 Tutorial is going to take you step by step from open, close, navigate and optimize different apps in windows 10, to more advanced level that allows you to speed up windows 10, make it secure for your work and solve the problems that may face you in the future.

Also, I am going to go deep in how to use each feature inside windows 10, and how to get the most benefit from windows 10 features. This windows 10 tutorial appropriate for everyone.

Windows 10 Tutorial List Of Contents

Throughout this windows 10 tutorial, you will understand and be able to...

1. Install Windows 10
2. Launch Apps With Different Methods And Manage Them
3. Manage Your Files
4. Using Cortana
5. Using Microsoft Edge Browser
6. Working With New Apps Built-In Windows 10
7. Install And Use External Apps
8. Optimize Settings 
9. Account Customization
10. Networks And Sharing 
11. Restore And Back Up
12. Update options
13. Troubleshooting
14. Windows 10 Critical Problems And Solutions

What Are The Requirements For This Windows 10 Tutorial

You don't need previous knowledge about windows, all you need it a computer or a laptop with the ability to install Windows 10.

What Is The Target Audience

• Anyone wants to start using Microsoft Windows operation system
• Anyone wants to learn everything about Windows 10
• People who have problems with windows 10 and need a solution
• People looking for new tips to speed up windows 10
• Anyone who wants train to use windows 10 so he can get a job

Final Words About Windows 10 Tutorial

This Windows 10 tutorial will include more topics and will be renewable to solve the modern problems, just follow us we will release the first lecture very soon.

For more information about Windows 10 Tutorial please contact us or leave a comment. 

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Speed Up Windows 10 The Complete List

Windows 10 is pretty good with it's new features and improvements included in it. I wrote and old post Reviews Windows 10 Features, and another one about Windows 10 hidden features, you can check them.

Almost people loved Windows 10, but many of them don't know how to Speed Up Windows 10. this simple post is going to show you the best tips in order to Speed Up Windows 10 and make your computer perform better with Windows 10.

Speed Up Windows 10, Designed By Windows 10 Box

First Thing You Need To Do Is Selecting Right Windows 10 Edition

In order to Speed Up Windows 10 on your computer, before you install Windows 10, you have got to determine your needs. Simply define your work and what you will use your computer for, then compare between Windows 10 different editions and select the one satisfy your needs.

the fastest Windows 10 Edition is the Home edition since it include few features, Wikipedia has a nice comparison between Windows 10 Editions you can check it after determining your needs, then select the right edition for you to Speed Up Windows 10 on your computer.

Speed Up Windows 10 By Selecting Right Windows 10 Version For Your Computer (32Bits OR 64Bits)

Selecting the right Windows 10 version is going to Speed Up Windows 10 on your computer. Many Windows 10 users don't know how to select the right version and what does this selection depend on? after checking Windows 10 System Requirements, you will find out you can run Windows 10 with 1 GB Rams for 32 Bits, and 2 GB Rams for 64 Bits.
Here is the best selection to Speed Up Windows 10 on your Computer....

• 32 Bits for a computer with not more than 4 GigaBytes of Rams and not lesser than 2 GigaBytes.
• 64 Bits for a computer with 4 GigaBytes of Rams or more up to 512 GigaBytes, "For 64 Bits Windows 10 Home edition it is up to 128 GigaBytes".

Selecting Right Hard Disk Will Speed Up Windows 10

Have you ever think what is different between WD Hard disk's colors? yes, there is a difference between colors, here I will talk about only 3 colors. Let see them...

• Black color: I think it is the top more speed but more power usage and more expensive and it is good for installing operation system on it.
• Blue color: it is the most used one I think, is is good for installing operation system on it, it is fast enough to Speed Up Windows 10 and cheaper than the black one.
• green color: less power usage and cheaper but, if you installed operation system on it I will be slow and may you will need to reinstall it many times, on other hand, it is the optimal one if you want additional space.

So, if you are a desktop computer user, to Speed Up Windows 10 or any other operations system you have to install it on a blue or a black hard disk, and you can add a green one anytime if you need more space.

Speed Up Windows 10 By Checking Hardware's Temperatures

Hardware's temperature is a common factor that affects your computer speed, therefore, to Speed Up Windows 10 you have to check all your hardware's temperatures including...

