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Ask Slashdot: Good Technical Guide To Windows 10?

Posted by timothy on from the well-if-you-must-know dept.

An anonymous reader writes: Back 'in the day' you could easily find books on NT, Windows 2000, or Slackware that went into painstaking detail about every functional aspect of the operating system (think Slackware Unleashed). They covered the interplay between BIOS, boot sector, crash dumps, every command-line option, etc. Past about Win 2000 I fell way behind focusing on finishing my EE degree. Now when faced with a complex issue, I just end up at Google, but would prefer a good comprehensive book on recent Win8/Win10 architectures. Any suggestions? Are these books all but limited to course-prep now?

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  1. I have the perfect Windows 10 Guide for you.. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

    Windows 10 For Seniors For Dummies by Peter Weverka

  2. You don't need to know! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    You don't need to know anything technical about Windows 10! Windows 10 is designed to be so friendly and maintenance free, you will never have to do anything technical. Being technical is hard. You don't want life to be hard, so we're making it easy for you.

    Everything from remote updates to resetting your default apps is handled automatically so you don't have to waste your valuable time on it. We understand how important your time is to you, after all! We know you'd rather be out vlogging your night out with friends or Skyping with family than tinkering with your operating system.

    So, just sit back, relax, and enjoy Windows 10! It was designed just for you!

  3. Re:Up to date technical books by Curunir_wolf · · Score: 4, Funny

    He has been writhing Windows guides for a long time

    I've been writhing from Windows for a long time, myself.

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