Tech tip #34 - The Windows 10 menu (and the tiles will be going!)

One of the biggest changes between windows 7 and windows 10 is in how the start menu works.

HEADS UP – The “Tiles” section of the menu will be disappearing next week (probably Monday)

Please note that the “tiles” will be disappearing from our network menu soon. This is because Microsoft has made tiles difficult to manage in a multi-user environment such as ours. Users were finding that tiles were getting corrupted and were not user configurable.

The start menu still contains shortcuts to all the installed programs. The links are sorted alphabetically by folder. One of the best ways to find a program is to type it into the search box by the start menu. If there is a program that you want an easy link to, I recommend that you right-click on it and “pin it to the task bar”.

I have created a short screencast on how to use the start menu: http://www.screencast.com/t/Em0QdfX9j

If you would like any help doing this, please let one of your EdTech support teachers know, and they will be glad to help.

These tips are now being archived at the following location in a blog format: http://smustechtips.blogspot.ca

Also, please let me know if you have any tips you would like to share!

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Mike Jackson, Science Teacher

Senior School Technology Coordinator

St Michaels University School, Victoria, BC