CHAPTER 4: WINDOWS OPERATING SYSTEM

CHAPTER 4

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CHAPTER 4

This topic describes about the Microsoft Windows 10
services that has been offered to the students including
in how to install Windows 10, configuring all elements
in Windows 10 through Control Panel, connecting
Windows 10 to the network

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Lesson Learning Outcome :
At the end of this chapter, students should be able to:
• Explore Microsoft Windows 10 operating system
• Configure Microsoft Windows 10 operating system
• Maintaining Windows 10 operating system

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4.2 Configure Windows 10 OS
4.3 Maintaining Windows 10 OS

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Windows 10 Edition Security of Windows
10
Windows 10 32 bits Utilities Program
and 64 bits
Windows 10 Desktop Windows Update

Data Security Advanced Firewall

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Windows 10 Editions

Windows 10 is a series of operating
systems developed by Microsoft and
released as part of its Windows NT
family of operating systems.

It is the successor to Windows 8.1,
released nearly two years earlier, and
was released to manufacturing on
July 15, 2015, and broadly released
for the general public on July 29,
2015.

Editions :
 Baseline editions
 Organizational editions
 Device-specific editions

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Windows 10 Editions

Baseline editions

• Only editions available as standalone
purchases in retail outlets.

• Windows 10 Home is designed for
use in PCs, tablets and 2-in-1 PCs. It
includes all features directed at
consumers.

Organizational editions

• These editions add features to
facilitate centralized control of many
installations of the OS within an
organization.

• The main avenue of acquiring them is
a volume licensing contract with
Microsoft.

• This collection of Windows 10
operating systems contains Windows
10 Enterprise, Windows 10 Education,
Windows 10 Pro Education,
Enterprise LTSB and Windows 10
Mobile Enterprise..

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Windows 10 Editions

Device-specific editions

• These editions are licensed to OEMs only, and
are primarily obtained via the purchase of
hardware that includes Microsoft Windows 10
Edition.

• There are designed to function on specific
devices such as Windows 10 Mobile.

• This version of Windows was designed for
smartphones and tablets and was the
successor to Windows RT and Windows Phone
8.1

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Windows 10 32 Bits And 64 Bits

• Windows 10 64-bit is recommended if you have 4
GB or more RAM.

• Windows 10 64-bit supports up to 2 TB of RAM,
while Windows 10 32-bit can utilize up to 3.2 GB.

• The memory address space for 64-bit Windows is
much larger, which means, you need twice as
much memory than 32-bit Windows to accomplish
some of the same tasks.

Addressable space

Has 4 GB addressable Has 16 GB addressable
space space

Applications support

64-bit applications and 32-bit applications and
programs won't work programs will work

OS support

Need a 32-bit operating It can run on 32 and
system the 64-bit operating
system

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Windows 10 32 Bits And 64 Bits

Support for multi-tasking

Not an ideal option for Works best for performing
stress testing and multi- multi-tasking and stress
tasking testing

OS and CPU requirement

32-bit operating systems 64-bit OS demands 64-bit
and applications require CPU, and 64-bit
32-bit CPUs applications require 64-bit
OS and CPU

System available

Support Windows 7, 8 Windows XP Professional,
Vista, XP, and, Linux Windows Vista, Windows
7, Windows 8,Windows
10, Linux, and Mac OS X

Memory limits

32-bit systems limited to 64-bit systems will
3.2 GB of RAM 32 bit enable you to
Windows. It addresses store up to 17
limitation doesn't allow Billion GB of RAM
you to use full 4GB of
Physical memory space

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Start Menu

• To open the Start menu—which contains all
your apps, settings, and files—do either of
the following:

• On the left end of the taskbar, select
the Start icon.

• Press the Windows logo key on your
keyboard.

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Using The Taskbar

• Right-click any open area on the taskbar and
then click “Taskbar Settings.” On the taskbar
settings page, scroll down a bit to the
“Notification Area” section and click the “Turn
system icons on or off” link. You'll see a list of
system icons. Run through them and toggle
each one on or off to suit your needs.

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Windows Explorer

• To open Internet Explorer, select Start , and
enter Internet Explorer in Search . Select
Internet Explorer (Desktop app) from the results.
If you can't find Internet Explorer on your device,
you'll need to add it as a feature. Select Start >
Search , and enter Windows features.

