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Paul Sanna

Windows 8 Absolute Beginner’s GuideCopyright © 2013 by Pearson Education, Inc.

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Contents at a Glance Introduction ................................................................................................1

1 Starting and Stopping Windows 8 ...........................................................7

2 Interacting with Windows 8 ....................................................................23

3 Learning Windows 8 Basics ....................................................................39

4 Personalizing Windows 8 ........................................................................61

5 Connecting to the Internet .....................................................................85

6 Surfing the Web in Windows 8 ...............................................................99

7 Connecting with the People App ........................................................ 117

8 Using the Mail App and Messaging to Stay Connected .................. 137

9 Using the Calendar App ....................................................................... 157

10 Sharing Your Windows 8 Computer with Others ............................... 171

11 Sharing Files and Printers with Homegroup ...................................... 187

12 Mastering Windows 8 Apps ................................................................. 203

13 Working with the Desktop App ........................................................... 221

14 Using Windows Desktop Programs ..................................................... 235

15 Organizing Files and Folders with Windows Explorer ...................... 249

16 Storing Files on Drives, Disks, and the Cloud ................................... 273

17 Setting Up Hardware the Easy Way .................................................... 289

18 Printing, Scanning, and Faxing in Windows 8 ................................... 309

19 Safe and Private Internet Computing ................................................. 319

20 Performing Routine Maintenance ........................................................ 337

21 Troubleshooting and Solving Problems in Windows 8 ..................... 347

22 Keeping Current with the Bing Apps .................................................. 355

23 Enjoying Your Digital Photos ............................................................... 369

24 Enjoying Movies and Videos in Windows 8 ....................................... 381

25 Listening to the Music in Windows 8 .................................................. 395

26 Gametime with Windows 8 and Xbox 360 ........................................ 411

Index ....................................................................................................... 423

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Table of ContentsIntroduction ........................................................................................................ 1

What Is an Absolute Beginner? ................................................................................ 3

How This Book Is Organized .................................................................................... 3

Conventions Used in This Book ............................................................................... 5Selects and Selecting ........................................................................................... 5Special Elements .................................................................................................. 6

1 Starting and Stopping Windows 8 .............................................................. 7

Starting Up Windows 8 .......................................................................................8Powering Up Your Computer .............................................................................. 8Choosing an Operating System .......................................................................... 9

Signing In to Windows 8 ......................................................................................... 11

Handling Special Windows 8 Startup Situations .................................................. 16Restarting Windows After a Problem ............................................................... 16Waking Up Windows .......................................................................................... 17Handling Messages You Might Receive While Signing In ............................. 17

Exiting Windows ...................................................................................................... 19Signing Out of Windows 8................................................................................. 19Locking Windows 8 ............................................................................................ 20Putting Windows 8 to Sleep .............................................................................. 20Shutting Down Your Windows 8 Computer ..................................................... 21Restarting Windows 8 to Install Updates ......................................................... 21

2 Interacting with Windows 8 ...................................................................... 23

Getting to Know the Windows 8 Interfaces .......................................................... 24Using the Mouse in Windows 8......................................................................... 24Using the Keyboard in Windows 8 .................................................................... 26Using Touch in Windows 8 ................................................................................ 27Using the Virtual Keyboard ................................................................................ 29

Using Windows Controls in the Desktop App ...................................................... 30Window ................................................................................................................ 31Button .................................................................................................................. 32Option Button or Group .................................................................................... 32Text Box .............................................................................................................. 33Check Box ........................................................................................................... 33Windows 8 Toggle ............................................................................................. 33

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List Box ................................................................................................................ 34Drop-Down List ................................................................................................... 35Combo Drop-Down List ..................................................................................... 36

3 Learning Windows 8 Basics ....................................................................... 39

Working at the Start Screen ................................................................................... 40Returning to the Start Screen ............................................................................ 41Seeing Tiles off the Screen ................................................................................ 42Displaying All Tiles ............................................................................................. 42Selecting a Tile ................................................................................................... 44Moving a Tile ...................................................................................................... 45Making a Tile Bigger or Smaller........................................................................ 45Adding a Tile to the Start Screen ..................................................................... 46

Opening the App Bar .............................................................................................. 47

Using the Charms Bar ............................................................................................. 47Using the Search Charm .................................................................................... 49Using the Share Charm ...................................................................................... 52Using the Devices Charm .................................................................................. 53Using the Settings Charm .................................................................................. 54

Selecting Files in Windows 8 .................................................................................. 55

Finding and Using the Control Panel .................................................................... 57

4 Personalizing Windows 8 ........................................................................... 61

Personalizing Language, Keyboard, and Number Settings................................. 62

Personalizing Colors and Pictures .......................................................................... 65Personalizing the Start Screen .......................................................................... 65Personalizing Your Account Picture .................................................................. 67Personalizing the Lock Screen ........................................................................... 68

Personalizing Tile Groups ....................................................................................... 69Creating a Tile Group ........................................................................................ 70Moving Tile Groups ............................................................................................ 71Naming a Tile Group ......................................................................................... 71

Setting Up Accessibility Options............................................................................ 72

Personalizing How Notifications Work ................................................................. 75

Personalizing How Your Windows 8 Settings Synchronize ................................. 77

Personalizing the Desktop ...................................................................................... 77Changing the Desktop Background ................................................................. 77Changing the Mouse Pointers Used on the Desktop ..................................... 79

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Change the Desktop’s Color Scheme .............................................................. 81Setting Up a Desktop Screen Saver ................................................................. 81

5 Connecting to the Internet ........................................................................ 85

Reviewing Important Internet Connection Basics ................................................ 86Learning About Internet Service Providers ...................................................... 86Checking the Hardware Required to Connect ................................................ 86

Learning the Internet Connection Services Typically Available .......................... 87Understanding Routers for Internet Connection Sharing ............................... 90Understanding Network Adapters .................................................................... 91

Connecting to the Internet ..................................................................................... 91Connecting to a Wireless Network ................................................................... 91Connecting Where Free Wi-Fi Is Advertised ................................................... 94Connecting to Pay-as-You-Go Wi-Fi................................................................. 95Connecting to a LAN/Wired Network .............................................................. 95Connecting After Upgrading to Windows 8 .................................................... 96Connecting After You Restart Your Device ...................................................... 96Connecting in Other Scenarios ......................................................................... 96

6 Surfing the Web in Windows 8 .................................................................. 99

Introducing Internet Explorer ............................................................................... 100

Navigating to Websites ........................................................................................ 103

Enhancing Your Browsing ..................................................................................... 109Zooming In and Out ......................................................................................... 109Viewing Web Pages in the Desktop Browser ................................................ 110Pinning Websites to the Start Screen ............................................................. 110

Sharing and Printing While You’re Web Browsing ............................................. 112Sharing Web Pages .......................................................................................... 113Printing Web Pages .......................................................................................... 113

7 Connecting with the People App ............................................................ 117

Introducing the People App ...........................................................................118

Connecting with Your People .........................................................................121

Checking What’s New with Your People ........................................................125

The Me Page ...................................................................................................127

Setting Up Your Contacts ................................................................................128Linking to Facebook ......................................................................................... 128Linking to Google, Hotmail, and Exchange/Outlook/Office 365 ................ 130

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Linking to Twitter .............................................................................................. 133Linking to LinkedIn ........................................................................................... 135

8 Using the Mail App and Messaging to Stay Connected .......................... 137

Exploring the Mail App ......................................................................................... 138

Setting Up Email .................................................................................................... 139Setting Up Your Email Accounts ..................................................................... 140

Reading Your Email ............................................................................................... 143Replying to a Message..................................................................................... 144Filing a Message in a Folder ........................................................................... 145Deleting a Message ......................................................................................... 146Forward a Message .......................................................................................... 146Mark a Message as Unread ............................................................................. 147

Writing an Email Message .................................................................................... 148Formatting Your Email Message ..................................................................... 149Addressing Your Message ............................................................................... 151Attaching a Photo or Another File to Your Message .................................... 152Checking Spelling in Your Message ............................................................... 152

Using the Messaging App .................................................................................... 153

9 Using the Calendar App .......................................................................... 157

Getting to Know the Calendar App ..................................................................... 158Starting the Calendar App .............................................................................. 158Controlling the Calendar View ........................................................................ 159Setting Calendar Colors .................................................................................. 161

Synchronizing with Other Calendars ................................................................... 162Connecting to Your Hotmail Account ............................................................ 163Connecting to Your Gmail Account ............................................................... 164Connecting to Your Exchange/Outlook/Office 365 Account....................... 165

Entering New Events into Your Calendar............................................................ 167

10 Sharing Your Windows 8 Computer with Others .................................... 171

Windows 8 Users and Account Basics ................................................................. 172

Adding a New User ............................................................................................... 174Adding a New User with a Local Account ..................................................... 175Adding a New User with a Windows Account ............................................... 176

Creating a PIN or Picture Password ..................................................................... 179Adding a PIN to Your Account ....................................................................... 180Adding a Picture Password to Your Account ................................................. 180

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Making Changes to User Accounts ..................................................................... 184Changing a User’s Type ................................................................................... 184Removing a User Account ............................................................................... 185

11 Sharing Files and Printers with Homegroup ............................................ 187

Networking with Homegroup ............................................................................... 188

Using the Windows Homegroup .......................................................................... 189Creating a Homegroup .................................................................................... 191Joining a Homegroup ...................................................................................... 194Leaving a Homegroup ..................................................................................... 195Troubleshooting Homegroup Connections ................................................... 195

Setting Up Sharing ................................................................................................ 196Disabling Sharing for Specific Files or Folders .............................................. 196Sharing Files and Folders Only with Specific Users ...................................... 197

Sharing Your Printer ............................................................................................. 198

Seeing Stuff Shared By Others ............................................................................. 199

