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Windows 8.1: The Missing Manual
A Note Regarding Supplemental Files
The Missing Credits
About the Author
About the Creative Team
Acknowledgments
The Missing Manual Series
For Windows
For the Mac
Electronics
Web Technologies
Life
Introduction
What’s New in Windows 8
What’s New in Windows 8.1
The Editions of Windows 8.1—and Windows RT
About This Book
System Requirements for Your Brain
About the Outline
About→These→Arrows
The Very Basics
Windows Defined
The Right Mouse Button is King
There’s More Than One Way to Do Everything
You Can Use the Keyboard for Everything
The Start Screen is Fastest
About Shift-Clicking
You Could Spend a Lifetime Changing Properties
Every Piece of Hardware Requires Software
It’s Not Meant to Be Overwhelming
About MissingManuals.com
One. TileWorld
1. The Start Screen
The Lock Screen
The Accounts Screen
The Login Screen
The Start Screen
It Displays Both Kinds of Apps
It Scrolls Horizontally
It’s a Launcher
The Apps List
Type-Searching
Returning to the Start Screen
Corners and Swipes
The Charms Bar
Last Open Program
The App Bar
Shutting Down
The Sleep/Shut Down/Restart Commands
Sleep
Restart
Shut down
The Account Menu
Sign out
Switch user
Lock
Three Triggers for Sleep/Shut Down—and How to Change Them
2. Customizing the Lock, Login & Start Screens
Adding or Removing App Tiles
Adding App Tiles to the Start Screen
Pinning from the Apps list
Pinning from search
Pinning desktop icons
Unpinning Tiles
Moving Tiles Around
Grouping Tiles
Naming Groups
Creating a New Group
Moving Groups
More Ways to Tweak the Start Screen
Change the Background Picture and Color Scheme
Use the Desktop Wallpaper on the Start Screen
Resizing Individual Tiles
The Silence of the Tiles
Administrative Tools
Notifications
The Silence of the Toast
Silence right now
Silence every night
Silence for good
Customizing Apps’ Notifications
Customizing the Lock Screen
Getting to the Lock Screen Settings
Lock Screen Wallpaper
Lock Screen Slideshows
Lock Screen Apps
Detailed Status
Camera
Eliminating the Lock Screen
Customizing the Login Process
Creating a Picture Password
The Four-Digit Passcode
The Fingerprint Password
Eliminating the Password Requirement
No password required when waking
No password required, ever
3. How TileWorld Works
The Windows Store
Navigating the Store
Automatic Updates
Working with TileWorld Apps
Hide, Close, or Restart a TileWorld App
Side-by-Side Apps
Uninstalling a TileWorld App
The Two Task Switchers
The Traditional Task Switcher (Shows All Apps)
The New Task Switcher (TileWorld Apps Only)
The Onscreen Keyboard
Handwriting Recognition
Handwriting Anywhere
Training Windows to Know Your Handwriting
Fixing mistakes
The File Picker
Navigating the File Picker
Choosing Files
Previewing a file
Search
Starting the Search
Search as App Launcher
The Search Results Page
Limiting Your Search
Searching Within Apps
Text: Selecting, Copying, Pasting
With Mouse and Keyboard
With Your Finger
The TileWorld Spelling Checker
Help in TileWorld
The TileWorld Apps Missing Manual
4. TileWorld’s Starter Apps
Alarms
Alarm Tab
Timer
Stopwatch
Calculator
Calendar
Working with Views
Making an Appointment: Quick Way
Making an Appointment: Detailed Way
Editing Events
Rescheduling Events
Deleting Events
Subscribing to Calendars (Accounts)
Hiding Accounts
Camera
The Camera Roll
Desktop
Finance
Food & Drink
Games
Health & Fitness
Help + Tips
Internet Explorer
The Address Bar
Searching the Web
Scrolling
Touchscreen Zooming
Tabbed Browsing
Synchronized tabbing
Two Windows at Once
Stop, Reload
