Index

Numerics

  • 0day exploit, 684–685
  • 7-Zip add-on, 828
  • 32-bit, 62–63
  • 64-bit, 62–63

A

  • Abram, Carolyn (author)
    • Facebook For Dummies, 456
  • access point. See router
  • Accessibility icon, 106
  • accessing
    • health report, 265–266
    • Safe Mode, 634–637
  • accounts
    • adding to People app, 295–299
    • changing, 119–124
    • deleting, 122
    • Facebook, 446–452
    • Microsoft
      • about, 112–113, 127–129
      • benefits of, 129–131
      • controlling sync, 137–138
      • maintaining, 137
      • Microsoft Store and, 398
      • setting up, 131–135
      • stopping using, 136–137
    • types of, 109–112
    • Zoom, 483–485
  • Adblock Plus add-on, 242
  • adding
    • accounts to People app, 295–299
    • apps to lock screen, 89–90
    • calendar items to Calendar app, 290–291
    • clocks to taskbar, 500–502
    • contacts
      • from Google, 295
      • from Outlook.com, 296
      • to Skype, 350–351
    • email account to Windows 11 Mail, 284–286
    • extensions in Microsoft Edge, 241–242
    • files via OneDrive, 339–341
    • folders via OneDrive, 339–341
    • Google Drive to File Explorer, 802–803
    • items to taskbar, 207–208
    • people to People app, 295–299, 301–302
    • photos to Photos app, 306–309
    • Start menu folders, 190–191
    • users, 114–115
    • widgets, 363–364
  • add-ons, recommended free, 821–836
  • adjusting
    • accounts, 119–124
    • default web browser, 243–245
    • desktop backgrounds, 159–160
    • File History settings, 608–611
    • font in Notepad, 410
    • images
      • for lock screen, 85–88
      • for Start menu, 188–189
    • passwords, 708, 709–710
    • refresh rate, 168–169
    • Start menu, 185–192
    • user accounts, 119–124
    • Windows Security, 720–721
  • Administrative Events log, 643
  • administrator account, 110–112
  • Adobe Reader, 706, 783
  • ads, 147–149
  • ADSL, 16
  • adware, 16
  • Aerial view (Maps app), 419–420
  • AES-256, 748
  • Airplane icon, 106
  • albums (Photos app), 313–314
  • Alt+Tab, 80
  • Amazon (website), 17
  • Amazon Drive, 616
  • Android
    • about, 759
    • communication between Windows and, 760–763
    • linking smartphones to PCs, 763–768
    • removing devices from Phone app, 767–768
  • Android apps, 14, 44–45
  • antivirus software, 833
  • App History tab (Task Manager), 659–660
  • Appearance and Personalization (Control Panel), 510
  • Apple, privacy and, 147
  • Apple iCloud
  • Apple iTunes
    • installing, 772–776
    • setting up, 773–774
  • Application Events log, 644
  • apps
    • about, 43–45, 423–424
    • abundance of, 38
    • adding to lock screen, 89–90
    • Android, 14, 44–45
    • blocking location tracking in, 153
    • built-in
      • about, 405
      • Calculator, 414–416
      • Clock app, 406–408
      • Maps, 419–421
      • Microsoft To Do app, 418–419
      • Notepad, 409–411
      • Office Online, 526–527
      • Paint, 416–417
      • refreshing, 543–544
      • Sticky Notes, 417–418
      • Weather, 408–409
      • WordPad, 411–414
    • Calculator, 56, 414–416
    • Calendar
      • about, 269–270
      • adding calendar items, 290–291
      • choosing, 271–277
      • choosing a package, 277
      • disadvantages of, 291
      • troubleshooting, 287–289
    • checking for malware, 426–428
    • Clock, 56, 406–408
    • defined, 13
    • downloading, 424–426
    • Facebook, 459–460
    • Google, using to view/edit files, 804–806
    • GoToMyPC, 778
    • Groove Music
      • about, 365–368
      • creating playlists in, 370–371
      • finding music with, 368–369
    • installing, 402–403
    • killing, 656–657
    • Kindle, getting media from PC to, 787–790
    • LogMeIn for iOS, 778
    • Mail
      • about, 269–271, 277–281
      • automatic replies, 286
      • choosing, 271–277
      • choosing a package, 277
      • creating new messages, 281–283
      • default font, 287
      • notifications for, 287
      • personalization options, 286
      • Reading pane, 287
      • searching for emails, 284
      • settings for, 284–287
      • signature, 287
    • Microsoft Office, 526–527, 817–818
    • Microsoft To Do, 418–419
    • Movies & TV, 365, 379–380
    • moving between virtual desktops, 176–177
    • Office web, 818–819
    • ordering, 400
    • Outlook, 272, 275
    • People
      • about, 293
      • adding accounts, 295–299
      • adding people, 295–299, 301–302
      • adding accounts, 295–299
      • adding people, 295–299, 301–302
      • alternatives to, 294
      • contact list, 294–295
      • editing contacts, 299–300
      • searching for people in, 298
    • Phone
      • removing Android devices from, 767–768
      • using, 765–767
    • Photos
      • about, 55, 303
      • adding photos, 306–309
      • albums, 313–314
      • editing photos, 309–312
      • importing pictures from cameras/external drives, 307–308
      • switching to Light Mode in, 312–313
      • Video Editor, 377–379
      • viewing pictures with, 304–306
    • pinned, moving, 187
    • pinning
      • about, 186–187
      • to taskbar, 205–207
    • progressive web apps (PWA), 401
    • Remote Desktop Mobile, 778
    • removing from lock screen, 89–90
    • resizing, 167–168
    • RoboForm, 748–749
    • Send to Kindle, 789
    • Settings
      • about, 46–47, 506–509
      • “God Mode,” 514–516
      • installing new languages, 517–519
      • managing startup apps from, 665
      • options, 507–509
      • placing shortcuts on desktop, 511–514
    • Splashtop, 778
    • starting
      • about, 196–197
      • as admin from Windows Search, 199–200
    • startup, 665
    • Sticky Notes, 417–418
    • uninstalling, 403–404, 428–429
    • Universal Windows, 14
    • updating, 431–439, 434–436
    • viewing by groups in Microsoft Store, 400
    • Weather, 408–409
    • Windows, 13–14
    • Windows Security
      • about, 705–706, 713, 718–720, 833
      • adjusting, 720–721
      • do's and dont's of, 706–710
      • health report, 265–266
      • running manually, 722–724
    • Your Phone, 765
  • arranging icons on desktops, 180–181
  • attachments, 283, 709
  • auto high dynamic range (HDR), enabling, 164–166
  • automatic replies, 286
  • Automatic Update, 530–533
  • AutoPlay, configuring for removable devices, 591–592
  • Autoruns (Task Manager), 660–663

B

  • backdoor program, 673
  • Background Processes (Task Manager), 654
  • backgrounds, desktop, 159–160
  • backup
    • about, 601, 835
    • cloud, 613–614
    • files with File History, 603–611
  • Backup and Restore Center, 602
  • Basic Input/Output System (BIOS), 634, 729–733
  • Battery Saver icon, 106
  • Best Buy (website), 17
  • BIOS (Basic Input/Output System), 729–733
  • BitLocker, 61, 62, 744–746
  • Bitwarden, 748, 749–751, 823–824
  • blended-threat malware, 712
  • blocking
    • location tracking, 152–153
    • updating, 531–532
  • Bluetooth, 34
  • Bluetooth devices
    • about, 589–590
    • connecting, 594–596
    • unpairing, 596–597
  • Bluetooth icon, 106
  • Blu-ray drive, 31
  • BMP format, 787
  • books, 781–790
  • botnets, 17, 673–675
  • Box, 616
  • bricked PC, 539–540
  • Brightness icon, 106
  • broadband, 16
  • broadcast sharing, as benefit of cloud storage, 613
  • Brother printers, 578
  • browsers
    • about, 231–232
    • changing default, 243–245
    • listed, 243
    • setting as default, 243–245
    • warnings, 713–716
  • browsing Microsoft Store, 398–401
  • buffer overflow, 673, 674
  • buffer overrun, 673, 674
  • bug, 15
  • built-in applications
    • about, 405
    • Calculator, 414–416
    • Clock app, 406–408
    • Maps, 419–421
    • Microsoft To Do app, 418–419
    • Notepad, 409–411
    • Office Online, 526–527
    • Paint, 416–417
    • refreshing, 543–544
    • Sticky Notes, 417–418
    • Weather, 408–409
    • WordPad, 411–414
  • built-in security programs. See also security
    • controlling folder access, 724–726
    • SmartScreen, 726–729
    • Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI), 729–733
    • User Account Control (UAC), 733–735
    • Windows Defender Firewall (WDF), 735–742, 833
    • Windows Security, 706–710, 718–724, 833
  • bulleted lists, in Windows 11 Mail, 283
  • business pages (Facebook), 453
  • Butler, Eric (hacker), 753
  • buying Windows 11 computers, 17–37

