Free Windows 10: The Ultimate User Guide in Using Your Windows 10 by Tony Brianson Page A

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    Each copy of Windows 10 operating system will come with its own Xbox app. This Xbox app is meant to provide a desktop experience to desktop users. Users can view their Xbox activity as well as chat with their friends and check their latest gaming stats.
    There is a feature similar to game capture that is now available on Windows 10. This makes it easier to capture awesome gaming moments and make a clip that you can share on Facebook or Youtube.
    Game streaming
    With Windows 10, Game streaming is also possible. You can use your Xbox as a server to stream your game. This way you can stream the game to your PC.
    Performance
    In terms of general performance and speed, Windows 8 was faster than its predecessor windows 7. Yet Windows 10 does not show any signs of performance improvement from Windows 8. However, since Windows 10 is less buggy than Windows 8, it is generally a better OS if you’re looking for performance improvement.
    Conclusion
    Windows 10 is not perfect. However, it is better than Windows 7, 8, and 8.1 in terms of both performance and extra features.
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     

Chapter 1
    Getting Started
     
    We’ll get started with Windows 10 by either upgrading or doing a clean install. You need to first check that your computer meets the specifications. The minimum requirements are similar to those of Windows 7. If your computer was working fine with Windows 7 or 8, then it should be fine.
    Minimum Requirements:
Processor Speed:1Ghz
RAM: 1 GB for 32 bit and 2GB for 64 bit.
Disk space: At least 16GB.
Direct X with WDDM driver.
    Freeing Up Space
    Most of these requirements require an upgrade. If you don’t have enough RAM, you just have to upgrade. However, you can always free up space on your drive. Disk clean up is not good enough, since you need 16 GB free.
    You may need to delete a few files or move them to other partitions. You need to look for media files such as music videos and movies you may have downloaded online, if you want to free enough space. If this does not work out, you may have to uninstall some programs.
    If you’re using windows 7, simply go to control panel then uninstall programs. For Windows 8, either right click programs on the Live Tiles start menu that you want to remove, or go to control panel and uninstall programs. You can right click C:\ and click on properties to check if you’ve freed up enough space.
    Backing up Data
    Before making any new installation, it is important to back up all your data. There are a number of ways you can do this. Here are a number of possible options for you to choose from.
    Cloud services
    You may choose to upload your files to cloud services. Some cloud services are free and other requires you to pay.
    One Drive : Microsoft offers a free account that you can use, if you have a Microsoft drive. The drive states that there is no limitation, when it comes to disk space. However, you can only upload 20,000 files and no more. This is obviously a limitation if you have more than 20,000 files.
    Google Drive: This is a cloud service popular with many Google diehards. It is reliable and offers some storage space for free. You can only get up to 15GB for free. You can get up to 100GB for $2 a month and 1TB for $10 a month.
    There are other cloud storage services such as Drop Box, Box, and Amazon Cloud drive. All these services are similar with only a few differences in features and price.
    External Hard Drive
You also have the option of backing up all your files in an external hard drive. You need to first ensure that there is enough space in the hard drive.
The next step is to type ‘File history’ in the search box on the Metro Apps start menu. Below the search box on the start screen the settings options should pop up.
The will automatically detect the external hard drive. Click turn on. “ File history is copying copies of your files for the first time.” When the file backup is complete, you’ll be prompted accordingly.
    Network