windows 10 part 2

      

    

                              windows 10

  if you want to along the far left of the Start menu is where you’ll find File Explorer which is where you can access Files and folders on your computer Settings and below that is power where You can restart shutdown or put your Computer to sleep more on settings later Just like iOS and Android Microsoft has its own App Store for Windows you can find it in the list by Selecting a letter jump to M and finding Microsoft Store in the list if you plan To go here often I’d recommend pinning it to your taskbar Currently it’s in my taskbar just to the Right of file explorer so I’ll open it Up on their home page you’ll find Featured items along the top you can Select categories that include apps Games movies and TV and books if you Know what you’re looking for you can do A search I’ll do a search for Kody and There it is to install any app select Get to the far right if you select the Menu icon You have the options to view downloads And updates store settings your library Along with other account information now Let’s go take a look at the various Settings for Windows 10 if you’ve used Older versions of Windows you should be Familiar with the control panel which You can still access by typing control Panel into the search bar or you could Say hey Cortana control panel alright Which control panel do you want to open Control panel or settings control panel Alright starting control panel here you Can still access many of the settings For your computer since Microsoft is Slowly phasing out the control panel Will focus on the primary Settings app For Windows 10 you could ask Cortana to Open settings or you could just go to  The Start menu and select the Settings Icon with settings open I’ll move quickly through each of these Categories highlighting options that Might be of interest to you we’ll go Through these in order starting with System displays where you can rearrange And change settings for your monitors You can change the order of your Displays by selecting the number and Dragging it to the left or to the right A cool feature introduced last year is Nightlight which can reduce the blue Light on your screens at night which Studies claim can make you sleep better In notifications and actions you can add Or remove quick actions which show up When you select notifications that I Showed you earlier if you scroll down This page you can turn on or off which Apps are allowed to send you Notifications power and sleep is where You can set your power settings for more Options select additional power settings And select a plan that works best for You here you can see your storage Storage sense is something that I leave On to automatically free up space tablet Mode is useful for those of you that Have a Microsoft Surface or similar Device that can be used as a tablet and In multitasking There is no need to turn any of these Off now for devices most of these are Self-explanatory bluetooth and other Devices you can see what’s connected to Your system or add devices printers and Scanners will show you what’s connected To your system here’s where you can Change your mouse settings in typing I Would suggest leaving these turned on Especially if you’re a horrible sspelle And in USB make sure this one is checked So you can get notified if there are and Issues connecting to USB devices if you Select phone you can link an Android or iPhone to be able to work continuously between your PC and phone with compatible apps for some of you this is a feature that might be useful in network and Internet you can see your network status set up Wi-Fi and other options for those of you that thought dial-up was dead it’s not there are still many areas in the United States and around the world that don’t have broadband service yet personalization is where you can make changes to the overall look of Windows 10 I’ll spend a little bit more time in this category you can set the background to be a slideshow just a single picture or a solid color you can browse your computer for other pictures that you would prefer to have as your background you can set how often the picture gets cchange anywhere from one minute to one day if you put a checkmark here you can automatically have the system pick an accent color based on your background currently the accent color on my system is blue but you can change it to any of the colors listed and if you scroll down this page in previous videos many have asked how I got this dark background for the settings menu when you first launch Windows 10 light is the default for me It’s a little too bright so I prefer the Dark when you’re on your lockscreen

                    The default pictures are going to be From Microsoft if you want to change That you can choose your own picture or Use your slideshow I’ll just stick with The windows spotlight here themes is a Great place to personalize Windows 10 I currently have several themes you can Get additional themes in the Windows Store and there are a lot to choose from If you need more screen space and you Want to get rid of the taskbar when I Use often is automatically hide the Taskbar in desktop mode when you head Into the apps category you will see a Listing of all the software and apps on Your system This is a good place to uninstall Software that you no longer need so just Find a program that you want to get rid Of and then select uninstall default Apps as the name implies is a good place To set defaults for email maps music Player and so on and so forth when you First install Windows 10 Microsoft edge Will be your default web browser on your System this is a shocker it even say Here it’s recommended for Windows 10 to Change any of the defaults just to Choose another app that’s listed will Skip over accounts which is where you Can add accounts to your system time and Language is an area where you shouldn’t Have to message the settings too much For some of you the text-to-speech Settings may be useful to change the Voice to one of the three listed and to Change the speed some youtubers use Text-to-speech to narrate their videos In gaming if you don’t plan to record or Broadcast your gameplay you may want to Consider turning the game bar off many Players that have installed games from The Microsoft Store have experienced a Multitude of game crashes on low and High powered systems many have noticed By turning the game bar off that crashes To their desktop have reduced Substantially the ease of access Settings is where you want to go if you Have difficulty hearing seeing or Working with your keyboard or Mouse just Select one of the categories on the left That you think will help you out and Adjust the settings we already discussed Cortana earlier so let’s go into the Privacy settings in a recent video I Discussed a couple settings that might Be useful for you to increase your Privacy first in general you can turn Off advertising ID then go down the left Pane to speech inking and type And you can turn off speech services and Typing suggestions if you turn the Second one off you won’t be able to Speak to Cortana the last settings Category is update and security the only Settings in this category that have had To change are in Windows Update it says I have an update that’s available the Status is a waiting restart which will Happen outside of active hours you don’t Want your system to restart if you’re Actively using your computer so select Change active hours and select the hours You do not want windows to automatically Restart your computer if you want to Specify a time for Windows to restart to Finish installing updates go to restart Options make sure this toggled on and Select a time and day below that you’ll See show more notifications it’s Typically a good idea to leave this Turned on just in case you forgot that You had scheduled it’ll time to restart Your computer the notification will Allow you to delay the restart if needed And with that this closes out the Windows settings portion of this video If you need further assistance with Using Windows 10 I’ve created a playlist That I will link to in the description With 17 other videos including useful Keyboard shortcuts tips to speed up Performance along with others that Hopefully will help you out thanks for Watching give this video a thumbs up if It was useful for you it’s difficult to Cover everything in this type of video So let me know in the comments if you Have any other tips that you think might Be beneficial for others to know and if You haven’t done so already click on the Subscribe button and bail notification Icon for more Windows 10 tips and other Tech related stuff from tech gumbo