Numbers

• 2-in-1 laptops, 83

• 3M Laptop Privacy Filter, 166

• 802.11, 201

A

• abacus, 8
• AC power, 167
• Accessibility Options button, 50
• accessories, 287–292
  • asset tags, 249, 291
  • cases, 161–170, 288
    • air travel, 164–168
    • café computing, 168–169
    • hotels, 169–170
    • important features, 162–163
    • laptop temperature and, 170
    • packing, 163–164, 293–296
  • cooling pads, 154, 170, 288–289
  • external mouse, 78–79, 158, 290, 294
  • external storage, 288
  • keyboards, full-size, 158, 290
  • minivacs, 289
  • privacy screen filter, 290–291
  • spare batteries, 288, 294
  • theft-prevention devices, 250, 292
  • USB lamps, 289–290
• accounts, user, 111–116
  • accessing information about, 112
  • adding, 54
  • adding online accounts, 116
  • changing picture, 115–116
  • creating local accounts, 112–114
  • overview, 48
  • setting PINs, 114
  • switching to other, 63
• Acrobat, 145–146
• Action Center, 99
  • on desktop, 96
  • Internet security, 234–235
  • overview, 100
• activating
  • hibernation, 66
  • Windows 10, 49
• Activity History feature, 246
• Adaptive Brightness setting, 120
• adding
  • media from OneDrive, 191–192
  • online accounts, 116
  • removable storage, 121
  • screen savers, 118–119
  • software, 124–125
  • user accounts, 54
• administrator account, 48–49
• Adobe Acrobat, 145–146
• air travel, 164–168
  • AC power, 167
  • Airplane mode, 166
  • carry-ons, 164–165
  • in-flight Wi-Fi, 167–168
  • laptop inspection, 165
  • Skype app and, 195
  • storing on plane, 165–166
• air vents, 37, 69, 170
• Airplane mode, 166
• alkaline batteries, 128, 129
• alphanumeric keys, 73
• AltGr key, 74
• Amazon Kindle app, 124
• Android tablets, 82
• animals and cute kids technique, 180
• antivirus programs, 238, 241
• Apple iPad, 19, 82
• Apple Newton, 18
• applications, 26, 135
• asset tags, 249, 291
• audience, 178–179
• AutoPlay
  • notifications, 121–122
  • settings, 122–123
  • USB devices, 152

B

• background, 96, 282
• backing up data, 253–260
  • checking schedule for, 256–257
  • configuring File History, 254–255
  • maintenance for, 274
  • overview, 253–254
  • restoring multiple files, 259–260
  • restoring older versions, 257–259
• bags, 161–170, 288
  • air travel, 164–168
    • AC power, 167
    • Airplane mode, 166
    • carry-ons, 164–165
    • in-flight Wi-Fi, 167–168
    • laptop inspection, 165
    • storing on plane, 165–166
  • café computing, 168–169
  • hotels, 169–170
  • important features, 162–163
  • laptop temperature, 170
  • packing, 163–164, 293–296
• bandwagon technique, 180
• Base Star, 202
• base station, 202
• BASIC programming language, 12
• battery, 127–136
  • Battery Saver, 134–135
  • charging, 38–39, 131
  • disposing old, 40, 279–280
  • hard drives and, 280–281
  • life, 25
  • locating, 128–129
  • memory and, 281–282
  • monitoring, 130–131
  • overview, 127–128
  • power management plan, 136
  • removable, 38–39
  • replacing, 132
  • screen brightness and, 120, 280
  • spare, 288, 294
  • storing, 283–284
  • temperatures, 283
  • terminals, 283
  • troubleshooting, 270
  • USB-powered devices and, 152–153
  • using second, 131
  • warnings, low-battery, 132–134, 284–285
• Battery Saver, 134–135
• blinking lights, 72
• Bluetooth, 155–157
  • checking for, 155–156
  • mouse, 79
  • pairing devices, 156–157
  • portable printers, 147
• boot, 47
• brand names, 24
• brightness, screen, 120, 135, 280
• Browsing InPrivate feature, 243
• browsing Internet, 243–244
  • clearing history, 244
  • private, 243
• bulbs, 174
• buying
  • antivirus software, 238
  • laptops, 21–25, 30
    • important specifications, 24–25
    • necessity of, determining, 21–23
    • unnecessary characteristics, 24

