Windows 8 has been on the market for nearly half a year, and the new Windows Style UI has brought about significant differences from the Windows system since the graphical user interface, and the system settings have changed. Therefore, some users may encounter problems in their daily use. Microsoft's most valuable expert, Hua Wei, summed up and answered these questions for us.
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In the previous period, I wrote several outstanding articles in Win8. But there are still some hot issues, which are also asked or paid attention by many users. They are not suitable for writing an independent article. So here I will summarize them in the form of questions and answers. Taking into account the user's reading experience, I divided the article into upper, middle and lower pages, hoping to help you use these questions in Win8
1. How to switch input method?
Windows 8 Introduced the concept of language, you can add a variety of input methods for that language in the same language. The shortcut key between languages is Win (logo key) + space, and the shortcut key between input methods is still the previous Ctrl+Shift. After testing, the switch of some domestic input methods after installation can also be realized by switching the shortcut keys of the language.
2. I switched the input method to English state in one program. How did I get another Chinese text editing program, it is still in English state? It will automatically change to Chinese state on Win7.
Windows 8 unifies the state of the input method between programs, so the switching of the input method is global, and is no longer memory for each application. To change to the previous mode that remembers the different input method states for each application, go to Control Panel - Clock, Language and Region - Language - Advanced Settings, check > Allow me to set different inputs for each application window Law & rdquo;, save it.
3. In the new start screen and the app downloaded from the app store, many of the previous screenshot tools no longer work, how can I take screenshots?
You can use the PrintScreen key (PrtScn) on the keyboard to capture Screen, and open the program that can accept the paste picture, paste this screenshot from the clipboard. Of course, there is a more one-step way in Win8: press Win+PrtScn, the screen will flash like a camera. At this time, your screenshot has automatically generated image files, which are saved under the user folder. My picture - screenshots in rdquo;. (The actual path is for example: C:UsershuahuaPicturesScreenshots)
4. Tablets pre-installed with Windows 8 don't have a keyboard. How to take screenshots?
You can press the ”Win logo key” and " volume simultaneously -” Two buttons to take a screenshot, the effect is like the Win+ PrtScn key combination mentioned in point 3 above.
5. I installed a new video player, why is it via the built-in Metro app by default? Video? Open?
In fact, any program installed in Win8 has a modified file association. Function, the modification will no longer take effect. This is due to the design of the system. Because in the past, users may be free to modify the associations of various programs installed, resulting in a file being opened by different programs by default at different times. Now, when the user installs a new program, the same type of file will be opened by default when opened again, and a prompt will be displayed in the upper right corner of the screen to inform the user that a new one can be used to open this. The application of the class file returns the right to link to the new program to the user. If the user wants to modify the file association immediately, you can right click on the file that will be opened and select ”Open with ”-”Select Default Program”.
6. How do I add language packs?
Now, three versions of Windows 8 (Windows 8, Windows 8 Pro and Windows 8 Enterprise Edition) can support any multi-language switchover via language packs. Add a language pack by opening ”Control Panel” – “ "Clock, Language & Region" – “language", add a language that you need the language pack, and click on the right side of it when done; The option ", the system automatically checks the availability of the language pack and prompts you to download it when available.
If you do not want to download the available languages through the Windows Update service and you already have a separate local language pack file (lp.cab), you can execute lpksetup.exe to add a local language pack via the wizard. The wizard can also be used to remove installed language packs. Note that for some OEM models, the Chinese version of Windows 8 is not supported by other language packs, and the Chinese traditional Chinese language packs in Taiwan cannot be used due to policy restrictions. The workaround is to use the traditional Chinese language of Hong Kong. The translation mechanism of the package is the same.
7. How to make the touch action more visible when doing the demo?
Sometimes when you connect the touchable Win8 device to the projector for demonstration, if you don't use the mouse, there will be no mouse. The display of the pointer, by touch operation, the viewer is not easy to see the click action of your finger, is there any way to make the viewer see more clearly? In fact, by default, the finger click will display a faint circle on the screen. We only need to deepen the color of the circle (turn it into dark gray) through the system settings to let the audience see the movement of your finger. The location of this setting is “Control Panel”-”Hardware and Sound”-”Pen and Touch”. Check the bottom of the "Optimize the visual response to the projection to the external monitor" and confirm.
8. How to enable full button mode for the on-screen touch keyboard?
Attentive friends may have found that there is always a layout in the keyboard layout selection of the on-screen touch keyboard that is not selectable. This layout is a full-key keyboard.
To enable it, we have to slide out of the super button bar from the right side of the screen and select ”Set”-”Change PC settings”-”General”, find on the right" Keyboard layout & rdquo;, open it. In this way, you can choose this full button layout.
9. How to start before & rdquo; Safe Mode & rdquo ;?
There are several ways, for example, enter & rdquo; change computer settings & rdquo; - & rdquo; & rdquo ;, conventional selection last Item "Restart now", but the easiest way is to execute the command shutdown /r /o, or simply press the Shift key while clicking the & rdquo; power & rdquo; menu & rdquo; restart & rdquo ;
After restarting the interface, a high-level startup interface with a blue background will be displayed, and select ”Troubleshoot”-”Advanced Options”-”Start Settings” and click ” & rdquo; After the computer has been restarted, you will see the familiar F8 boot menu and select the number corresponding to the safe mode to enter safe mode.
10. The F8 shortcut in the boot phase is canceled. How do I enter the system advanced boot option during the boot phase?
Win8 For the faster start, the wait for the F8 key during the boot phase is canceled. So if the boot process is very smooth, but when the login screen is blue screen, or when the login interface encounters a driver conflict, causing the keyboard to malfunction and other problems and can not log in to the system, how can I boot to the advanced startup interface, so that I can choose Safe mode for troubleshooting? Here, we have two ways: First, use the U disk with WinRE image to drive the computer, so you can get an advanced startup interface, you can do PE-based troubleshooting; second, in When the U disk is not started, it can be triggered to enter the advanced startup interface by triggering Win8's automatic repair mechanism. The specific method is to press and hold the power button during the startup process until the system is turned off, and then turn it on again. When the system is booted, it detects the last startup failure, so it triggers the automatic repair process. After the repair process (which may last for more than 10 minutes), it can generally enter the blue interface of the advanced startup.
11. How to shut down completely as before?
Win8 uses the fast start/fast shutdown logic, thanks to the new shutdown process —— shutting down the user session and sleeping the system session. If you want to have the system session also shut down, which is the shutdown method used by previous versions of Windows, you can turn off Quick Launch in the power options in Control Panel. Alternatively, using the command line shutdown method such as shutdown /s defaults to a full shutdown. If you want to make a new hybrid shutdown via the command line, you can add the /hybrid parameter. Note that on UEFI systems pre-installed with Win8, the Wake-on-LAN feature will not be available after a complete shutdown.
12. Why can't the USB disk-based Win8 installation disk boot the computer to the installation process?
Because UEFI starts from the USB disk, only the FAT32 format U disk is supported. If your USB drive is in NTFS format, it will not boot unless the CSM module of UEFI firmware is enabled and the firmware is emulated as a BIOS. It is recommended to use UEFI's firmware to install Windows 8, as this will support many new features in the Win8 boot phase, which will make the boot process faster and more secure. Note that if you install Win8 in BIOS mode on a Win8 PC, your disk may be required to use the MBR format, and when the system starts up, it will no longer see the OEM's Logo, but a cyan Windows logo.