Back, Forward
Flip Ahead
Sharing
Bookmarks (Favorites)
Creating a favorite
Using favorites
Editing favorites
Pin to Start
The History List
Erasing Your History, Cookies, and Other Tracks
Saving Graphics
How the Two IEs Are Connected
Mail
The POP-Account Problem
Set Up Your Account
Editing or Deleting an Account
Downloading Mail
A Mail Tour
What to Do with a Message
Filing or Deleting Batches of Messages
Message Folders
Managing folders
Pin to Start
Moving messages
Searching
Writing Messages
Favorites
Maps
Meet Maps
Searching the Maps
Directions
Favorites
Music
The Three Faces of Music
Collection
Drilling down
Radio
Explore
Now Playing
Playlists
Creating playlists
Editing, rearranging, and deleting playlists
Settings
News
PC Settings
People
Importing Addresses from Gmail, Twitter, Facebook, and So On
Creating address cards manually
Editing an address
Adding pictures
Favorites and Start Screen Tiles
Designating favorites
Pinning someone to Start
Finding Someone
The Person Screen
Contact
What’s new
Photos
Hiding an Account (Filtering)
Sharing a Contact
Posting
Photos
Navigating Photos
Your Pictures Folder
Slurping in Photos from a Camera
Playing with Photos
Zooming In, Zooming Out
Rotate and Crop
Rotate
Crop
Editing Photos: The Mini Photoshop
Auto fix
Basic fixes
Light
Color
Effects
Saving the editing
Slapping a Photo onto the Lock Screen or Photos Tile
Selecting and Sharing Photos
Selecting photos
Sharing selected photos
SkyDrive Options
Printing Pictures
Reader
Reading List
Flag a Story
Read a Saved Story
Scan
SkyDrive
Navigating the SkyDrive
Uploading to the SkyDrive
Offline Files
The App Bar
Sharing a File
Skype
Phase 1: Sign In
Phase 2: Add Contacts
Phase 3: Make a Call
Sound Recorder
Sports
Store
Travel
Video
Weather
5. TileWorld Settings
The Six Charms-Panel Settings
Personalize
PC and Devices
Lock Screen
Display
Bluetooth
Devices
Mouse and Touchpad
Typing
Corners and Edges
Power and Sleep
AutoPlay
PC Info
Accounts
SkyDrive
Search and Apps
Share
Notifications
App Sizes
Defaults
Privacy
Network
Time and Language
Date and Time
Region and Language
Ease of Access
Narrator, Magnifier
High Contrast
Keyboard
Mouse
Other Options
Update and Recovery
Windows Update
File History
Recovery
Two. The Windows Desktop
6. File Explorer, Folders & the Taskbar
The Windows Desktop
Return of the Start Menu
The Start Button
The Secret Start Menu
Restoring the Real Start Menu
The Complete Guide to Ignoring TileWorld
Desktop Windows: File Explorer
Universal Window Controls
Sizing, Moving, and Closing Windows
Maximized
Minimized
Restored
Moving a Window
Closing a Window
Layering Windows
Window Tricks
The Show Desktop Button
The Ribbon
File Tab
Home Tab
Share Tab
View Tab
Library Tools/Manage Tab
Music Tools/Play Tab
Picture Tools/Manage Tab
Tabucopia
Explorer Window Controls
Address Bar
Components of the address bar
What to type into the address bar
Optional Window Panes
Preview Pane
Details Pane
Navigation Pane
Favorite Links list
Libraries
Homegroup
This PC
Network
Flippy triangles
Libraries
Working with Library Contents
Adding a Folder to an Existing Library
The fine print
Removing a Folder from a Library
Creating a New Library
Tags, Metadata, and Properties
Properties
Icon and List Views
Immortalizing Your Tweaks
Sorting, Grouping, and Filtering
Sorting Files
Sorting in Details view
Sorting using the shortcut menu
Grouping
Filtering
Searching in an Explorer Window
The “Folder Options” Options
General Tab
View Tab
Taskbar 2.0
Taskbar as App Switcher
Handy Window Miniatures
Full-Size Peeking
Button Groups
The Taskbar as App Launcher
Jump Lists
