Windows 11 Inside Out 1st Edition by Ed Bott ISBN 9780137691333 0137691335

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ISBN 10: 0137691335
ISBN 13: 9780137691333
Author: Ed Bott

Windows 11 Inside Out 1st Edition Table of contents:

Part I: Windows essentials

Chapter 1: Everything you need to know about Windows 11

What’s new in Windows 11?

Setup, updates, and upgrades

User experience

Windows 11 and the web

Cloud connections

Windows 11 apps and the new Microsoft Store

Security

Windows 11 and hardware

Chapter 2: Setting up a new Windows 11 PC

Backing up data and settings

Downloading and creating installation media

Using the Media Creation Tool

Working with ISO files directly

Windows 11 minimum hardware requirements

Bypassing hardware compatibility issues

Installing Windows 11

How Windows 11 Setup works

Upgrading from Windows 10

Performing a clean install

Performing an edition upgrade

Activating Windows

Windows licensing options

Do you need a product key?

Managing Windows activation

Troubleshooting activation problems

Product activation and corporate licensing

Advanced Windows license management

Using multiple operating systems on the same PC

Tweaking and tuning your Windows installation

Chapter 3: Using Windows 11

An overview of the Windows 11 user experience

Using and customizing the Start menu

Customizing the contents of the Start menu

Arranging pinned apps into folders

Using the Start menu to search

Using and customizing the taskbar

Pinning apps to the taskbar

Changing the order of taskbar buttons

Using Jump Lists for quick access to documents and folders

Customizing the Quick Settings pane

Managing notifications and eliminating distractions

Customizing notifications

Eliminating distractions

Managing and arranging windows

Switching between tasks and desktops

Using Task View to switch between windows

Switching between virtual desktops

Using a keyboard and voice input in Windows 11

Customizing and using a physical keyboard

Using the Touch Keyboard

Using voice commands and dictating text

Using a pen with Windows 11

Chapter 4: Personalizing Windows 11

Customizing the look and feel of Windows

Selecting the desktop background

Selecting colors

Customizing the lock screen and sign-in screen

Assigning sounds to system events

Customizing mouse pointers

Using themes to save and apply personalizations

Fine-tuning visual options

Configuring desktop icons

Making other small visual tweaks

Setting date and time, currency, and other regional options

Overcoming challenges

Working with fonts

Making text easier to read

Using font smoothing to make text easier on the eyes

Chapter 5: Installing and configuring apps

Understanding the Windows app landscape

Legacy desktop apps

Windows apps

Progressive Web Apps (PWAs)

