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jypeter [Configuring eduroam]
other:win10config [2020/04/27 12:59]
jypeter [Activating Microsoft Office update] Added the More section
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-====== ​Basic Windows 10 Configuration ======+====== Windows 10 Configuration ====== 
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 +[[other:​index#​windows_10_notes|Other Windows 10 related notes]]
  
 ===== Activating system protection by Recovery ===== ===== Activating system protection by Recovery =====
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 === Local folders === === Local folders ===
  
-Use the file explorer to go to your local //Home// folder inside the ''​Users''​ folder (the ''​Users'' ​that is not on the ''​C:''​ disk), click on the small folder icon at the left of the bar displaying the folder location, and drag the icon on the desktop. This will create a shortcut that you can rename //Home Local//+  * Use the file explorer to go to your local //Home// folder inside the ''​Users''​ folder (''​<​a_disk_different_from_C>:​\Users\<​your_login>​''​),​ click on the small folder icon at the left of the bar displaying the folder location, and drag the icon on the desktop. This will create a shortcut that you can rename //Home Local//
  
-Do the same thing to create a //Scratch Local// shortcut on the desktop, pointing to ''<​another_disk:​>​\Scratch\<​your_login>''​+  * Do the same thing to create a //Scratch Local// shortcut on the desktop, pointing to ''<​a_disk_different_from_C>:\Scratch\<​your_login>''​ 
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 +  * 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>''​
  
 === Folders on the LSCE servers === === Folders on the LSCE servers ===
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 It seems that you will not automatically receive Microsoft Office updates. You have to manually activate this It seems that you will not automatically receive Microsoft Office updates. You have to manually activate this
 +FIXME
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 +===== More things to check and configure =====
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 +  * Check the [[https://​support.microsoft.com/​en-us/​help/​4468227/​windows-10-activity-history-and-your-privacy-microsoft-privacy|Windows 10 activity history and your privacy]] settings to determine the //activity history// information (the files you have opened) you want to keep locally, and share with your other Windows devices (through your Microsoft account) and Microsoft.
 ===== Adding useful applications ===== ===== Adding useful applications =====
  
other/win10config.txt · Last modified: 2022/09/13 14:12 by jypeter