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* Your **Microsoft account** | * Your **Microsoft account** | ||
* Warning! Using **a Microsoft account on a LSCE computer may have some inconvenient side effects** | * Warning! Using **a Microsoft account on a LSCE computer may have some inconvenient side effects** | ||
- | * More information in the [[other:win10config#connecting_to_your_microsoft_account|Connecting to your Microsoft account]] section | + | * More information in the [[#using_your_microsoft_account|Using your Microsoft account]] section |
===== Starting your computer faster ===== | ===== Starting your computer faster ===== | ||
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* Do the same thing to create a //Scratch Local// shortcut on the desktop, pointing to the [[other:win10config#the_most_important_folders|local SCRATCH folder]] | * Do the same thing to create a //Scratch Local// shortcut on the desktop, pointing to the [[other:win10config#the_most_important_folders|local SCRATCH folder]] | ||
* if the //Scratch// folder is on ''C:\'', right-click on the ''<your_login>'' folder in ''Scratch'' and select //Create a shortcut//, then drag the created shortcut to the desktop | * if the //Scratch// folder is on ''C:\'', right-click on the ''<your_login>'' folder in ''Scratch'' and select //Create a shortcut//, then drag the created shortcut to the desktop | ||
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+ | * Do the same thing to create a //Home Cloud// shortcut on the desktop, pointing to the [[other:win10config#the_most_important_folders|local OWNCLOUD folder]] | ||
* Note: if you install [[other:win10wsl|Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) and Ubuntu]] later, you can also create a //Home WSL// shortcut to your local Linux home directory in ''\\wsl$\Ubuntu\home\<your_login>'' | * Note: if you install [[other:win10wsl|Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) and Ubuntu]] later, you can also create a //Home WSL// shortcut to your local Linux home directory in ''\\wsl$\Ubuntu\home\<your_login>'' | ||
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* **Warning!** Using settings that are too strict may have **side effects** and prevent applications from working correctly: e.g. if you specify that to application can use the camera, the camera will never work even if you have correct drivers! | * **Warning!** Using settings that are too strict may have **side effects** and prevent applications from working correctly: e.g. if you specify that to application can use the camera, the camera will never work even if you have correct drivers! | ||
- | ===== Using ownCloud and sharebox to share files and synchronize folders ===== | + | ===== Using sharebox and ownCloud to share files and synchronize folders and computers ===== |
<note tip>This is very useful and you should read the [[other:lsce_cloud|dedicated page]]!</note> | <note tip>This is very useful and you should read the [[other:lsce_cloud|dedicated page]]!</note> | ||
- | ===== Connecting to your Microsoft account ===== | + | ===== Using your Microsoft account ===== |
It's possible that you have a **Microsoft account** linked to some email address (e.g. a //gmail// address) that you use on a non-LSCE computer. | It's possible that you have a **Microsoft account** linked to some email address (e.g. a //gmail// address) that you use on a non-LSCE computer. | ||
- | Using a Microsoft account makes it possible to recover some settings from another Windows computer, or reinstall applications that you have bought through the Microsoft Store. But **using a Microsoft account on a computer configured at LSCE can have some unforeseen side effects** that you probably want to avoid... If your computer wants you to configure [[https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/learn-about-windows-hello-and-set-it-up-dae28983-8242-bb2a-d3d1-87c9d265a5f0|Windows Hello]] instead of using your LSCE password, you have probably done something wrong! | + | Using a Microsoft account makes it possible to recover some settings from another Windows computer, or reinstall applications that you have bought through the //Microsoft Store//. But **using a Microsoft account on a computer configured at LSCE can have some unforeseen side effects** that you probably want to avoid... If your computer wants you to configure [[https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/learn-about-windows-hello-and-set-it-up-dae28983-8242-bb2a-d3d1-87c9d265a5f0|Windows Hello]] instead of using your LSCE password, you have probably done something wrong! |
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+ | ==== Connecting to the Microsoft Store ==== | ||
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+ | It seems safe to just use the Microsoft account in the //Microsoft store// | ||
- | FIXME | + | Check the [[other:win10maintain#updating_applications_from_the_microsoft_store|Updating applications from the Microsoft Store]] section for more details |
===== Adding useful applications ===== | ===== Adding useful applications ===== | ||