12 Mastering Windows 8 Apps .................................................................... 203

Learning Basic Windows 8 Apps Info .................................................................. 204

Running Windows 8 Apps ..................................................................................... 205Starting a Windows 8 App ............................................................................... 205Starting Additional Windows 8 Apps ............................................................. 206Stopping a Windows 8 App (If You Must) ...................................................... 207Using the App bar to Change a Windows 8 App’s Settings ........................ 207

Managing Windows 8 Apps ................................................................................. 208Using the App Switcher ................................................................................... 209Switching to the Previous App ........................................................................ 210Showing Two Windows 8 Apps on the Screen .............................................. 210

Shopping at the Windows Store .......................................................................... 214Purchasing an App ........................................................................................... 215Managing Your Account .................................................................................. 216

13 Working with the Desktop App .............................................................. 221

Introducing the Desktop App .............................................................................. 222Starting the Desktop ........................................................................................ 222Returning to the Start Screen .......................................................................... 224

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Keeping the Desktop Organized ........................................................................ 225Automatically Line Up Icons on the Desktop ............................................... 226Arrange the Desktop by Icon Type ................................................................ 227Change the Size of Desktop Icons.................................................................. 227Hide All Desktop Icons .................................................................................... 228

Working with the Taskbar ..................................................................................... 228Receiving Alerts and Notifications .................................................................. 228Adding Toolbars to the Taskbar ..................................................................... 230Displaying Special Icons on the Desktop ....................................................... 231

14 Using Windows Desktop Programs ......................................................... 235

Introducing Windows Desktop Programs ........................................................... 236

Running Programs on the Desktop...................................................................... 237Running Multiple Windows Desktop Programs ............................................. 237Making It Easy to Start Your Favorite Desktop Programs ............................ 239Saving Files to the Desktop ............................................................................. 239Exiting Desktop Programs ............................................................................... 241

Working with Windows ......................................................................................... 241

Installing and Removing Programs ...................................................................... 245Installing Program............................................................................................. 245Removing Windows Programs ........................................................................ 245

15 Organizing Files and Folders with Windows Explorer ............................. 249

Files and Folder Basics .......................................................................................... 250Understanding Files ......................................................................................... 250Understanding Folders .................................................................................... 251

Exploring Your Files and Folders with Windows Explorer ................................. 252Working with Libraries ..................................................................................... 254Navigating the Folder Tree ............................................................................. 255Customizing the Content Pane ....................................................................... 257Exploring the Preview and Details Pane ........................................................ 259Folder Options .................................................................................................. 261

Navigating Through Your Folders ....................................................................... 263

Selecting Files and Folders ................................................................................. 266Selecting a Single File at a Time ..................................................................... 266Selecting Multiple Contiguous Files ............................................................... 267Selecting Multiple Noncontiguous Files ........................................................ 268

Common Files and Folders Tasks ........................................................................ 269

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16 Storing Files on Drives, Disks, and the Cloud ......................................... 273

Working with External Drives ............................................................................... 274Connecting Your Drive the First Time ............................................................ 275Naming Your New Drive .................................................................................. 275

Storing and Sharing in the Cloud ........................................................................ 276

Saving Data to DVDs ............................................................................................. 279

Data Backup Strategies ......................................................................................... 282

Backing Up with File History ................................................................................. 283Setting Up File History ..................................................................................... 283Backing Up ........................................................................................................ 287Restoring Files .................................................................................................. 287

17 Setting Up Hardware the Easy Way ........................................................ 289

Setting Up Your Display ........................................................................................ 290Adjusting the Resolution (Making the Screen Bigger or Smaller) ............... 290Setting Up Multiple Monitors .......................................................................... 292

Setting Up Your Mouse ......................................................................................... 294Changing the Mouse Pointers Used on the Desktop ................................... 298

Setting Up Your Keyboard .................................................................................... 299

Setting Up Sound .................................................................................................. 301Setting Up Your Speakers ................................................................................ 301Selecting Sounds for Windows Events ........................................................... 303

Setting Up Power Use ........................................................................................... 305The Easy Method to Set Up Power Use ......................................................... 306The Really Easy Method to Set Up Power Use .............................................. 306The Manual Method to Set Up Power Use .................................................... 308

18 Printing, Scanning, and Faxing in Windows 8 ......................................... 309

Printing in Windows 8 ........................................................................................... 310Setting Up a New Printer ................................................................................. 310Printing in Windows 8 ...................................................................................... 311

Faxing in Windows 8 ............................................................................................. 313Sending a Fax ................................................................................................... 314Receiving a Fax ................................................................................................. 315

Scanning in Windows 8 ......................................................................................... 316Setting Up Your Scanner ................................................................................. 316Scanning in Windows 8 .................................................................................... 316

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19 Safe and Private Internet Computing ...................................................... 319

Understanding Internet Threats and Risks .......................................................... 320Web Browsing Risks ......................................................................................... 320Learning About Risky Attachments and Other Email-Related Threats ....... 321Learning Phishing Threats ............................................................................... 322Avoiding Virus Threats ..................................................................................... 325

Defending Yourself ................................................................................................ 325Reviewing All-in-One Internet Defense Suites .............................................. 325Defending with Windows Defender ............................................................... 326Checking Your Security Status at the Action Center .................................... 330Using SmartScreen to Avoid Dangerous Websites ....................................... 330Covering Your Internet Tracks ......................................................................... 332Browsing Quietly and Invisibly with InPrivate Browsing ............................... 333Using Windows Firewall ................................................................................... 334

Managing All Your IDs and Passwords ................................................................ 334

20 Performing Routine Maintenance ............................................................ 337

Keeping Current on Windows Update ................................................................ 338

Delete Unused Files .............................................................................................. 341

Defragmenting Your Drive .................................................................................... 343

Update Internet Security Definitions ................................................................... 345

Sample Maintenance Schedule ............................................................................ 345

21 Troubleshooting and Solving Problems in Windows 8 ............................ 347

Using the Troubleshooting Wizards .................................................................... 348

Using Task Manager to Close Unresponsive Programs ..................................... 349

Understanding Refresh and Restore .................................................................... 350Getting a Do-Over with Refresh ..................................................................... 351Restarting from Scratch with the Reset Option ............................................. 352

Reviewing Your System Core Info ........................................................................ 353

22 Keeping Current with the Bing Apps ...................................................... 355

Introducing the Bing Apps ................................................................................... 356

Read the News That’s Fit to Bing ........................................................................ 357

Getting the Bing Weather Report ........................................................................ 359

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Keeping Score with Bing Sports .......................................................................... 361

Getting the Bing Money Story ............................................................................. 362

Vacationing with the Bing Travel App ................................................................. 364

Trending Topics with Bing .................................................................................... 366

Finding Your Way with Bing Maps ....................................................................... 367

23 Enjoying Your Digital Photos .................................................................. 369

Learning Photos App Basics ................................................................................. 370

Browsing Through Your Photos ........................................................................... 374

Working with Your Photos .................................................................................... 375

Bringing In Your Facebook and Flickr Photos .................................................... 377Bringing In Facebook Photos .......................................................................... 377Bringing In Flickr Photos .................................................................................. 379Bringing In SkyDrive Photos ............................................................................ 379

24 Enjoying Movies and Videos in Windows 8 ............................................. 381

Getting Started with the xbox video App ........................................................... 382Setting Up Your Xbox LIVE Account .............................................................. 382Adding Your Videos to the Videos Library .................................................... 384

Moving Through the xbox video App ................................................................ 386

Shopping for Videos.............................................................................................. 391Making a Purchase ........................................................................................... 391Renting a Selection .......................................................................................... 392

25 Listening to the Music in Windows 8 ...................................................... 395

Getting Started with the Music App .................................................................... 396Learning What’s Where in the Music App ..................................................... 397Setting Up Your Xbox LIVE Account .............................................................. 399

Loading Your Music into Windows 8 ................................................................... 401How to Link Your Music ................................................................................... 401How to Move Your Music ................................................................................ 402

Browsing Through Your Music ............................................................................. 403

Playing Music ......................................................................................................... 405

Purchasing Music ................................................................................................... 405

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Importing and Creating Music CDs ..................................................................... 407Importing Music from a CD ............................................................................. 408Creating a Playlist and Music CD .................................................................... 409

26 Gametime with Windows 8 and Xbox 360 .............................................. 411

Using Xbox LIVE with Windows 8 ........................................................................ 412

Setting Up Your Xbox LIVE Account .................................................................... 413

Controlling Xbox from Windows 8 ....................................................................... 416Installing Xbox SmartGlass .............................................................................. 417Using Xbox SmartGlass .................................................................................... 418

Learning the Xbox Games App ........................................................................... 420

Index .............................................................................................................. 423

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About the AuthorPaul Sanna is a software professional, and he is the author or co-author of two dozen computer books on topics such as Windows 2000, Internet Explorer, VBA, Windows security, and more. He has been writing about computers since his first literary agent said to him many years ago, “I didn’t know Boston University had an English program,” and “Have you heard of this Windows 95 thing?” Mr. Sanna has worked in the IT field his entire career, building software, selling high tech, helping customers understand how to be successful with technology, and helping to market breakthrough analytics technology. His home with his family is in Charlotte, NC. Go Gamecocks!

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DedicationTo Andrea—my beautiful bride of almost 25 years.

AcknowledgmentsNo one deserves more credit for helping this project cross the finish line than Loretta Yates, my editor. Thanks for having faith in me, for working with my strengths and interest to come up with a project, for the support and great ideas, and for gently whacking me every time I looked for more time. Todd Brakke, the development editor, hereby known as “The Architect,” is the man for keeping the book cohesive, smart, focused, and organized. J. Boyd Nolan, the technical editor, kept me honest and accurate, and thanks to San Dee Phillips who deserves a big raise after editing my work!