C

• café computing, 168–169
• Camera app, 189–190
• cameras
  • changing user account picture, 115–116
  • connecting to laptop, 187
  • privacy options, 246
  • on tablet PCs, 83
  • webcam
    • overview, 69
    • taking pictures with, 189–190
• car adapters, 147
• card stacking technique, 180
• carry-ons, 164–165
• cases, 161–170, 288
  • air travel, 164–168
    • AC power, 167
    • Airplane mode, 166
    • carry-ons, 164–165
    • in-flight Wi-Fi, 167–168
    • laptop inspection, 165
    • storing on plane, 165–166
  • café computing, 168–169
  • hotels, 169–170
  • important features, 162–163
  • laptop temperature, 170
  • packing, 163–164, 293–296
• CAT (Ethernet cables), 202, 225, 296
• CDs
  • removing, 121
  • ripping music from, 186–187
• cellphones
  • importing pictures from, 188–189
  • tethering to, 206
• cellular modems, 206
• charging battery, 38–39, 131
• cheat sheet, for this book, 3
• child accounts, 54
• clamshell design, 15
• Clarke, Arthur C., 8
• cleaning, 274–275
• cloud storage
  • advantages of, 22
  • files, 225–230
    • options, 228
    • overview, 225–227
    • sharing files from, 230
    • synchronizing, 228–230
  • OneDrive, 113
    • adding media from, 191–192
    • copying media to, 190–191
    • overview, 226–227
• cold boot, 47
• colleges, 23
• communication, effective, 177
• communications options, 28
• Compaq 1 (Compaq Portable), 9–10, 11
• Compaq III, 13, 14
• Compaq SLT, 13–15
• computer games, 26
• computer mouse, 78–79, 158, 290, 294
• configuration
  • hardware, 272
  • networking, 209–215
    • controlling wireless radio, 212–213
    • forgetting Wi-Fi connections, 213–214
    • MAC address, 214–215
    • Network & Internet Status screen, 209–210
    • setting network security, 211–212
  • turning off laptop, 63–66
    • activating hibernation, 66
    • closing lid, 65–66
    • setting power button function, 63–65
• connecting
  • to hidden networks, 205–206
  • to network media players, 192–193
• Control Panel, 106–107
• control-key combinations, 91
• convertible laptops, 19, 25, 82
• cooling pads, 154, 170, 288–289
• copying media to OneDrive, 190–191
• Cortana, 99, 101
• cover connector, 84
• Critical Battery warning level, 132–134
• Crucial website, 272
• cursor speed, 269–270
• cursor-control keys, 74
• cute kids and animals technique, 180
• cycle power, 47

D

• data, 206
  • backing up, 253–260
    • checking schedule for, 256–257
    • configuring File History, 254–255
    • overview, 253–254
    • restoring multiple files, 259–260
    • restoring older versions, 257–259
  • factory data reset, 261
• data thieves, 251
• default printers, 141–142
• Defender, 236, 238
• defragmentation programs, 274
• Dell 320LT power brick, 16
• desktop
  • viewing, 96–97
  • wallpaper, 117–118
• desktop computers
  • converting laptop to, 157–160
    • adding monitors, 158–159
    • full-size keyboard, 158
    • mouse, 158
    • running with lid closed, 159–160
  • laptops vs., 22
• device drivers, 59
• devices
  • Bluetooth, 155–157
    • checking for, 155–156
    • pairing devices, 156–157
  • for converting laptop to desktop, 157–160
    • adding monitors, 158–159
    • full-size keyboard, 158
    • mouse, 158
    • running with lid closed, 159–160
  • with networking hardware, 200
  • USB, 149–154
    • attaching, 151–152
    • common devices, 154
    • hubs, 153
    • overview, 149–151
    • removing, 151–152
    • USB-powered devices, 152–153
  • viewing other networks, 217–218
• dialup modems, 28
• digitizer pens, 18, 85–87, 294
• dimming, 280
• disconnecting
  • from wired networking, 207
  • from wireless networking, 207–208
• discoverable devices, 156, 157
• disk maintenance, 274
• disk swapping, 281–282
• display, 24, 117–120
  • adding screen savers, 118–119
  • changing desktop wallpaper, 117–118
  • orientation, 119–120
  • resolution, 117
  • screen brightness, 120
• display port, 70
• disposing
  • batteries, 279–280
  • laptops, 40–41
• Documents folder, 104
• DOS operating system, 15
• downloading screen savers, 119
• Drive, 228
• Dropbox, 228
• Duplicate option, 158
• DVD drives, 121
• Dynabook, 9, 83

E

• eBooks, 195

• 802.11, 201

• ejecting devices, 123–124
• emails, threats in, 234
• engraving, 249
• environmentally friendly materials, 29
• ergonomics, 38
• eSATA port, 70
• Ethernet adapters, 28
• Ethernet cables (CAT), 202, 225, 296
• Ethernet port, 71, 170, 203
• European laptops, 74
• Extend option, 158
• external hard drives, 26, 121, 154, 288
• external monitors, 25

