15 Win8 quick start practical tips

Win8 system will be released next month. I believe many computer enthusiasts have been looking forward to it for a long time. In order to make everyone more familiar with Win8 system, the editor has compiled 18 Win8 practical tips for everyone, and intends to change Win8 system. Friends are worth collecting.

1) Shutdown

This question is a bit funny, but some friends don’t know. Windows 8 will change the menu to the metro interface, and the shutdown button will disappear. We can Use several methods to achieve shutdown:

A. Alt+F4: Shortcuts, press Alt+F4 in the Windows interface to pop up the shutdown menu

B. Win+I: Open“ Settings & rdquo;, select the power button to shut down, sleep, etc.

C. Desktop shortcut, desktop right-click new-shortcut, shutdown input shutdown.exe -s -t 00, restart, enter shutdown.exe -r -t 00, right-click shortcut property, replaceable display icon

D. Metro interface to add the shutdown button, after setting the shutdown shortcut on the desktop in the upper content, right-click to select the fixed to “start” screen Can be seen in the Metro interface.

2) Close the Metro application

A. Press Alt+F4 in the Metro program that opens again to close the program. . . . . . Alt+F4 is the best artifact

B. Move the mouse to the top of the screen to move the mouse to the top of the screen. When the mouse arrow changes to “small hand, click and drag down to the screen. After the bottom, let go.

3) Multi-tasking switching

Multi-tasking switching in Windows 8 is very convenient. Move the mouse to the upper left of the screen to display the thumbnail of the preferred application in the background. Click to switch. You can also scroll down to display the full daemon thumbnail.

4) Ubiquitous Search

There is no doubt that the search in Windows 8 is more powerful, you can search by shortcut key, and you can directly input the search content in the Metro interface. Search

Win+Q: Search"Application”

Win+F: Search“File”

Win+W: Search“Set”< Br>

5) Charms sidebar

The Charms sidebar is introduced in Windows8. You can move the mouse to the lower right corner to pop up on the right side, or press the shortcut key Win+C to pop up, the date and time will be displayed. And search, share, set and other menus, very convenient

6) Quick start taskbar program

Windows8 uses many applications of Windows 7, such as the operation on the taskbar can still be used, After fixing the program to the taskbar, press the Win+ corresponding number key shortcut to start it quickly. For example, the first one in IE10, press Win+1 to start

7) The taskbar folder is changed to open the computer

The locked folder on the taskbar is opened by default. ”, many friends will not get used to it, we can also modify, right-click the resource manager property in the taskbar folder, the target column is replaced by “%windir%\\explorer.exe, & rdquo; can, without quotes including commas There is a space before the comma, and then you can apply it.

8) Adjust the size of the input method input box

Right-click the input method right-click to open the input method input option, modify the font size in the appearance tab, and confirm.

9) MetroIE Open Desktop IE

This is caused by setting the default browser. Set IE as the default browser to restore Metro interface IE to Metro version IE

10) MetroIE webpage opens with desktop version IE

When browsing the webpage in MetroIE, if you want to open the current webpage through desktop browser, click the tool button in the lower right corner to select “View on the desktop”

11) Change user avatar

The default avatar may be smaller after login via MicrosoftID, the display will be blurred, you can modify the large resolution avatar in the Metro settings panel, you can also modify the lock screen wallpaper. And the start screen color matching (change the avatar can click on the avatar in the upper right corner of the Metro interface to click to change the avatar to enter)

12) Remove the "Start” screen useless button

After installing the program, & ldquo; ” There are a lot of unneeded shortcuts on the screen (in fact, we just want to leave a program just fine) Other useless shortcuts can be fixed by right-clicking on the batch and clicking on the bottom left from “Start” Delete (still passable There are shortcuts to find the deletion in the program)

13) MSE in Windows8

After installing Windows 8, you can't install MSE after installing Windows 8. This is because Windows 8 has already been installed. Comes with Windows Defender, including MSE function, so there is no need to install it, of course, you can also install other anti-virus software to enhance protection, there is no conflict.

14) “Start“Screen grouping

You can also name each group in the start screen. The operation method is very simple. Click “Minimize” at the bottom right of the screen. Then right click on any group and click to change the name. After the modification is successful, you can see it on the "Start“ screen.

15) Robbin in the resource manager

The resource manager menu interface in Windows 8 has been changed to the Robbin interface, which we have seen in Office before, can be hidden or displayed. Double-click on the tab name to hide it and display more content (you can pop up when you click it).

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