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³WINDOWS 8 DEVELOPER PREVIEW´PRE-BETA



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Web location for thispresentation:

http://aztcs.org

Click on ³Meeting Notes´



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SUMMARY

The "Windows 8 DevelopersPreview", which is also

known as "Windows 8 Pre-beta" provides us with a look

into the rapidly-approaching

future of the "Windows"

operating system.



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SUMMARY (continued)"Windows 8" will have both the

old, legacy "Desktop" user

interface and the new "Metro"

"Start" screen."Metro" is Microsoft's unified

user interface that will be insideMicrosoft's (future) operating

systems for computers, tablets,

cell phones, and PDAs.



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TOPICS

Public Availability of ³Windows 8

Pre-beta´

Ways For You To Try Out

³Windows 8 Pre-beta´ Metro ³Start´ screen

(Legacy) ³Desktop´(="Desktop View")

³Metro Style Apps´



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TOPICS (continued)

Legacy Desktop Applications Miscellaneous features of

³Windows 8´

Keyboard shortcuts for

³Windows 8´

Windows Task List

Control Panel



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TOPICS (continued)

Lock Screen

Windows Media Center

Metro Search ³Windows Desktop Search´

³Windows Explorer´ ³Wordpad 6.2´



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TOPICS (continued)

³Hyper-V´ Virtual Machine

Program

³Windows XP Mode´ Is Missing

"Ribbon" Predominates

Hacks for ³Windows 8 Pre-beta´

USB Flash Drive Devices User Accounts

³FileHistory´ Folder



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PUBLIC AVAILABILITY OF "WINDOWS 8

PRE-BETA"

The "Windows DevelopersPreview" pre-beta of "Windows 8"

became available to the general

public on September 13, 2011.

To download a copy as an .ISO file

that is "burnable" to a DVD, go tohttp://msdn.microsoft.com/en-

us/windows/apps/br229516



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PUBLIC AVAILABILITY..(continued)

The "Product Key" for the

"Windows Developers Preview"

pre-beta of "Windows 8" is

available athttp://social.msdn.microsoft.com/F

orums/en-

US/windowsdeveloperpreviewgeneral/thread/ea402fb2-7192-4599-

b999-22ad6b28c55a



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The expiration date for the

"Windows Developers

Preview" pre-beta of

"Windows 8" is March 8,

2012



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WAYS FOR YOU TO TRY OUT THE

"WINDOWS 8 PRE-BETA"

INSTALL "WINDOWS 8 PRE-B ATA" INTO A REAL COMPUTER

If you have a spare computer handy, you can install

"Windows 8 Pre-beta" into it.



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WAYS FOR YOU TO TRY.. (continued):

INSTALL "WINDOW 8 PREBETA"

AS A VIRTU AL MACHINE INTO"ORACLE VM VIRTU ALBOX 4"(FREE)

Step 1: Install the free "Oracle VM

VirtualBox 4"" into your existing"Windows" or "Linux" computer.

Step 2: Install "Windows 8 Pre-beta"into a "virtual machine" running

inside "Oracle VM VirtualBox"



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INSTALL "WINDOW 8 PREBETA"

AS A VIRTU AL MACHINEINTO "VMWARE PLAYER 4" (FREE)

Step 1: Install the free "VMware

Player 4" into your existing

"Windows" or "Linux" computer.

Step 2: Install "Windows 8 Pre-beta"into a "virtual machine" running

inside "VMware Player 4"



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WAYS FOR YOU TO TRY.. (continued):INSTALL "WINDOWS 8 PRE-BETA" INTO A

REAL COMPU

TER AS

A "DU AL

BOOT"

It is possible to install "Windows 8

Pre-beta" to dual boot with either

"Windows XP", "Windows Vista",or "Windows 7" but we do not

recommend doing so because the"Windows 8 Pre-beta" sometimes

causes hard drive errors:



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"WINDOWS 8 PRE-BETA CAUSES HARD

DRIVE ERRORS! Details and screenshots of the

hard drive errors that we have

experienced with "Windows 8

Pre-beta" can be found at

http://aztcs.org/meeting_notes/winhardsig/win8prebeta/win8pr

ebeta-notes.pdf



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Our procedure for repairing a corrupted

Recycle Bin is available at

http://aztcs.org/meeting_notes/winhardsi

g/harddrives/repairing/070-corrupted-Recycle-Bin.pdf



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..HARD DRIVE ERRORS! (continued)

Because of these hard driveerrors, you should not

expose external or internalhard drives that contain data

files or other operatingsystems to "Windows 8 Pre-

beta".