F

• factory data reset, 261
• FedEx Office, 145
• File History feature, 254–255
• files, 223–230
  • cloud storage, 225–230
    • options, 228
    • overview, 225–227
    • sharing files from, 230
    • synchronizing, 228–230
  • configuring File History, 254–255
  • migrating, 51–53
  • quarantined, 240
  • restoring
    • multiple files, 259–260
    • older versions, 257–259
  • transferring, 223–225
    • with octopus nets, 224–225
    • over Ethernet, 225
    • with removable media, 223–224
    • with Windows Sync Center, 225
• filter, privacy screen, 290–291
• fingerprint reader, 50
• firewalls, 240–242
  • finding, 241
  • warnings, 242
• Fn key, 73, 75–76
• folders. See also specific folders
  • sharing, 219–221
  • subfolders, 104
• force shut down, 63
• forgetting Wi-Fi connections, 213–214
• form factor, 12
• function keys, 74

G

• Galaxy Tab, 19
• game controllers, 154
• games, 26
• gateway, 200, 202
• gigabytes (GB), 28
• global positioning system (GPS), 244–245
• Gmail account, 116
• Google Drive, 228
• Google Play, 183
• Google Play Books, 124
• GPS (global positioning system), 244–245
• graphics editing programs, 26
• Groove Music app, 184–185

H

• hamburger button, 97
• hard drives, 280–281
• hardware, 26–29
  • backup storage, 254
  • communications options, 28
  • maintenance, 271–272
  • PC Card, 68
  • planet’s resources and, 28–29
  • specifications, 26–28
  • unpacking from box, 34
• hardware firewall, 241
• HDMI cables, 159
• HDMI port, 70
• headphone port, 70, 84
• headphones, 154, 195, 295
• heat, 170
• hibernation, 285
  • activating, 66
  • with low battery, 134
  • overview, 61
  • troubleshooting, 270
• hidden networks, 205–206
• history, browsing, 244
• history of portable computing, 77–1
  • Compaq 1, 9–10
  • Compaq III, 13
  • Compaq SLT, 13–15
  • NEC UltraLite, 15–17
  • Osborne 1, 9
  • Radio Shack Model 100, 10–12
  • Xerox Dynabook, 9
• hot swapping, 152
• hotels, 169–170
• hubs, 153, 202
• hybrid tablet PCs, 82–83

I

• IBM PC, 11
• iCloud, 228
• icons
  • enlarging, 117
  • used in this book, 2
  • Windows 10, 96
• importing pictures, 187–188
• Incognito windows, 243
• in-flight Wi-Fi, 167–168
• inspections, 165
• installing
  • reinstalling Windows, 265
  • updates, 237
• internal storage, 26
• international calling, 194
• Internet
  • defined, 201
  • security, 233–246
    • Action Center, 234–235
    • browsing, 243–244
    • firewalls, 240–242
    • location services, 244–245
    • malware and spyware, 238–240
    • Windows, current version of, 237–238
    • Windows Security Center, 235–236
• Into the Comet (Clarke), 8
• iPad, 19, 82
• iTunes, 183

J

• jobs, 145

K

• Kensington Security Slot (K-Slot), 69
• keyboard connector, 84
• Keyboard Preferences key, 88–89
• keyboard shortcuts
  • Action Center, 100, 120
  • Airplane mode, 166
  • displaying desktop, 97
  • external monitor options, 158
  • File Explorer window, 106
  • locking laptop, 62
  • PowerPoint presentations, 173, 174
  • printing, 142
  • Settings app, 105, 114
  • shortcut menu, 101
  • Windows Mobility Center window, 108
• keyboards, 73–76
  • Fn key, 75–76
  • full-size keyboards, 158, 290
  • layout, 73–74
  • maintenance, 275
  • numeric keypad, 74–75
  • touch keyboard, 88–92
    • control-key combinations, 91
    • inputting text, 91–92
    • overview, 88–90
  • troubleshooting, 269
• kickstands, 45
• kids and animals technique, 180
• Kindle app, 124
• Klear Screen, 275
• K-Slot (Kensington Security Slot), 69