• CPU
• Graphic Card
• Power Supply
• Hard Disk

If you found out something of the above with high temperature you can change its fan or clean it and check again, also you can add an additional fan for your hard disk and Graphic Card.

Limit Programs That Run At Startup Will Speed Up Windows 10 Boot Time

By default, many programs run automatically when your Windows 10 starts, limiting them and making them fewer, lead to Speed Up Windows 10. In order to do it, simply follow the next steps...

1. Right-click on the task bar and select task manager
   
   
2. From the task manager window select startup
   
   
3. Select unnecessary program and click Disable
   
   

Clean Up Your Hard Disk Leads To Speed Up Windows 10

Unnecessary files and temporary files on your computer's hard drive will slow down it, in order to Speed Up Windows 10, you need to clean them regularly minimum once a week. Best program for this purpose is CCleaner, but you have got to know that "cleaning up web browser cache files will slow down your browser", to prevent this if you are using CCleaner, simply unchecked your browser setting from cleaning as in the following picture...

Stop The Background Apps Might Speed Up Windows 10

Windows 10 has some apps running on the background, in order to keep them up to date. those apps might take some of your rams and slow down your computer, therefore, to speed up windows 10 you should turn them off.

Simply follow the next few steps to do that...

1. Open start menu
2. Select settings
3. From the settings window, select Privacy
4. From the privacy windows at the bottom of left side select Background apps and turn them off
   
   

Other Tips Will Lead To Speed Up Windows 10

1- Turn Off Windows 10 Notifications

Notifications that you are getting in action center may slow down your Windows 10, turning them off may speed up windows 10.

to turn them off...

1. Open start menu
2. Select settings
3. From the settings windows, select system
4. On the left side of system's windows, select notifications & actions and turn them off
   
   

2- Make Sure Your Windows 10 Is Not Infected With A Virus

If your Windows 10 is infected with a virus, your computer will slow down. the best antivirus to use for windows 10 is AVAST, you can get it free. Install it and scan your computer files to Speed Up Windows 10.

3- Keeping Your Drivers Up To Date Will Lead To Speed Up Windows 10

In order to Speed Up Windows 10, you need to check if your software drivers are is up to date or not, because you must update them to make Windows 10 perform better.

4- Uninstall unneeded programs

Uninstall unneeded programs will save you disk space and Speed Up Windows 10.

5- Use Firefox instead of chrome with Windows 10

Google Chrome is Killing your computer rams and you can check this on the task manager, replace it with Firefox is a good choice to Speed Up Windows 10.

Also, you need to remove the unnecessary add-ons from your browser, because they killing your computer rams too.

6- Don't run lots of programs at the same time

Running many programs at the same time will slow down Windows 10, so close the unneeded programs and tabs, and keep fewer programs running at the same time in order to Speed Up Windows 10.

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Top 12 Windows 10 Apps You Must Use

Windows 10 has new apps, all of them are pretty awesome and useful, but there are apps you must install manually which make easier for you to manage your interests.

Here we will take a quick look about the most used apps with windows 10. You can easily manage your time, take pictures, keep an eye on world and sports news, run all your movies and videos, protect your PC with the best antivirus, watch the newest movies and TV series, easily shop and secure pay online and manage your social accounts.

Windows 10 Alarm and clock

One of Windows 10 new apps is “Alarm & Clock”, it is really useful app. If you are watching a movie or working on your PC and has an appointment don’t worry you will not late, you can easily adjust your Alarm. You can also use timer and stopwatch for example to workout for half an hour…Etc.

To open Alarm and Clock…

1. Open start menu
2. Select all apps
3. Select Alarm & Clock

Windows 10 Camera

Windows 10 camera app you can take a personal photo, control over which apps can use your camera and set your computer security with face reconnaissance technology.

To open camera app…

1. Open start menu
2. Select all apps
3. Select camera

Windows 10 News and Sports

Windows 10 will make you keep your eyes on the news and what happening around the world. You also can keep an eye on sports news with news and sports apps.