Pinning
Deleting One Item
Jump List Caveats
Jump List Settings
The Notification Area (System Tray)
Revealing the hidden status icons
Reinstating the hidden icons
Revealing all system-tray icons
Three Ways to Get the Taskbar Out of Your Hair
Auto-Hiding the Taskbar
Changing the Taskbar’s Size
Moving the Taskbar to the Sides of the Screen
Taskbar Toolbars
Address Toolbar
Links Toolbar
Touch Keyboard
Desktop Toolbar
Redesigning Your Toolbars
Build Your Own Toolbars
The Run Command
Open a Program
Open Any Program or Document
Open a Drive Window
Open a Folder Window
Connect to a Web Page
7. Searching & Organizing Your Files
Desktop Search
Results-Listing Tips
The Search Index
Where Windows Looks
Adding New Places to the Index
Customizing Search
Folder Options
Indexing Options
Index Settings Tab
File Types Tab
Saved Searches
The Folders of Windows 8.1
What’s in the Local Disk (C:) Window
PerfLogs
Program Files
Program Files (x86)
Users
Windows
Your Personal Folder
Selecting Icons
Use the Mouse
Use the Keyboard
Checkbox Selection
Eliminating Double-Clicks
Life with Icons
Renaming Your Icons
Icon Properties
This PC (System Properties)
Disks
Data files
Folders
Program files
Changing Your Icons’ Icons
Standard Windows icons
Folder or shortcut icons
Copying and Moving Folders and Files
Copying by Dragging Icons
The right-mouse-button trick
Dragging icons into the Navigation pane
Copying or Moving Files with the Ribbon
Copying with Copy and Paste
The Recycle Bin
Making the Recycle Bin Less Naggy
Restoring Deleted Files and Folders
Emptying the Recycle Bin
Auto-emptying the Recycle Bin
Shortcut Icons
Creating and Deleting Shortcuts
Unveiling a Shortcut’s True Identity
Shortcut Keyboard Triggers
Compressing Files and Folders
NTFS Compression
Compressing files, folders, or disks
Zipped Folders
Creating zipped folders
Working with zipped folders
Burning CDs and DVDs from the Desktop
A Tale of Two Formats
Burning, Step by Step
The final steps: Mastered (ISO) format
The final steps: Live File System (UDF) format
Final Notes
ISO Disk Images
8. Redesigning Your Desktop World
Turning Off the New Look
Turning Off Window Snapping and Shaking
Turning Off the Inch-Tall Taskbar
Turning Off All Those Glitzy Animations
Bringing Back the Start Menu
A Gallery of Themes
Basic and High-Contrast Themes
Desktop Background (Wallpaper)
Auto–Picture Changing
Making the Pictures Fit
Other Ways to Choose Desktop Photos
Color
Sounds
Screen Savers
Choosing a Screen Saver
Desktop Icons
Mouse Makeover
Pointer Options
Preserving Your Tweaks for Posterity
Monitor Settings
Four Ways to Enlarge the Screen
Change the resolution
Enlarge just the type and graphics
Enlarge specific window elements
The Magnifier
Colors
Multiple Monitors
Quick and Simple: The Charms Bar
Flexibility and Options: The Screen Resolution Panel
Advanced Settings
Life with Eight Corners
Taskbar Complications
9. Help at the Desktop
Navigating the Help System
Search the Help Pages
Drilling Down
Remote Assistance
Remote Assistance: Rest Assured
Starting Up Remote Assistance: If You’re Both on Windows 7 or 8
Instructions for the novice
Instructions for the expert
Starting Up Remote Assistance: If You’re Not Both on Windows 7 or 8
Instructions for the novice
Instructions for the expert
Once You’re Connected
Getting Help from Microsoft
Microsoft Customer Support
10. Programs & Documents
Opening Desktop Programs
Exiting Desktop Programs
When Programs Die: The Task Manager
Heat Map
The Other Tabs
Saving Documents
The Save Dialog Box
Saving into Your Documents Folder
Saving into Other Folders