Installing, managing, and uninstalling apps

Using and managing Store apps

Managing legacy desktop apps

Managing Progressive Web Apps

Managing apps and processes with Task Manager

Terminating an app with Task Manager

Finding detailed information about an app

Managing startup apps

Suspending or removing startup items

Advanced tools for managing startup items

Setting default apps and file-type associations

Turning Windows features on or off

Setting AutoPlay options

Chapter 6: Using and managing built-in Windows apps

Apps included with Windows 11

Windows system apps

Provisioned Windows apps

Installed apps

Mail, Calendar, People, and To Do

Managing online accounts

Reading, composing, and managing email messages

Setting up and using Calendar

Adding or editing contacts with People

Managing tasks and lists with Microsoft To Do

Using Microsoft Teams

Music, photos, and movies

Using Media Player to play music and video files

Using Photos to view and edit image files

Using Movies & TV to watch purchased media files

Using Clipchamp to edit video clips

Performing screen captures with Snipping Tool

Using Maps

Searching for places and services

Getting directions

Downloading maps for offline use

Chapter 7: Using Microsoft Edge

An overview of Microsoft Edge

Choosing an Edge release channel

Managing updates

Managing Edge profiles and sync

Using the built-in password manager

Syncing and filling in other information

Customizing browser settings

Changing the browser’s appearance

Installing and managing browser extensions

Customizing the new tab page

Customizing the startup page

Fine-tuning browser performance

Undoing all customizations

Working with tabs

Using vertical tabs

Pinning tabs for quick access

Making webpages easier to read

Finding and organizing information

Changing the default search provider

Finding previously visited pages in History

Saving, editing, and organizing Favorites

Saving and sharing your research as Collections

Managing privacy and tracking prevention

Preventing online tracking

Using InPrivate browsing to suppress your history

Controlling site permissions

Clearing your browsing history and other personal information

Managing cookies

Opening incompatible pages in Internet Explorer mode

Using Microsoft Edge to read and edit PDFs

Chapter 8: Managing local and cloud storage

Setting up hard disks and other storage devices

Running Disk Management

Managing disks from the command prompt

Setting up a new hard disk

Using Storage Spaces to combine disks

Connecting OneDrive to your Windows PC

How OneDrive and OneDrive for Business work

Setting up and using OneDrive

Using Personal Vault

Advanced search tools and techniques

Managing disk space

Changing default save locations

Cleaning up unneeded files

Managing existing disks and volumes

Assigning or changing a volume label

Assigning and changing drive letters

Mapping a volume to an NTFS folder

Shrinking or extending an NTFS volume

Converting a FAT32 volume to NTFS

Deleting a volume

Permanently wiping all data from a disk

Working with virtual hard disks

Part II: Managing Windows 11

Chapter 9: Using File Explorer

Mastering File Explorer

Using the navigation pane

Navigating faster with favorite files and folders

Layouts, previews, and other ways to arrange files

Managing file properties and metadata

Using compressed (zipped) folders

Organizing personal data with user profile folders and libraries

What’s what (and where) in your user profile

Relocating personal data folders

Using libraries

Integrating OneDrive with File Explorer

Syncing files and folders

Sharing OneDrive files and folders

Recovering lost, damaged, and deleted files and folders

Restoring files and folders

Purging the Recycle Bin

Sorting, filtering, and grouping in File Explorer

Sorting a folder’s contents

Filtering folder contents

Grouping folder contents

Searching from File Explorer

Configuring the Windows search index

Which files and folders are in the index?

Monitoring the index and tuning indexer performance

Advanced search tools and techniques

Searching by item type or kind

Changing the scope of a search

Searching for item properties

Using multiple criteria for complex searches

Using wildcards and character-mode searches

Saving searches

Chapter 10: Managing user accounts, passwords, and credentials

Creating and managing user accounts

Choosing how you sign in

Administrator or standard user account?

Changing account settings

Deleting an account

Making the sign-in process more secure

Adding security with multifactor authentication

Using Windows Hello

Using a picture password

Setting or changing a password

Managing a physical security key

Signing out, switching accounts, or locking your computer

Using Dynamic Lock

Sharing your PC with other users

Adding a user to your computer

Controlling your family’s computer access

Restricting use with assigned access

Introducing access control in Windows

Chapter 11: Configuring Windows networks

Windows 11 networking essentials

Checking the status of your network

Network management tools

TCP/IP configuration

Mobile hotspots and other metered connections

Enabling network discovery

Setting the network location

Connecting to a wireless network

Connecting to a hidden network

Wireless security

Connecting to another computer with Remote Desktop

Installing Remote Desktop client software

Enabling inbound Remote Desktop connections

Using the Microsoft Remote Desktop app

Using Remote Desktop Connection

Sharing files, printers, and other resources over a local network

Understanding sharing and security models in Windows

Configuring your network for sharing

Sharing files and folders

Sharing a printer

Blocking intruders with Windows Defender Firewall

Using Windows Defender Firewall with different network types

Managing Windows Defender Firewall

Restoring default settings

Finding and using shared resources on a Windows network

Working with mapped network folders

Connecting to a network printer

Connecting to and using cloud-based apps and resources

Troubleshooting network problems

Network troubleshooting tools

Troubleshooting TCP/IP problems

Chapter 12: Windows security and privacy

Understanding security threats

Monitoring your computer’s security

Keeping Windows up to date

What you get from Windows Update

Choosing when and how updates are installed

Deferring and delaying updates

Finding technical information about updates

Troubleshooting update problems

Configuring privacy options

Preventing unsafe actions with User Account Control

What triggers UAC prompts

Dealing with UAC prompts

Modifying UAC settings

Blocking malware

Using Microsoft Defender Antivirus

Manually scanning for malware

Dealing with detected threats

Blocking ransomware with controlled folder access

Protecting Windows from exploits

Stopping unknown or malicious programs with Microsoft Defender SmartScreen

Encrypting information

Encrypting with BitLocker and BitLocker To Go

Using BitLocker To Go

Using the Encrypting File System

Chapter 13: Managing hardware and devices

Adding, configuring, and removing hardware devices

Installing a new Plug and Play device

How device drivers and hardware work together

Getting useful information from Device Manager

Enabling and disabling devices

Adjusting advanced device settings

Setting up Bluetooth devices

Managing USB devices

Updating and uninstalling drivers

Managing automatic driver updates

Updating a device driver manually

Rolling back to a previous driver version

Uninstalling a driver

Printers and print queues

Configuring displays and graphics adapters

Changing display settings

Controlling scaling on high-DPI displays

Using multiple displays

Night Light

Speakers, microphones, and headsets

Chapter 14: Performance and power management

What causes performance problems?

