Page 450 - Windows 10 May 2019 Update The Missing Manual: The Book That Should Have Been in the Box

This panel reveals the vastness of the ocean of data that Microsoft routinely

harvests from your computer and shares—with advertisers, with its own
programmers, and with other apps.

Fortunately, you can shut down much of it. Chapter 11 covers what these
options do, blow by blow.

Update & Security

Windows, like any software, is an eternal work in progress, as these options
make clear:

Windows Update, Delivery Optimization

Windows is software and can therefore be updated, debugged, and

improved. (Software is handy that way.) Windows Update is Microsoft’s
system for sending you patches and fixes over the internet. See “The Action

Center” for more on Windows Update.

Windows Security

The Windows world is teeming with viruses and other nastiness—but
Windows comes with a free antivirus program to block it all, called

Defender. These options are described in Chapter 11.

Backup

You’ve just found the settings for Windows’ three backup features: “Back
up files to OneDrive,” “Back up using File History,” and “Back up your
stuff” (to an external drive). They’re all described in Chapter 16.

Troubleshoot

This panel is a master list of all the Windows Troubleshooters—step-by-
step interview screens that guide you through solving problems with your