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..HARD DRIVE ERRORS! (continued)

Prior to installing or starting"Windows 8 Pre-beta",

disconnect all internal andexternal hard drives and USB

flash storage devices from

your computer, in order tominimize their exposure to

"Windows 8 Pre-beta".



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METRO ³START´ SCREEN

In "Windows 8", the Metro"Start" screen replaces the

Windows "Start menu" as the

default menu for the end-user.

See

http://www.newsbyme.info/tag/metro-screen/



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METRO ³START´ SCREEN (continued)



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(LEGACY) ³DESKTOP´

In "Windows 8", the legacy"Desktop" interface (that

originated with "Windows 95")is still available and a critical

part of the operating system: Also known as "Desktop

View".



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(LEGACY) ³DESKTOP´ (continued)

3 ways to go to the "Desktop":

o "Desktop" tile in Metro "Start"

screen or

o Windows key takes you fromMetro "Start" screen to the

"Desktop" when no "Metro Style

Apps" are running or o Windows key + M --> Minimize all

open Windows and go to Desktop



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(LEGACY) ³DESKTOP´ (continued)



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³METRO STYLE APPS´

In "Windows 8", the term "Apps"is used to refer to programs for

"Windows" PCs for the first time.

In the past, "Apps" used to refer

to programs for cell phones,

tablets, and personal digitalassistants.



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³METRO STYLE APPS´ (continued)

"Metro Style Apps" onlydisplay in full screen from

inside the Metro "Start"screen. They do not

display in "Windows 8"inside the "Desktop".



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Alt + F4 does not work for

"MetroS

tyle Apps": Alt + F4 still works in

"Desktop" applications



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In ³Metro Style Apps´,

right-clicking in unusedspace brings up the

"bottom bar".



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LEGACY DESKTOP APPLICATIONS

Legacy ³desktop applications´will start regardless of your

screen resolution setting.

If you have your screen

resolution set below 1024 x 768,

"desktop applications" will startbut "Metro Apps" will not start.



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LEGACY DESKTOP APPLICATIONS

Legacy "desktopapplications" will

automatically start in the

"Desktop" interface.

"Microsoft Office 2010" and

its predecessors are all

legacy "desktop applications".



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CHARMS

To bring up "Charms":press the Windows key + c

keyor

mouse over the lower left-

hand corner of the monitor

screen:



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CHARMS (continued)



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CHARMS (continued)

Your five "charms" are:Settings,

Devices,Share,

Search,

andStart.



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CHARMS (continued)

If you are running "Windows 8

Pre-beta" in a virtual machine,

you might have to use thevertical and horizontal scroll bars

of the virtual machine window to

get to the real lower left-hand

corner of the monitor screen.



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CHARMS (continued)



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CHARMS (continued)

When you are inside a "Metro

Style App", bringing up a

"charm" usually brings upsome icons that are specific to

the "Metro Style App" in the(right) side bar:



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CHARMS (continued)



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THUMBNAIL OF MOST RECENTLY-

USED APP

A thumbnail of your most

recently-used (and still

running) app is displayed if

you drag your mouse cursor

to the left edge of the screen.



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USED APP (CONTINUED)



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USED APP

Microsoft has filed for a

Federal trademark on

"Charms" so do not expect tosee them in the "GNU/Linux"

or the Apple "Mac" OS Xoperating systems.



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Alt + tabwith the keyboard is faster and

more useful than the "Thumbnailof Most Recently-Used App"

feature

unless you have physicalchallenges with using the

keyboard



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IMPORTANCE OF THE ³COMMAND

PROMPT´

The "Command Prompt" is a

critical feature of "Windows 8"

because of the default loss of the

"Start" menu.



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«³COMMAND PROMPT´ (continued)



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A "Command Prompt" window

always runs inside the legacy"Desktop" in "Windows 8".