C

  • cable, 16
  • cache, 29
  • Calculator app, 56, 414–416
  • Calendar app
    • about, 269–270
    • adding calendar items, 290–291
    • choosing, 271–277
    • choosing a package, 277
    • disadvantages of, 291
    • troubleshooting, 287–289
  • cameras
    • importing pictures from, 307–308
    • location tracking and, 151
    • webcams, 499–500
  • canceling document printing, 584–585
  • Canon printers, 578
  • card slots, 22
  • case sensitivity, for passwords, 122
  • Cast icon, 106
  • CD drive, 31
  • CDs, ripping music from, 373–375
  • central processing unit (CPU), 20–21
  • chain mail, 707
  • changing
    • accounts, 119–124
    • default web browser, 243–245
    • desktop backgrounds, 159–160
    • File History settings, 608–611
    • font in Notepad, 410
    • images
      • for lock screen, 85–88
      • for Start menu, 188–189
    • passwords, 708, 709–710
    • refresh rate, 168–169
    • Start menu, 185–192
    • states of data in OneDrive, 342–343
    • user accounts, 119–124
    • Windows Security, 720–721
  • chatting, in Microsoft Teams, 490–492
  • Cheat Sheet (website), 3
  • check boxes, enabling/disabling for files/folders, 222–224
  • Check Disk, 262–263
  • checking
    • apps for malware, 426–428
    • current version, 63–65
  • child account, 118–119
  • choosing
    • Calendar app, 271–277
    • between Facebook app and Facebook.com, 444–446
    • Facebook privacy settings, 449–451
    • Mail app, 271–277
  • Chrome (Google)
  • Chrome Extensions, 236
  • Chromebooks, 401
  • ChromeOS, 10–11
  • classic games, 389–391
  • clean PCs, 18
  • Clock and Region (and Language) (Control Panel), 510
  • Clock app, 56, 406–408
  • clocks, adding to taskbar, 500–502
  • cloud storage, 15, 603, 611–616
  • Cogswell, Bryce (researcher), 662, 674
  • Command Prompt, 634, 640
  • configuring AutoPlay for removable devices, 591–592
  • Confront and Conceal (Sanger), 675
  • connecting
    • about, 32–35
    • Bluetooth devices, 594–596
    • desktop PCs to networks, 232–233
    • to hidden Wi-Fi, 234–236
    • to Internet, 232–236
    • laptop to Wi-Fi, 233–234
    • multiple monitors, 498–499
    • network printers, 578–581
    • privacy and, 146–147
    • Remote Desktop, 496–497
    • tablet to Wi-Fi, 233–234
    • USB devices, 590–594
  • contacts
    • adding
      • to People app, 295–299, 301–302
      • on Skype, 350–351
    • editing in People app, 299–300
    • list of in People app, 294–295
  • Contacts+ (website), 294
  • Content view, 214
  • Control Panel, 506, 509–511. See also Settings app
  • controlled sharing, as benefit of cloud storage, 613
  • controlling
    • access to folders, 724–726
    • disks, 29–32
    • icons, 177–181
    • location tracking, 149–153
    • Microsoft accounts sync, 137–138
    • passwords, 747–751
    • shortcuts, 177–181
    • Solid State Drives (SSDs), 264–265
    • startup apps from Settings app, 665
    • Windows 11 from iPhones/iPads, 778–779
  • convertibles, 37
  • corporate networks, 62
  • Cortana
    • about, 51–52, 247–248
    • commands in, 255–256
    • setting up, 248–250
    • settings, 253–255
    • turning on voice activation, 250–251
    • using, 251–253
  • CPU (central processing unit), 20–21
  • crash, 14
  • creating
    • desktop shortcuts, 511–514
    • Facebook Timelines, 453–457
    • files, 215–217
    • folders, 215–217
    • Mail app messages, 281–283
    • playlists in Groove Music app, 370–371
    • restore points, 628
    • shortcuts, 178–180
    • videos with Video Editor, 377–379
    • ZIP files, 226–227
  • credit cards, using safely, 697–698
  • Ctrl+A, 80
  • Ctrl+Alt+Del, 80
  • Ctrl+B, 80
  • Ctrl+C, 80
  • Ctrl+I, 80
  • Ctrl+U, 80
  • Ctrl+X, 80
  • Ctrl+Z, 80
  • cumulative updates, 522
  • Customer Focus Services, 684
  • customizing
    • Recommended section, 189–190
    • widgets, 361–363
  • CyberGhost, 756

D

  • Dark Mode, 162–163
  • data
    • access to as benefit of cloud storage, 613, 614
    • OneDrive, 334–339
    • restoring from File History, 606–608
  • data breaches, 702–704
  • data mirroring, 568
  • DDoS (distributed denial-of-service) attacks, 673
  • DealTime (website), 700
  • default graphics card, setting, 388–389
  • defragmentation, 833
  • Deleted Items folder (Outlook.com), 811
  • deleting accounts, 122
  • Dell printers, 578
  • Deployment Image Servicing and Management (DISM), 541–543
  • desktop browsers, 713–716
  • desktop PCs, connecting to networks, 232–233
  • desktops
    • about, 157–159
    • adjusting backgrounds, 159–160
    • arranging icons on, 180–181
    • creating shortcuts, 511–514
    • files and folders, 209–230
    • navigating, 70–74
    • resolution, 166–167
    • starting, 53
    • themes, 161–162
    • virtual, 53, 175–177
  • Details tab (Task Manager), 663–664
  • Details view, 214
  • Device Manager, 544–545
  • Diagnostic Data Viewer, 145
  • diagnostics
    • about, 143–144
    • viewing data sent to Microsoft, 145–146
  • Direct Messaging, in Twitter, 471
  • direct storage, 48–49
  • disabling
    • check boxes for files/folders, 222–224
    • Flash, 696
    • Java, 696
    • notifications, 101–102
    • SmartScreen, 726–729
    • vertical tabs in Edge, 239
  • Disk Cleanup, 260–261
  • Disk Defragmenter, 263–264
  • disk partition manager, 833–834
  • disks, managing, 29–32
  • DISM (Deployment Image Servicing and Management), 541–543
  • displaying
    • file extensions, 219–221
    • print queue, 581–585
    • Xbox game bar, 50
  • DisplayPort connector, 34, 35
  • distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks, 673
  • Do Not Track, 154
  • DOC/DOCX format, 787
  • documents
    • canceling printing of, 584–585
    • pausing, restarting, and resuming for printing, 583–584
  • DOCX (OOXML Text Document), 413
  • Doubleclick, 141, 700
  • downloading
    • apps, 424–426
    • defined, 15
    • your data from Facebook, 457–458
    • Zoom, 482–484
  • downrightnow (website), 815
  • Drafts folder (Outlook.com), 811
  • drawing on OneNote pages, 322–324
  • Drive Extender, 566
  • drivers
  • drives, 29–32, 257–266, 307–308
  • DroidCam, 768–769
  • Dropbox, 614, 615, 829–830
  • DSL, 16
  • DuckDuckGo (website), 141
  • Dummies.com (website), 3
  • DVD drive, 31
  • dynamic refresh rate functionality, 48

