Here are some tricks which
will make windows 8 much
more interesting. and if you are
using windows 8 on a touch
screen device it will be a fun
experience.
1. Overview Your Entire Start
Screen By Semantic Zoom
If you’re using a touch screen,
squeeze the Start screen with
two fingers to receive a bird’s
eye view of your entire screen
contents. This is useful when
you have a lots of apps/
programs installed and want to
see all the apps without
scrolling the contents up and
down.
2. Use Windows Hot Corners
The corners on your screen
provides you to different
Windows features. Below, is a
brief explanation of each of
these corners.
Bottom Left-hand corner of the
screen will allow you to access
the Start screen, if you’re in
the Start screen and have the
Desktop open, this corner will
open the Desktop from the Start
screen.
Quick Tip: Right-clicking in the
left hand corner will open the
power user menu.
Moving the mouse to the top-
left corner and then down will
display all the apps running on
the computer. Clicking and
dragging any of these apps to
the left or right-hand side of
the screen will snap that app to
that side of the screen. Each of
these open app icons can also
be right-clicked to close or
snap.
On the full right-hand side of
the screen will be given access
to the Windows Charms.
3. Why Close Buttons Are Hard
To Find?
Closing a program seems easy,
but you might have noticed that
close buttons are hard to find
in Windows 8. That’s because
Microsoft encourages us to run
apps in the background where
they’ll take up minimal
resources, but still be accessible
at any time!
Still, anyway, you can close an
app 1) by dragging it from top
to bottom, or 2) using Alt+F4
keys or 3) using the task
manager.
4. Find Anything Using Power-
packed Search
Search looks power-packed.
Start typing anything you are
looking for in the search bar
and it will search in the apps,
files/folders and emails too.
5. Windows 8 God Mode
Folder?
Create a magic folder which
contains all the Windows 8
setings and hidden tweaks:
1. Create a “New Folder” by
right-clicking on empty spot in
any directory, preferably
Desktop.
2. Give the folder this name:
All Settings .
{ED7BA470-8E54-465E-825C-
99712043E01C}
3. Open the folder to see a
complete list of settings.
But be careful for using
advanced settings, don’t change
them unless you are an expert.
6. PC Slowed Down? Get Fresh
Windows 8 Easily in Minutes!
In Windows 7 and previous
versions, you had to format and
reinstall the entire OS to get a
fresh feel. This was a tiresome
and time-wasting process.
Windows 8 provides an in-built
way to refresh your computer!
In order to perform the
Windows 8 refresh, go to
Settings and click the Change
PC Settings tab near the bottom.
Select the General tab and find
the “Refresh your PC without
affecting your files” section
near the middle (you may also
select “Remove everything and
reinstall Windows” to get the
true factory settings treatment).
Select “Get started” and press
“Refresh.” After a few minutes
the PC will restart, and you
will have a fresh copy of
Windows 8.
7. Shut Down Shortcut:
Windows 8 hides the Power
button in the Settings menu, so
it takes multistep process just to
shut down your PC. But you
can pin a Shutdown button
right onto the bottom of your
desktop using following trick:
Create a shortcut on your
desktop (right-click, go to New,
then Shortcut). Enter
“shutdown /s /t 0″ (with no
quotes, and, yes, that’s a zero
not an “O”) as the location of
the item, and press Next. Now
name the shortcut (prefereably
“Shutdown”) and press Finish.
Right-click the shortcut, and
navigate to Properties. Choose
Change Icon in the Shortcut
tab, and then OK to leave the
warning box. Choose an icon of
your choice from the list. In
the screenshot above, you’ll see
we chose a Power button.
Right-click the shortcut again,
and select Pin to Start. You can
place the icon on your Start
screen wherever it’s
convenient. Clicking it will
instantly shut down your
computer.
But which one is the easiest and
fastest way to shutdown? Hit
power button on your
computer!
8. Classic Start Menu
This is the thing many people
keep missing on Windows 8. If
you want to anyway want the
Start menu on Windows 8,
ViStart, a free utility will do a
good job.