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Trick to get cmd.exe to alwaysrun as administrator:

Step 1: Use the right mouse

button to drag cmd.exe to the

desktop.

Step 2: Right click on theshortcut to cmd.exe.



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«³COMMAND PROMPT´ (continued) Step 3: Click on "Properties" in

the pop-up utility menu.

Step 4: Click on "Advanced" in

the "Shortcut" tab. Step 5: Put a checkmark in "Run

as adminstrator".

Step 6: Click on the "OK" button.

Step 7: Click on the "OK" button.



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Use the "Shortcut to cmd.exe"

whenever you need to open up a

"command prompt" window and

then you will be running

"cmd.exe" as an administrator.



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SHUTTING DOWN THE COMPUTER

The hard (default) way to shut

down a "Windows 8 Pre-beta"

computer:

o Bring up ³Charms´.o Click on the ³Settings´ charm.

o

Click on ³Power´ in the sidebar.o Click on ³Shut down´ in the pop-

up utility menu.

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SHUTTING DOWN«(continued)

The easy way to shut down a

"Windows 8 Pre-beta" computer:Create a shutdown "shortcut" in

Desktop AND

create a shutdown "tile" in the

Metro "Start" screen :

o Seehttp://www.mywindowsclub.com/resou

rces/5103-How-create-Shutdown-

Shortcut-Windows.aspx



INTERNET EXPLORER 10 BETA



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INTERNET EXPLORER 10 BETA

³Internet Explorer 10 beta´ isbundled into ³Windows 8 Pre-

beta".

³Internet Explorer 10´ is actually

two inter-related programs:

³Metro Internet Explorer´and

³Desktop View Internet Explorer´



INTERNET EXPLORER 10 BETA ( ti d)



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INTERNET EXPLORER 10 BETA (continued)

INTERNET EXPLORER 10 BETA (contin ed)



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"Desktop View Internet Explorer 10 beta" has a ribbon bar.

"Desktop View Internet Explorer 10 beta" looks like this:



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At the present time, many Web

sites cannot render properly or render extremely slowly in both

the ³Desktop´ and the ³Metro´versions of ³Internet Explorer 10

Beta´, so we recommend that

you download, install, and use³Firefox´ which runs efficiently in

³Windows 8 Pre-beta´.




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From the "Desktop", to start an

existing .URL file, .Web file, or

.Website file in Firefox:

drag and drop it on top of aFirefox shortcut

or

right click, click on ³Open with´,

and click on ³Firefox´.




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Do not make shortcuts to

Internet Explorer executables:

It causes the ³Metro Internet

Explorer´ tile in the ³Metro´³Start´ screen to disappear and it

causes all Internet shortcut tiles

in the Metro ³Start´ screen toopen in ³Desktop View IE´.




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If you start in ³Metro IE´ and want to

switch to ³Desktop View IE": Step 1: Right click on Web page.

Step 2: A bottom bar will bedisplayed.

Step 3: Click on the page-with-

folded-corner button. Step 4: Click on ³Use desktop view´

in the pop-up utility menu.




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Like "Internet Explorer 9" and "Internet

Explorer 8", "Desktop View InternetExplorer" has a 32-bit version and a 64-

bit version.

However, unlike "Internet Explorer 9"and "Internet Explorer 8", you cannot

selectively start the 32-bit version or the

64-bit version of "Desktop View InternetExplorer" by clicking on the desired

version.




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Regardless of whether you click

on "iexplore.exe in "Program

Files" or the "iexplore.exe" in

"Program Files (x86)", the versionof "Desktop View Internet

Explorer" that is selected in the

"Security" options screen of "Desktop View Internet Explorer"

is that one that will run.




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³Metro Internet Explorer´ does

not permit add-ons such as

"Adobe Flash" viewer add-in,

"Java Runtime Environment",and the "Silverlight

Environment" add-on.

This is a showstopper for many

Web sites.




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The ³Metro IE´ version of

³Internet Explorer 10 Beta´ does

not accept ³add-ons´, ³helper

applications´, or ³extensions´. The ³Desktop View IE´ version of

³Internet Explorer 10B

eta´accepts ³add-ons´, ³helper

applications´, and ³extensions´.