E

  • Easy Connect, 557
  • eBay (website), 747
  • e-books, 781–790
  • Edge (Microsoft)
    • about, 50–51, 231, 236–238, 243
    • adding extensions, 241–242
    • enabling vertical tabs, 238–239
    • InPrivate browsing with, 239–241
    • phishing and, 678
    • sending sites to OneNote from, 325–326
    • using, 236–238
    • warnings in, 715–716
  • editing
    • contacts in People app, 299–300
    • files with Google apps, 804–806
    • photos in Photos app, 309–312
  • editions, 58–63
  • EFS (Encrypting File System), 61, 62, 744
  • Electronic Frontier Foundation (website), 141
  • email
    • adding account to Windows 11 Mail, 284–286
    • books, 787–789
    • making address a Microsoft account, 132–135
  • emoji keyboard, 82
  • enabling
    • auto high dynamic range (HDR), 164–166
    • check boxes for files/folders, 222–224
    • Game mode, 384–386
    • high dynamic range (HDR), 164–166
    • Remote Desktop connections, 495–496
    • System Protection, 626–627
    • vertical tabs in Edge, 238–239
    • voice activation for Cortana, 250–251
  • Encrypting File System (EFS), 61, 62, 744
  • End User License Agreement (EULA), 10
  • ending. See stopping
  • Epson printers, 578
  • EPUB format, 782
  • error checks, running, 261–263
  • Ethernet port, 232–233
  • EULA (End User License Agreement), 10
  • Event Viewer
    • about, 641–642
    • benefits of, 644–645
    • using, 642–644
  • executing. See starting
  • exiting. See stopping
  • expansion slots, 22
  • Extended Validation certificate, 714
  • extensions, adding in Microsoft Edge, 241–242
  • external drives, 32, 307–308
  • Extra Large Icons, 213
  • extracting ZIP files, 227–228

F

  • Facebook
    • about, 443
    • account sign up, 446–462
    • app, 459–460
    • building Timelines, 453–457
    • choosing
      • between Facebook app and Facebook.com, 444–446
      • privacy settings, 449–451
    • downloading your data from, 457–458
    • getting started, 443–460
    • privacy and, 141, 146
    • signing up for an account, 446–452
    • terminology, 452
    • website, 446
  • Facebook For Dummies (Abram and Kerasavas), 456
  • factory drivers, 619
  • Fair Credit Billing Act, 697
  • Fast User Switching, 124–125
  • features, new with Windows 11, 45–56
  • Federal Trade Commission (FTC) (website), 697
  • feedback data collection, 143–144
  • fiber, 16
  • File Explorer
    • about, 210–225
    • adding Google Drive to, 802–803
  • file extensions, displaying, 219–221
  • file formats, 787
  • File History
    • about, 602
    • backing up files with, 603–611
    • changing settings for, 608–611
    • restoring data from, 606–608
    • setting up, 604–605
    • verifying it worked, 605–606
  • files. See also folders
    • adding to OneDrive, 339–341
    • backing up with File History, 603–611
    • creating, 215–217
    • disabling for check boxes, 222–224
    • editing with Google apps, 804–806
    • enabling check boxes for, 222–224
    • grouping, 218–219
    • hidden, 221–222
    • searching for, 217–218
    • sharing, 224–225
    • sharing in OneDrive, 343–344
    • sorting, 218–219
    • synchronizing with Windows 11 to iPhones, 774–776
    • viewing with Google apps, 804–806
    • working with, 209–230
    • ZIP, 225–228
  • filtering search results, 198–199
  • finishing. See stopping
  • Firefox (Mozilla)
    • about, 243
    • phishing and, 678
    • warnings in, 715
  • Firesheep add-on, 753
  • firewalls
    • hardware, 736
    • inbound exceptions for, 739–742
    • stateful, 737
  • firmware, 522
  • Flash, disabling, 696
  • Flickr, 147, 151, 753
  • Focus Assist feature, 102–104
  • Focus Assist icon, 106
  • folders. See also files
    • adding to OneDrive, 339–341
    • creating, 215–217
    • disabling for check boxes, 222–224
    • enabling check boxes for, 222–224
    • grouping, 218–219
    • searching for, 217–218
    • sharing, 225–226
    • sharing in OneDrive, 343–344
    • sorting, 218–219
    • Start menu, 190–191
    • working with, 209–230
  • font
    • changing in Notepad, 410
    • defined, 413
  • forced updates, 38
  • formatting
    • drives, 258–260
    • text
      • in Windows 11 Mail, 282
      • in WordPad, 413
  • Forwarded Events log, 644
  • free add-ons, 821–836
  • free software, 825–836
  • freemium, 392
  • friend (Facebook), 448
  • friend request (Facebook), 448
  • Friis, Janus (developer), 345
  • FTC (Federal Trade Commission) (website), 697

G

  • game bar, 386–388
  • Game mode
    • about, 49
    • enabling, 384–386
  • games
    • about, 48–50, 381–382
    • classics, 389–391
    • enabling Game mode, 384–386
    • game bar, 386–388
    • Microsoft Sudoku, 390
    • searching Microsoft Store for, 382–384
    • setting default graphics card, 388–389
  • General Availability Channel, 523
  • generating
    • desktop shortcuts, 511–514
    • Facebook Timelines, 453–457
    • files, 215–217
    • folders, 215–217
    • Mail app messages, 281–283
    • playlists in Groove Music app, 370–371
    • restore points, 628
    • shortcuts, 178–180
    • videos with Video Editor, 377–379
    • ZIP files, 226–227
  • ghosting, 602
  • GIF format, 787
  • GlassWire, 736
  • Gmail
    • about, 690, 791–793
    • moving existing accounts to, 799–802
    • reading emails from, 798–799
    • sending emails from, 798–799
    • setting up, 796–798
    • website, 272, 699
  • Go Back, 619
  • “God Mode,” 514–516
  • Google
    • about, 298
    • adding contacts from, 295
    • mail through, 278
    • privacy and, 141, 147
  • Google apps, using to view/edit files, 804–806
  • Google Calendar, 275, 291
  • Google Chrome
  • Google ChromeOS, 10–11
  • Google Contacts (website), 294
  • Google Docs. See Google Drive
  • Google Drive
  • Google One. See Google Drive
  • Google Workspace, 794–795, 807–808
  • GoToMyPC app, 778
  • GPS chip, 149–153
  • Groove Music app
    • about, 365–368
    • creating playlists in, 370–371
    • finding music with, 368–369
  • group calls (Skype), 355–356
  • grouping
    • files and folders, 218–219
    • windows, 54

H

  • hacking Twitter, 469–470
  • Handbrake (website), 830
  • hard drives
    • about, 29–30, 199
    • maintenance tools for, 258–265
  • hardware
    • about, 9–10
    • inflexibility of requirements, 38
  • Hardware and Sound (Control Panel), 510
  • hardware firewalls, 736
  • hashtag, 462–463
  • HDMI connector, 34, 35
  • health report, 265–266
  • help. See also troubleshooting
    • about, 535–537
    • online, 562–563
    • recording your screen, 552–555
    • Remote Assistance, 555–561
    • tricks for using, 548–551
  • hidden files, viewing, 221–222
  • hidden Wi-Fi, 234–236
  • high dynamic range (HDR), enabling, 164–166
  • hoaxes, 686–688
  • Home page (Facebook), 452
  • hot links, 701
  • Hotmail
  • HP printers, 578
  • HTML (HyperText Markup Language), 787
  • HWiNFO (website), 831
  • hybrid drives, 29
  • HyperText Markup Language (HTML), 787
  • Hyper-V, 62

