Windows 8 How-To Posts
Windows 8 How To: 1. Switch Between Metro UI and Desktop Mode
Windows 8 How To: 2. Switch Between Apps or Snap Apps
Windows 8 How To: 3. How to Power Off Your Device
Windows 8 How To: 4. Show and Access the Control Panel
Windows 8 How To: 5. Show and Access Administrative Tools
Windows 8 How To: 6. Show All Apps
Windows 8 How To: 7. Switch Between Windows Accounts and Local Accounts
Windows 8 How To: 8. Set up a Picture Password
Windows 8 How To: 9. Set Up a Printer
Windows 8 How To: 10. Customize Metro UI – App Tiles and Groups
Windows 8 How To: 11. Install Language Packs for Multilingual Support
Windows 8 How To: 12. Show and Use “Run” Command
Windows 8 How To: 13. Show and Use cmd Prompt (DOS Mode)
Windows 8 How To: 14. Show and Use PowerShell
Windows 8 How To: 15. Show and Use Desktop Applications
Windows 8 How To: 16. Install .NET 3.5 and Windows Live Essentials
Windows 8 How To: 17. Add New Tab or New InPrivate Tab in Metro Style IE Browser
Windows 8 How To: 18. Configure WiFi Connection and Airplane Mode
Windows 8 How To: 19. Show Hidden Files, Folders and Drives
Windows 8 How To: 20. How to Start Windows 8 in Safe Mode
Windows 8 How To: 21. Install and Uninstall Metro Style Apps
Windows 8 How To: 22. Enable or Disable Sharing Between PCs Using HomeGroup
Windows 8 How To: 23. Find and Use Windows Help and Support
Windows 8 How To: 24. Show and Configure Free Anti-Virus App (Windows Defender)
Windows 8 How To: 25. Show and Enable Split Touch Keyboard (On-Screen)
Windows 8 How To: 26. Set up Remote Desktop Connection
Windows 8 How To: 27. Backup your Files Using File History
Windows 8 How To: 28. Restore Files Using File History
Windows 8 How To: 29. Restore System to a Previous State Using Restore Point
Windows 8 How To: 30. Restore your Device using Refresh and Reset
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How to make the Close, Minimize & Maximize buttons bigger for easy touch.
I need a little help. In windows 7 you could go through Personalize/Windows Color and increase the size of the Close, Minimize & Maximize buttons to make them touch friendly. In Windows 8 CP I can't seem to find where to do this. Does anyone know or has anyone found where to make this change.
Thanks for the help,
peacock93
peacock93 said:
I need a little help. In windows 7 you could go through Personalize/Windows Color and increase the size of the Close, Minimize & Maximize buttons to make them touch friendly. In Windows 8 CP I can't seem to find where to do this. Does anyone know or has anyone found where to make this change.
Thanks for the help,
peacock93
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Right click on the desktop, choose screen resolution. Choose 125%.
It makes everything more touch friendly. Increases fonts also along with buttons. That's what i do on my Asus tablet.
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i start to install ubuntu on windows 8 i finish every thing and restart windows and windows 8 start normal no ubuntu !!! is there any way to make ubuntu work under windows 8 ?
The bootloader of windows8 is been modified. I heard u should use win7 bootloader for dual boot options.
I have another solution which is changing the default boot OS to anything other than win8.
Right click on my computer and select properties. Then on left hand side, select advanced system properties. Then select Startup and recovery. On the startup, select default boot OS to ubuntu or anything else. And also choose your default time to display list of operating systems. Now if u restart it loads ubuntu by default and u can also choose win8. Thats what i did.
"to install ubuntu on windows 8"?? virtual machine?
Windows 8 uses something known as secured UEFI. This means that only bootloaders with signed keys that are allowed by UEFI will be able to load. Grub/grub2 are not signed so ubuntu will not load. Google on secured UEFI windows 8 Linux issue for more details.
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bharatgaddameedi said:
The bootloader of windows8 is been modified. I heard u should use win7 bootloader for dual boot options.
I have another solution which is changing the default boot OS to anything other than win8.
Right click on my computer and select properties. Then on left hand side, select advanced system properties. Then select Startup and recovery. On the startup, select default boot OS to ubuntu or anything else. And also choose your default time to display list of operating systems. Now if u restart it loads ubuntu by default and u can also choose win8. Thats what i did.
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If i do this when im on windows 7 and change it to windows developer preview with a windows 8 cd in the drive and reboot will it boot into windows 8. I am asking because i have a laptop with a cracked screen and i am using an external monitor and cant see bios
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I thought I read somewhere you can disable this in BIOS but don't quote me.
kuhla said:
I thought I read somewhere you can disable this in BIOS but don't quote me.