The unnamed co-captain of this project is my wife, who kept me happy, well-fed, focused, and in clean clothes throughout. This could not have been done without her. Thanks also to the three absolute beginners whom I channeled, namely Andrea, Mom, and Bob—thanks for the ideas and perspectives. Please stay novices forever (or as long as I write beginner books).

I have to acknowledge my precious daughters, Rachel, Allison, and Tori, checking on me and bringing me smoothies, snacks, candy, and sandwiches (and imploring me to get sleep!). Thanks to Karsyn and Camryn for their regular visits to Mr. Paul. Finally, no list of acknowledgments would be complete without mentioning Abby, my 15-pound cocker spaniel/golden retriever mix who never left my side, from proposal to last chapter.

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I N T H I S I N T R O D U C T I O N

INTRODUCTION

I am delighted you are reading this introduction, whether you’re con-

sidering buying this book or because you already own it. I’m sure you’ll

find value reading it and using it while you wrestle with this beast called

Windows 8.

Windows 8 is just a few years removed from Windows 7, but it’s incred-

ibly different from its predecessors. Microsoft easily could have called

this release “Windows 2020” or “Not Your Parents’ Windows.” The user

interface, which is the near-technical term that describes the part of the

software you see and touch and control, is quite different. Gone is our old

friend, the Start menu, and in its place is an exciting layout of tiles, each

representing a piece of software installed on your system.

• What this book covers

• How this book is organized

• Conventions for menu commands, keyboard short-cuts, and mouse and trackpad actions used in this book

• Special elements used to call your attention to notes, tips, and cautions

• How to send the author your feedback

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The new style of applications you use in Windows 8 (known as Windows 8-style apps) are attractive, engaging, and fast. They run full screen; sit flat on your monitor with no raised buttons or widgets; take advantage of video and animation better than any prior Windows release; and behave quite nicely in the sandbox with other apps—seldom crashing or locking up Windows. The Windows 8 start-up process is so quick, you’ll wonder whether you really clicked Restart or you just imagined doing so. And if you’re pining for the old Windows Desktop to run all your existing Windows 7 applications, it’s just a touch, click, or swipe away.

Yep, for you beginners, that means there’s basically two wholly different Windows environments to learn. Good thing there’s a book out there for the absolute beginner; am I right?

This book is intended to help you, whether you’re new to Windows or just new to Windows 8 to accomplish whatever it is you need or want to do during your personal or professional day. If you walk into the office and find your computer has been upgraded to Windows 8, you can read how to run (and where to find) your old programs. You can learn how to move around the system, and how to work with your old files. You can also learn how to do those seemingly difficult administrative functions such as setting up a printer or a second monitor.

If Windows 8 is loaded on a new computer you acquire for use at home, you can learn how to connect in all those social media networks, such as Facebook and Twitter. You can see how to have fun with all those photos you take and those that are shared with you. You can read how to buy and enjoy movies, music, and games. And for those times when work follows you home, or your personal time is overrun by home business tasks, such as homework or creating a budget, you can learn how to be productive and efficient.

For the hardware you use to run Windows 8, Microsoft has made a big deal about how Windows 8 can run on laptops, workstations, servers, and tablets. Allowing for form factor differences, the user interface is identical on all devices with the exception of how you interact with it: mouse, keyboard, stylus, speech, or touch. This book works for you regardless of the hardware you use. Although this book doesn’t cover the unique capabilities of certain models, such as the Samsung Series 7, you can follow along with the lessons, how-to’s, and explanations using whatever hardware you have. The screenshots shown in this book come from a wide range of devices, some from small laptops, others from gigantic servers, and a few from tablets. Odds are you won’t see a difference between them.

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What Is an Absolute Beginner?The book is respectful of your level of expertise. You are probably either new to Windows or, especially, new to Windows 8. You probably can handle a mouse and a keyboard, but the book guides you the moment your computer or tablet starts on through all the most common functions you’re likely to demand from it.

If, in looking this book over, you feel your expertise is just short of what may be needed for this book—if you aren’t comfortable using a mouse and keyboard, for example—you should consider reading Computer Basics Absolute Beginner’s Guide by Michael Miller (Pearson Education, 2012).

How This Book Is OrganizedThe book is divided into five parts. All the chapters in a part are related. For example, Part 2, “Getting Connected,” contains chapters that help you connect to the Internet, as well as help you stay connected with your family, friends, and work associates. The chapters are grouped into parts to make it easy for you to find information related to what you’re reading. You can read chapters and parts in any order you like with one exception:

• Chapter 1, “Starting and Stopping Windows 8,” and Chapter 3, “Learning Windows 8 Basics,” covers the new Windows 8-style bells, buttons, windows, and whistles in some detail. Chapter 1 presents the basics, whereas Chapter 3 focuses on the Start screen. If you are new to Windows 8, and only folks who have used Windows Phone 7 or worked with the Windows 8 Preview releases can say they’re not, you should probably give these chapters a close read.

• If you are brand new to Windows, you’ll also want to spend some time with Chapter 10, ”Sharing Your Windows 8 Computer with Others.” This chapter explains how to navigate and take action in the smaller Windows 7-like environment.

Each chapter in this book follows a standard format; although, there are diversions from the format here and there. The first section in each chapter is a short list describing the things you can learn and do in the chapter, along with a brief description of the chapter and why it’s important to you. This short section in each chapter closes with important information that alerts you to any particularly important techniques or gestures you need to know to complete the tasks described in the chapter, as well as where in the book to find that guidance. Here is an example:

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The Mail app is a new Windows 8-style app. As such, it relies on many of the techniques covered in Chapter 3. Refer to that chapter if you need help, or per-haps review the entire chapter if you need a refresher. Pay particular attention to these features, which play an important role in this chapter:

• Displaying the App bar, which reveals several formatting commands you can use to dress up your email.

• Opening the Setting charm, where you specify the various email accounts you can consolidate in the Mail app.

From that point, the chapter gets underway. You can find a number of elements to help you understand the topic of the chapter.

That’s it. So now that you’ve got that down, here is the list of parts that organize all the chapters:

• Part I, “Getting Started,” is a great introduction to Windows 8. You learn how to navigate through the screens and applications, how to sign-in and sign-out, and, most important, how to spruce up Windows 8 so it feels just like home. You learn how to adjust the colors, how to add photos as a background to some screens, how to change the resolution of your display, and how to set the keyboard and certain screens to match your language and culture.

• Part II, “Getting Connected,” gets you connected! Every Windows user needs to access the Internet, so the first chapter in this part helps you do so, regardless of whether you use a cable modem, DSL, or dial-up, and whether you connect from home, the gym, a café, or wherever. When connected, you can send emails, see what your friends are up to through all the new social media channels, send instant messages, launch a video chat conversation, and last-but-not-least, browse the web. Microsoft has built several new Windows 8-style apps to help you with these tasks. The chapters in this part help you set up these apps, including loading up the names of all your contacts in Facebook, Twitter, Hotmail, Exchange, Google, and LinkedIn, and you can learn how to use them to keep connected.

• Part III, “Punching the Clock,” covers the parts of Windows 8 that you’ll probably use doing your job or executing a task. You learn how to work in the Desktop environment, and in that environment, how to manage files and folders. The part also includes a chapter designed to help you manage all the files and data in your system, stored in external drives and in the Cloud. The chapters in this part don’t show off the most exciting or charming elements of Windows 8, but the chapters can help you take advantage of a number of important features.

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• Part IV, “Configuring and Protecting,” helps you complete some tasks that you might consider advanced, such as setting up new hardware, deleting some unused files to create more disk space, protecting your computer from viruses, and backing up your data. The information is presented at a pace and in a tone that you can understand and learn from. You must understand how to troubleshoot and prevent problems and how to solve problems that are slightly more complicated.

• Part V, “After Hours with Windows,” is the fun section of this book. You learn how to set up Windows 8 to play movies, music, videos, and games. Not only can you learn how to bring in your collections, but also, you can learn how to shop through the massive marketplaces Windows 8 accesses for you. Because Xbox 360, the game and entertainment console from Microsoft, is so integrated into Windows, you learn how to connect to it and take advantage of its features, such as controlling Xbox from your computer and even buying games from your computer. Although this part is referred to as “After Hours,” you might use it 24/7.

Conventions Used in This BookThis book is easy to understand. Even though Windows 8 might be hard to learn, to help make your task of learning Windows simpler, certain types of instructions are formatted or written in a specific way to keep them consistent. Some decisions were made as to how to handle all the interfaces to Windows 8: keyboard, mouse, and touch. You can read about how to handle the keyboard instructions, as well as all these conventions, in the next few short sections.

Selects and SelectingWindows asks you to do lots of things. You’re asked to click here, choose that, press this, and enter these. Given that you might use a touch-driven tablet or a mouse and keyboard, some of the instructions in the book are streamlined to reduce confusion by settling, as often as possible, on using the word “select.” When you see Select, you complete the most natural action for the thing you are asked to select, whether that’s a click of the mouse or a finger tap of the screen.

That established, this book loves and features the mouse. Every how-to, detailed explanation, or quick tip or timesaver leads with use of the mouse. You’ll have no trouble following instructions such as, “With your mouse, click here,” or “Double-click the smiley face picture.”

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Touchscreen users can find countless sets of specific instructions to interact with Windows 8 via touch whenever the gesture for doing so with a touchscreen device is not obvious or is notably different than doing so with a mouse.

Finally, although you can accomplish most tasks in Windows 8 with a mouse or via touch, there’s still a lot you can do with a keyboard that enables you to work faster than with a mouse or touch. With that in mind, you’ll find plenty of keyboard shortcuts throughout the book.

Special ElementsA few special tools emphasize certain points and concepts that might not be directly related to the topic discussed but are important enough to mention. These elements come in the form of Tips, Cautions, and Notes, examples of which you can find here.