I

  • iCloud
  • iCloud Drive, 777
  • icons
    • Accessibility, 106
    • Airplane, 106
    • arranging on desktop, 180–181
    • Battery Saver, 106
    • Bluetooth, 106
    • Brightness, 106
    • Cast, 106
    • explained, 2–3
    • Focus Assist, 106
    • Keyboard Layout, 106
    • managing, 177–181
    • Project, 106
    • Remember, 3
    • Rotation lock, 106
    • Settings (Cortana), 253
    • Technical Stuff, 3
    • Tip, 3
    • Volume, 106
    • Warning!, 3
  • Image Backup, 602
  • images
    • changing
      • for lock screen, 85–88
      • for Start menu, 188–189
    • formats of, 306
    • importing from cameras/external drives, 307–308
  • importing
    • images from cameras/external drives, 307–308
    • pictures from cameras, 307–308
    • pictures from external drives into Photos app, 307–308
  • inbound exceptions, for firewalls, 739–742
  • inbound firewall, 735
  • Inbox folder (Outlook.com), 811
  • Incognito, 154
  • InPrivate browsing
    • about, 154
    • with Microsoft Edge, 239–241
  • installing
    • Apple iCloud, 776–777
    • Apple iTunes, 772–776
    • apps, 402–403
    • defined, 14
    • iCloud, 776–777
    • iTunes, 772–776
    • languages, 517–519
    • Microsoft Store apps, 402–403
    • printers, 576–581
    • troubleshooting, 537–538
    • updates for Windows 11, 524–525
    • webcams, 499–500
    • Zoom, 482–484
  • Internet
    • about, 231–232
    • connections to, 232–236
  • Internet resources
    • Amazon, 17
    • Best Buy, 17
    • Bitwarden, 749
    • book updates, 3
    • Cheat Sheet, 3
    • Contacts+, 294
    • CyberGhost, 756
    • DealTime, 700
    • downrightnow, 815
    • DuckDuckGo, 141
    • Dummies.com, 3
    • eBay, 747
    • Electronic Frontier Foundation, 141
    • Facebook, 446
    • Federal Trade Commission (FTC), 697
    • free online help, 562–563
    • GlassWire, 736
    • Gmail, 272, 699
    • Google Calendar, 275
    • Google Contacts, 294
    • Google Drive, 11
    • Handbrake, 830
    • Hotmail, 699
    • HWiNFO, 831
    • ipTracker, 690
    • ISC (SANS Internet Storm Center), 686
    • LibreOffice, 11
    • LinkedIn, 475
    • Malwarebytes, 751
    • Microsoft Answers, 720
    • Microsoft Security Response Center (MSRC) blog, 686
    • Microsoft Store, 396–398
    • Microsoft Teams, 493
    • Microsoft's Service Status, 815
    • MS Security Intelligence Report, 671–672
    • MSRC (Microsoft Security Response Center) blog, 686
    • Newegg, 17
    • NordVPN, 756
    • Notepad++, 411
    • OneNote, 326
    • Outlook.com, 272, 699, 810
    • Parallels Desktop, 11
    • Patch My PC Home Updater, 435
    • PayPal, 682
    • PhishTank database, 679
    • privacy rights, 699
    • RoboForm app, 748
    • SANS Internet Storm Center (ISC), 686
    • Skype, 346, 356
    • StatCounter, 12
    • Steam, 384
    • Surfshark, 756
    • Sync.me, 294
    • TeamViewer, 62
    • TrendsMap, 463
    • Twitter, 465
    • VirusTotal, 426
    • Yahoo! Mail, 699
    • ZDNet, 700
    • Zoom, 482
  • Internet service provider (ISP), 274
  • IP address, 738
  • iPads, controlling Windows 11 from, 778–779
  • iPhones
    • controlling Windows 11 from, 778–779
    • linking to PCs, 771–779
    • synchronizing files with Windows 11 to, 774–776
  • ipTracker (website), 690
  • ISC (SANS Internet Storm Center) (website), 686
  • ISP (Internet service provider), 274
  • iTunes
    • installing, 772–776
    • setting up, 773–774

J

  • jailbreak, 397
  • Java, disabling, 696
  • joining Zoom meetings, 488
  • JPG format, 787
  • jump list, 203–205
  • Junk Email folder (Outlook.com), 811

K

  • Karasavas, Amy (author)
    • Facebook For Dummies, 456
  • Keep my Files reset, 618, 620
  • key drive, 31–32
  • keyboard cable, 34
  • Keyboard Layout icon, 106
  • keyboard shortcuts
    • navigating, 79–82
    • opening InPrivate browsing windows, 241
    • switching between views, 215
  • keylogger, 673
  • Kindle/Kindle app, getting media from PC to, 787–790

L

  • LAN cable, 33
  • languages, installing, 517–519
  • laptop, connecting to Wi-Fi, 233–234
  • Large Icons view, 213
  • Larson-Green, Julie (programmer), 43
  • LastPass, 703
  • launching. See starting
  • layout, in WordPad, 413
  • LED screens, 27–28
  • Leonhard, Woody (author)
    • Windows 10 All-in-One For Dummies, 585
  • LibreOffice, 11, 832
  • Light Mode
    • about, 162–163
    • switching to in Photos app, 312–313
  • Line In, 35
  • Line Out, 36
  • LinkedIn
    • about, 474–475
    • account signup for, 475–479
    • basics of, 479–480
    • using apps for Windows and mobile devices, 480–481
    • website, 475
  • linking
    • Android smartphones to PCs, 763–768
    • iPhones to PCs, 771–779
  • Linux, 11
  • List view, 214
  • local account, 112–113, 115–118, 128–129
  • local printers, attaching, 577–578
  • location tracking
    • blocking, 152–153
    • controlling, 149–153
  • lock screen
    • about, 8, 75–77, 84
    • adding/removing apps to/from, 89–90
    • changing pictures for, 85–88
    • working with, 84–90
  • logging in/out
    • about, 83
    • to Zoom cloud meetings, 485–486
  • login screen, 8–9
  • LogMeIn for iOS app, 778
  • Long-Term Servicing Channel (LTSC), 523
  • LTSC (Long-Term Servicing Channel), 523

M

  • Mac. See iTunes
  • MacOS, 11
  • magnification, 170
  • Mail app
    • about, 269–271, 277–281
    • automatic replies, 286
    • choosing, 271–277
    • choosing a package, 277
    • creating new messages, 281–283
    • default font, 287
    • notifications for, 287
    • personalization options, 286
    • Reading pane, 287
    • searching for emails, 284
    • settings for, 284–287
    • signature, 287
  • maintaining
    • access to folders, 724–726
    • disks, 29–32
    • icons, 177–181
    • location tracking, 149–153
    • Microsoft accounts sync, 137–138
    • passwords, 747–751
    • shortcuts, 177–181
    • Solid State Drives (SSDs), 264–265
    • startup apps from Settings app, 665
    • Windows 11 from iPhones/iPads, 778–779
  • maintenance, system
    • drives, 257–266
    • Solid State Drives (SSDs), 264–265
  • Malicious Software Removal Tool, 522, 673
  • malware, 16, 426–428, 695–696, 710–713
  • Malwarebytes, 706, 751–752
  • managing
    • access to folders, 724–726
    • disks, 29–32
    • icons, 177–181
    • location tracking, 149–153
    • Microsoft accounts sync, 137–138
    • passwords, 747–751
    • shortcuts, 177–181
    • Solid State Drives (SSDs), 264–265
    • startup apps from Settings app, 665
    • Windows 11 from iPhones/iPads, 778–779
  • McNealy, Scott (CEO), 698
  • MDO (Microsoft Defender Offline), 706, 721
  • media
    • about, 35–37
    • getting from PC to Kindle, 787–790
  • Media Center, 60
  • Medium Icons, 213
  • meetings. See Microsoft Teams; Zoom
  • memory chips, 21
  • message priority indicator, in Windows 11 Mail, 283
  • Mic In, 36
  • Microsoft
    • contact information, 551
    • privacy and, 141
  • Microsoft 365, 809–810, 817–818
  • Microsoft accounts
    • about, 112–113, 127–129
    • benefits of, 129–131
    • controlling sync, 137–138
    • maintaining, 137
    • Microsoft Store and, 398
    • setting up, 131–135
    • stopping using, 136–137
  • Microsoft Answers forum, 562–563, 720
  • Microsoft Defender Antivirus, 522
  • Microsoft Defender Offline (MDO), 706, 721
  • Microsoft Edge
    • about, 50–51, 231, 236–238, 243
    • adding extensions, 241–242
    • enabling vertical tabs, 238–239
    • InPrivate browsing with, 239–241
    • phishing and, 678
    • sending sites to OneNote from, 325–326
    • using, 236–238
    • warnings in, 715–716
  • Microsoft Exchange, 278
  • Microsoft Mahjong, 390
  • Microsoft Malicious Software Removal Tool (MSRT), 522, 673
  • Microsoft Minesweeper, 390, 391
  • Microsoft Most Valued Professionals (MVPs), 562
  • Microsoft Office 365, 298, 795, 831–832
  • Microsoft Office app, 526–527, 817–818
  • Microsoft OneDrive
    • about, 329–336, 614, 829–830
    • account setup, 331–334
    • adding to, 339–341
    • changing states of data, 342–343
    • data states, 342–343
    • Photos app and, 306
    • sharing and, 225–226, 343–344
  • Microsoft OneNote
    • about, 315
    • adding content to pages, 322–324
    • adding notebooks, sections, and pages, 318–322
    • getting started, 316–318
    • sending to, 325–326
    • settings, 326–327
  • Microsoft Outlook. See Outlook.com
  • Microsoft Passport. See Microsoft accounts
  • Microsoft Passport Network. See Microsoft accounts
  • Microsoft Registered Partner, 683
  • Microsoft scams, 683–684
  • Microsoft Security Response Center (MSRC) blog (website), 686
  • Microsoft Solitaire Collection, 390, 391
  • Microsoft Store
    • about, 56, 395–396
    • app features, 396–398
    • browsing, 398–401
    • installing apps, 402–403
    • restrictions for, 397
    • searching for games, 382–384
    • uninstalling apps, 403–404
    • updating apps, 432–434
    • website, 396–398
  • Microsoft Sudoku, 390
  • Microsoft Teams
    • about, 56, 489
    • accessing, 493–494
    • chatting from Windows 11, 490–492
    • getting started, 489–490
    • starting meetings from Windows 11, 492–493
    • website, 493
  • Microsoft To Do app, 418–419
  • Microsoft Wallet. See Microsoft accounts
  • Microsoft's Service Status, 815
  • Miracast, 106
  • MOBI format, 782, 787
  • mobile hotspot, 16
  • modem, 16
  • modifying
    • accounts, 119–124
    • default web browser, 243–245
    • desktop backgrounds, 159–160
    • File History settings, 608–611
    • font in Notepad, 410
    • images
      • for lock screen, 85–88
      • for Start menu, 188–189
    • passwords, 708, 709–710
    • Start menu, 185–192
    • user accounts, 119–124
    • Windows Security, 720–721
  • monitors, connecting multiple, 498–499
  • mouse, 170–174
  • mouse cable, 34
  • Movies & TV app, 365, 379–380
  • moving
    • apps between virtual desktops, 176–177
    • pinned apps, 187
    • Start menu, 191–192
    • taskbar, 191–192
  • Mozilla Firefox
    • about, 243
    • phishing and, 678
    • warnings in, 715
  • MS Security Intelligence Report (website), 671–672
  • MSRC (Microsoft Security Response Center) blog (website), 686
  • MSRT (Microsoft Malicious Software Removal Tool), 522, 673
  • multiple desktops. See virtual desktops
  • Multi-touch technology, 170–175
  • music
    • about, 365
    • playing with Windows Media Player, 371–373
    • ripping from CDs, 373–375
  • MVPs (Microsoft Most Valued Professionals), 562