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Flash videos streamed from Web

sites such as ³YouTube´ will notplay in the ³Metro IE´ version of

³Internet Explorer 10 Beta´.

Flash videos streamed from Web

sites such as ³Youtube´ will play in

³Desktop View IE´ version of ³Internet Explorer 10 Beta´ (if the

"Adobe Flash" add-on is installed).

FIXING STREAMING FLASH VIDEOS IN



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FIXING STREAMING FLASH VIDEOS IN

³DESKTOP VIEW IE 10"

If Adobe Flash videos do not

play in ³Desktop´-based Web

browsers, perform the fix athttp://aztcs.org/meeting_notes/

winhardsig/AdobeFlashPlayer/ AdobeFlashPlayer.pdf

"INTERNET EXPLORER 10 BETA" (continued)



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You cannot install anyearlier version of

³Internet Explorer´directly into "Windows 8

Pre-beta":

"INTERNET EXPLORER 10 BETA" (continued)



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If you wish to run an earlier version

of "Internet Explorer" in "Windows 8Pre-beta", you can run it inside a

³virtual machine´ running inside

"Hyper-V", since "Hyper-V" is

bundled in "Windows 8 Pre-beta".

The virtual machine will have to runa version of "Windows.." prior to

"Windows 8 Pre-beta".

"FILEHISTORY" FOLDER



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"Windows 8.." maintains a "FileHistory"

folder on the first external hard drive thatyou attach to a "Windows 8.." computer.

See

http://techblog.ginktage.com/2011/09/how-to-enable-file-history-backup-feature-

on-windows-8/

andhttp://www.howtogeek.com/74623/how-

to-use-the-new-file-history-feature-in-

windows-8/

"FILEHISTORY" FOLDER (continued)



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FILEHISTORY FOLDER (continued)

and

http://www.eightforums.com/tutorials/2484-file-history-how-use-windows-8-a.html

and

http://www.winrumors.com/hands-on-windows-8-file-history-backup/

and

http://www.addictivetips.com/windows-tips/the-complete-guide-to-windows-8-

file-history-backup/

³WINDOWS TO GO´



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WINDOWS TO GO

= ³PORTABLE WORKSPACE´

From inside a "Windows 8Pre-beta" computer:

You can make a bootableUSB flash drive or USB hard

drive that can boot up anycomputer with a portable copy

of "Windows 8 Pre-beta".

³WINDOWS TO GO´ (continued)



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WINDOWS TO GO « (continued)

When this feature is finallycompleted, this method of

booting will protect you from

accessing or modifying any files

or folders that are on the internal

hard drive(s) of the computer that you use.

³WINDOWS TO GO´ (continued)



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When this feature is completed,

a "Portable Workspace Creator"

applet in "Windows 8" can be

used to create BitLocker-encrypted USB flash drives that

can be used to boot up any

computer that has an adequate

processor and RAM.

³WINDOWS TO GO´« (continued)



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At the present time, the half-

baked "Windows To Go"

capability of "Windows 8 Pre-

beta.." is functional enough for you to try out this future

feature of "Windows 8.." withthe following three limitations:




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Limitation 1:"BitLocker" encryption is not

placed on the bootable hard drive

or USB flash drive when you

create a bootable "Windows To

Go" USB hard drive, using"Windows 8 Pre-beta".




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Limitation 2:

The "Portable Workspace Creator"applet is not available inside the

"Windows 8 Pre-beta". According to

Microsoft's blogs, this feature hasbeen available in some early non-

public "Pre-betas" and this feature

will be definitely available in the

future "Release to Manufacturing"

version of "Windows 8".




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Limitation 3:

If you boot up "Computer A" with abootable "Windows To Go" external

hard drive or USB flash drive and

then you boot up "Computer B" with

the same "Windows To Go" drive,

then you will be unable to boot up"Computer A" with the same

bootable "Windows To Go" drive.




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WINDOWS TO GO « (continued) Because of "Limitation 3", right after you

create the bootable "Windows To Go"external hard drive or USB flash drive and

before you use it to boot up a computer, you

should use "Acronis True Image Home.." or

"Clonezilla" to immediately create an image

of your bootable "Windows To Go" external

hard drive or USB flash drive. This hard

drive image can then be used to restore thebootable "Windows To Go" hard drive if and

when it fails to boot up a target computer.