L

• lamps, USB, 289–290
• LAN (local area network), 199–200, 202
• Landscape mode, 120
• laptop coolers, 154
• laptops, 21–30
  • adding accounts, 54
  • buying, 21–25, 30
    • important specifications, 24–25
    • necessity of, determining, 21–23
    • unnecessary characteristics, 24
  • converting to desktop computers, 157–160
    • adding monitors, 158–159
    • full-size keyboard, 158
    • mouse, 158
    • running with lid closed, 159–160
  • defined, 2
  • disposing old, 40–41
  • hardware, 26–29
    • communications options, 28
    • planet’s resources and, 28–29
    • specifications, 26–28
  • history of portable computing, 77–1
    • Compaq 1, 9–10
    • Compaq III, 13
    • Compaq SLT, 13–15
    • NEC UltraLite, 15–17
    • Osborne 1, 9
    • Radio Shack Model 100, 10–12
    • Xerox Dynabook, 9
  • keyboard, 73–76
    • Fn key, 75–76
    • layout, 73–74
    • numeric keypad, 74–75
  • lights, 71–72
  • migrating files, 51–53
  • modern, 17–19
    • notebooks, 17–18
    • subnotebooks, 18
    • tablet PCs, 18–19
  • parts of, 67–79
    • air vents, 69
    • removable storage slots, 68
    • Universal Security Slot (USS), 69
    • webcam, 69
  • ports, 70–71
  • reinstalling programs, 53–54
  • service and support, 29–30
  • setting up, 36–39
    • charging battery, 38–39
    • location tips, 37–38
    • uninterruptible power supply (UPS), 39
  • software, 25–26
    • applications, 26
    • operating system, 25–26
  • temperature, 170
  • touchpad, 76–79
    • adding computer mouse, 78–79
    • overview, 76–78
  • turning off, 55–66
    • force shut down, 63
    • hibernation feature, 61
    • locking Windows, 62
    • options and configuration, 63–66
    • overview, 55–58
    • restarting Windows, 59
    • shutting down, 58–59
    • signing out of Windows, 62
    • sleep mode, 60
    • switching to another user, 63
  • turning on, 43–54
    • overview, 43–47
    • Windows 10, 47–51
  • unpacking from box, 33–41
    • keeping items, 36
    • overview, 33–34
    • removing laptop, 34–35
    • submitting warranty, 36
  • warranties, 29–30
• LCD screen cleaners, 275
• lead acid batteries, 129
• legacy adapters, 154
• legacy software packages, 125
• Lenovo TrackPoint mouse, 78
• lids
  • adjusting, 45
  • latches, 44
  • options and configuration, 65–66
  • running laptop with closed, 159–160
• lightning storms, 39
• lights, 71–72, 154
• line filtering, 39
• lithium-ion batteries, 128, 129, 280
  • storage temperature, 284
• loaded language technique, 180
• local accounts, 112–114
• local area network (LAN), 199–200, 202
• local files, 253–254
• location services, 244–245
• lock screen, 49–50
• locking
  • after sleep mode, 60
  • overview, 62
  • with screen savers, 118
• logging on, 49–51
• long-term warranties, 29
• luggables, 9–10
• lumens, 174
• lunch buckets, 13

M

• MAC (Media Access Control) address, 214–215
• magnification, 117
• Magnifier tool, 117
• maintenance, 271–275
  • cleaning, 274–275
  • new hardware, 271–272
  • software, 272–273
    • new version of Windows, 273
    • upgrading, 272–273
  • storage system, 274
• maintenance contracts, 274
• malware and spyware, 23, 119, 238–240
  • quarantined files, 240
  • virus scans, 238–240
• manual, 35
• manufacturer warranty, 29–30
• marketing campaigns, 24
• marking laptop, 249
• mass storage device, 27–28, 40
• materials, 28–29
• MB (megabytes), 28
• McAfee, 238
• media, 181–195
  • eBooks, 195
  • phone calls, 194–195
  • programs
    • Groove Music app, 184–185
    • Photos app, 183–184
    • Windows Media Player, 181–183
  • ripping music from CDs, 186–187
  • sharing, 190–194
    • adding from OneDrive, 191–192
    • connecting to network media players, 192–193
    • copying to OneDrive, 190–191
    • laptop’s media, 193–194
  • taking pictures, 189–190
  • uploading pictures and videos, 187–189
• Media Access Control (MAC) address, 214–215
• media cards, 295
  • adding, 121
  • slots, 68
• Media Player
  • importing pictures with, 188–189
  • overview, 181–183
• megabytes (MB), 28
• memory, 26, 27, 271–272. See also storage
  • battery life and, 282
  • preventing virtual memory disk swapping, 281–282
• memory effect, 129
• microcomputers, 11
• microphones
  • icon, 101
  • port, 70, 84
  • privacy options, 246
• MicroSD card, 68, 84
• Microsoft account, 48, 112
• Microsoft Office, 26, 227
• Microsoft Office 365, 112
• Microsoft OneDrive. See OneDrive
• Microsoft PowerPoint. See PowerPoint
• Microsoft PowerPoint Viewer, 172
• Microsoft Print to PDF printer, 138
• Microsoft Store app, 124, 195
• Microsoft Surface, 19, 82, 84
• Microsoft Surface Pen, 87
• Microsoft Windows 10. See Windows 10
• micro-USB, 150
• migrating files, 51–53
• Mini Digital Video port, 84
• Mini DisplayPort, 70
• mini-DP connector, 159
• mini-USB, 150
• minivacs, 289
• Model 100, 10–12
• modems, 13, 200, 202
• monitors
  • adding, 158–159
  • external, 25
  • on lunch buckets, 13
• mouse, 78–79, 158, 290, 294
• music
  • Groove Music app, 184–185
  • Media Player, 181–183
  • ripping from CDs, 186–187
• Music folder, 104