N

  • NAND Flash memory, 65
  • navigating
    • about, 69–70
    • desktops, 70–74
    • File Explorer, 210–212
    • keyboard shortcuts, 79–82
  • Network and Internet (Control Panel), 510
  • network interface card (NIC), 33
  • networks
    • about, 16
    • connecting desktop PCs to, 232–233
    • Safe Mode with networking, 634
  • Newegg (website), 17
  • News Feed (Facebook), 452
  • NIC (network interface card), 33
  • Ninite add-on, 825–826
  • NordVPN, 756
  • NoScript add-on, 696
  • Notebooks, adding, 318–322
  • Notepad, 409–411
  • Notepad++ (website), 411
  • Notes folder (Outlook.com), 811
  • Notification Center, 99–101
  • notifications
    • about, 97–98
    • disabling, 101–102
    • for mail, 287
  • numbered lists, in Windows 11 Mail, 283

O

  • ODF Text Document (ODT), 413
  • Office 365, 278, 795, 831–832
  • Office Online, 526–527
  • Office web apps, 818–819
  • offsite backups, as benefit of cloud storage, 613
  • OLED (organic light-emitting diode) screens, 27–28
  • OneDrive
    • about, 329–336, 614, 829–830
    • account setup, 331–334
    • adding to, 339–341
    • changing states of data, 342–343
    • data states, 342–343
    • Photos app and, 306
    • sharing and, 225–226, 343–344
  • OneNote
    • about, 315
    • adding content to pages, 322–324
    • adding notebooks, sections, and pages, 318–322
    • getting started, 316–318
    • sending to, 325–326
    • settings, 326–327
    • website, 326
  • online backup/sharing service, 614–616
  • online help, 562–563
  • OOXML Text Document (DOCX), 413
  • opening
    • InPrivate browsing windows, 241
    • widgets, 360
    • Windows Search, 194
  • OpenOffice.org, 832
  • Opera, 243, 678
  • operating system, 10–13
  • options
    • Accessibility (Settings app), 508
    • Accounts (Settings app), 508
    • Apps
      • Settings app, 508
      • Task Manager, 653
    • Bluetooth & Devices (Settings app), 507
    • Ease of Access (Control Panel), 510
    • Gaming (Settings app), 508
    • Network & Internet (Settings app), 507
    • Personalization (Settings app), 508
    • Privacy & Security (Settings app), 142–146, 508
    • Search (Settings app), 516–517
    • Secure Boot, 732–733
    • Settings app, 507–509
    • System (Settings app), 507
    • Time & Language (Settings app), 508
    • Windows Update (Settings app), 508
  • organic light-emitting diode (OLED) screens, 27–28
  • organizing
    • e-books, 784–787
    • Outlook.com, 814–815
  • outbound firewall, 735
  • Outlook app, 272, 275
  • Outlook.com
  • Outlook.com Calendar, 275, 291

P

  • pages (OneNote)
    • adding, 318–322
    • adding content to, 322–324
  • Paint, 55, 416–417
  • Paint.NET add-on, 827
  • Parallels Desktop, 11
  • parity, 568
  • password managers, 747
  • passwords
    • bypassing, 94–95
    • case sensitivity for, 122
    • changing, 708, 709–710
    • managing, 747–751
    • PIN, 90–92
    • reusing, 709–710
  • Patch My PC Home Updater, 435
  • patches, 522, 533, 707
  • pausing print queue, 583–584
  • payloads, 711
  • PayPal (website), 682
  • PCs
    • clean, 18
    • getting media to Kindle from, 787–790
    • linking Android smartphones to, 763–768
    • linking iPhones to, 771–779
    • reading e-books on, 783
    • rebooting, 527–528
    • resetting, 620–623
    • resetting to factory settings, 623–625
    • searching, 200–202
  • PDF, printing to, 576
  • PDF format, 706, 782, 787
  • People app
    • about, 293
    • adding
      • accounts, 295–299
      • people, 295–299, 301–302
    • alternatives to, 294
    • contact list, 294–295
    • editing contacts, 299–300
    • searching for people in, 298
  • performance
    • about, 47–48
    • comparing versions, 63–65
  • Performance Monitor, 648
  • Performance tab (Task Manager), 657–659
  • personalizing
    • Recommended section, 189–190
    • widgets, 361–363
  • phishing, 675–679
  • PhishTank database (website), 679
  • Phone app
    • removing Android devices from, 767–768
    • using, 765–767
  • photos
    • changing
      • for lock screen, 85–88
      • for Start menu, 188–189
    • formats of, 306
    • importing from cameras/external drives, 307–308
  • Photos app
    • about, 55, 303
    • adding photos, 306–309
    • albums, 313–314
    • editing photos, 309–312
    • importing pictures from cameras/external drives, 307–308
    • switching to Light Mode in, 312–313
    • Video Editor, 377–379
    • viewing pictures with, 304–306
  • pictures
    • changing
      • for lock screen, 85–88
      • for Start menu, 188–189
    • formats of, 306
    • importing from cameras/external drives, 307–308
  • Pictures folder, 307
  • PIN password, 90–92
  • pinned apps, moving, 187
  • pinning
    • apps, 186–187
    • apps to taskbar, 205–207
    • to Quick Access, 222
  • pixels, 27–28
  • playing videos and music with Windows Media Player, 371–373
  • playlists, creating in Groove Music app, 370–371
  • PNG format, 787
  • port, 738
  • postponing updates, 525–526
  • PowerShell, 199–200
  • primary infection vectors, 671–672
  • print queue, 581–585
  • printers
    • about, 575–576
    • connecting network, 578–581
    • installing, 576–581
    • print queue, 581–585
    • printing to PDF, 576
    • removing, 587
    • stopping print jobs, 587–588
    • troubleshooting, 585–588
  • privacy
    • about, 139–140
    • ads, 147–149
    • cloud storage, 612–613
    • concerns with, 38, 140–141
    • connections, 146–147
    • defending your, 698–699
    • Facebook settings, 449–451
    • location tracking, 149–153
    • minimizing intrusion, 154
    • Privacy & Security settings, 142–146
  • Private Browsing, 154
  • processes (Task Manager), 653–656
  • product key, 538
  • programs. See also apps
    • defined, 13
    • uninstalling, 428–429
    • updating, 434–436
  • Programs (Control Panel), 510
  • progressive web apps (PWA), 401
  • Project icon, 106
  • protocol, 738
  • public Wi-Fi, 708–709
  • publications
    • Confront and Conceal (Sanger), 675
    • Facebook For Dummies (Abram and Kerasavas), 456
    • Windows 10 All-in-One For Dummies (Leonhard), 585
    • Windows 11 For Dummies (Rathbone), 563
  • PWA (progressive web apps), 401