NOTE A note is a useful piece of information that is not quite part of the core topic of the chapter or the section of the chapter where the note appears.

TIP A tip is a useful piece of information that should help you get your work done a bit faster or a bit better in Windows 8.

CAUTION A caution appears if there is a particular pitfall you must avoid or if there’s a chance of losing your data executing one of the procedures in the book.

STARTING AND STOPPING WINDOWS 8If you have just brought home a new computer with Windows 8 prein-

stalled, or if your computer has just been upgraded to Windows 8, maybe

you’re thinking, “Now what?” The obvious answer is to power up your

computer and sign in to Windows 8. Like everything else in Windows 8,

though, the power-up and sign-in phases are quite different than those in

prior versions of Windows, especially Windows 7. And if you haven’t used

Windows before, the start-up process appears unique. For these reasons,

this chapter walks you through the steps necessary to start your computer

and then sign in to Windows. You also learn how to put your computer

to sleep if you won’t be using it for a while, plus you learn how to exit

Windows 8. First to cover, though, is powering up your Windows 8 hard-

ware and then signing in to Windows 8.

I N T H I S C H A P T E R

1• How to Start Up Windows 8

• How to Sign In to Windows 8

• Handling Special Windows 8 Start-Up Situations

• Departing Windows

• Dual-Booting Concepts

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Starting Up Windows 8Before you can start up Windows 8 , there are a couple of steps to take first. After these few steps of preparation, you can read next in this section how to power-up Windows and how manage if more than one operating system is stored on your computer. Think about these issues first:

• If someone other than you installed Windows 8, check with him for the user ID and password you should use. Be sure to ask if he used a local account or a Windows account. You’ll learn more about these two different account types in Chapter 10, “Sharing Your Windows 8 Computer with Others” in the “Windows 8 Users and Account Basics” section.

• If you sign into Windows 8 for the first time at your place of business, check with a person from your IT or Support organization for your user ID and password, and, if required, your domain. The domain identifies what part of the corporate network you log into. If your computer has been upgraded to Windows 8, your user ID, password, and domain are probably the same as you used previously.

• If you couldn’t connect to the Internet for some reason when Windows 8 was installed, it would be helpful to be able to connect now. Try to address your connection issues before starting Windows 8.

Powering Up Your ComputerIf your computer is off, or powered down, you need to power it up to start your Windows 8 experience. If you are turning the computer on for the first time after installing Windows 8, be sure the DVD has been removed from the DVD drive or else your system could restart the installation program.

NOTE When a computer starts, a number of internal programs run to prepare the computer for operation. You will likely see a flurry of messages run up your screen in white text over a black background. These messages aren’t required, though, so don’t call the hotline if you don’t see anything happen initially. Depending on your type of your computer, this initial startup process might run for just a second or two or for a few minutes,

When the computer start-up process is complete, Windows takes over control of your computer, launching its own start-up process. You can tell Windows has started by the appearance of the Windows logo, as shown in Figure 1.1.

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FIGURE 1.1

The appearance of this Windows 8 logo indicates Windows has taken over control of your device.

Shortly after Windows starts, the sign-in screen appears, enabling you to finally sign in. Before that sign-in screen appears, however, you may have one more step to take, as covered in the next section.

Choosing an Operating SystemIf another version of Windows were installed and running properly on your computer when Windows 8 was installed, whomever installed Windows 8 may have chosen to create a dual-boot setup . This setup enables you to choose the operating system to use when the computer is turned on—yes, this is possible. You may be wondering, “Why wouldn’t I want to use Windows 8 if it were installed?” Here are a few reasons:

• You have a number of older Windows programs, and you rely on these programs. As much as Microsoft expresses confidence that your programs will run in Windows 8, you might not want to commit to Windows 8 until you are sure your programs run properly.

• You are not sure you have time to learn Windows 8.

You can find more information about dual-booting in the “Understanding Dual-Booting” section. For now, learn how to respond if Windows prompts you to choose an operating system.

If a screen like the one shown in Figure 1.2 appears, you must choose which operating system you want to work with. Presumably, Windows 8 is the choice. If, instead of a screen like the one in Figure 1.2, you see a screen with either a single sign-in portrait or multiple sign-in portraits, as shown in Figure 1.3 (with your own name and email address, of course), you don’t need to worry about dual-booting for now, and you can skip to the “Signing In to Windows 8” section.

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FIGURE 1.2

You can use Windows 8 or your old operating system (Windows 7 in this case).

FIGURE 1.3

If a screen with one or more sign-in portraits appears, dual-booting has not been enabled.

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NOTE The screen shown in Figure 1.2 depicts a system in which Windows 8 is installed on a computer running Windows 7. A computer might have more than two operating systems, in which case there are three or more choices shown on the menu. Your computer might also show an older operating system, such as Windows XP or Windows Vista, as a choice.

Signing In to Windows 8With your computer running and Windows 8 booted up, the next step is to sign in to Windows. You’ll find a helpful step-by-step list to help you sign in successfully in a page or so. Before starting down the list, there are a few new alternatives to the venerable password in Windows 8 to talk about.

TIP If you wonder if “signing in” is the same as “logging in,” you are correct. Microsoft has adopted the term, “signing in” to describe that process to identify one’s self to Windows 8.

You probably are accustomed to entering a password to access secured content on websites, as well as to sign in to computers, tablets, and some software programs. The passwords you use might be a randomly-generated string of numbers and letters or they might be the names of members of your family or perhaps the name of your favorite sports hero.

Windows 8 provides an alternative to the password for use when signing-in. When you create your new account in Windows 8, you need to supply a password, but you can also specify use one of two new sign-in options, replacing the use of the password after you initially supply it. These two options are PIN and Picture Password. Besides saving you the repetitive stress of entering your password often, these two new options offer a lot of flexibility to determine how to access your user account. Plus, using them will certainly impress your friends and family!

• PIN —A PIN is a 4-digit number you use to identify yourself when you sign in to Windows. A PIN is particularly useful to tablet users who normally don’t have a physical keyboard. On a tablet, a virtual keyboard appears on the screen as you sign in to Windows, enabling you to enter just your PIN to access Windows.

• Picture Password—If you have enjoyed drawing mustaches and other funny shapes on pictures of your friends and family, this is the password replacement for you. A picture password is a combination of a picture and touch gestures. To define a picture password, you choose a picture from your Pictures folder and then make three gestures, which can be your choice to tap or draw a line

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or circle. Windows records the position of the gestures, their length and the order in which you make them.

If you did not set up Windows, be sure to ask the person that did set up Windows if a PIN or Picture Password is used. For information on setting up one of these two options, refer to Chapter 10.

With all the preparation and explanations behind you, follow these steps to sign in to Windows 8:

1. You can sign in to Windows if the Welcome screen, also known as the Lock screen, appears, as shown in Figure 1.4. The picture in your Welcome/Lock screen might be different than the one shown here, but you can tell you’re in the right place if you see the time and date superimposed on your picture.

FIGURE 1.4

The Windows Welcome screen appears when Windows 8 is locked, such as occurs if you do not enter your user ID and password promptly, or if you enter the command to lock Windows.

2. From the Welcome screen, swipe up, tap the spacebar, or click once on the screen. Any of these three gestures reveals the sign-in screen.

3. Select your portrait if more than one portrait appears (see Figure 1.5). If your portrait is the only portrait on the screen, skip this step and continue with step 4.

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FIGURE 1.5

Select your portrait to sign in to Windows 8.

4. Your portrait should appear alone on the screen. From there, how you sign in depends on the type of password protection you have. Use the directions in the set of following sections that matches how your log in account is set up.

Signing In with Your PasswordTo sign in with your password, select your account from the sign in screen, as described in the previous section, and then follow these steps:

1. The cursor will be flashing inside the Password box, as shown in Figure 1.6. If it is not flashing, tap or click once in the Password box.

FIGURE 1.6

The flashing vertical line indicates you should enter your password.

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2. Type your password. If you want to verify you entered your password correctly, tap-and-hold or click-and-hold the eye-shaped icon near the end of the Password box, as shown in Figure 1.7.

FIGURE 1.7

You can check that you entered your password accurately.

3. Select the arrow tile at the end of the Password box, or press Enter.

Signing In with Your PINTo sign in with your PIN, follow these steps:

1. If the last time you signed in you used your PIN, a screen like the one shown in Figure 1.8 appears.

If you signed in last with your password or picture password, tap or click Sign-in options. The three sign-in tiles appear. Next, tap or click the PIN tile.

2. The cursor should be flashing inside the PIN box. If it is not flashing, tap or click once in the PIN box.

FIGURE 1.8

Windows “remembers” if you last signed-in with a PIN.

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FIGURE 1.9

The Picture Password screen appears if you last signed in using your picture password.

3. If you made a mistake, Windows 8 prompts you to try again. Select OK and (more accurately) make your three touch gestures on the picture. To redo the gestures before Windows prompts you, select Start Over. If you successfully make the three gestures, you are signed in and the Start screen appears.

3. Enter your PIN. Note that you will be signed in immediately after correctly entering the last digit of your PIN.

Signing In with Your Picture PasswordTo sign in with your picture password , follow these steps:

1. If the last time you signed in, you used your picture password, a screen like the one shown in Figure 1.9 appears. (Your picture will be different than the one shown here.)

If you signed in last with your password or PIN, tap or click Sign-in options. The three sign-in tiles appear. Next, tap or click the picture password tile. The Picture Password screen appears.

2. Make your three gestures on the picture.

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Handling Special Windows 8 Startup SituationsAs pointed earlier in this chapter, powering up your computer and then starting Windows 8 are easy, usually predictable tasks. Every once in a while, though, the unpredictable happens, and sometimes, you do things that are out of the norm. The next three sections look at some special situations that could occur during startup.