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WINDOWS TO GO « (continued) Hopefully, these three limitations will not

exist in the future "Release toManufacturing" production version of

"Windows 8" that is sold in 2012.

For more information on "Windows ToGo", seehttp://technet.microsoft.com/en-

us/library/cc766465(WS.10).aspxand

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_To_G

o




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Because of "Limitation 2", the current

process for creating a bootable"Windows To Go" USB hard drive

consists of the following procedure from

within a command prompt windowinside a "Windows 8 Pre-beta" virtual

machine or physical computer:

Run a few "diskpart" commands,the "imagex.exe" command, and

the "bcdboot.exe" command.




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O S O GO (co t ued)

For details of this process, see

http://tweaks.com/windows/52279

/how-to-create-a-windows-to-go-

usb-drive/and

http://www.borncity.com/blog/201

1/09/21/creating-windows-8-to-

go-on-a-16-gb-usb-stick/




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( )

After you create a bootable"Windows To Go" USB

external hard drive, you

should use "Acronis True

Image Home.." or

"Clonezilla" to to immediatelycreate an image.




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( )

After you create a create a

bootable "Windows To Go USB

flash drive, you should use

"Clonezilla" to immediatelycreate a backup image (since

"Acronis True Image Home.."

will not allow you to back up a

USB flash drive).




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( )

If you are using aUSB

externalhard drive, you can either use

"Acronis True Image Home.." or

"Clonezilla" to make your backupimage.




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( )

If you boot up "Computer A" with your

"Windows To Go" external USB harddrive and then you boot up "Computer B"

with the same external USB hard drive,

you will need to use the "Restore"capabilities of "Acronis True Image

Home" or "Clonezilla" to restore your

external USB hard drive before you canuse your external USB hard drive to boot

up "Computer A" again.




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Various members of the"Tucson Computer Society

have been successful in their

attempts to use the aboveprocedure to create bootable

"Windows To Go" hard driveswith external USB hard drives.




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However, we have failed in all of our

attempts to use 32-Gigabyte"Sandisk" "Cruzer" USB flash drives

to create bootable "Windows to Go"

hard drives to run the 64-bit version

of "Windows 8 Pre-beta". All of these

attempts resulted in aUSB

flashdrive that failed to boot.




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( )

We partially succeeded when we

used a 32-Gigabyte "Sandisk""Cruzer" USB flash drive to create a

bootable "Windows To Go" drive that

ran the 32-bit version "Windows 8Pre-Beta". This 32 Gigabyte USB

flash drive successfully booted up

our Sony "VGN" "Core 2 Duo" laptop

with "Windows 8 Pre-beta 32-bit".




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( )

However, the bundled copy of "Internet

Explorer 10 beta" failed to start in boththe "Metro Internet Explorer" mode and

in the legacy "Desktop" mode. As a

workaround, we were able to runcommand-line FTP to mozilla.org and

download the installation file for "Mozilla

Firefox 7.0.1". After running this setupfile, we were able to run "Mozilla

Firefox.." to access the "Web".




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( )

We know that Microsoft has been

able to create bootable USB flashdrives which run the 64-bit version of

one of the versions of "Windows 8

Pre-beta", because they gave stacks

of them to the software developers

at theBU

ILD conference in Anahiem, California in September

2011.




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( )

Seehttp://redmondmag.com/articles/201

1/09/16/microsoft-unveils-windows-

to-go-for-the-enterprise.aspxand

http://www.thewindowsclub.com/win

dows-8-windows-feature-windows-8




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( )

For more information on "WindowsTo Go", see

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-

us/library/cc766465(WS.10).aspxand

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows

_To_Go

MISCELLANEOUS FEATURES

O ³ O S



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OF ³WINDOWS 8´

Alt+Tab still works: Alt+Tab steps you through all open

Metro and desktop windows and

apps.