Navigating the List by Keyboard
The File Format Drop-Down Menu
Closing Documents
The Open Dialog Box
Moving Data Between Documents
Cut, Copy, and Paste
Drag and Drop
Export/Import
Speech Recognition
Take the Tutorial
Controlling Windows Speech Recognition
Controlling Windows and Its Programs
Show numbers
Controlling Dictation
Correcting errors
More commands
Speech recognition tips
Filename Extensions and File Associations
Displaying Filename Extensions
Hooking Up an Unknown File Type
Hooking Up a File Extension to a Different Program
Method 1: Start with the document
Method 2: Start with the program
Method 3: Start with the file type
Installing Desktop Software
The Preinstallation Checklist
Installing Software from a Disc
Installing Downloaded Software
Installing Windows Components
Uninstalling Software
When Uninstalling Goes Wrong
Program Compatibility Modes
Warning When You Upgrade to Windows 8
Warning Right When You Install an Older App
Compatibility Mode
Compatibility mode: The wizardy way
Compatibility mode: The manual way
11. The Desktop’s Starter Programs
Windows Essentials
Calculator
Character Map
Command Prompt
Computer
Control Panel
Default Programs
File Explorer
Help and Support
Magnifier
Math Input Panel
Narrator
Touchscreen Basics
Keyboard Basics
Settings
General tab
Voice tab
Commands tab
Notepad
Notepad Basics
About Word Wrap
Onscreen Keyboard
Paint
Remote Desktop Connection
Run
Snipping Tool
Sound Recorder
Recording a New Sound
What to Do with Sounds
Steps Recorder
Sticky Notes
Creating Notes
Formatting Notes
Deleting Notes
Task Manager
Windows Defender
Windows Easy Transfer
Windows Easy Transfer Reports
Windows Fax and Scan
Windows Journal
Handwriting
Sketches
Exporting
Windows Live Mail
Windows Live Messenger
Windows Live Writer
Windows Media Player
Windows PowerShell
Windows Speech Recognition
WordPad
Using WordPad
XPS Viewer
12. The Control Panel
Many Roads to Control Panel
Opening the Control Panel Itself
Category View
Classic View
Control Panel via Search
The Control Panel, Applet by Applet
Action Center
Add Features to Windows 8.1
Administrative Tools
AutoPlay
BitLocker Drive Encryption
Color Management
Credential Manager
Date and Time
Default Programs
Device Manager
Devices and Printers
Display
Ease of Access Center
Family Safety
File History
Folder Options
Fonts
Homegroup
Indexing Options
Internet Options
Keyboard
Language
Location Settings
Mouse
Buttons tab
Pointers tab
Pointers Options tab
Wheel tab
Hardware tab
Network and Sharing Center
Notification Area Icons
Performance Information and Tools
Personalization
Phone and Modem
Power Options
Creating your own plan
Programs and Features
Recovery
Region
Formats tab
Location tab
Administrative
RemoteApp and Desktop Connections
Sound
Playback and Recording tabs
Sounds tab
Communications tab
Speech Recognition
Storage Spaces
Sync Center
System
Taskbar
Troubleshooting
User Accounts
Windows 7 File Recovery
Windows Defender
Windows Firewall
Windows Mobility Center
Windows Update
Three. Windows Online
13. Hooking Up to the Internet
Connecting to a WiFi Network
When You Can’t Get On
Commercial Hotspots
Memorized Hotspots
Wired Connections
Automatic Configuration
Manual Configuration
Tethering and Cellular Modems
Dial-Up Connections
Connection Management
14. Security & Privacy
Windows Defender
Real-Time Protection
On-Demand Scanning
When Defender Strikes
Action Center
Windows Firewall
How It Works
Firewall Settings
Punching Through the Firewall
Advanced Firewall
Windows SmartScreen
Phine-Tuning the Philter
SmartScreen Web Settings
SmartScreen App Settings