Restarting Windows After a ProblemThe Microsoft engineers built Windows 8 to handle many problems, but there is always a chance that something can go wrong. Some software programs might interfere with others; hardware you add to your computer might interfere with Windows 8; and programs you download from the Internet can cause issues. As a result, Windows 8 can freeze, become sluggish, or shut down unexpectedly, and sometimes you may need to force your computer to power down. If Windows shuts down while experiencing problems, you might see the screen shown in Figure 1.10 when your computer restarts.

FIGURE 1.10

Windows guides you when it restarts if it crashes or shuts down unexpectedly.

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If you have experience running Windows in one of the diagnostic modes listed, such as Safe Mode or Safe Mode with Networking, you can use one of those options. If you are like most users, select Start Windows Normally and press Enter. Ideally everything should run just like normal at this point. If it doesn’t, refer to Chapter 21, “Troubleshooting and Problem Solving,” for assistance troubleshooting Windows 8 problems.

Waking Up WindowsIf, instead of powering off your system, you place Windows in sleep mode, eventually you need to wake up Windows to resume using your computer. Although some computers might use a different button for waking from sleep, it’s most likely that you use the Power button on your computer. (Sometimes just moving or clicking your mouse works, too.) This doesn’t mean you should press and hold the Power button until you see something happen. Rather, press the Power button once and then release it to wake up Windows. It’s best to check the documentation that came with your computer or to check the computer manufacturer’s website to confirm how to wake your computer.

TIP Be sure you do not hold the Power button too long. Doing so typically restarts the computer, which can cause problems with programs that were running when you put Windows 8 to sleep. Plus, you would lose any unsaved work.

Handling Messages You Might Receive While Signing InPasswords are the one area of your account that requires regular maintenance (unless you regularly change your name). Windows 8 sends messages to you, reminding you what needs to be done with your password.

Expiring and Expired PasswordsYou might see a message when you sign in informing you that your password will soon expire. Unless you have extremely tight controls over computer use at home, you will see this message only at work. If you see this message at work, it means your company has established a policy requiring you to change your password on a regular, scheduled basis.

If you see the message shown in Figure 1.11, your password has expired and you need to create a new one before you can use Windows 8. Seeing this message tells you that your company has established a policy requiring you change your password on a regular, scheduled basis.

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FIGURE 1.11

This message appears if your password has expired .

Password Not ComplexIf you see the message shown in Figure 1.12, your company has established a policy that passwords must be complex, and your password is too simple and easy to figure out. This message appears when you try to change your password, such as when it expires or when you change it on your own. Also, you need to follow the complexity rules when you create your password for the first time.

FIGURE 1.12

The password entered did not meet the minimum complexity requirements.

Here are the complexity requirements:

• The password cannot contain the user’s account name or any more than two consecutive characters from the user’s full name.

• The password must be at least six characters long.

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FIGURE 1.13

You see a warning on the Start screen if you try to sign out with unsaved work.

To log out of Windows, use one of these methods:

• On the Start screen, select your portrait, and then select Sign Out.

• From the Desktop, press Alt+F4. Then, select Sign Out and tap or click OK.

• Of the four categories that follow, the password must match three of these characteristics:

• Contains at least one English uppercase character (A through Z)

• Contains at least one English lowercase character (a through z)

• Contains at least one digit, 0–9)

• Contains at least one non-alphabetic character (for example, !, $, #, %)

Exiting WindowsWhen you need to take a break from your computer and Windows 8, perhaps to shop for computer books, you should consider how long you will be away and in what state you should leave your computer. For example, if you are going to be away from your computer for a short period of time but you are working on sensitive information, you should lock your computer. Locking your computer immediately displays the Lock screen without affecting the programs running or the files that are open. This enables you to get back to work quickly as soon as you sign back in. With the sleep option, there are four choices available to manage your computer while you take a break.

Signing Out of Windows 8You leave no trail behind when you sign out of Windows. Any programs running when you signed out are shut down, and any connections you had open are closed. If you attempted to sign out with unsaved work in either a Desktop or Windows 8 app, Windows 8 prompts you to save the work, as shown in Figure 1.13.

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Locking Windows 8Locking Windows 8 is useful if you are going to be away from your computer but you want to resume your work or play when you return. Locking also prevents strangers from accessing the information on your computer.

To lock Windows 8, use one of these methods:

• Select your portrait on the Start screen and then select Lock.

• Press Windows+L.

Putting Windows 8 to SleepWindows 8 does not have a sleep command. You cannot put your computer into sleep mode with Windows 8. Instead, you must press the Power button on your computer to put it to sleep. However, your computer must be set up to put itself to sleep when the Power button is pressed, as shown in Figure 1.14. If your computer is instead set up to power down when the Power button is pressed, you could lose important unsaved data. You can put your computer to sleep with a few other options, but the Power button option seems like a good one to standardize on and that most computers support.

FIGURE 1.14

Two options are available to configure what happens when your com puter sleeps and wakes up.

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FIGURE 1.15

You may also issue the Shut Down command from the Desktop.

Restarting Windows 8 to Install UpdatesA program as large and complicated as Windows is bound to have some unexpected problems, such as features that do not work as promised, programs that don’t work at all, and conditions that cause Windows or your compute to shut down suddenly. In the software world, these problems are known as bugs. Don’t worry. Microsoft, like most software companies, anticipates bugs. Short of

NOTE If you will not use your computer for a few days, it makes sense to put the computer to sleep. When a computer is asleep, it is still running, though in a low-power mode. Because you can leave your applications and documents open when you put your computer to sleep, it usually takes far less time to start work again by awakening a computer than to restart it and open the program you were working on.

Shutting Down Your Windows 8 ComputerYou have a number of options available to shut down Windows 8 . Regardless of the option you use, when you shut down Windows 8, your computer powers down. You don’t need to close any running programs or apps, but you must save any unsaved work or you will lose your changes since the last time you saved.

To shut down Windows 8 if you use a Windows 8 application or are at the Start screen, do the following:

• From the Settings charm, choose Power, and then select Shut Down.

To shut down Windows 8 from the Desktop,

• Press Alt+F4. Then , select Shut Down and select OK, as shown in Figure 1.15.

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an infestation, the engineers at Microsoft squash bugs and release small software programs that automatically update your computer with fixes to the bugs. Your computer must be restarted for the updates to take effect. You receive a notification that you must restart your computer, as shown in Figure 1.16. If you do not restart your computer soon enough, you are alerted again, this time being informed that Windows will automatically restart shortly.

FIGURE 1.16

Windows alerts you that you must restart your computer for updates to be applied.

THE ABSOLUTE MINIMUMHere are the key points to remember from this chapter:

• You don’t need to give up your old operating system before you are comfortable with Windows 8. Using a dual-boot setup , you can fall back on your old operating system when you need to.

• You can use a PIN or a picture password instead of a password to sign in to Windows 8. You know what a PIN is. The picture password requires you to draw with your finger or mouse three simple shapes or lines (in order) on a familiar picture to let you sign in to Windows 8.

• You have a wide choice of options with which to pause your work and protect your files in Windows 8. Be sure to make the right choice—sleep, sign-out, lock, or shut down—based on how long you will be away from your computer and where your computer is located.

Aaccessibility options,

confi guring, 72-75account pictures, personalizing,

67-68accounts, 172-174, 186

administrator, 172-174changing type, 184-185creating, 173email, setting up, 140-143Local, adding, 175-176picture passwords, adding to,

180-184PINs, adding to, 180regular, 172removing, 185Windows

adding, 176-179adding users, 178

Windows Store, managing, 216-218

Xbox LIVE, setting up, 416Action Center, 330adapters, network, 91addresses, People app contacts,

viewing, 123addressing email messages, 151Address toolbar, 230administrators, 172-174albums (music), browsing,

403-404alerts, receiving, 228-230all-in-one Internet defense

suites, 325-326Alpha button (People app),

121-122

App bar (Start screen), 40Bing apps, 358, 363opening, 47

applets, Control Panel, 58apps, 204-205, 219

see also DesktopBing, 355-357, 368

Financial, 362-364Maps, 367News, 357-359Sports, 361-362Travel, 364-366Weather, 359-361

Calendar, 157-158controlling views, 159-161entering new events,

167-169starting, 158synchronizing with other

calendars, 162-167confi guring, 207-208

Settings charm, 54-55displaying two, 210-214full-screen, 204Games, Xbox LIVE, 413installation, 204Mail, 155

addressing email messages, 151

attachments, 152composing email messages,

148-149confi guring, 139-143deleting email

messages, 146

fi ling email messages, 145-146

formatting email messages, 149-151

forwarding email messages, 146-147

marking email messages as unread, 147

reading email messages, 143replying to email messages,

144-145spell checking email

messages, 152-153starting, 138-139

managing, 208-214Music, 395-398, 410

browsing music, 403-404importing, 407linking music, 402loading music, 401moving music, 402My Music section, 397New Music section, 397-398opening, 396playing music, 405Popular Music section, 397purchasing music, 405-406Xbox LIVE, 413

People, 117-118, 136Alpha button, 121-122contacts, 121-127Exchange, 121Facebook, 120Gmail, 120home screen, 119Hotmail, 120

