Windows 10
Features
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Contents
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Road
map of Windows 10
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Features
of Windows 10
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Keyboard
Shortcuts
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Preview
graph
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Cost
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Desktop
Background
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System
requirements
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Languages
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Go
back to your previous OS
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Gaining
Momentum
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Reference
Road Map of Windows 10
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The
event on September 30 announced the release of the Technical Preview of Windows
10 for laptops and desktops, often referred to as WTP, DP (Developer Preview)
or CTP (community technology previews).
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Microsoft
released its Windows Insider Program on October 1st, designed to keep early
adopters up to date with the latest preview builds of Windows 10.
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Starting
with Technical Preview for laptops and desktops, the preview build will extend
to servers short after.
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As
of October 7, the preview build is available to Windows 7 users as well.
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Consumer
preview builds will not be available until early next year, according to
Microsoft's Terry Myerson.
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The
Technical Preview will end sharply on April 15, which conveniently leaves right
off at...
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Microsoft's
Build 2015 conference April, at which the company will talk more about
Universal Apps and likely issue a Windows 10 release date.
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On
January 21, Microsoft holds an event detailing even more about Windows 10.
Features
• Start menu: The familiar
Start menu is back, but it brings with it a new customizable space for your
favorite apps and Live Tiles.
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Everything runs in a window: Apps from
the Windows Store now open in the same format that desktop apps do and can be
resized and moved around, and have title bars at the top allowing for maximize,
minimize, and close with a click.
• Snap
enhancements
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You
can now have four apps snapped on the same screen with a new quadrant layout.
Windows will also show other apps and programs running for additional snapping
and even make smart suggestions on filling available screen space with other
open apps.
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New task view button: There’s a
new task-view button on the taskbar for quick switching between open files and
quick access to any desktops you create.
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Multiple desktops: Create desktops for
different purposes and projects and switch between these desktops easily and
pick up where you left off on each desktop.
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Find files faster: File Explorer
now displays your recent files and frequently visited folders making for
finding files you’ve worked on is easier
• Keyboard
Shortcuts in Technical Preview
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Snapping window: WIN + LEFT or RIGHT (can be
used with UP or DOWN to get into quadrants)
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Switch to recent window: ALT + TAB
(unchanged) – Hold shows new Task view window view, let go and switches to app.
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Task view: WIN + TAB – New Task view opens up
and stays open.
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Create new virtual desktop: WIN + CTRL
+ D
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Close current virtual desktop: WIN + CTRL
+ F4
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Switch virtual desktop: WIN + CTRL
+ LEFT or RIGHT
• Share from File
Explorer in the Windows 10 Technical Preview
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In
the Windows 10 Technical Preview, added a new “Share” button in File Explorer
to make it easy to share one or more selected files. Most file management
happens through File Explorer, and now sharing is streamlined right where you
need it.
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Installed
apps that enable sharing will work with this button; it will open the share
experience just like in Windows 8.1 when the Share charm is used. For example –
you can select a few photos directly in File Explorer, press the share button,
and share directly to Face-book or Twitter if you have these apps
installed.
• How much will it cost?
Microsoft Chief Operating Officer Kevin
Turner said at the Credit Suisse Technology Conference in early December,
"There
are additional opportunities for us to bring additional services to the product
and do it in a creative way. And through the course of the summer and spring
we'll be announcing what that business model looks like.” (according to
Wind8apps.com)
• Desktop Background
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Desktop
background with the following sizes: 1280×1024 (Normal), 2560×1920 (Normal),
2560×1600 (Wide), 1920×1080 (HD), and 3840×2160 (4K).
• System
requirements
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Processor:
1 gigahertz (GHz) or faster
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RAM:
1 gigabyte (GB) (32-bit) or 2 GB (64-bit)
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Free
hard disk space: 16 GB
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Graphics
card: Microsoft DirectX 9 graphics device with WDDM driver
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A
Microsoft account and Internet access
Languages
Technical Preview is available in
English, Chinese Simplified, and Brazilian Portuguese.
Expire date
If you’re running Technical Preview,
we'll send you notifications beginning on April 1, 2015 to remind you that it’s
time to upgrade your PC to a newer version.
• If you want to
go back to your previous operating system
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You'll
need to reinstall your version of Windows from the recovery or installation
media that came with your PC (typically DVD media). If you don't have recovery
media:
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For Windows 7 or Windows Vista: Before you
update, you might be able to create recovery media from a recovery partition on
your PC using software provided by your PC manufacturer. Check the support
section of your PC manufacturer's website for more info.
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For Windows 8.1 or Windows 8: You might be
able to create a USB recovery drive. If you didn’t create a USB recovery drive
before you installed the preview, you can create installation media for
Windows8.1.
• Gaining momentum
This Windows Insider thing seems to be
gaining momentum. 1.5 million registered Windows Insiders today which is
amazing, and about 450k that are consider “highly activate”. Windows
Insiders are using Windows 10 preview builds more actively than participants in
preview/beta programs for any prior release of Windows.