Privacy and Cookies
The Terminology of Cookies
Cookie Options
History: Erasing Your Tracks
The Pop-Up Blocker
Overriding the Pop-Up Block
InPrivate Browsing
Internet Security Zones
Security Levels
Classifying Sites by Hand
Do Not Track
Hotspot Security
Protect Your Home Wireless Network
Family Safety (Parental Controls)
Turn on Family Safety
Turning on Restrictions
Turning on Restrictions
Web Filtering
Time Limits
Windows Store and Game Restrictions
Adjusting Family Settings on the Web
15. Internet Explorer 11
IE11 Desktop: The Grand Tour
A Note about the Menu Bar
Links and Underlines
The Address/Search Bar
Searching the Web
Adding Google
Entering an Address
Topside doodads
Window Controls
Tabbed Browsing
Shortcut-O-Rama
Tab Settings
Quick Tabs (Thumbnails)
Favorites (Bookmarks)
The Favorites Toolbar
History List
RSS: The Missing Manual
Viewing an RSS Feed
Tips for Better Surfing
Full-Screen Browsing
Picking a Home Page
Bigger Text, Smaller Text
Zooming In and Out
Online Photos
Saving Pages
Sending Pages
Accelerators
How to use an accelerator
Turning off accelerators
Adding more accelerators
Printing Pages
Turn Off Animations
Internet Options
The Keyboard Shortcut Master List
16. Windows Live Mail
Setting Up Windows Live Mail
Checking Email
Mail Folders in Windows Live Mail
Composing and Sending Messages
Inserting Links, Lines, or Smileys
Attaching Files or Photos
Reading Email
When Pictures are Part of the Message
Quick Views, Custom Views (Filters)
Quick Views
Custom Views
How to Process a Message
Deleting Messages
Replying to Messages
Forwarding Messages
Printing Messages
Filing Messages
Flagging Messages
Opening Attachments
Message Rules
Setting up message rules
Two sneaky message-rules tricks
Junk Email
Junk E-Mail Safety Options
When the Junk Filter Goes Wrong
The World of Mail Settings
General Tab
Read Tab
Receipts Tab
Send Tab
Compose Tab
Signatures Tab
Spelling Tab
Connection Tab
Advanced Tab
The Contacts List
Mail’s Calendar
Working with Views
Making an Appointment
What to Do with an Appointment
Editing events
Lengthening or shortening events
Rescheduling events
Printing events
Deleting events
The “Calendar” Category Concept
Syncing Calendars with Windows Live
Publishing Calendars
RSS Feeds
Newsgroups
Subscribing to a Newsgroup
Reading Messages
Replying, Composing, and Forwarding Messages
Four. Pictures & Music
17. Windows Photo Gallery
Photo Gallery: The Application
Getting Pictures into Photo Gallery
Photos from a Digital Camera
Photos from a USB Card Reader
The File Format Factor
Movies
RAW files
The Post-Dump Slideshow
Slideshow themes
Slideshow themes
Sharing a slideshow
The Digital Shoebox
The Bigger Picture
The Navigation Tree
Working with Your Photos
Category Groupings
Selecting Photos
Deleting Photos
Duplicating a Photo
The Info Pane
Titles
Dates
Ratings, flags
People, Tags, Geotags, Captions, Ratings, and Flags
People Tags
Tagging one person at a time
Batch tagging
Using people tags
Descriptive Tags
Applying tags
Editing or removing tags
Using tags
Geotags
Captions
Ratings
Flags
Searching for Photos
Editing Your Shots
Ways to Zoom
Ten Levels of Undo
Rotate
Auto Adjust
Cropping
Red-Eye
Retouch
Straighten
Noise Reduction
Automatic Color and Exposure Adjustments
Manual Adjustments
Exposure
Color balance
Straighten photo, Adjust detail
Reverting to the Original
Finding Your Audience
Make Prints
Panorama
Auto Collage
Photo Fuse
Slideshows
Email
Blog Post
Movie
Publish to Facebook, YouTube…
Burn to a Disc
Build a Photo Screen Saver
18. Windows Media Player
The Lay of the Land
Importing Music Files
Music Playback
