Ciprian Adrian Rusen

Adjusting to a new operating system, whether you're upgrading from an old version of Windows to Windows 11 or you've purchased a new machine running Windows 11, isn't an easy thing to do. In this cheat sheet, you find out what has changed in Windows 11, what you should and shouldn’t do when you start using Windows 11.

Windows 10 comes jam-packed with features. Here are shortcuts and tips for using the keyboard, mouse, and Ribbon to get fast access to the most commonly used commands. You'll be commanding Windows 10 in no time!5 big changes in Windows 10Windows 10 brings many changes to the Windows world. Basically, it takes the best parts of Windows 7 and Windows 8.

Encrypting the Windows 10 operating system drive with BitLocker (or any other encryption software) takes significant time and involves setting a password to use before starting Windows and using an encrypted drive. It’s important to remember this password. Without it, you can’t access the encrypted drive. To prevent you from completely losing access to the encrypted drive, the encryption process includes a step to save a backup recovery key.

Work Folders is a feature in Windows 10 that enables you to access your work files from your personal computer or device. With Work Folders, you can keep copies of your work files on your personal devices and have them automatically synchronized to your company’s datacenter. Here’s an example of how an information worker (Let’s call her Alice) might use Work Folders to separate her work data from her personal data, while having the ability to work from any device: Alice saves a document in the Work Folders directory on her computer at work.

Windows 10 provides hundreds of commands, but you'll likely use only a handful of those commands on a regular basis. To save time, use these Windows 10 keyboard shortcuts. With little effort, you can open files, find content, edit that content, and more! Function Keystroke Start Menu Windows Search Windows+S

Network discovery is an underrated and often misunderstood feature that allows Windows 10 to find other computers and devices on a network. This feature is automatically turned on when you’re connected to private networks like the one in your home or workplace but turned off when you’re connected to public networks that shouldn’t be trusted and when you don’t allow your PC to be discoverable on those networks.

On tablets and 2-in-1 devices with touchscreens, you have fingertip control of Windows 10 using touch gestures. The following actions control your device with touch commands. Action Purpose Tap Tap once on an item to open, select, or activate it. This is similar to left-clicking with a mouse. Press and hold Press and hold your finger on an item for a second, and Windows shows information to help you find out more about the item or opens a menu specific to what you're doing.