9. Fun Way To Password-
protect
Windows 8 enables you to
create a picture password,
where you choose an image,
then draw on it in a
combination of taps, lines and
circles – only someone who can
reproduce this pattern will be
able to log on. Select Win + I >
More PC Settings > Users >
Create a Picture Password to
give this a try.
10. Mount ISO files in Windows
8
Right-click it in Explorer, click
Mount and you can view it as a
virtual drive, launch the files it
contains, or add more if you
like.
11. Windows 8 Recovery
Options
Windows 8 provides useful,
advanced options to recover
when a disaster occurs.
12. List of Most Important
Hotkeys
Here is a list of hotkeys to
make your Windows 8
experiece even a fun:
Win : switch between the Start
screen and the last-running
Windows 8 app
Win + C : displays the Charms:
the Settings, Devices, Share and
Search options
Win + D : launches the desktop
Win + E : launches Explorer
Win + F : opens the File Search
pane
Win + H : opens the Share pane
Win + I : opens Settings
Win + K : opens the Devices
pane
Win + L : locks your PC
Win + M : minimises the
current Explorer or Internet
Explorer window (works in the
full-screen IE, too)
Win + O : toggles device
orientation lock on and off
Win + P : switch your display
to a second display or projector
Win + Q : open the App Search
pane
Win + R : opens the Run box
Win + U : open the Ease of
Access Centre
Win + V : cycle through toasts
(notifications)
Win + W : search your system
settings (type POWER for links
to all power-related options,
say)
Win + X : displays a text menu
of useful Windows tools and
applets
Win + Z : displays the right-
click context menu when in a
full-screen app
Win + + : launch Magnifier and
zoom in
Win + – : zoom out
Win + , : Aero peek at the
desktop
Win + Enter : launch Narrator
Win + PgUp : move the current
screen to the left-hand monitor
Win + PgDn : move the current
screen to the right-hand
monitor
Win + PrtSc : capture the
current screen and save it to
your Pictures folder
Win + Tab : switch between
running apps
So i m sure then this article
will better your windows 8
experience.
Recommend us on google before
leaving this page.
Thank you :)
will make windows 8 much
more interesting. and if you are
using windows 8 on a touch
screen device it will be a fun
experience.
1. Overview Your Entire Start
Screen By Semantic Zoom
If you’re using a touch screen,
squeeze the Start screen with
two fingers to receive a bird’s
eye view of your entire screen
contents. This is useful when
you have a lots of apps/
programs installed and want to
see all the apps without
scrolling the contents up and
down.
2. Use Windows Hot Corners
The corners on your screen
provides you to different
Windows features. Below, is a
brief explanation of each of
these corners.
Bottom Left-hand corner of the
screen will allow you to access
the Start screen, if you’re in
the Start screen and have the
Desktop open, this corner will
open the Desktop from the Start
screen.
Quick Tip: Right-clicking in the
left hand corner will open the
power user menu.
Moving the mouse to the top-
left corner and then down will
display all the apps running on
the computer. Clicking and
dragging any of these apps to
the left or right-hand side of
the screen will snap that app to
that side of the screen. Each of
these open app icons can also
be right-clicked to close or
snap.
On the full right-hand side of
the screen will be given access
to the Windows Charms.
3. Why Close Buttons Are Hard
To Find?
Closing a program seems easy,
but you might have noticed that
close buttons are hard to find
in Windows 8. That’s because
Microsoft encourages us to run
apps in the background where
they’ll take up minimal
resources, but still be accessible
at any time!
Still, anyway, you can close an
app 1) by dragging it from top
to bottom, or 2) using Alt+F4
keys or 3) using the task
manager.
4. Find Anything Using Power-
packed Search
Search looks power-packed.
Start typing anything you are
looking for in the search bar
and it will search in the apps,
files/folders and emails too.
5. Windows 8 God Mode
Folder?
Create a magic folder which
contains all the Windows 8
setings and hidden tweaks:
1. Create a “New Folder” by
right-clicking on empty spot in
any directory, preferably
Desktop.
2. Give the folder this name:
All Settings .
{ED7BA470-8E54-465E-825C-
99712043E01C}
3. Open the folder to see a
complete list of settings.
