The Windows 8 Consumer Preview has been released for a week. Since Windows 8 has a lot of adjustments compared to the previous Windows version, there will be some unaccustomed use. Let me talk about the use of Windows 8:
1) Shutdown
This question is a bit funny, but some friends do not know, Windows 8 will start the menu to change to the metro interface, the shutdown button also disappears, we can use several methods to achieve shutdown:
A. Alt + F4: shortcuts, the Windows interface, press Alt + F4 to bring up the shutdown menu
B. Win + I: open the "settings" Select the power button to shut down, sleep, etc.
C. Create a shortcut to the desktop, right click on the desktop to create a new shortcut - shutdown, enter shutdown.exe -s -t 00, restart and 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 and select to fix to the “Start” screen in the Metro interface. To.
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 bottom of the screen. Let go.
3) Multi-task 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
no doubt in search of Windows 8 more powerful, just a shortcut to search, you can enter additional search for content directly in the Metro interface Search
Win+Q: Search for "Apps"
Win+F: Search for "Files"
Win+W: Search for "Settings"
5 Charms sidebar
Windows 8 introduced the Charms sidebar, 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, will display the date and time and search, share, set such as menu, very convenient
6) Quick launch taskbar programs
Windows8 in many applications follows the Windows 7, such as operating on the taskbar can still follow the program to the taskbar After that, press Win+ corresponding number key shortcut to start quickly. For example, if IE10 is the first one, press Win+1 to start
7) Change the taskbar folder to open the computer
The folder that is locked on the taskbar is opened by default. Many friends will not get used to it. We can also modify the right-click Explorer property in the taskbar folder. Replace the target column with "%windir%\\explorer.exe," and you can include no quotation marks, including commas. Space, then apply.
8) Adjust the input box size of the input method
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
< BR> 10) MetroIE webpage uses desktop IE to open
When browsing webpage in MetroIE, if you want to open the current webpage through desktop browser, click the tool button in the lower right corner and select “View on desktop” to
11) Change user avatar
After logging in with MicrosoftID, the default avatar may be smaller, 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 start. Screen color matching (change the avatar can be clicked on the avatar in the upper right corner of the Metro interface to change the avatar to enter)
12) Remove the "Start" screen useless button
After installing the program, there will be "Start" screen A lot of unwanted shortcuts (in fact, we just want to leave a program just fine). Other useless shortcuts can be removed from the Start screen by right-clicking on the batch and clicking on the bottom left. You can delete it (you can still find the deleted shortcut through all programs)
13) MSE in Windows8
After installing Windows 8, you can't install it if you install MSE again. This is because Windows 8 already 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 “Start” screen, then right click any A set of click changes can be named, and after the modification is successful, you can see it in the "Start" screen.
15) Robbin
Resource Manager
Windows Explorer menu interface has been changed to 8 Robbin interface, before we have seen in Office, you can hide or show, Double-click on the tab name to hide and display more content (can be popped up when the mouse is clicked)