Q

  • qBittorrent add-on, 829
  • Quick Access
    • pinning items to, 222
    • removing items from, 222
  • Quick Actions, 104–106

R

  • RAID (Redundant Array of Inexpensive Discs), 568
  • ransomware, 16, 702
  • Rathbone, Andy (author)
    • Windows 11 For Dummies, 563
  • reading emails from Gmail, 798–799
  • Reading pane (Mail app), 287
  • Rear Surround Out, 36
  • rebooting PC, 527–528
  • receiving emailed books, 789–790
  • Recommended section, personalizing, 189–190
  • recording
    • calls in Skype, 356–357
    • your screen, 552–555
  • Recuva add-on, 824–825
  • Recycle Bin, 181
  • reducing spam, 700–701
  • Redundant Array of Inexpensive Discs (RAID), 568
  • refresh rate, adjusting, 168–169
  • refreshing built-in apps, 543–544
  • Registry, 834–835
  • Reliability Monitor, 645–649
  • Remember icon, 3
  • Remote Assistance, 555–561
  • Remote Desktop
    • about, 62, 494–495
    • connecting multiple monitors, 498–499
    • connecting with, 496–497
    • enabling connections, 495–496
  • Remote Desktop Mobile app, 778
  • remote work
    • about, 473–474
    • LinkedIn, 474–481
    • Microsoft Teams, 489–494
    • with Windows 11, 494–502
    • Zoom, 481–488
  • removable devices, configuring AutoPlay for, 591–592
  • Remove Everything reset, 618, 620
  • removing
    • Android devices from Phone app, 767–768
    • apps to/from lock screen, 89–90
    • items from taskbar, 207–208
    • printers, 587
    • from Quick Access, 222
    • Start menu folders, 190–191
    • updates, 528–530
    • USB devices, 592–594
  • Reply (Twitter), 470–471
  • researching security, 685–688
  • resetting
    • PCs, 620–623
    • PCs to factory settings, 623–625
  • resetting PCs, 620–623
  • resizing
    • apps, 167–168
    • text, 167–168
  • resolution (desktop), 166–167
  • resources, Internet
    • Amazon, 17
    • Best Buy, 17
    • Bitwarden, 749
    • book updates, 3
    • Cheat Sheet, 3
    • Contacts+, 294
    • CyberGhost, 756
    • DealTime, 700
    • downrightnow, 815
    • DuckDuckGo, 141
    • Dummies.com, 3
    • eBay, 747
    • Electronic Frontier Foundation, 141
    • Facebook, 446
    • Federal Trade Commission (FTC), 697
    • free online help, 562
    • GlassWire, 736
    • Gmail, 272, 699
    • Google Calendar, 275
    • Google Contacts, 294
    • Google Drive, 11
    • Handbrake, 830
    • Hotmail, 699
    • HWiNFO, 831
    • ipTracker, 690
    • ISC (SANS Internet Storm Center), 686
    • LibreOffice, 11
    • LinkedIn, 475
    • Malwarebytes, 751
    • Microsoft Answers, 720
    • Microsoft Security Response Center (MSRC) blog, 686
    • Microsoft Store, 396–398
    • Microsoft's Service Status, 815
    • MS Security Intelligence Report, 671–672
    • MSRC (Microsoft Security Response Center) blog, 686
    • Newegg, 17
    • NordVPN, 756
    • Notepad++, 411
    • OneNote, 326
    • Outlook.com, 272, 699, 810
    • Parallels Desktop, 11
    • Patch My PC Home Updater, 435
    • PayPal, 682
    • PhishTank database, 679
    • privacy rights, 699
    • RoboForm app, 748
    • SANS Internet Storm Center (ISC), 686
    • Skype, 346, 356
    • StatCounter, 12
    • Steam, 384
    • Surfshark, 756
    • Sync.me, 294
    • TeamViewer, 62
    • TrendsMap, 463
    • Twitter, 465
    • VirusTotal, 426
    • website, 493
    • Yahoo! Mail, 699
    • ZDNet, 700
    • Zoom, 482
  • Resources Monitor, 648
  • restart, 75–77
  • restarting documents for printing, 583–584
  • Restore, 606–608, 618–619
  • restore points, 625–631
  • restoring data from File History, 606–608
  • resuming print queue, 583–584
  • retweeting (RT), 471, 472
  • reusing passwords, 709–710
  • Revo Uninstaller add-on, 826
  • Rich Text Format (RTF), 412, 787
  • right-clicking, 228–230
  • ripping music from CDs, 373–375
  • Road view (Maps app), 419–420
  • RoboForm app, 748–749
  • rolling back, to restore points, 625–631
  • rootkits
  • Rotation lock icon, 106
  • router, 16
  • RT (retweeting), 471, 472
  • RTF (Rich Text Format), 412, 787
  • running
    • error checks, 261–263
    • Windows Security manually, 722–724
  • Rusen, Ciprian (author), contact information for, 4
  • Russinovich, Mark (novelist), 662, 674