N

• NEC UltraLite laptop, 15–17
• netbooks, 18, 272
• Network & Internet Status screen, 209–210
• network adapters, 154
• network interface card (NIC), 202
• network media players, 192–193
• network printers, 139, 140–141
• network storage, 256
• Network window, 103
• networking, 199–208
  • buying options, 28
  • checking sharing status, 219
  • cloud storage, 225–230
    • options, 228
    • overview, 225–227
    • sharing files from, 230
    • synchronizing, 228–230
  • configuration, 209–215
    • controlling wireless radio, 212–213
    • forgetting Wi-Fi connections, 213–214
    • MAC address, 214–215
    • Network & Internet Status screen, 209–210
    • setting network security, 211–212
  • overview, 199–202
  • setting laptop’s network name, 215–217
  • sharing folders, 219–221
  • tethering to smartphones, 206
  • transferring files, 223–225
    • with octopus nets, 224–225
    • over Ethernet, 225
    • with removable media, 223–224
    • with Windows Sync Center, 225
  • viewing other networks, 217–218
  • wired connections
    • disconnecting from, 207
    • overview, 203
  • wireless connections, 203–206
    • accessing, 203–205
    • connecting to hidden network, 205–206
    • disconnecting from, 207–208
• Newton, 18
• NIC (network interface card), 202
• nickel-cadmium batteries, 129
• nickel-metal-hydride batteries, 129
• Nook app, 124
• Norton, 238
• notebooks, 17–18, 82
• notifications
  • AutoPlay, 121–122
  • icons, 99
• Num Lock key, 269
• numeric keypads, 74–75, 154, 290

O

• octopus nets, 224–225
• Office, 26, 227
• Office 365, 112
• office supplies, 295–296
• OneDrive, 113
  • adding media from, 191–192
  • copying media to, 190–191
  • overview, 226–227
• OneNote, 94
• online accounts, 116
• online references
  • Adobe Acrobat, 146
  • cheat sheet for this book, 3
  • Crucial, 272
  • Dropbox, 228
  • Google Drive, 228
  • iCloud, 228
  • Klear Screen, 275
  • OneDrive, 226
  • STOP (Security Tracking of Office Property), 249
  • Wambooli website, 3
• operating system, 25–26, 95
• optical disc, 54
• optical drives, 27, 68, 186, 281
• orientation, display, 119–120
• Osborne, Adam, 9
• Osborne 1, 9

P

• packing slip, 34
• Page Setup dialog box, 144
• pairing devices, 156–157
• paper, 147
• paper jams, 144
• PARC, 9
• pass-through USB devices, 153, 289
• passwords, 49. See also PINs
  • creating strong, 251–253
  • for gateway, 201
• patches, 273
• PC key, 74
• PC Screen Only option, 158
• PCMCIA (Personal Computer Memory Card International Association), 68
• PCs (personal computers), 11
• PCs For Dummies (Gookin), 39
• PDF documents
  • creating, 145–146
  • Microsoft Print to PDF printer, 139
• pen cursor, 87
• pen dock, 84
• pen tether, 86
• Pen Windows, 18
• PenGo computer, 18
• pens, 87, 294. See also stylus
• Personal Computer Memory Card International Association (PCMCIA), 68
• personal computers (PCs), 11
• phone calls, 194–195
• Photos app, 183–184, 187
• pictures
  • taking, 189–190
  • uploading, 187–189
  • user account, 115–116
• Pictures folder, 104
• PINs, 114. See also passwords
• plain-folks technique, 180
• planes, 165–166
• Play, Google, 183
• Play Books, Google, 124
• portable computing, 7–19
  • history of, 77–1
    • Compaq 1, 9–10
    • Compaq III, 13
    • Compaq SLT, 13–15
    • NEC UltraLite, 15–17
    • Osborne 1, 9
    • Radio Shack Model 100, 10–12
    • Xerox Dynabook, 9
  • modern laptops, 17–19
    • notebooks, 17–18
    • subnotebooks, 18
    • tablet PCs, 18–19
• Portable Document Format documents. See PDF documents
• portable printers, 146–147
• Portrait mode, 120
• ports, 70–71, 151, 241
• postponing updates, 237–238
• pouches, 163
• power adapter, 34
• power brick, 16, 38, 293–294
• power button, 43, 45–46
  • setting function, 63–65
  • on tablet PCs, 84
• power connector, 84
• power cord, 34, 38, 293–294
• power management plan, 136, 270
• Power menu, 56–58
• power port, 70
• power usage, 28–29
• PowerPoint, 171–180
  • overview, 171–173
  • printing slide show, 175–176
  • setting up presentations, 173–174
  • slide show suggestions, 176–180
    • building better presentations, 178
    • effective communication, 177
    • keeping audience awake, 178–179
    • propaganda techniques, 179–180
    • starting presentation, 176–177
• PowerPoint Viewer, 172
• preinstalled software, 126
• presentations, 171–180
  • overview, 171–173
  • printing, 175–176
  • setting up presentations, 173–174
  • suggestions, 176–180
    • building better presentations, 178
    • effective communication, 177
    • keeping audience awake, 178–179
    • propaganda techniques, 179–180
    • starting presentation, 176–177
• Prezi program, 172
• price, 24, 29
• Print to PDF printer, 138
• printer driver, 140
• printers, 137–147, 154
  • adding network or wireless, 140–141
  • connecting directly to laptop, 139–140
  • finding, 137–139
  • portable printers, 146–147
  • setting default, 141–142
• printing, 142–146
  • issues, 144–145
  • overview, 142–144
  • PDF documents, 145–146
  • presentations, 175–176
  • without printers, 145
• privacy screen filter, 290–291
• private browsing, 243
• private networks, 211
• processors, 27–28
• product keys, 35, 53
• Program Files folder, 105
• programs
  • finding, 104–105
  • Groove Music app, 184–185
  • Photos app, 183–184
  • reinstalling, 53–54
  • Windows Media Player, 181–183
• projectors, 172, 174
• propaganda techniques, 179–180
• public networks, 211