But be careful for using
advanced settings, don’t change
them unless you are an expert.
6. PC Slowed Down? Get Fresh
Windows 8 Easily in Minutes!
In Windows 7 and previous
versions, you had to format and
reinstall the entire OS to get a
fresh feel. This was a tiresome
and time-wasting process.
Windows 8 provides an in-built
way to refresh your computer!
In order to perform the
Windows 8 refresh, go to
Settings and click the Change
PC Settings tab near the bottom.
Select the General tab and find
the “Refresh your PC without
affecting your files” section
near the middle (you may also
select “Remove everything and
reinstall Windows” to get the
true factory settings treatment).
Select “Get started” and press
“Refresh.” After a few minutes
the PC will restart, and you
will have a fresh copy of
Windows 8.
7. Shut Down Shortcut:
Windows 8 hides the Power
button in the Settings menu, so
it takes multistep process just to
shut down your PC. But you
can pin a Shutdown button
right onto the bottom of your
desktop using following trick:
Create a shortcut on your
desktop (right-click, go to New,
then Shortcut). Enter
“shutdown /s /t 0″ (with no
quotes, and, yes, that’s a zero
not an “O”) as the location of
the item, and press Next. Now
name the shortcut (prefereably
“Shutdown”) and press Finish.
Right-click the shortcut, and
navigate to Properties. Choose
Change Icon in the Shortcut
tab, and then OK to leave the
warning box. Choose an icon of
your choice from the list. In
the screenshot above, you’ll see
we chose a Power button.
Right-click the shortcut again,
and select Pin to Start. You can
place the icon on your Start
screen wherever it’s
convenient. Clicking it will
instantly shut down your
computer.
But which one is the easiest and
fastest way to shutdown? Hit
power button on your
computer!
8. Classic Start Menu
This is the thing many people
keep missing on Windows 8. If
you want to anyway want the
Start menu on Windows 8,
ViStart, a free utility will do a
good job.
9. Fun Way To Password-
protect
Windows 8 enables you to
create a picture password,
where you choose an image,
then draw on it in a
combination of taps, lines and
circles – only someone who can
reproduce this pattern will be
able to log on. Select Win + I >
More PC Settings > Users >
Create a Picture Password to
give this a try.
10. Mount ISO files in Windows
8
Right-click it in Explorer, click
Mount and you can view it as a
virtual drive, launch the files it
contains, or add more if you
like.
11. Windows 8 Recovery
Options
Windows 8 provides useful,
advanced options to recover
when a disaster occurs.
12. List of Most Important
Hotkeys
Here is a list of hotkeys to
make your Windows 8
experiece even a fun:
Win : switch between the Start
screen and the last-running
Windows 8 app
Win + C : displays the Charms:
the Settings, Devices, Share and
Search options
Win + D : launches the desktop
Win + E : launches Explorer
Win + F : opens the File Search
pane
Win + H : opens the Share pane
Win + I : opens Settings
Win + K : opens the Devices
pane
Win + L : locks your PC
Win + M : minimises the
current Explorer or Internet
Explorer window (works in the
full-screen IE, too)
Win + O : toggles device
orientation lock on and off
Win + P : switch your display
to a second display or projector
Win + Q : open the App Search
pane
Win + R : opens the Run box
Win + U : open the Ease of
Access Centre
Win + V : cycle through toasts
(notifications)
Win + W : search your system
settings (type POWER for links
to all power-related options,
say)
Win + X : displays a text menu
of useful Windows tools and
applets
Win + Z : displays the right-
click context menu when in a
full-screen app
Win + + : launch Magnifier and
zoom in
Win + – : zoom out
Win + , : Aero peek at the
desktop
Win + Enter : launch Narrator
Win + PgUp : move the current
screen to the left-hand monitor
Win + PgDn : move the current
screen to the right-hand
monitor
Win + PrtSc : capture the
current screen and save it to
your Pictures folder
Win + Tab : switch between
running apps
So i m sure then this article
will better your windows 8
experience.
Recommend us on google before
leaving this page.
Thank you :)
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