by Darragh
Aug 21, 2015
At computer support services we have really fallen in love with Windows 10!
With the truck load of fixes and improvements, you will really notice the
benefits when moving from both Windows 7 and 8.1.
Take the new start menu. Gone is the start screen from Windows 8 when you are
using a standard keyboard and mouse. Disconnect the keyboard and mouse to use a
touch screen and an updated and cleaner start screen returns to make touch
first access more efficient. The new start menu shows a list of your most
commonly used or most needed applications and utilities on the left. On the
right it shows a few live tiles for quick access to weather, news, music, the
Windows store, search and photos. At a glance seems to be the main objective
here.
Speaking of at a glance, we just love the new quick access view in Windows
explorer. It shows commonly used files on the bottom of the screen and commonly
used folders at the top. It's the largest time saver to come to windows since
search came to the start menu in Windows Vista.
When notification centres came to mobile phones we wondered how we ever kept
track of everything without them. With notifications in Windows 10 you'll think
the same. Jump to them quickly by pressing windows and A or swipe / drag in
from the right of your screen.
Another great time saver is virtual desktops. By far our favourite feature.
This has been available in Gnome in Linux for example for at least ten years or
more. We are delighted that this feature has finally made its debut in Windows.
When you are working on a complicated task and you have twelve notepad windows
open but someone comes to your desk needing help with something else very
quickly, don't lose your place. Press control windows and d to create a new
virtual desktop. Switch to it by using control windows and right arrow. Now
continue working away. When you're done, hit control windows and F4 to close
that desktop. Or, if you need to get back to what you were originally working
on, press control, Windows and left arrow and your original virtual desktop
along with all the windows you had open will come into focus again.
Along with virtual desktops came a new task switcher view. Press Alt and Tab as
usual to cycle between applications. However if like us you tend to have twenty
or more windows open at one time, alt and tab can be quite cumbersome. Try
Windows and tab instead. Unlike alt and Tab you can release the Windows and Tab
key combination and then either click or use the arrows to find the window you
want to switch to. With Windows and Tab you can also switch to different
virtual desktops. A really nice tip here is if you want to move directly to a
window open on another virtual desktop, arrow over to your virtual desktop and
press space. Then arrow over to the window on that virtual desktop that you
want to move back to and hit enter. If you had just arrowed to the virtual
desktop and pressed enter you would have moved to the window that you were in
last. These little features are what make windows 10 so fantastic.
There are plenty of sites around the web that will give you comprehensive lists
of Windows 10 features and tip. Try
for example.
www.thorrott.com
www.digitaldarragh.com
www.computersupportservices.ie
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