Index

424 APPS

LinkedIn, 121linking to Exchange,

130-132linking to Facebook,

128-130linking to Gmail, 130-132linking to Hotmail,

130-132linking to LinkedIn,

135-136linking to Twitter, 133-134Me page, 118-120, 127setting up contacts,

128-136Twitter, 118-121What’s New section,

118-119, 125-127Photo, 369-373, 380

browsing photographs, 374-375

emailing photographs, 375importing photos from

Facebook, 377-379importing photos from

Flickr, 379importing photos from

SkyDrive, 379-380opening photos in Flickr or

Facebook, 375setting as app

background, 376setting photographs as lock

screen, 376-377settings, 54-55

purchasing, 214-218running, 205-208snapping, 211-213starting, 205-206stopping, 207switching, 209-210Video, 382, 393

adding videos to library, 384

linking videos, 385-386

Movies Marketplace section, 388-391

My Videos section, 386-387renting videos, 392shopping for videos,

391-392Spotlight/Featured Videos

section, 386-387TV Marketplace section,

388-391Xbox LIVE, 413

Windows 8 versus Desktop, 320

Xbox SmartGlasscontrolling Xbox 360

consoles, 416-420installing, 417-418

Apps bar, Music app, 397-398artists (music), browsing,

403-404attachments, email

messages, 152risks, 321-323

Bbackgrounds, Desktop, chang-

ing, 77-79backups, 288

File History, 283, 287restoring fi les, 287setting up, 283-286

strategies, 282Bing apps, 355-357, 368

Financial, 362-364Maps, 367News, 357-359Sports, 361-362Travel, 364-366Weather, 359-361

Bing search engine, 103-105, 366-367

browsers, Internet Explorer, 99-102

Desktop version, 110-111navigating to websites,

103-110pinning websites to Start

screen, 110-112printing web pages, 113-114sharing websites, 113

browsinghistory, deleting, 332-333music, 403-404photographs, Photos app,

374-375bugs, 338burning content to CDs/

DVDs, 279, 409-410buttons, 32

Ccable Internet service, 87Calendar app, 157-158

controlling views, 159-161entering new events, 167-169starting, 158synchronizing with other

calendars, 162-167CDs

burning, 279, 409-410importing, 407-409

character repetition, key-boards, setting, 300

Charms bar (Start screen), 41, 47-49, 204

Devices charm, 48, 53-54Search charm, 48-51Settings charm, 48, 54-55Share charm, 48, 52-53Start charm, 48

check boxes, 33Choose How to Deal With

Potential Problems option (Windows Defender), 326

click for drag, mouse, 294

DESKTOP 425

clicking-and-dragging mouse, 25-26

closing unresponsive programs, 349-350

Cloud storagebackup solutions, 282SkyDrive, 273, 276-277

loading fi les to, 278colors, Start screen, choosing,

65-66combo drop-down lists, 36Command bar, confi guring

apps, 207-208commands

Safety, 320, 333Save as, 317selecting, 25Sender Information, 314

complexity rules, passwords, 18-19

composing email messages, 148-149

Computer branch (Navigation pane), 256

Computer icon, 231computers, powering up, 8-9computer sharing, 171

confi guring, 196-198user accounts, 172-174, 186

adding, 174-179administrator, 172-174changing type, 184-185creating, 173picture passwords, 180-184PINs, 180regular, 172removing, 185

users, adding, 178computer viruses, 325confi guration

accessibility options, 72-75apps, 207-208

Settings charm, 54-55computer sharing, 196-198

File History, 283-286hardware, 289

displays, 290-294keyboard, 299-301mouse, 294-299speakers, 301-303

Mail app, 139accounts, 140-143

People app contacts, 128-136printers, 310-311scanners, 316Windows Defender, 327-328Xbox LIVE accounts, 416

connectionsexternal drives, 275homegroups,

troubleshooting, 195Internet, 85-86, 91, 96-97

aft er upgrading, 96free Wi-Fi, 94hardware requirements,

86-87ISPs (Internet service

providers), 86LANs (local area net-

works), 95pay-as-you-go Wi-Fi, 95services, 87-90sharing, 90wired networks, 95wireless networks, 91-94

contacts, People app, 121-125making favorites, 124-125pinning to Start screen, 124scrolling through alphabeti-

cally, 121-122sending messages to, 124setting up, 128-136show online only, 122viewing addresses, 123viewing photographs, 123viewing profi les, 122viewing recent statuses and

posts, 123-127

Content pane (File Explorer), customizing, 257-259

Control Panel, 57-59applets, 58creating tile for, 59

Control Panel icon, 232cookies, 320-321copying fi les and folders, 270Customize Format dialog

box, 64

Ddata backups

File History, 283, 287restoring fi les, 287setting up, 283-286

strategies, 282data storage, 273, 288

DVDs, 279-281external drives, 274

connecting, 275naming, 275-276USB ports, 274

SkyDrive, 276-277loading fi les to, 278

defi nitions, Internet security, 345

defragmentation, hard drives, 343-344

deletingbrowsing history, 332-333Desktop programs, 245-246email messages, 146unused fi les, 341-343user accounts, 185

deleting fi les and folders, 271departments, Video app mar-

ketplaces, 390-391Desktop, 31-32, 221-223

apps versus Windows 8 apps, 320

backgrounds, changing, 77-79

426 DESKTOP

EEase of Access, 72-75Easy method, power

usage, 306email messages

see also GmailMail app

addressing, 151attachments, 152, 375composing, 148-149deleting, 146emoticons, 150-151fi ling, 145-146formatting, 149-151forwarding, 146-147marking as unread, 147reading, 143replying to, 144-145spell checking, 152-153

People app contacts, sending to, 124

threats, 321-323emptying Recycle Bin, 341Ethernet cable, 87-88events

assigning sounds, 303-305Calendar app, entering,

167-169Exchange

accounts, connecting to Calendar app, 165-167

linking People app to, 130-132

Mail app setup, 143People app, 121

Exclude File Types, Names, Locations option (Windows Defender), 326

exitingDesktop programs, 241homegroups, 195Windows 8, 19-22

iconsarranging by type, 227automatically lining

up, 226displaying special, 231-233hiding, 228sizing, 227-228

mouse pointers, changing, 79-81

organizing, 225-228personalizing, 77-82programs

exiting, 241running multiple, 237-238starting, 236-239

returning to Start screen, 224-225

saving fi les to, 239-240starting, 222-224Taskbar, 228

adding toolbars to, 230-231Notifi cations section,

228-230toolbar, 231

Desktop version (IE), 99viewing web pages, 110-111

Details pane (File Explorer), 259-261

devicesDevices charm, 53-54keyboard, 26

confi guring, 299-301modems, 86mouse, 24-26

confi guring, 294-299press-and-hold action, 28printers, confi guring,

310-311restarting, Internet

connections, 96scanners, confi guring, 316sharing, 196-198speakers, confi guring,

301-303swiping, 28tapping, 28

Devices charm, 48-54Devices screen, 312dialog boxes

Customize Format, 64Disk Cleanup, 342Keyboard Properties,

300-301Mouse Properties, 81Region, 63-65Screen Resolution, 291Screen Saver Settings, 81Sounds, 303-304Windows Update, 339

dial-up Internet service, 89dial-up modems, 313DirecTV Internet service,

88-89Disk Cleanup dialog box, 342displaying two apps, 210-214displays

adjusting resolution, 290-292confi guring, 290-294LCD, 290

documentsrotating, 28scanning, 316-317sharing, 196-198

double-clicking mouse, 25speed, 294

downloaded program fi les, deleting, 341

drivesdefragmenting, 343-344external, USB, 274viewing contents, 257-259

drop-down lists, 35-36DSL (dedicated subscriber

line), 88dual-boot setup, 9, 22DVDs

formats, 280burning content to, 279-281,

409-410

GROUP BUTTONS 427

folders, 250-252, 269-271copying, 270creating, 270deleting, 271excluding, File History,

285-286File Explorer options,

261-263fi ling email messages,

145-146moving, 270navigating, 263-266Picture, 11renaming, 270selecting, 55-57, 266-269sharing, 196-198viewing contents, 257-259

folder trees, navigating, 255-257

formats, DVDs, 280formatting email messages,

149-151forwarding email messages,

146-147free Wi-Fi, connecting to, 94frequently visited websites,

viewing, 106

GGames app, Xbox LIVE, 413gestures, 28-29Gmail

account, connecting to Calendar app, 164-165

linking People app to, 130-132

Mail app setup, 140-143People app, 120

Google, 50, 103group buttons, 32

libraries, 254-255Navigation pane, 255-257Preview pane, 259-261

File History, 283accessing, 286backing up fi les, 287backup drives, 284-285backup frequency, 286excluding folders, 285-286restoring fi les, 287setting up, 283-286

File Picker, 117File Picker tool, selecting fi les,

55-57fi les, 250, 269-271

attaching to email messages, 152

copying, 270creating, 270deleting, 271downloaded program, 341moving, 270offl ine web pages, 341renaming, 270selecting, 55-57, 266-269setup log, 341sharing, 196-198SkyDrive, loading to, 278system, 250temporary, 341temporary Internet, 341thumbnails, 342unused, deleting, 341-343user, 250viewing details, 260-261

fi ling email messages, 145-146Financial app (Bing), 362-364fi rewalls, Windows

Firewall, 334fi xes, 338Flash, 101Flickr

photographsimporting from, 379opening, 375

expiring/expired passwords, 17-18

external drives, 274connecting, 275naming, 275-276USB ports, 274

FFacebook

linking People app to, 128-130

People app, 120photographs

importing from, 377-379opening, 375

posts, commenting on, 127favorites, People app, 124-125Favorites branch (Navigation

pane), 255faxes, 313

receiving, 315sending, 314-315

File Explorer, 249-254, 269-271

Content pane, customizing, 257-259

Details pane, 259-261fi les

copying, 270creating, 270deleting, 271moving, 270renaming, 270selecting, 266-269

folder options, 261-263folders

copying, 270creating, 270deleting, 271moving, 270navigating, 263-266renaming, 270selecting, 266-269trees, 255-257

428 HALO

mastering, 40mouse, 24-26touch, 27-29UI (user interface), 39virtual keyboard, 29-30

Internetconnections, 85-86, 91,

96-97aft er upgrading, 96free Wi-Fi, 94hardware requirements,

86-87ISPs (Internet service

providers), 86LANs (local area net-

works), 95pay-as-you-go Wi-Fi, 95services, 87-90sharing, 90wired networks, 95wireless networks, 91-94