To open the news app…

1. Open start menu
2. Select all apps
3. Select News

To open Sports app…

1. Open start menu
2. Select all apps
3. Select Sports

Windows 10 VLC Media Player

Windows 10 VLC is a media player you must get it manually, it is free in windows store. You will need it for most of your videos and movies to run. If you got it from Windows store, it is going to stuck many times. the best way to get it is, google for VLC media player and download from its official webpage.

Windows 10 Twitter

Windows 10 has twitter app for free you can manage your twitter account, tweet and retweet easily with it. It is free for windows 10 users, but you must get it manually.

To get windows 10 twitter app…

1. Open windows store
2. Look for twitter
3. Open it and click free or install and it will automatically download and install

Windows 10 Facebook app

With windows 10 Facebook app you can manage your Facebook account, get news feeds, manage your pages and groups and chat with your friends faster and easier.

To get windows 10 Facebook app…

1. Open windows store
2. Search for Facebook
3. Open it and click free and it will automatically download and install

Avast Anti-Virus

Avast is the best antivirus I’ve ever seen, it is free and strong. Avast will protect your windows 10 device from malware and hacking patches, it also will protect you online from the not trusted sites. I advise you strongly to use it.

You can get it from the Avast official website, choose download free or upgrade to any other plan as you like.

Amazon and Ebay

Amazon and EBay are most known online shops in all over the world. In windows 10 store, you will find these apps to make it easier for you to shop online and find what you want faster, simply go to windows store and search for them to get it.

Netflix and TED

Netflix and TED almost people know them.

Netflix allows you to watch all movies and TV series online only for a few fees each month and if you got its app in the windows 10 store you will get one month for free.

TED is a video treasure web page, it have educational videos in all field you will find all the new things about technology, you will get a big benefit and valuable information from it.

To get these apps just look for them in windows 10 store, they are free.

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Top 10 Windows 10 Features Secrets

Windows 10 has many features we already talked about them in Windows 10 Final Release Review, but it also has secrets you must know in order to love it more.

In the next few lines, I will talk about top 10 Windows 10 Features Secrets, exactly…

• DirectX 12 and its effect on your games.
• The amazing hidden Windows 10 feature God mode
• Windows 10 feature Wi-Fi Sense
• Creating custom start menu tiles without using third-party programs
• Windows 10 feature Phone Companion
• Solitaire is back
• Microsoft instant support
• The Ability to save as PDF without external programs
• Best windows 10 feature Storage settings
• And finally new keyboard shortcuts

DirectX 12 and its effect on your games

If you have been using Microsoft’s Windows operation systems old time ago, you should know what DirectX is? Simply DirectX 12 is the latest version of Microsoft DirectX interface. Almost of computer games lean on it, DirectX 12 only included with Windows 10 and until now Microsoft didn’t release it for Windows 8 or Windows 7.

DirectX 12 one of many Windows 10 features, it Will make your games perform better and result in power saving by 50%, it is a good rate I think. It also will work with most new graphic cards, so if your hardware is new, you will not need to get new ones.

Windows 10 Feature God Mode

God Mode is a hidden Windows 10 feature. Almost windows users don’t know what God Mode is? The short answer, it is and hidden folder contains all windows settings and options, so you can easily access it to customize any settings instead of hard working with windows menus.

To obtain the God Mode, just create a new folder anywhere in your PC, assume on the desktop, and then rename it to the following…

GodMode.{ED7BA470-8E54-465E-825C-99712043E01C}

 After that, you will notice the folder icon is changed such as Control Panel icon, simply double click to open it and you will find all your windows options and settings there. If you want to change any of them, simply double-click to open the one you want and adjust it to your needs.

You can move god mode folder anywhere, also you can pin it to start menu or taskbar.

Windows 10 Feature Wi-Fi Sense

Windows 10 Wi-Fi sense if a windows 10 feature which allow you to share your Wi-Fi username and password with your facebook, skype and outlook contacts. Simply you will find a checkbox check it to share with your friends. You will get a message to give it permission to access your facebook contacts, but will not ask about skype and outlook, because those are owned by Microsoft.

After allowing this to share your Wi-Fi, any of your facebook, skype or outlook friends when enter your home automatically their devices will connect to your Wi-Fi without asking for password (only if they use windows 10).