Viewing details about your system

System Information

Systeminfo

Windows Management Instrumentation tools

Monitoring performance with Task Manager

CPU

Memory

Disk

Network

GPU

Using Resource Monitor to pinpoint performance problems

Managing services

Using the Services console

Starting and stopping services

Configuring services

Managing services from Task Manager

Managing battery life on portable PCs

Battery Saver and other power management options

Monitoring long-term battery life and capacity

Configuring power options from the command line

Power management on desktop systems

Chapter 15: Troubleshooting, backup, and recovery

Getting to know your troubleshooting toolkit

Built-in troubleshooters

Windows Error Reporting

Feedback and diagnostics

Reliability Monitor

Event Viewer

Types of events

Viewing logs and events

Customizing the presentation of tabular data in Event Viewer

Filtering the log display

Dealing with Stop errors

Customizing how Windows handles Stop errors

What’s in a Stop error

Isolating the cause of a Stop error

Troubleshooting in Safe Mode

Checking disks for errors

Offering remote support with Quick Assist

Windows 11 backup and recovery options

Using a recovery drive

Using File History to protect files and folders

Using the Reset option to recover from serious problems

Using the Windows 7 Backup program

Configuring and using System Restore

Rolling back to a previous restore point

Part III: For IT professionals and Windows experts

Chapter 16: Windows Terminal, PowerShell, and other advanced management tools.

Using and configuring Windows Terminal

An introduction to PowerShell

Interacting with PowerShell

Scripting with PowerShell

Finding additional PowerShell resources

Working in a Command Prompt session

Running with elevated privileges

Starting Command Prompt at a particular folder

Starting Command Prompt and running a command

Using AutoRun to execute commands when Command Prompt starts

Editing the command line

Using command symbols

Editing the Windows registry

Understanding the Registry Editor hierarchy

Registry values and data types

Browsing and editing with Registry Editor

Backing up and restoring parts of the registry

Automating registry changes with .reg files

Registry virtualization

Automating tasks

Task Scheduler

Automating command sequences with batch programs

Automating tasks with Windows Script Host

Using Microsoft Management Console

Chapter 17: Running Windows 11 in a virtual machine or in the cloud

Virtualization in Windows 11

Creating an instant VM with Windows Sandbox

Setting up Hyper-V on Windows 11

Creating and managing virtual machines with Hyper-V Manager

What’s in a VM?

Using Quick Create to download and run a preconfigured VM

Building a custom VM with the New Virtual Machine Wizard

Running a virtual machine

Working with Virtual Machine Connection windows

Using enhanced session mode

Working with checkpoints

Changing settings for a virtual machine

Firmware

Security

Memory

Processor

SCSI Controller

Network Adapter

Automatic start and stop actions

Importing, exporting, and moving Hyper-V VMs

Running virtual machines from the cloud

Chapter 18: Using Android and Linux on Windows 11

Linking an Android phone to your PC

Running Android apps on Windows 11

Using the Windows Subsystem for Linux

Chapter 19: Managing Windows PCs in the enterprise

Using a domain-based network

Managing an Azure AD-based network

Managing hybrid networks

Managing computers with Group Policy

Using Local Group Policy Editor

Changing policy settings

Deploying Windows 11 in the enterprise

Microsoft Endpoint Configuration Manager

Microsoft Deployment Toolkit

Windows System Image Manager

Windows Autopilot

Windows Server Update Services

Windows Update for Business

Managing Windows 11 in the cloud

Microsoft 365 and Windows Enterprise licensing

Azure Virtual Machines running Windows 11

Windows 365 cloud PCs

Microsoft Defender for Endpoint

Microsoft Intune

Managing apps with Intune

Managing special-purpose computers

Using shared PC mode

Setting up a kiosk device

Part IV: Appendixes

Appendix A: Windows 11 editions and licensing options

Windows 11 editions at a glance

Retail and OEM editions

Windows 11 Home

Windows 11 Pro

Windows 11 Pro for Workstations

Editions for organizations

Windows 11 Enterprise

Windows 11 Enterprise E3 and E5

Microsoft 365 E3, E5, and F3

Windows 11 Enterprise LTSC

Editions for educational institutions

Windows 11 Education

Windows 11 Pro Education

Windows 11 SE

Appendix B: The Windows Insider Program

How the Windows Insider Program works

Enrolling a device in the Windows Insider Program

Keeping track of what’s in each preview build

Submitting and tracking feedback

Appendix C: Help and support resources

Online help

Online reference material from Microsoft

Microsoft Support

Microsoft Docs

Resources for IT Pros

Microsoft Learn

Getting technical support

Microsoft Q&A

Free and paid support from Microsoft

What’s next for Windows

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