Q

• quarantined files, 240
• queue, 145
• Quick Settings, 107–108

R

• radio, Bluetooth, 155
• radio, wireless, 212–213
• Radio Shack Model 100, 10–12
• RAM (Random Access Memory), 27. See also storage
  • battery life and, 282
  • preventing virtual memory disk swapping, 281–282
• Ransomware Protection, 239
• reboot, 47
• Recycle Bin, 258
• registering laptops, 249
• reinstalling
  • programs, 53–54
  • Windows, 265
• removable batteries, 38–39
• removable storage, 120–124. See also storage
  • adding, 121
  • AutoPlay
    • notification, 121–122
    • settings, 122–123
  • ejecting devices, 123–124
  • slots for, 68
  • transferring files with, 223–224
• repairments, 29
• reset, factory data, 261
• resolution
  • display, 117
  • projectors, 174
• restarting, 47, 59, 264
• restoring
  • multiple files, 259–260
  • older versions of files, 257–259
  • system, 267–269
    • overview, 267–268
    • to previous version of Windows, 261, 268–269
• ripping music from CDs, 186–187
• RJ-45 port, 71
• root port, 153
• rotation lock, 119
• routers, 201, 202

S

• Safe mode, 240
• Samsung Galaxy Tab, 19
• saving, before shutting down, 58–59
• scanners, 154
• scans, virus, 238–240
• schedule, back up, 256–257
• screen
  • brightness, 120, 135, 280
  • maintenance, 275
  • privacy screen filter, 290–291
• screen savers, 118–119
• screen wipes, 294
• SD (Secure Digital) card, 68
• search box, 99
• Second Screen Only option, 158
• security
  • backing up data, 253–260
    • checking schedule for, 256–257
    • configuring File History, 254–255
    • overview, 253–254
    • restoring multiple files, 259–260
    • restoring older versions, 257–259
  • connecting to unknown networks, 203
  • factory data reset, 261
  • general security settings, 245–246
  • Internet safety, 233–246
    • Action Center, 234–235
    • browsing, 243–244
    • firewalls, 240–242
    • location services, 244–245
    • malware and spyware, 238–240
    • Windows, current version of, 237–238
    • Windows Security Center, 235–236
  • passwords, 49
    • creating strong, 251–253
    • for gateway, 201
  • privacy screen filter, 290–291
  • with screen savers, 118
  • setting network, 211–212
  • theft prevention, 247–250, 292, 294
    • marking laptop, 249
    • overview, 247–248
    • paying attention to environment, 249–250
    • registering, 249
    • Universal Security Slot (USS), 250
  • user accounts and, 111
• Security Center, 235–236
• security devices, 154
• Security Tracking of Office Property (STOP), 249
• sensitivity, touchpad, 269–270
• serial number, 249
• service and support, 29–30
• service contracts, 30
• service set identifier (SSID), 206
• setting up
  • initial set up, 36–39
    • charging battery, 38–39
    • location tips, 37–38
    • uninterruptible power supply (UPS), 39
  • presentations, 173–174
• Settings app, 105–106
• sex technique, 180
• sharing
  • checking networking status, 219
  • files from cloud storage, 230
  • folders, 219–221
  • media, 190–194
    • adding from OneDrive, 191–192
    • connecting to network media players, 192–193
    • copying to OneDrive, 190–191
    • laptop’s media, 193–194
• shift keys, 73
• shortcut menu, 101
• shortcuts, keyboard
  • Action Center, 100, 120
  • Airplane mode, 166
  • displaying desktop, 97
  • external monitor options, 158
  • File Explorer window, 106
  • locking laptop, 62
  • PowerPoint presentations, 173, 174
  • printing, 142
  • Settings app, 105, 114
  • shortcut menu, 101
  • Windows Mobility Center window, 108
• Shutdown Options button, 50
• shutting down
  • force shut down, 63
  • overview, 58–59
• signing in, 49–51
• signing out, 62, 264–265
• silicon disk, 15
• size, 24, 162
• Skype app, 112, 194–195
• slate tablet PCs, 82–83
• Sleep mode, 56, 60, 135, 270
• slide shows, 171–180
  • overview, 171–173
  • printing, 175–176
  • setting up presentations, 173–174
  • suggestions, 176–180
    • building better presentations, 178
    • effective communication, 177
    • keeping audience awake, 178–179
    • propaganda techniques, 179–180
    • starting presentation, 176–177
• smartphones
  • importing pictures from, 188–189
  • tethering to, 206
• sneakernet, 224
• social engineering, 234
• software, 25–26, 124–126
  • adding, 124–125
  • applications, 26
  • operating system, 25–26
  • preinstalled, 126
  • registering, 249
  • removing, 125–126
  • upgrading
    • new version of Windows, 273
    • overview, 272–273
• solid-state drive (SSD), 26, 27–28, 288
• speakers, 285
• speech recognition, 246
• speed, cursor, 269–270
• spooling, 145
• spyware and malware, 23, 119, 238–240
  • quarantined files, 240
  • virus scans, 238–240
• SSD (solid-state drive), 26, 27–28, 288
• SSID (service set identifier), 206
• Start menu
  • button, 99
  • overview, 97–98
  • power options on, 56–58
• status, update, 237
• Sticky Notes, 94
• STOP (Security Tracking of Office Property), 249
• storage, 101–105
  • cloud storage
    • advantages of, 22
    • files, 225–230
  • finding programs, 104–105
  • maintenance, 274
  • network storage, 256
  • OneDrive, 113
    • adding media from, 191–192
    • copying media to, 190–191
    • overview, 226–227
  • removable storage, 120–124
    • adding, 121
    • AutoPlay, 121–123
    • ejecting devices, 123–124
    • slots for, 68
    • transferring files with, 223–224
  • This PC window, 101–103
  • User Profile folder, 103–104
• Store app, 124, 195
• storing battery, 283–284
• streaming, 193–194
• style, 162–163
• stylus, 18, 85–87, 294
• subfolders, 104
• subnotebooks, 18
• subscription software services, 53, 125
• support references, 3, 29
• Surface, 19, 82, 84
• Surface Pen, 87
• surge protection, 39
• switches, 202
• symbols, 72
• Sync Center, 225
• synchronizing, 228–230
• System Restore, 267–269
  • overview, 267–268
  • for power management, 270
  • to previous version of Windows, 261, 268–269