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OF ³WINDOWS 8´ (continued)

In the future production RTM versionof ³Windows 8´, the ³Modern

Reader ́ applet will open Adobe PDF

files. ³Modern Reader ́ is notavailable in ³Windows 8 Pre-beta´. It

was found in some earlier betas of

³Windows 8´ that were only releasedto developers.





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OF ³WINDOWS 8´ (continued) Native "Mounting" of .ISO Files:

.ISO image files (ISO 9660 files that

represent data CDs and data DVDs) can

be mounted directly:

Just double-click on an .ISO file and a

new ³drive´ appears in ³Windows

Explorer´

or

right-click on the .ISO file and select

"Mount" from the pop-up utility menu.





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For making PDF files,

"PDF995" works but "Bullzip"

does not work:

See

http://www.pdf995.com/





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Microsoft's .NET must beseparately installed:

Microsoft¶s .NET must be

separately installed if you havean app that needs it.

It is not offered in ³WindowsUpdate´ to ³Windows 8 Pre-

beta´.




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Hibernation is not available bydefault:

If you prefer to get the³Hibernation´ feature back, see

http://www.intowindows.com/how

-to-enable-hibernate-in-windows-8/



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O O S ( )



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There are two types of user accounts in "Windows 8 Prebeta":

(Existing) Hotmail login

andlocal account

When you use a Hotmail account to log

in, "Windows 8.." stores configuration

information up on your "hotmail.com"

account in Microsoft's cloud

KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS FOR ³WINDOWS 8´



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Windows + R --> Run box

Windows + P --> Dual and external

monitor options

Windows + C --> Charms and clockWindows + C --> New "Windows

Explorer" window

Windows + F --> "Search Files" in

"Metro Search"

KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS«(continued)



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Windows + L --> Go to "Lock

Screen"

Windows + M --> Minimize all open

Windows and go to DesktopWindows + Q --> "Metro Search"

Windows + Q --> Step through

Desktop windows only

Windows + U --> "Ease of Access

Center"




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For more keyboard shortcuts, see

http://blogs.msdn.com/b/seealso/arc

hive/2011/09/13/a-few-windows-8-

keyboard-shortcuts.aspxand

http://www.windows8news.com/201

1/09/14/windows-8-developer-preview-keyboardmouse-shortcuts/




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KEY

BOARD

SHORTC

UTS

FOR

MICROSOFT OFFICE 2010:

ALT+W--> Display Ribbon bar

ALT --> Remove Ribbon bar




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Get the "Windows Task List":

Ctrl + Shift + Esc

or

Ctrl + Alt + Delete

CONTROL PANEL



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The Metro version of "Control

Panel" is very simplified but thebottom-most item takes you to

the old "Desktop" version of thefull-blown Control Panel.

Desktop version of "Control

Panel" is now called "All Control

Panel Items".

LOCK SCREEN



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"B

adges" on the "lock screen"come from apps. See

http://www.tested.com/news/hands

-on-the-four-best-new-features-of-microsoft-windows-8/2857/

When you have a "lock screen"

drag it up with your mouse cursor to get to the log-in screen.



METRO SEARCH



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Very fast function that yourun from the "Windows 8"

Metro "Start" screen.

From within the Metro "Start"

screen, just start typing and

"Metro Search" will bedisplayed.

METRO SEARCH (continued)



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"Metro Search" cannot find

shortcuts to data files

"Metro Search" cannot find

shortcuts to folders "Metro Search" will not find .URL

or .WEBSITE shortcuts to Web

sites .B AT batch files can be found by

"Metro Search".



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If Metro "Search" does not find a

certain executable file and youwish to have a "tile" for this

executable file, you can create a

shortcut to the executable file andthen place this new shortcut at

C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windo

ws\Start Menu\

(or in a subdirectory of this

location)

METRO SEARCH (continued)



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Any shortcut (that points to

an executable file) that you

place at this location (or in a

subdirectory of this location)will have a "tile" in the Metro

"Start" screen and "MetroSearch" will be able to find

the shortcut.

³WINDOWS DESKTOP SEARCH´



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Much slower than thesearch that you run from

Windows 8's Metro "Start"

screen.

³WINDOWS EXPLORER´



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"Windows Explorer" in "Windows 8."

only runs in "Desktop".