Fun with Media Player
Playing Music CDs
Ripping CDs to Your Hard Drive
Playlists
Burning Your Own CDs
Copying to a Portable Player or Windows Phone
Automatic sync
Manual sync
Sharing Music on the Network
Browse One Another’s Collections—HomeGroup Method
Browse One Another’s Collections—Manual Method
Play To
Play over the Internet
Pictures and Videos
Five. Hardware & Peripherals
19. Printing, Fonts & Faxing
Installing a Printer
USB Printers
Network Printers
Ancient Printers
The Devices and Printers Window
Printing
Printing from TileWorld Apps
Printing from Desktop Programs
Printing from the Desktop
Controlling Printouts
Fancy Printer Tricks
Sharing a Printer
Limiting Hours of Access
Add a Separator Page
Printer Troubleshooting
Fonts
Managing Your Fonts
Faxing
Sending a Fax from Any Program
Faxing Using Windows Fax and Scan
Receiving Faxes
Scanning Documents
20. Hardware & Drivers
External Gadgets
USB Jacks
Other Jacks
Connecting New Gadgets
Device Stage
Installing Cards in Expansion Slots
Troubleshooting Newly Installed Gear
Driver Signing
The Device Manager
The Curse of the Yellow ! Badge
Duplicate devices
Resolving resource conflicts
Turning Components Off
Updating Drivers
Roll Back Driver
Six. PC Health
21. Maintenance, Speed Tweaks & Troubleshooting
The Action Center
Disk Cleanup
Disk Defragmenter
Defragging Settings
Hard Drive Checkups
The Three Action-Center Messages
Manual Checks
Disk Management
Change a Drive Letter
Partition a New Drive
Creating a partition
Turn a Drive into a Folder
Task Scheduler
Adding a Task
Editing Scheduled Tasks
Three Speed Tricks
SuperFetch
ReadyBoost
Shutting Off Bells and Whistles
Windows Update
Installing Updates
Windows Update, Desktop Edition
Windows Update, TileWorld Edition
Windows Update Settings
Beyond the Basics
Removing Updates
Reset and Refresh
Refreshing Your PC
Resetting Your PC
Windows Recovery Environment (WinRE)
Troubleshooting Tools
Automatic Error Reporting
Automatic Solution Reporting
The Diary of Windows Crashes
Reliability Monitor
Startup Items Revealed
22. Backups & File History
System Images
Make the Image
Restore the Image
System Restore
About Restore Points
The System Protection Dialog Box
Creating a Manual Restore Point
Performing a System Restore
Turning System Restore Off
File History
Set Up File History
Recovering Files
Browsing for the file
Ribbon rewinding
Searching for the file
The USB Recovery Drive
23. The Disk Chapter
Storage Spaces
Dynamic Disks
Compressing Files and Folders
NTFS Compression
Compressing files, folders, or disks
Zipped Folders
Creating zipped folders
Working with zipped folders
Encrypting Files and Folders
Using EFS
EFS Rules
BitLocker Drive Encryption
BitLocker for a Hard Drive
BitLocker to Go
BitLocker Options
Seven. The Windows Network
24. Accounts (and Logging On)
Local Accounts vs. Microsoft Accounts
Accounts Central
The Types of Accounts
Administrator accounts
Standard accounts
Child accounts
Adding an Account
Editing an Account
Changing the Account Type
Changing Picture, Password, or Microsoft Account
Settings You Change Online
Settings You Change in Control Panel
The Forgotten Password Disk
Deleting User Accounts
Disabling Accounts
The Guest Account
Authenticate Yourself: User Account Control
Local Users and Groups
Opening the Console
Creating a New Account
Groups
Creating a group
Built-in groups
Modifying users and groups
Fast User Switching
Logging On
You Get the Accounts Screen
You Zoom Straight to the Desktop
You Get the “Press Ctrl-Alt-Delete to Begin” Message
Profiles
The Public Profile
Whose software is it, anyway?