Creating Custom Start Menu Tiles without Using Third-Party Programs

Windows 10 allow you to customize your start menu without using third-party programs. This is so easy to do, simply right-click on the program you want to add, select pin to start.

If you want to remove it or any other Tile, right click on the Tile and select unpin from start.

Windows 10 Feature Phone Companion

Windows 10 feature Phone Companion allows you to connect your phone with your computer, and syncs the apps you want with your phone. Assume you installed office in your computer and want it too on your phone, with phone companion just syncs your phone with your computer and the apps with automatically installed on your phone without even ask you for serial number, I will syncs all your favorite apps to your phone.

Solitaire is back

Solitaire isn’t included in windows 8, it is back with windows 10 with the name “Microsoft Solitaire Collection”. You can find it pinned in the right side of the start menu, in all apps or simply search for solitaire on the windows 10 search box and it will pop up.

Microsoft Instant support

Did your Windows 10 device stuck, you need help and didn’t find what you want on the web? Simply go to start menu > all apps> look for Contact support, open it and you will get 15 minutes to talk with Microsoft support via phone or online chat to get help in what you want.

Save as PDF file

With windows 10 you will not need third-party programs to save your documents as PDF, simply save your file as then write the name you want with extension .pdf.

Best Windows 10 feature Storage settings

 I think this is the best Windows 10 Feature, with the new storage settings you are able to get information about what kind of file take your hard disk space, and you will be able to know the unnecessary files and delete them to get more free space.

Just go to start, select settings, select system and in the left side select storage. Click on any partition to get more information, also you able to select the specific path for each kind of file to be saved directly.

Windows 10 Keyboard shortcuts

Here are some keyboard shortcuts to easy use Windows 10 Features…

• “Task View” Windows Key+Tab
• “virtual desktop” Windows Key+Ctrl+Left or Right
• “new virtual desktop” Windows Key+Ctrl+D
• “Cortana listening” Windows Key+Ctrl+C
• “News” Windows Key+S
• “close virtual desktop” Windows Key+Ctrl+F4
• “snap assist” Windows Key-Up and Down

 Final Words

We are preparing for Windows 10 tutorials just follow us to be notified as soon as we release them.

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How To Force Cortana To Use Google Instead of Bing

Do you want to force Cortana to use Google Instead of Bing!?
You can do it simply just follow the next few steps and you will know how to force Cortana to use Google instead of Bing and Chrome instead of Edge.

Force Cortana to use Google Instead of Bing to get your information

By defaults, Cortana uses Microsoft Edge browser and get the information you need from Bing. But many of you using Google Chrome to surf the web, also Google search engine is the most used one all over the world. I have a good news that will make you force Cortana to use Google Chrome and Google search engine instead of Edge and Bing. 
The first thing we are going to make Chrome our default browser, simply install it them do the following...
Go to start menu

1. Select settings
2. From the settings window select System
3. On the left side of system window, select Default apps
4. Then go to web browsers
5. By defaults, it is Edge click on it and select Chrome as in the following picture

Now we made Chrome our default browser, if you go to Cortana and searched for something, Google Chrome will open instead of Edge, but Cortana Still using Bing to get the information. 
Let now make the last step to make Cortana use Google search engine instead of Bing …

1. Go to Google
2. Search for Webstore
3. In the Webstore search for Chrometana
4. Select Chrometana and click add to Chrome
5. After it added Chrometana page will open and ask you to choose which search engine you want to use, simply select Google.

Now go to Cortana in the taskbar and search for something Google Chrome will open using Google search engine to get the information.

You can watch this video for understanding this better …

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Windows 10 Final Release Review

After months of testing windows 10, finally it is here, you can use it with any device (phone, tablet, desktop, and much more), Almost people can upgrade to it free, but what is the better upgrade or not?!

Here we will take a quick look about Windows 10 New Features, exactly I will talk about the following …

• Windows 10 Start Menu.
• New Feature Cortana.
• The Task View.
• Snap Assist.
• Microsoft Edge Browser.
• Unified Settings and Control Panel.
• Action Center and Continuum.