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Yes, but no BIOS has the option to disable this as pretty much nothing comes with Windows 8 preinstalled.
1) Open start search for Add features to Windows 8 and open it.
2) Select I want to buy product key online and proceed.
3) Next choose Windows 8 Media Center Pack which costs $12.79
4) Fill the details to get the key.
5) Now go through simple installation steps followed by PC restart and you are done!
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hiqasim said:
1) Open start search for Add features to Windows 8 and open it.
2) Select I want to buy product key online and proceed.
3) Next choose Windows 8 Media Center Pack which costs $12.79
4) Fill the details to get the key.
5) Now go through simple installation steps followed by PC restart and you are done!
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Has this been checked to work as i did this a few days ago and it really did not work. It gave me a key from an odd email addy that had charectors in it that arnt even allowed (e).
Windows 8 includes new feature called Windows To Go which allows you to run an instance of Windows 8 from a USB drive on any Windows 7 capable hardware without affecting any installation on that machine.
Here is complete step by step guide on how to Create and Use Windows 8 To Go USB
Have you verified this to work with Win8 Pro RTM, as opposed to Win8 Ent (which has a much simpler procedure to create WTG)?
yup, Windows to go feature is available for all versions of Windows 8.
hiqasim said:
yup, Windows to go feature is available for all versions of Windows 8.
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Nope In the retail version just Entreprise will be with WTG !
Here is step by step guide to share folders between Windows 8 and Windows 7 computers.
Windows 7 Steps:
a) right click on the folder you want to share and select Properties.
b) Go to sharing tab -->Advanced Sharing.
c) Check Share this folder and then under Permissions check box for Full Control and click OK.
d) OK to close advanced sharing dialog box.
Windows 8 Steps:
a) Open windows explorer.
b) Right click on network on left side and select Map network drive.
c) Select drive letter for the shared drive and click Finish.
Complete tutorial with screenshots can be found How to Share Files Between Windows 8 and Windows 7 PCs
Great! I'll try and post the result. :cyclops:
I don't believe that file sharing was changed in any way between windows 7 and 8.
phailyoor said:
I don't believe that file sharing was changed in any way between windows 7 and 8.
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no but simple file sharing is still a pain in the arse in both versions and is the primary reason network sharing doesn't work.
Theres nothing simple about it!
go to folder options in the CP and click view
then go to the bottom and turn off sharing wizard
File sharing has been dirt easy since Vista.
Open up explorer
Click network
Click on the computer you want to share with
In practice it often isn't! Lol give me AD any day over simple workgroups
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I Can't upgrade from windows 10 home to pro of a bootable USB. even if I write the PID.txt with the command in it and in sources. Some can help me install window 10 pro om my hp laptop within the settings activation?
Follow this guide:
Upgrade Windows 10 from Home to Pro Edition for Free
This article provides two free methods for you to upgrade Windows 10 from Home to Pro edition without formatting or losing any data. If you need a detailed guide, follow this page to upgrade your Windows 10 from Home to Pro edition right now.
www.easeus.com
Within settings or Microsoft store.
jwoegerbauer said:
Follow this guide:
Upgrade Windows 10 from Home to Pro Edition for Free
This article provides two free methods for you to upgrade Windows 10 from Home to Pro edition without formatting or losing any data. If you need a detailed guide, follow this page to upgrade your Windows 10 from Home to Pro edition right now.
www.easeus.com
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I rezolved
crisan.gabriel said:
I Can't upgrade from windows 10 home to pro of a bootable USB. even if I write the PID.txt with the command in it and in sources. Some can help me install window 10 pro om my hp laptop within the settings activation?
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You can use installation media (a USB flash drive or DVD) to install a new copy of Windows, perform a clean installation, or reinstall Windows 10.
After you've created the installation media, you can reset or reinstall Windows. To learn more, go to Recovery options in Windows 10.
Stephanie_Sy said:
You can use installation media (a USB flash drive or DVD) to install a new copy of Windows, perform a clean installation, or reinstall Windows 10.
After you've created the installation media, you can reset or reinstall Windows. To learn more, go to Recovery options in Windows 10.
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Windows S mode is locked in BIOS i think. I create new USB, remove all partition, create, new, format whole disk and after fresh install I have again Windows Home with S mode. Last time I had to unlock bios to perform install Windows pro.
Another method is download iso, extract it, remove Windows home image and pack it again, create USB and fresh install.
It worked few year ago and I believe it will work now.
Edit: Removing other Windows image from installaction doesn't work.
Edit 2: I don't remember how to mod and unlock bios. But after few full clean reinstalls I break S mode without ms login. Next I upgraded OS version with change product key (from ebay). I'm not sure it's the right way for my pcs, but it's enough for my clients. I think the only right way is mod bios and unlock slic.