S

  • S mode, 12, 60
  • Safe Mode, troubleshooting with, 633–640
  • Samsung DeX, 762–763
  • Samsung printers, 578
  • Sandbox (Windows), 547–548
  • Sanger, David (author)
    • Confront and Conceal, 675
  • SANS Internet Storm Center (ISC) (website), 686
  • satellite, 16
  • scanning for rootkits, 711
  • scareware, 693–694
  • Scheduled folder (Outlook.com), 811
  • scheduling Zoom meetings, 486–487
  • screens
    • about, 27–28
    • considerations for, 18–19
    • recording your, 552–555
    • setting resolution, 166–167
  • screenshots, 78–79
  • SD/miniSD/microSD card memory, 30
  • searching. See also Windows Search
    • about, 193
    • for email in Windows 11 Mail, 284
    • for files and folders, 217–218
    • Microsoft Store, 382–384
    • Microsoft Store for games, 382–384
    • PCs, 200–202
    • in People app, 298
  • sections (OneNote), adding, 318–322
  • Secure Boot, 23–24
  • security
    • about, 669–671, 743
    • BitLocker, 61, 62, 744–746
    • botnets, 673–675
    • browser warnings, 713–716
    • built-in
      • controlling folder access, 724–726
      • SmartScreen, 726–729
      • Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI), 729–733
      • User Account Control (UAC), 733–735
      • Windows Defender Firewall, 833
      • Windows Defender Firewall (WDF), 735–742
      • Windows Security, 706–710, 718–724, 833
    • comparing versions, 63
    • data breaches, 702–704
    • do's and dont's, 706–710
    • evaluating whether you're infected, 688–694
    • 419 scams, 680–683, 709
    • getting protection, 694–701
    • hoaxes, 686–688
    • improvements in, 52
    • malware, 695–696, 710–713
    • Malwarebytes, 706, 751–752
    • managing passwords, 747–751
    • Microsoft scams, 683–684
    • phishing, 675–679
    • primary infection vectors, 671–672
    • reducing spam, 700–701
    • researching, 685–688
    • scanning for rootkits, 711
    • scareware, 693–694
    • troubleshooting, 688–694
    • Windows Security, 713
    • 0day exploit, 684–685
    • zombies, 673–675
  • Security Events log, 644
  • selecting
    • Calendar app, 271–277
    • between Facebook app and Facebook.com, 444–446
    • Facebook privacy settings, 449–451
    • Mail app, 271–277
  • Send to Kindle application, 789
  • sending emails from Gmail, 798–799
  • Sent Items folder (Outlook.com), 811
  • Services tab (Task Manager), 663–664
  • servicing channels, 523
  • Servicing Stack updates, 522
  • settings
    • about, 505–509
    • browsers as default, 243–245
    • changing for user accounts, 119–124
    • Cortana, 253–255
    • default graphics card, 388–389
    • Facebook privacy, 449–451
    • File History, 608–611
    • OneNote, 326–327
    • Skype, 351–354
    • Windows 11 Mail, 284–287
  • Settings app
    • about, 46–47, 506–509
    • “God Mode,” 514–516
    • installing new languages, 517–519
    • managing startup apps from, 665
    • placing shortcuts on desktop, 511–514
  • Settings icon (Cortana), 253
  • setup
    • Cortana, 248–250
    • File History, 604–605
    • Gmail, 796–798
    • iTunes, 773–774
    • OneDrive account, 331–334
    • Storage Spaces, 568–572
    • trackpad, 174–175
    • Twitter account, 464–469
    • VPN, 754–755
  • Setup Events log, 644
  • 7-Zip add-on, 828
  • SFC (System File Check), 541–543
  • Shadow Copies, 602
  • sharing
    • files, 224–225
    • files via OneDrive, 331, 343–344
    • folders
    • OneDrive and, 225–226, 331
  • shortcuts
    • creating, 178–180
    • managing, 177–181
    • placing on desktop, 511–514
  • showing
    • file extensions, 219–221
    • print queue, 581–585
    • Xbox game bar, 50
  • shut down, 75–77
  • sidejacking, 753
  • sideloading, 397
  • sign out, 75–77
  • signature (mail), 287
  • signing in. See logging in/out
  • signing up
    • Facebook, 446–462
    • for Facebook accounts, 446–452
    • LinkedIn, 475–479
    • Skype, 346–349
  • Sinofsky, Steve (programmer), 43
  • 64-bit, 62–63
  • Skype
    • about, 345–346
    • adding contacts, 350–351
    • group calls, 355–356
    • recording calls, 356–357
    • settings for, 351–354
    • signing up with, 346–349
    • website, 346, 356
  • sleep, 75–77
  • Small Icons, 213
  • smartphones
    • linking Androids to PCs, 763–768
    • linking iPhones to PCs, 771–779
    • using as a webcam, 768–769
  • SmartScreen, 726–729
  • snap feature, 54
  • Sneakernet, 554
  • Snipping Tool, 56, 78–79, 551–552
  • software. See also apps
    • about, 9–10
    • free, 825–836
  • Solid State Drives (SSDs)
    • about, 21, 29–30, 32
    • maintaining, 264–265
  • sorting files and folders, 218–219
  • sound, 35–37
  • spam
    • defined, 17
    • reducing, 700–701
  • Splashtop app, 778
  • Spotify, 375–377
  • spyware, 16
  • SR (Steps Recorder), 553, 555
  • SSDs (Solid State Drives)
    • about, 21, 29–30, 32
    • maintaining, 264–265
  • standard account, 109–110, 110–112
  • Start menu
    • about, 46, 70–74, 183
    • components of, 184–185
    • folders, 190–191
    • modifying, 185–192
    • moving, 191–192
    • pinning apps to, 186–187
  • starting
    • apps, 196–197
    • apps as admin from Windows Search, 199–200
    • defined, 14
    • desktops, 53
    • Microsoft Teams meetings, 492–493
  • startup apps, managing from Settings app, 665
  • Startup Repair, 639
  • Startup Settings, 640
  • Startup tab (Task Manager), 660–663
  • StatCounter, 12
  • stateful firewalls, 737
  • Steam, 384
  • Steps Recorder (SR), 553, 555
  • Sticky Notes app, 417–418
  • stopping
    • defined, 14
    • print jobs, 587–588
  • storage
  • Storage Sense, 260–261
  • Storage Spaces
    • about, 258, 565–566
    • setting up, 568–572
    • strategies for, 574
    • virtualization, 566–568
    • working with, 572–573
  • Stuxnet, 675
  • SugarSync, 616
  • Surfshark, 756
  • Sweep feature (Outlook.com), 812–813
  • switching
    • between Dark and Light Mode, 162–163
    • themes, 161–162
    • users, 124–125
  • synchronizing
    • controlling, 137–138
    • files from Windows 11 to iPhones, 774–776
  • Sync.me (website), 294
  • System and Security (Control Panel), 509
  • system event log, 543
  • System Events log, 644
  • System File Check (SFC), 541–543
  • system maintenance
    • drives, 257–266
    • Solid State Drives (SSDs), 264–265
  • System Protection, 625–627
  • System Restore, 625–631, 639
  • System tools
    • Hyper-V, 62
    • Task Manager
      • about, 651–653
      • App History tab, 659–660
      • Autoruns, 660–663
      • Details tab, 663–664
      • Performance tab, 657–659
      • processes, 653–656
      • Services tab, 663–664
      • Startup tab, 660–663

T

  • tablets, connecting to Wi-Fi, 233–234
  • tabs (WordPad), 413
  • Task Manager
    • about, 651–653
    • App History tab, 659–660
    • Autoruns, 660–663
    • Details tab, 663–664
    • Performance tab, 657–659
    • processes, 653–656
    • Services tab, 663–664
    • Startup tab, 660–663
  • taskbar
    • about, 46, 193, 202–203
    • adding clocks to, 500–502
    • adding items o, 207–208
    • anatomy of, 203
    • jump list, 203–205
    • moving, 191–192
    • pinning apps to, 205–207
    • removing items from, 207–208
  • TCP (Transmission Control protocol), 738
  • TeamViewer, 62, 778–779
  • tech support scams, 551
  • Technical Stuff icon, 3
  • telemetry, 143–144, 154
  • Terminal (Windows), 545–547
  • terminating. See stopping
  • terminology, 13–17
  • tethering, 16
  • text
    • formatting
      • in Windows 11 Mail, 282
      • in WordPad, 413
    • resizing, 167–168
    • wrapping in Notepad, 411
  • Text Document (TXT), 413, 787
  • themes, desktop, 161–162
  • 32-bit, 62–63
  • three-way mirroring, 568
  • tiles, 185
  • Tiles view, 214
  • Timeline (Facebook), 452, 453–457
  • timestamp, in Notepad, 411
  • Tip icon, 3
  • TippingPoint, 684–685
  • tools, System
    • Hyper-V, 62
    • Task Manager
      • about, 651–653
      • App History tab, 659–660
      • Autoruns, 660–663
      • Details tab, 663–664
      • Performance tab, 657–659
      • processes, 653–656
      • Services tab, 663–664
      • Startup tab, 660–663
  • touchscreens, 74–75
  • touch-sensitive tablets, 24–27
  • TPM (Trusted Platform Module), 23–24
  • trackpad, setting up, 174–175
  • Transmission Control protocol (TCP), 738
  • TrendsMap (website), 463
  • Trojans, 16, 711
  • troubleshooting. See also help
    • about, 535–537
    • Outlook.com, 815–816
    • printing, 585–588
    • recording your screen, 552–555
    • Remote Assistance, 561
    • with Safe Mode, 633–640
    • security, 688–694
    • Windows 11 Calendar, 287–289
  • Trusted Platform Module (TPM), 23–24
  • tweet, 461–462
  • Twitter
    • about, 60–464531
    • account setup, 464–469
    • @ sign, 470–471
    • Direct Messaging, 471
    • hacking, 469–470
    • Reply, 470–471
    • retweeting (RT), 471, 472
    • website, 465
  • two-factor authentication, 135
  • two-step verification, 135
  • TXT (Text Document), 413, 787

