in this video we're going to cover the
basics of getting started with Windows
10 when you first turn on a Windows 10
computer you'll see the lock screen just
click the mouse or press any button on
the keyboard to unlock then choose a
user account and enter your password you
should have been prompted to set up this
account the very first time you've used
Windows 10 once you've signed in the
desktop will appear this is the main
workspace for your computer it's where
you'll open programs access files and a
whole lot more for example to open an
application just click the start button
in the lower left corner of the screen
then choose the app you want now if you
don't see the app you're looking for
click all apps to see a full list or
choose one of the tiles on the right in
this example I'm going to open Microsoft
edge just like previous versions of
Windows you'll click the X in the upper
right corner to close the app now if
you're looking for a faster method you
can try searching for an app instead to
do this click the start button or press
the Windows key on your keyboard then
start typing for example if you wanted
to open the PowerPoint app you could
click the start button and then start
typing PowerPoint it should be the first
result but appears another method is to
use the File Explorer which you can open
from this icon on the taskbar from here
you can navigate to any file or folder
on your computer including any files
that are stored on your onedrive as with
any computer it's important to know how
to change your settings if necessary to
do this just click the start button then
click settings the Settings app will
appear and from here you can change lots
of different things about your computer
like the desktop background these are
accounts and a whole lot more now if
you're used to using the control panel
like in previous versions of Windows you
can still access it but it's sort of
hidden to open the control panel just
click the start button and then start
typing control panel it should appear at
the top of the search results from here
you can use the control panel to adjust
lots of different settings on your
computer
and those that can't be adjusted from
here will direct you back to the
Settings app finally when you're done
using your computer it's important to
turn it off correctly or at least put it
in a sleep mode to do this click the
start button select power then choose
shut down okay so those are the basics
and they should be enough to help you
get started with Windows 10