"Up" button in "Windows Explorer" is

back.

o This feature was last seen in

"Windows XP".

o

This feature was missing in "WindowsVista" and "Windows 7".

Windows Explorer has a ribbon

³WORDPAD 6.2´ "WordPad 6 2" in "Windows 8 " can



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WordPad 6.2 in Windows 8.. can

open .DOCX Microsoft Word files "WordPad 6.2" can also permit a

"Save As.." to modify or create

.DOCX files.

"WordPad 6.2" cannot open, create,

or modify .DOC "Microsoft Word"files.

"WordPad 6.2" has a ribbon bar.

³HYPER-V´



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Microsoft's "Hyper-V" virtual

machine program is bundled

in with "Windows 8"

³HYPER-V´ (continued)



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Hyper-V" installs a virtualnetwork switch that your real

host computer has to use for allnetwork communications to the

real Internet and to the real

Local Area Network (LAN).




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"Hyper-V" has virtual IDE and

SCSI hard drive adapters--no

virtual S ATA network adapters

are available. The bootable"virtual hard drive" of a virtual

machine has to be attached to a

virtual IDE adapter.




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"Hyper-V" has no USB support:

To attach a USB flash drive or USB hard drive to a virtual machine:

Attach the USB data storage device

to the host computer. Then use

Windows conventional "File

Sharing" or "HomeGroups" filesharing to share folders and files on

the host with a virtual machine.



³WINDOWS XP MODE´ IS MISSING



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If you have legacy software

applications that have to run in

"Windows XP", you will have to

eventually run them in a licensedcopy of "Windows XP" that is

running in the "Hyper-V" virtual

machine program that is bundled

with "Windows 8".

³RIBBON" PREDOMINATES



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No ribbon in "Internet Explorer 10 beta" and "Notepad"

There is a ribbon instead of astandard toolbar in "Windows

Explorer", "Wordpad", and

"Paint"



HACKS FOR "WINDOWS 8":

GETTING THE "START MENU" BACK



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GETTING THE START MENU BACK

(continued)

See

http://www.neowin.net/news/window

s-8-how-to-re-enable-the-classic-start-menu and

http://www.eightforums.com/tutorial

s/2460-start-menu-toolbar-create-windows-8-taskbar.html





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(continued)

If you are running the 64-bit

version of "Windows 8 Pre-

beta", you need to perform theabove "hack" to create a "Start

Menu" button for both "ProgramFiles" and "Program Files (x86):





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FREE "METRO UI TWEAKER"



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FREE METRO UI TWEAKER

SOFTWARE UTILITY See

http://www.windows8news.com/2011/10

/03/metro-ui-tweaker-tweak-windows-8-

user-interface/

and

http://www.addictivetips.com/windows-

tips/tweak-and-customize-windows-8-

with-metro-ui-tweaker/


DISABLING THE METRO "START"



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DISABLING THE METRO START

SCREEN

Seehttp://www.intowindows.com/disa

ble-windows-8-metro-ui/


TO MAKE A DESKTOP SHORTCUT



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FROM

AN EXISTINGM

ETRO "START"SCREEN TILE

Step 1: Right click on the "tile".

Step 2: Click on the "Advanced" icon inthe bottom bar.

Step 3: Click on "Open file location" in

the pop-up context menu. Step 4: A "Windows Explorer" window

will open.





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FROM

AN EXISTINGM

ETRO"START"SCREEN TILE (continued)

Step 5: Use the right mouse button to

drag the highlighted file to the desktop.

Step 6: Release the right mouse

button.

Step 7: Click on "Create shortcut here"

in the pop-up context menu.

APPENDIX 1

"ADOBE FLASH" ISSUES



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http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9

220042/Echoing_Apple_Microsoft_bans_

Flash_from_Metro_IE10_in_Windows_8

http://www.apple.com/hotnews/thoughts-on-flash/

http://articles.cnn.com/2011-11-

09/tech/tech_mobile_flash-steve- jobs_1_html5-battery-hog-

photoshop?_s=PM:TECH

APPENDIX 1 (continued)

"ADOBE FLASH" ISSUES (continued)



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http://blogs.computerworld.com/19239/apples_steve_jobs_vindicated_as_adobe_k

ills_mobile_flash

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