ISPs (Internet service providers), 86, 98, 324

security, 325, 345Action Center, 330all-in-one Internet defense

suites, 325-326Internet Explorer, 332-333managing IDs and pass-

words, 334-335SmartScreen, 330-332threats, 320-325Windows Defender,

326-329Windows Firewall, 334

Internet Explorer, 99-102, 336cookies, 320-321deleting browsing history,

332-333Desktop version, 99

viewing web pages, 110-111

InPrivate browsing, 333

Iicons

Computer, 231Control Panel, 232Desktop

arranging by type, 227automatically lining

up, 226displaying special, 231-233hiding, 228sizing, 227-228

Network, 231Recycle Bin, 231User’s Files, 232

IDs, websites, managing, 334-335

IE (Internet Explorer). See Internet Explorer

imagesapp backgrounds, setting

as, 376browsing, Photos app,

374-375emailing, Photos app, 375expanding, 28Facebook, importing from,

377-379Flickr, importing from, 379lock screen, setting as,

376-377opening, Photos app, 375People app contacts,

viewing, 123rotating, 28SkyDrive, importing from,

379-380importing

CDs, 407-409photographs, 377-380

installationDesktop programs, 245Xbox SmartGlass, 417-418

interfaces, 24, 40keyboard, 26

HHalo, 412hard drives

defragmenting, 343-344external, USB ports, 274

hardwareconfi guring, 289

displays, 290-294keyboard, 299-301mouse, 294-299printers, 310-311scanners, 316speakers, 301-303

hard drivesdefragmenting, 343-344USB ports for external, 274

mobile devices, support, 24modems, 86-88, 313monitors

confi guring, 290-294LCD, 290

requirements, Internet connections, 86-87

dial-up, 313Hibernate mode, 305hidden tiles, viewing, 42hiding Desktop icons, 228Homegroup branch

(Navigation pane), 255homegroups, 187-190

computer sharing, 196-198creating, 191-194exiting, 195joining, 194-195printer sharing, 198-199troubleshooting, 195

HotmailCalendar app, linking

account to, 163-164linking People app to,

130-132Mail app setup, 140-142People app, 120

hyperlinks, following, 105-106

MESSAGES 429

email messagesaddressing, 151attachments, 152composing, 148-149deleting, 146fi ling, 145-146formatting, 149-151forwarding, 146-147marking as unread, 147reading, 143replying to, 144-145spell checking, 152-153

starting, 138-139maintenance

defragmenting drives, 343-344

deleting unused fi les, 341-343

Internet security, 345schedule, 345updates, 338-340

managing apps, 208-214manual method, power

usage, 308Maps app (Bing), 367marking email messages as

unread, 147Media Player

CDscreating, 409-410importing, 408-409

creating playlists, 409-410Medium Icons view, 80Me page (People app), 118,

120, 127messages

password handling, 17-19People app contacts, sending

to, 124

Llanguage setting, 62-65LANs (local area networks),

connecting to, 95LCD monitors, 290leased line Internet service, 90libraries, 190, 254-255Libraries branch (Navigation

pane), 255LinkedIn

linking People app to, 135-136

People app, 121linking

music, 402People app

Exchange, 130-132Facebook, 128-130Gmail, 130-132Hotmail, 130-132LinkedIn, 135-136Twitter, 133-134

videos, 385-386Links toolbar, 231list boxes, 34-35List view (Content pane),

258-259Local accounts, adding users,

175-176locking Windows 8, 20lock screen, setting photo-

graphs as, 376-377Lock screen, 12

personalizing, 68-69logging in to Windows 8-15

MMail app, 137-138, 155

confi guring, 139accounts, 140-143

websitesnavigating to, 103-109pinning to Start screen,

110-112printing, 113-114sharing, 113zooming in and out,

109-110invisibly browsing, Internet

Explorer, 333ISPs (Internet service provid-

ers), 86, 98, 324

J-Kjoining homegroups, 194-195jump lists, websites, 107-108

keyboard, 24-26App bar, opening, 47closing apps, 207confi guring, 299-301Internet Explorer, displaying

controls, 101opening

Command bar, 208Devices charm, 54Settings charm, 54Share charm, 53

quick key combinations, charms, 48

returning to Start screen, 225shortcuts, 26switching apps, 209-210tiles

adding to Start screen, 47selecting, 44sizing, 46viewing hidden, 42

virtual, 29-30Keyboard Properties dialog

box, 300-301

430 MESSAGES (EMAIL)

moving, 402playing, 405purchasing, 405-406

My Music section, 397New Music section, 397-398opening, 396Popular Music section, 397Xbox LIVE, 413

My Music section (Music app), 397

My Videos section (Video app), 386-387

Nnaming

external drives, 275-276tile groups, 71-72

Navigation pane (File Explorer), 255-257

network adapters, 91Network branch (Navigation

pane), 256Network icon, 231networking, homegroups,

188-190computer sharing, 196-198creating, 191-194exiting, 195joining, 194-195printer sharing, 198-199troubleshooting, 195

network connectionsLANs (local area

networks), 95wired, 95wireless, 91-94

New Music section (Music app), 397-398

News app (Bing), 357-359New Toolbar toolbar, 231notifi cations

personalizing, 75-76receiving, 228-230

opening Command bar, 208Devices charm, 54Settings charm, 54Share charm, 53

pointers, changing, 79-81, 298-299

returning to Start screen, 225secondary button, 25switching apps, 209-210tiles

adding to Start screen, 47moving, 45selecting, 44sizing, 46viewing hidden, 42

Mouse Properties dialog box, 81

Movies Marketplace section (Video app), browsing, 388-391

movingfi les and folders, 270tiles, 45

multiple Desktop programs, running, 237-238

multiple displays, confi guring, 292-294

musicbrowsing, 403-404linking, 402loading, 401moving, 402playing, 405purchasing, 405-406sharing, 196-198

Music app, 395-398, 410CDs, importing, 407music

browsing, 403-404linking, 402loading, 401

messages (email)see also GmailMail app

addressing, 151attachments, 152, 375composing, 148-149deleting, 146emoticons, 150-151fi ling, 145-146formatting, 149-151forwarding, 146-147marking as unread, 147reading, 143replying to, 144-145spell checking, 152-153

People app contacts, sending to, 124

threats, 321-323Microsoft Exchange

linking People app to, 130-132

People app, 121million bits per second,

Internet services, 88minimum requirements,

Internet connections, 86-87

mobile broadband, 88mobile devices, support, 24modems, 86-88

dial-up, 313monitors

confi guring, 290-294LCD, 290

Month view (Calendar), 161mouse, 24-26

App bar, opening, 47closing apps, 207confi guring, 294-299Internet Explorer, displaying

controls, 101moving tile groups, 70-71

PLAYLISTS (MUSIC), CREATING 431

lock screen, setting as, 376-377

opening, Flickr or Facebook, 375

People app contacts, viewing, 123

sharing, 196-198SkyDrive, importing from,

379-380Photos app, 369-380

photographsbrowsing, 374-375emailing, 375importing from Facebook,

377-379importing from Flickr,

379-380opening in Flickr or

Facebook, 375setting as app

background, 376setting as lock screen,

376-377picture passwords, 11, 22

signing in with, 15user accounts, adding to,

180-184pictures. See photographsPictures folder, 11pinch gesture, 28pinning

People app contacts to Start screen, 124

websites to Start screen, 110-112

PINs (personal identifi cation numbers), 11, 22

signing in with, 14-15user accounts, adding to, 180

pixels, 290playing music, 405playlists (music), creating,

409-410

Ooffl ine web pages, deleting, 341off -screen tiles, viewing, 42online contacts, People app,

showing, 122operating systems, choosing,

9-11option buttons, 32organizing Desktop, 225-228OS (operating system),

choosing, 9-11

Ppasswords

complexity rules, 18-19expiring/expired, 17-18handling messages, 17-19picture, 11PINs (personal identifi cation

numbers), 11signing in with, 13-14websites, managing, 334-335

pay-as-you-go Wi-Fi, connect-ing to, 95

People app, 117-118, 136Alpha button, 121-122contacts, 121-125

making favorites, 124-125pinning to Start screen, 124scrolling through alpha-

betically, 121-122sending messages to, 124setting up, 128-136show online only, 122viewing addresses, 123viewing photographs, 123viewing profi les, 122viewing recent statuses and

posts, 123-127Exchange, 121

linking to, 130-132

Facebook, 120linking to, 128-130

Gmail, 120linking to, 130-132

home screen, 119Hotmail, 120

linking to, 130-132LinkedIn, 121

linking to, 135-136Me page, 118-127posts

commenting on, 127making favorites, 125

Twitter, 118-121linking to, 133-134replying to tweets, 126retweeting, 126

What’s New section, 118-119, 125-127

peripherals. See hardwarepersonal identifi cation numbers (PINs), 11personalization

account pictures, 67-68Desktop, 77-82Lock screen, 68-69notifi cations, 75-76settings synchronization, 77Start screen, 65-66tile groups, 69-72

phishing, 322-324Photo app, settings, 54-55photographs

app backgrounds, setting as, 376

attaching to email messages, 152

browsing, Photos app, 374-375

emailing, Photos app, 375Facebook, importing from,

377-379Flickr, importing from, 379

432 POINTER, MOUSE, HIDING

routers, 87sharing Internet connec-

tions, 90routine maintenance

defragmenting drives, 343-344

deleting unused fi les, 341-343

Internet security, 345schedule, 345updates, 338-340

runningapps, 205-208programs, Desktop, 236-241

SSaaS (soft ware-as-

services), 276Safety command (Tools

menu), 320, 333satellite Internet service, 88-89Save as command (File

menu), 317saving programs, Desktop,

239-240scanners, confi guring, 316scanning documents, 316-317Scan or Exclude Removable