The Default User Profile
NTFS Permissions: Protecting Your Stuff
Setting Up NTFS Permissions
Step 1: Specify the person
Step 2: Specify the permissions
Groups and Permissions
When Permissions Collide
25. Setting Up a Small Network
Kinds of Networks
Ethernet
Network hookups
Wireless Networks (WiFi or 802.11)
Other Kinds of Networks
Phone line networks
Power outlet networks
Sharing an Internet Connection
Get a Broadband Router
Use Internet Connection Sharing
Set up the sharing PC
Set up the other PCs
Managing Your Network
The Charms Bar
The Network and Sharing Center
Change adapter settings
Change adapter settings
Change advanced sharing settings
Links in the Main Window
Set up a new connection or network
Troubleshoot problems
26. Corporate Networks
The Domain
The Domain Concept
Active Directory
Domain Security
Four Ways Life Is Different on a Domain
Logging On
Browsing the Domain
Searching the Domain
Custom Searches
Assigning Permissions to Domain Members
27. Sharing Files on the Network
Three Ways to Share Files
HomeGroups
Creating a HomeGroup in TileWorld
Creating a HomeGroup at the Desktop
How to Use Your HomeGroup
How to Share More Files and Folders
Leaving a HomeGroup
Editing the Shared HomeGroup Libraries
Sharing the Public Folders
Sharing Any Folder
Advanced Folder Sharing—and Disk Sharing
Notes on File Sharing
Hiding Folders
Accessing Shared Folders
Extra Credit: Universal Naming Convention (UNC)
Mapping Shares to Drive Letters
Sharing a DVD Drive
On the PC with the Drive
On the Tablet or Thin Laptop
28. The Road Warrior’s Handbook
Windows Mobility Center
Offline Files and Sync Center
Turn on the Feature
Preparing to Leave the Network
Working Offline
Reconnecting to the Network
The Sync Center
Windows to Go
Dialing In from the Road
Virtual Private Networking
Setting Up Your Laptop
Connecting to the VPN
Changing Your VPN Settings
Remote Desktop
Setting Up the Host Machine
Making the Connection
Keyboard Shortcuts for the Hopelessly Confused
Disconnecting
Fine-Tuning Remote Desktop Connections
Eight. Appendixes
A. Installing Windows 8.1
Before You Begin
Hardware Requirements
The Upgrade Assistant
What You Have to Lose
Decision 1: DVD or Download
Decision 2: Upgrade or System Builder
Decision 3: Directly or from External Disk
Decision 4: Upgrade vs. Clean Install
Decision 5: Dual Booting or Not
Installing Windows 8.1
Preparing for the Installation
The Upgrade Installation
Phase 1: Run the installer
Phase 2: Establish settings
Phase 3: Create your account
Phase 4: Set up SkyDrive
Phase 5: A soft landing
Performing a Clean Install (or Dual-Boot Install)
Jobs Number 1, 2, 3…
Windows Easy Transfer
Phase 1: Backing Up the Files
Phase 2: Restoring the Files
Upgrading from Windows 8
B. Fun with the Registry
Meet Regedit
The Big Five Categories
Keys and Values
Backing Up Key Values
Regedit Examples
Encrypt/Decrypt from the Shortcut Menu
A Really, Really Clean Desktop
Slow Down the Animations
C. Where’d It Go?
D. Master List of Gestures & Keyboard Shortcuts
TileWorld gestures
TileWorld gestures
TileWorld gestures
TileWorld keystrokes
TileWorld mouse shortcuts
File Explorer keyboard shortcuts
General keyboard shortcuts
Window and program-switching keyboard shortcuts
Windows key shortcuts
Taskbar keyboard shortcuts
Ease of Access keyboard shortcuts
Dialog box keyboard shortcuts
Magnifier keyboard shortcuts
Remote Desktop Connection keyboard shortcuts
Index
About the Author
Colophon
Copyright
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