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Hiding Picture And Photo Names

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Switching Between Windows

• You can use Flip to switch
between open windows. To do this, press and
hold the Alt key on your keyboard, then press
the Tab key. Continue pressing the Tab key until
the desired window is selected.

• Keyboard shortcut – alt + tab (Windows Flip)

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Create Partition

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• Open the Disk Management tool.
Commonly, this tool is opened by just
right-clicking on the My Computer icon
on the desktop and selecting Manage.
Some people prefer to use the
command line either by inputting
"compmgmt.msc" or "dksmgmt.msc"
Any of these options can pull up the
Disk Management interface.

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Create Partition

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• Select the disk that you want to
partition. To do so, you just have to
right-click on the partition. There will be
a set of options you can choose from.
For this, you have to choose Shrink
Volume.

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Create Partition

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• There will be a pop-up window that will
appear. In this pop-up window, it is up
to you to modify the space you want to
shrink. Once done, you have to click on
the Shrink button located at the lower
right of the pop-up window.

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Create Partition

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• Once you have finished with the
previous step, you can notice an
unallocated space in the disk that you
have chosen. You have to right-click
on this unallocated space. A set of
options will then be shown to you, by
which you will be choosing New
Simple Volume. You just have to
follow the wizard to be able to format
as well as partition the new volume.

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Things to Take Care of When Partitioning
Your Hard Drive

When you are partitioning
your hard drive, there are
several things that you will
have to take care of to ensure
that nothing goes wrong.

First of all, make sure that you
are partitioning the right disk
before you go ahead with the
step-by-step tutorial. See to it
that if you want to partition
then disk C, you should be
clicking on disk C.

To avoid data losses, it
is also a good idea to
back up your important
files such as photos,
videos, documents, and
other digital files before
you do any partitioning
on your Windows 10
computer.

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Security in Microsoft Windows 10

• Windows 10 includes Windows Security, which
provides the latest antivirus protection.

• Your device will be actively protected from the
moment you start Windows 10.

• Windows Security continually scans for malware
(malicious software), viruses, and security threats.

• In addition to this real-time protection, updates are
downloaded automatically to help keep your device
safe and protect it from threats.

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Security in Microsoft Windows 10

• Windows Security is your home to manage the tools
that protect your device and your data:

Virus & threat protection
Monitor threats to your device, run scans, and get
updates to help detect the latest threats. (Some of
these options are unavailable if you're running
Windows 10 in S mode.)

Account protection
Access sign-in options and account settings,
including Windows Hello and dynamic lock.

Firewall & network protection
Manage firewall settings and monitor what’s
happening with your networks and internet
connections.

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Security in Microsoft Windows 10

App & browser control
Update settings for Microsoft Defender SmartScreen to
help protect your device against potentially dangerous
apps, files, sites, and downloads. You'll have exploit
protection and you can customize protection settings
for your devices.

Device performance & health
View status info about your device’s performance
health, and keep your device clean and up to date
with the latest version of Windows 10.

Data security
Review built-in security options to help protect
your device from attacks by malicious software.

Family options
Keep track of your kids’ online activity
and the devices in your household.

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Anti-virus Software

• Antivirus software was originally developed to detect
and remove computer viruses, hence the name.

• However, with the proliferation of other kinds of
malware, antivirus software started to provide
protection from other computer threats.

• In particular, modern antivirus software can protect
users.

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Windows Firewall

• Windows Firewall is a Microsoft Windows application
that filters information coming to your system from
the Internet and blocking potentially harmful
programs.

• When using a public network, Windows Firewall can
also secure the system by blocking all unsolicited
attempts to connect to your computer

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Windows Defender

• Windows Defender is an anti-malware tool built into
Microsoft's Windows 8 and newer operating systems
that is designed to protect computers from viruses,
spyware and other forms of malware.

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User Account Control (UAC)

• UAC for short is a security feature of Windows which
helps prevent unauthorized changes to the operating
system.

• These changes can be initiated by applications, users,
viruses or other forms of malware.

• User Account Control makes sure certain changes are
made only with approval from the administrator. If the
changes are not approved by the administrator, they
are not executed, and Windows remains unchanged.

• It is as if nothing happened. UAC was first made
available for Windows Vista

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