Windows 10 Start Menu

Startup Menu was missing when Windows 8 was released and was replaced with the start screen. Start Menu is back with Microsoft Windows 10, the left side of the menu have a nice look as it was in Windows 7, and you can easy access your installed applications. The right side looks like Windows 8 start screen. In fact they are separated sections, you can change the size make it narrower or wider, also you can change how it look by driving a tile up or down to customize it for your needs.

In the left side, you can get easy access to …

• Most used Applications.
• Recently Added Applications.
• File Explorer.
• Settings.
• Power Options.
• All Applications.

Windows 10 New Feature CORTANA

In Windows 10 Microsoft put over CORTANA, it is a voice control digital assistant, it appeared first in Windows phone. CORTANA can be used for everything from performing simple searches on both your computer and the web to get your Reminders, Appointments, and Signing Emails, CORTANA can recognize your voice and can answer your questions uses information from Bing such as …

• Local news
• Sports news
• Finance news
• Traffic Conditions
• Weather Conditions
• Flight Status and etc.

You can find Cortana in the taskbar next to the start menu button, the first time you click it you get a quick introduction about what Cortana is and what can it do.

Windows 10 Task View Feature

Windows 10 includes a new virtual desktop feature called Task View, it is really useful for someone who running multiple windows or applications, and especially if you often switch between projects and tasks running. Task View is able to get all the related windows and apps running into separated virtual desktops, so if you need to switch from one task to another just click on one of the virtual desktops.

You can find the Task View bottom in the taskbar next to Cortana, just click on it and if you have applications or windows running you will see task view minimized and collected them together. In the right bottom corner you can see the add new desktop option, just click on it and add new desktops, then you can add each related apps and windows into separated desktop, just click on the window, drag and drop it into the new virtual desktop.

Windows 10 Snap Assist Feature

Let’s take a look about new feature Snap Assist, it was actually introduced in windows 7. It also took a place in windows 8 and reintroduced in windows 8.1. Now it much improved in windows 10, Snap is a simple window management feature that let you arrange, maximize and minimize open windows, simply by dragging them to the different edges of the screen. It is really useful and awesome when you need to view two windows side by side, just drag one to one side of the screen and click on the other one. Simply to test it do the following …

1. Click (Ctrl+N) to open a new window
2. Repeat (Ctrl+N) to open more windows
3. Click on the address bar of one of the windows
4. Drag it to any of the screen edges or the corners and see what will happen

Microsoft Edge Browser

Microsoft finally decided to replace Internet Explorer with a new browser called Microsoft Edge in Windows 10, Edge is the default browser of windows 10. It uses XML feed to get the news from different networks in it default page. You can find it by going to the start menu and choose all apps, in the right side of start menu you may find it too or by defaults it pinned on the taskbar next to view task button. It is a completely new developed browser for windows 10, it is pretty good and fast for use, but for people who use third-party add-ons I think they need to use another browser until Microsoft allow third-party add-ons in the next updates.

Unified Settings and Control Panel

Microsoft made it easy to access the settings and control panel in windows 10, in fact, Settings window and control panel are separated.

To open the settings window …

1. Click Start
2. Click on Settings

To open the Control Panel window …

1. Right Click on Start menu Button
2. Choose Control Panel

Action Center and Continuum

Windows 10 Action Center and Mail Window

With the new Action center you can easily get notifications when you get a new message on your mail, you can find the Action center right in taskbar, if signed in your mail, simply click on the Action Center icon and if you have new message you are going to find notification in the Action Center, just click on it and a new mail window will open which gives you easy access and manage you mail.

Continuum

Last Windows 10 Feature is called Continuum, in fact, it is active only for touchscreen devices, but you can test it on your desktop, simply go to Action Center and click on Tablet mode, to switch between apps just touch your screen and swap to right or left. Start menu in Continuum looks as it was in windows 8, if you want to go back to desktop mode just go to action center again and deactivate the tablet mode.

Final Words

Finally this is a quick Windows 10 review, to know more about it just follow us, soon we will provide free tutorials on how to work with windows 10 and its New Feature in details.

So after this review, I think windows 10 will be good for me, what about you?!
You can watch the full review on youtube: Windows 10 Final Release Review

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