U

  • UAC (User Account Control), 733–735
  • UDP (User Datagram Protocol), 738
  • UEFI (Unified Extensible Firmware Interface), 729–733
  • Ultrabooks, 37
  • unblocking updating, 532–533
  • unfriending (Facebook), 448
  • Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI), 634, 729–733
  • uninstalling
    • apps, 403–404, 428–429
    • Microsoft Store apps, 403–404
    • programs, 428–429
  • Universal Serial Bus (USB) connections, 22, 32–33
  • Universal Windows app, 14
  • unlocking, 397
  • unpairing Bluetooth devices, 596–597
  • updating
    • about, 521–522
    • apps, 431–439, 434–436
    • Automatic Update, 530–533
    • blocking, 531–532
    • book (website), 3
    • drivers, 431, 437–439
    • forced, 38
    • installing updates, 524–525
    • Microsoft Office, 526–527
    • Microsoft Store apps, 432–434
    • postponing, 525–526
    • postponing updates for Windows 11, 525–526
    • programs, 434–436
    • removing updates, 528–530
    • terminology for, 522–523
    • troubleshooting, 539–545
    • unblocking, 532–533
  • upgrading
    • about, 521–522
    • to Windows 11, 39–40
  • uploading, 15
  • U.S. CAN-SPAM Act, 700
  • USB (Universal Serial Bus) connections
    • about, 22, 32–33
    • configuring AutoPlay for, 591–592
  • USB devices
    • about, 589–590
    • connecting, 590–594
    • removing, 592–594
  • USB drive, 31–32
  • User Account Control (UAC), 733–735
  • user accounts, 107–108
  • User Accounts (Control Panel), 510
  • User Datagram Protocol (UDP), 738
  • users
    • about, 108
    • account types, 109–112
    • adding, 114–115
    • changing accounts, 119–124
    • Microsoft accounts, 112–113
    • switching, 124–125

V

  • verifying
    • apps for malware, 426–428
    • current version, 63–65
  • versions
    • about, 57–58, 522
    • checking current, 63–65
    • editions, 58–63
    • 32-bit compared with 64-bit, 62–63
  • vertical tabs, enabling in Edge, 238–239
  • video cards, 21
  • Video Editor (Photos app), 377–379
  • videos
    • about, 35–37, 365
    • creating with Video Editor, 377–379
    • formats of, 306
    • playing with Windows Media Player, 371–373
  • viewing
    • diagnostic data sent to Microsoft, 145–146
    • files with Google apps, 804–806
    • hidden files, 221–222
  • viewing apps by groups in Microsoft Store, 400
  • views, of files and folders, 212–215
  • virtual desktops, 53, 175–177
  • Virtual Private Network (VPN), 752–756, 830
  • virtualization, of storage, 566–568
  • viruses, 16, 710–711
  • VirusTotal, 426–427
  • VLC Media Player add-on, 822–823
  • voice activation, turning on for Cortana, 250–251
  • Volume icon, 106
  • VPN (Virtual Private Network), 752–756, 830

W

  • Warning! icon, 3
  • WDF (Windows Defender Firewall), 735–742, 833
  • Weather app, 408–409
  • web browsers
    • about, 231–232
    • changing default, 243–245
    • InPrivate browsing, 239–241
    • listed, 243
    • setting as default, 243–245
    • warnings, 713–716
  • webcams
    • about, 499–500
    • using smartphones as, 768–769
  • websites
    • Amazon, 17
    • Best Buy, 17
    • Bitwarden, 749
    • book updates, 3
    • Cheat Sheet, 3
    • Contacts+, 294
    • CyberGhost, 756
    • DealTime, 700
    • downrightnow, 815
    • DuckDuckGo, 141
    • Dummies.com, 3
    • eBay, 747
    • Electronic Frontier Foundation, 141
    • Facebook, 446
    • Federal Trade Commission (FTC), 697
    • free online help, 562
    • GlassWire, 736
    • Gmail, 272, 699
    • Google Calendar, 275
    • Google Contacts, 294
    • Google Drive, 11
    • Handbrake, 830
    • Hotmail, 699
    • HWiNFO, 831
    • ipTracker, 690
    • ISC (SANS Internet Storm Center), 686
    • LibreOffice, 11
    • LinkedIn, 475
    • Malwarebytes, 751
    • Microsoft Answers, 720
    • Microsoft Security Response Center (MSRC) blog, 686
    • Microsoft Store, 396–398
    • Microsoft Teams, 493
    • Microsoft's Service Status, 815
    • MS Security Intelligence Report, 671–672
    • MSRC (Microsoft Security Response Center) blog, 686
    • Newegg, 17
    • NordVPN, 756
    • Notepad++, 411
    • OneNote, 326
    • Outlook.com, 272, 699, 810
    • Parallels Desktop, 11
    • Patch My PC Home Updater, 435
    • PayPal, 682
    • PhishTank database, 679
    • privacy rights, 699
    • RoboForm app, 748
    • SANS Internet Storm Center (ISC), 686
    • Skype, 346, 356
    • StatCounter, 12
    • Steam, 384
    • Surfshark, 756
    • Sync.me, 294
    • TeamViewer, 62
    • TrendsMap, 463
    • Twitter, 465
    • VirusTotal, 426
    • Yahoo! Mail, 699
    • ZDNet, 700
    • Zoom, 482
  • widgets
    • about, 54–55, 359
    • adding, 363–364
    • customizing, 361–363
    • opening, 360
    • working with, 360–361
  • Wi-Fi
    • connecting laptop to, 233–234
    • connecting tablet to, 233–234
    • hidden, 234–236
  • Wi-Fi network
    • defined, 16
    • public, 708–709
  • Wi-Fi router, 16
  • Windows 10, rolling back to, 40–42
  • Windows 10 All-in-One For Dummies (Leonhard), 585
  • Windows 11. See also specific topics
    • about, 7–9
    • apps, 43–45
    • buying computers, 17–37
    • communication between Android and, 760–763
    • design philosophy behind, 42–43
    • installing updates for, 524–525
    • new features in, 45–56
    • patches, 707
    • postponing updates for, 525–526
    • problems with, 38
    • remote work with, 494–502
    • right-clicking in, 228–230
    • upgrading to, 39–40
    • using on touchscreens, 74–75
  • Windows 11 Education, 59, 61
  • Windows 11 Enterprise, 59, 61
  • Windows 11 For Dummies (Rathbone), 563
  • Windows 11 Home, 59
  • Windows 11 IoT, 59, 61
  • Windows 11 Mobile, 13
  • Windows 11 Pro, 59, 61
  • Windows 11 Pro Education, 59
  • Windows 11 Pro for Workstations, 59, 61
  • Windows app, 13–14
  • Windows Backup, 602
  • Windows Defender Firewall (WDF), 735–742, 833
  • Windows Hello, 92–94
  • Windows Help & Learning, 549–551
  • Windows Home Server, 566. See also Storage Spaces
  • Windows Insider Program, 523
  • Windows key, 80
  • Windows key+X, 81
  • Windows Live Contacts. See People app
  • Windows Live IDs. See Microsoft accounts
  • Windows Live OneDrive. See OneDrive
  • Windows Media Center, 60
  • Windows Media Player, 371–373
  • Windows Processes (Task Manager), 654
  • Windows Recovery Environment (WRE), 619, 638–640
  • Windows Sandbox, 547–548
  • Windows Search
    • about, 194–196
    • filtering results, 198–199
    • searching PC, 200–202
    • starting apps, 196–197
    • starting apps as admin from, 199–200
  • Windows Security app
    • about, 705–706, 713, 718–720, 833
    • adjusting, 720–721
    • do's and dont's of, 706–710
    • health report, 265–266
    • running manually, 722–724
  • Windows Terminal, 55, 545–547
  • wireless networking, 16
  • WordPad, 411–414
  • worms, 16, 711
  • wrapping text, in Notepad, 411
  • WRE (Windows Recovery Environment), 619, 638–640

X

  • Xbox, 56
  • Xbox game bar, 49–50
  • X-ZIP format, 787

Y

  • Yahoo!
    • about, 298
    • mail through, 278
    • privacy and, 147
  • Yahoo! Mail (website), 699
  • Your Phone app, 765

Z

  • ZDNet (website), 700
  • Zennstrom, Niklas (developer), 345
  • zero days, 531
  • 0day exploit, 684–685
  • ZeuS botnet, 675
  • ZIP files
    • about, 225–226
    • creating, 226–227
    • extracting, 227–228
  • ZIP format, 787
  • zombies, 673–675
  • Zoom
    • about, 481–482
    • account setup, 483–485
    • downloading, 482–484
    • installing, 482–484
    • joining meetings, 488
    • scheduling meetings, 486–487
    • signing into cloud meetings, 485–486
    • website, 482
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