T

• Tablet mode, 92–94
• tablet PCs, 81–94
  • defined, 2
  • display orientation, 119
  • hardware upgrades and, 272
  • overview, 18–19, 83–85
  • pens, 87
  • special programs, 94
  • storage with, 27
  • stylus, 85–87
  • Tablet mode, 92–94
  • touch keyboard, 88–92
    • control-key combinations, 91
    • inputting text, 91–92
    • overview, 88–90
  • types of, 82–83
• tablets, 81
• tabulae ceratea, 19, 81
• taking pictures, 189–190
• taskbar, 97, 98–99, 105
• temperature
  • battery, 283
  • laptop, 170, 288
• terminals, battery, 283
• testimonials, 179
• tethering to smartphones, 206
• text, on touch keyboard, 91–92
• text editor (word processor), 12
• theft prevention, 247–250, 292, 294
  • marking laptop, 249
  • overview, 247–248
  • paying attention to environment, 249–250
  • registering, 249
  • Universal Security Slot (USS), 250
• This PC window, 101–103

• 3M Laptop Privacy Filter, 166

• touch keyboard, 88–92
  • control-key combinations, 91
  • inputting text, 91–92
  • overview, 88–90
• touchpad, 76–79
  • adding computer mouse, 78–79
  • overview, 76–78
  • troubleshooting, 269–270
• touchscreen display, 24
• touchscreen interface, 2, 19, 83
• TrackPoint mouse, 78
• transferring files, 223–225
  • with octopus nets, 224–225
  • over Ethernet, 225
  • with removable media, 223–224
  • with Windows Sync Center, 225
• travel, 22, 161–170
  • air travel, 164–168
    • AC power, 167
    • Airplane mode, 166
    • carry-ons, 164–165
    • in-flight Wi-Fi, 167–168
    • laptop inspection, 165
    • storing on plane, 165–166
  • café computing, 168–169
  • case features, 162–163
  • hotels, 169–170
  • packing for, 163–164
• triptych, 81
• Troubleshooter, 265–266
• troubleshooting, 263–270
  • common problems, 269–270
    • battery, 270
    • keyboards, 269
    • power management, 270
    • snoozing laptop, 270
    • touchpad, 269–270
  • printing, 144–145
  • restarting, 264
  • restoring system, 267–269
    • overview, 267–268
    • to previous version of Windows, 268–269
  • signing out of Windows, 264–265
  • Windows Troubleshooter, 265–266
• turning off, 55–66
  • force shut down, 63
  • hibernation feature, 61
  • locking Windows, 62
  • options and configuration, 63–66
    • activating hibernation, 66
    • closing lid, 65–66
    • setting power button’s function, 63–65
  • overview, 55–58
  • restarting Windows, 59
  • shutting down, 58–59
  • signing out of Windows, 62
  • sleep mode, 60
  • switching to another user, 63
• turning on, 43–54
  • overview, 43–47
  • Windows 10, 47–51