Drives option (Windows Defender), 327

scheduling maintenance, 345screen resolution, displaying

two apps, 212Screen Resolution dialog

box, 291screens

adjusting resolution, 290-292confi guring, 290-294slices, swapping, 213-214

Screen Saver Settings dialog box, 81

scroll wheels, mouse, 295Search charm, 48-51

windows, 241-244Windows Desktop Programs,

235-236purchasing

apps, 214-218music, 405-406videos, 391-392

Q-Rquick key combinations, 26

charms, 48

radio buttons, 32reading email messages, 143Really Easy method, power

usage, 306-308Real-Time Protection option

(Windows Defender), 326

rearranging tile groups, 71receiving faxes, 315Recycle Bin, 231

emptying, 341Refresh program, 350-354Region dialog box, 62-65regular users, 172renaming fi les and folders, 270renting videos, 392replying to email messages,

144-145replying to tweets, People

app, 126Reset program, 352-354resolution, adjusting, 290-292restarting

devices, Internet connections, 96

Windows 8, 16-17, 21-22Restore program, 350restoring fi les, File History, 287retweeting, People app, 126right-clicking-and-dragging

mouse, 25-26rotate gesture, 28

pointer, mouse, hiding, 295pointers, Desktop, changing,

79-81pointers, mouse, changing,

298-299pointer speed, mouse, 294pointer trails, mouse, 295pointing mouse, 24Popular Music section (Music

app), 397ports, USB, 274posts, People app contacts

commenting on, 127making favorites, 125viewing, 123-127

power usage setting, 305Easy method, 306manual method, 308Really Easy method, 306-308

press-and-hold action, 28Preview pane (File Explorer),

259-261primary button, mouse, 294printers

confi guring, 310-311sharing, homegroups,

198-199printing, 311-313

web pages, 113-114profi les, People app

contacts, 122programs

Desktopdeleting, 245-246exiting, 241installing, 245running multiple, 237-238running on, 236-241saving, 239-240starting, 236, 239windows, 241-244

running on Desktop, 236-241

unresponsive, closing, 349-350

SYSTEM FILES 433

Start screen, 41App bar, 40

opening, 47Charms bar, 41, 47-49

Devices charm, 53-54Search charm, 49-51Settings charm, 54-55Share charm, 52-53

personalizing, 65-66pinning websites to, 110-112returning to, 41-42returning to from Desktop,

224-225tiles, 40

adding, 46-47creating Control Panel, 59displaying all, 42-43moving, 45selecting, 44-45sizing, 45-46viewing hidden, 42

statuses, People app contacts, viewing, 123-127

stopping apps, 207storage, 273, 288

DVDs, 279-281external drives, 274

connecting, 275naming, 275-276USB ports, 274

SkyDrive, 276-277loading fi les to, 278

strategies, backups, 282stretch gesture, 28swiping devices, 28switching apps, 209-210synchronization, calendars,

Calendar app, 162-167system core information, re-

viewing, 353-354system fi les, 250

search engines, 50, 103security, Internet, 325, 345

Action Center, 330all-in-one Internet defense

suites, 325-326defi nitions, 345Internet Explorer, 332-333managing IDs and pass-

words, 334-335SmartScreen, 330-332Windows Defender, 326-329Windows Firewall, 334

selectingfi les, 55-57, 266-269folders, 266-269tiles, 44-45

Sender Information command (Tools menu), 314

sending faxes, 314-315services, Internet connections,

87-90Settings charm, 48, 54-55

personalizing notifi cations, 76

settings synchronization, 77setup log fi les, deleting, 341Shadow Copy. See File HistoryShare charm, 48-53sharing Internet

connections, 90sharing computers, 171

homegroups, 196-198user accounts, 172-174, 186

adding, 174-179administrator, 172-174changing type, 184-185creating, 173picture passwords, 180-184PINs, 180regular, 172removing, 185

users, adding, 178sharing printers, homegroups,

198-199

sharing web pages, 113shortcuts, quick key combina-

tions, 26shutting down Windows 8, 21signing in to Windows 8,

11-15, 173signing out of Windows 8, 19sizing

Desktop icons, 227-228tiles, 45-46

SkyDrive, 273-277loading fi les to, 278photographs, importing

from, 379-380saving photographs to, 371

Sleep mode, 17, 20-21, 305slices, screens, swapping,

213-214SmartScreen, 330-332snapping apps, 211-213soft ware-as-services

(SaaS), 276sounds, assigning to events,

303-305Sounds dialog box, 303-304SPAM blocker, 324speakers, confi guring, 301-303specifi c users, sharing fi les and

folders, 197-198spell checking, email messages,

152-153Sports app (Bing), 361-362Spotlight/Featured Videos

section (Video app), 386-387

Start charm, 48starting

apps, 205-206Desktop, 222-224Desktop programs, 236-239Mail app, 138-139

434 TABBED BROWSING

Twitterlinking People app to,

133-134People app, 118-121

UUI (user interface), 39uninstalling Desktop

programs, 245-246unresponsive programs,

closing, 349-350unused fi les, deleting, 341-343Updated Defi nitions option

(Windows Defender), 326

updates, 338-340restarting Windows 8, 21-22

URLs (uniform resource loca-tors), Internet Explorer, entering, 103-104

USB ports, external drives, 274user accounts, 172-174, 186

adding, 174Local accounts, 175-176Windows accounts,

176-179changing type, 184-185creating, 173picture passwords, adding,

180-184PINs, adding, 180regular, 172removing, 185

user fi les, 250usernames, websites,

managing, 334-335users, Windows accounts,

adding, 178User’s Files icon, 232Users screen, 177user Windows error reports,

deleting, 342

toggles, 33-34toolbars, Taskbar, adding to,

230-231touch

App bar, opening, 47Charms bar, opening, 48closing apps, 207creating tile groups, 70Internet Explorer, displaying

controls, 101moving tile groups, 71opening Command bar, 208opening Devices charm, 54opening Settings charm, 54opening Share charm, 53returning to Start screen, 225switching apps, 209-210tiles

adding to Start screen, 46moving, 45selecting, 44sizing, 46viewing hidden, 42

touch interface, 27-29Touch Keyboard toolbar, 231Travel app (Bing), 364-366troubleshooting

homegroups, 195Refresh, 350-351Reset, 352-353reviewing system core infor-

mation, 353-354Task Manager, closing un-

responsive programs, 349-350

troubleshooting wizards, 348-349

TV Marketplace section (Video app), 388-391

tweets, replying to, People app, 126

Ttabbed browsing, 107tablets, gestures, 28-29tapping devices, 28Taskbar (Desktop), 228

displaying special icons, 231-233

Notifi cations section, 228-230

toolbars, adding to, 230-231Task Manager, 347, 354

closing unresponsive programs, 349-350

temporary fi les, deleting, 341text boxes, 33text formatting, email

messages, 150threats, Internet, 320

email-related, 321-323phishing, 322-324viruses, 325web browsing, 320-321

thumbnails, deleting, 342tile groups

creating, 70moving, 71naming, 71-72personalizing, 69

tiles, 40adding to Start screen, 46-47Control Panel, creating for,

59displaying all, 42-43groups

creating, 70moving, 71naming, 71-72personalizing, 69

moving, 45selecting, 44-45sizing, 45-46viewing hidden, 42

ZUNE, DISCONTINUANCE 435

running programs on Desktop, 236-241

windows, 241-244Windows Fax and Scan, 313Windows Firewall, 334Windows Media Player, 410

CDscreating, 409-410importing, 408-409

creating playlists, 409-410Windows Store

managing account, 216-218purchasing apps, 214-216

Windows Update, 338-340, 346

wired networks, connecting to, 95

wireless antennae, 87wireless networks, connecting

to, 91-94wizards, troubleshooting,

348-349WordPad, 311writing email messages,

148-149

X-ZXbox 360, 412

controlling, 416-420Xbox Live, 411-413, 421

accounts, setting up, 416Games app, 413Music app, 413purchasing videos, 391-392renting videos, 392Video app, 413

Xbox SmartGlass appcontrolling Xbox 360

consoles, 416-420installing, 417-418

zooming in and out, websites, 109-110

Zune, discontinuance, 412

websitescookies, 320-321frequently visited, 106hyperlinks, 105-106jump lists, 107-108navigating to, 103-110pinning to Start screen,

110-112printing, 113-114sharing, 113tabbed, 107viewing in Desktop version,

110-111zooming in and out, 109-110

Week view (Calendar), 159-160

What’s New section (People app), 118-119, 125-127

Wi-Fi, 88connecting to, 94-95

windows, 31Desktop programs, 241-244

Windows 8Accounts, adding users.

176-179exiting, 19-22locking, 20restarting aft er problems,

16-17restarting to install updates,

21-22shutting down, 21signing in to, 11-15, 173signing out, 19sleep mode, 17-21starting up, 8-11style, 203waking up, 17

Windows Defender, 326-336confi guring, 327-328

Windows Desktop Programs, 235-236

deleting, 245-246installing, 245

VVideo app, 382, 393

Movies Marketplace section, 388-391

My Videos section, 386-387Spotlight/Featured Videos

section, 386-387TV Marketplace section,

388-389browsing, 388-391

videosadding to library, 384linking, 385-386renting, 392shopping for, 391-392

Xbox LIVE, 413videos

adding to library, 384linking, 385-386renting, 392sharing, 196-198shopping for, 391-392

viewing folder contents, 257-259

View Menu button, 80views

Calendar app, controlling, 159-161

Medium Icons, 80virtual keyboard, 29-30viruses, 325

Wwaking up Windows 8, 17Weather app (Bing), 359-361web browsers

cookies, 320-321risks, 320

email-related, 321-323phishing, 322-324viruses, 325