• 2-in-1 laptops, 83

U

• UAC (User Account Control), 124
• Ultra Mobile PC (UMPC), 18
• Ultrabooks, 18, 272
• UltraLite laptop, 15–17
• uninstalling software, 125–126
• uninterruptible power supply (UPS), 39
• unique identification, 215
• Universal Security Slot (USS), 69, 250
• Universal Serial Bus. See USB
• unpacking from box, 33–41
  • keeping items, 36
  • overview, 33–34
  • removing laptop, 34–35
  • submitting warranty, 36
• unpairing, 157
• updating
  • upgrading vs., 273
  • when shutting down, 59
  • Windows 10, 237–238
    • postponing, 237–238
    • status, 237
• upgrading
  • new version of Windows, 273
  • overview, 272–273
• uploading pictures and videos, 187–189
• UPS (uninterruptible power supply), 39
• USB, 149–154
  • attaching, 151–152
  • connectors, 84
  • devices, 121, 154
  • hubs, 153
  • overview, 149–151
  • port, 71
  • removing, 151–152
  • USB-powered devices, 152–153
• USB C, 84, 150
• USB DVD drive, 27
• USB lamps, 289–290
• USB optical drive, 68
• USB tethering, 28
• User Account Control (UAC), 124
• user accounts, 111–116
  • accessing information about, 112
  • adding, 54
  • adding online accounts, 116
  • changing picture, 115–116
  • creating local accounts, 112–114
  • overview, 48
  • setting PINs, 114
  • switching to other, 63
• User Profile folder, 51–52, 103–104
• USS (Universal Security Slot), 69, 250

V

• vacuuming, 275, 289
• video cards, 26
• videos
  • editing programs, 26
  • projectors, 174
  • uploading, 187–189
• Videos folder, 104
• virtual memory disk swapping, 281–282
• Virus & Threat Protection, 238
• virus scans, 238–240

W

• wallpaper, 96
  • battery life and, 282
  • changing desktop, 117–118
• Wambooli website, 3
• warm boot, 47
• warnings
  • firewall, 242
  • low battery, 132–134, 284–285
  • social engineering threat, 234
• warranties
  • overview, 29–30
  • submitting, 36
• webcam
  • overview, 69
  • taking pictures with, 189–190
• weight, 24, 25
• Wi-Fi, 28, 203–206
  • accessing, 203–205
  • connecting to hidden network, 205–206
  • defined, 202
  • disconnecting from, 207–208
  • in-flight, 167–168
  • forgetting connections, 213–214
  • portable printers, 147
• Windows 10, 2, 25–26, 47–51, 95–108
  • Action Center, 100
  • activating, 49
  • Control Panel, 106–107
  • Cortana, 101
  • desktop, 96–97
  • locking, 62
  • Quick Settings, 107–108
  • restarting, 59
  • restoring previous versions, 261, 268–269
  • running for first time, 48–49
  • Settings app, 105–106
  • shortcut menu, 101
  • signing in to, 49–51
  • signing out of, 62
  • Start menu, 97–98
  • storage, 101–105
    • finding programs, 104–105
    • This PC window, 101–103
    • User Profile folder, 103–104
  • taskbar, 98–99
  • updates, 237–238
    • postponing, 237–238
    • status, 237
  • upgrading, 273
  • Windows Mobility Center, 108
• Windows button, 83
• Windows Defender, 236, 238
• Windows Explorer window, 102–103
• Windows key, 74
• Windows Media Player, 181–183, 188–189
• Windows Migration Wizard, 51
• Windows Mobility Center, 108
• Windows Security Center, 235–236
• Windows Sync Center, 225
• Windows Troubleshooter, 265–266
• wired networking, 28
  • disconnecting from, 207
  • overview, 203
  • security settings, 212
• wireless base station, 201
• wireless networking, 28, 203–206
  • accessing, 203–205
  • connecting to hidden network, 205–206
  • defined, 202
  • disconnecting from, 207–208
  • in-flight, 167–168
  • forgetting connections, 213–214
  • portable printers, 147
• wireless printers, 140–141
• wireless radio, 212–213
• word processor (text editor), 12
• workgroup, 217

X

• Xerox Dynabook, 9, 83
• Xerox PARC, 9
• X-rays, 165

Y

• Yahoo account, 116