Windows 8 useful tips and tricks

1. Open from the lock screen

Windows 8 opens on its lock screen, it looks good but unfortunately displays nothing about what to do next. It’s all very straightforward . Just tap on the keyboard space bar, spin the mouse wheel or swipe upwards on a touch screen to reveal a regular login screen with the user name you created during installation. Enter your password to begin.

2. Handle basic navigation

Windows 8 interface is all with colourful tiles and touch-friendly application. And if you’re using a tablet then it’ll all be very simple: just swipe left or right on the touch screen to scroll, and tap any app tile that you want to open. On a regular desktop PC, you might alternatively spin the mouse wheel to scroll backwards and forwards.

You can also use the keyboard to. Press the Windows logo key to return to the Start screen; mouse right-click (or swipe down on touch screen ) apps you don’t need and select Unpin to remove them; and drag and drop the other tiles around to arange them as you like. Press the Home or End keys to jump from one end of your Start screen to the other, for instance, use the cursor keys to select a particular tile, hit Enter to select it.

3. Use the quick access menu

Right-click with mouse in the bottom-left corner ( or hold down the Windows logo key and press X ) for a text menu that provides easy access to lots of useful features and applets:Control Panel, Explorer, Device Manager, the Search dialog and many more. Download the Win+X Windows 8 Menu Editor  and you’ll be able for further customization of the list with programs.

4. Group applications

The Start screen apps are initially displayed in a random order, but if you’d prefer a more organised life style then it’s easy to sort them into custom groups.

You might drag Contacts ( People), Calendar, Messaging and Mail over to the left-hand side, for instance, to form a separate ‘Office’ or ‘Contacts‘ group. Click the ‘minus’ icon in the bottom right corner of the screen to zoom out and you’ll now find that you can drag and drop the new group (or any other group ) around as a block.

Right-click within the block ( still zoomed out ) and you’ll also be able to named the group, which – if you go on to add another 10 or 20 apps to your Start screen – will make it much easier to find the tools and apps you need.

5. Make easier access

If there’s an application you use frequently then you don’t have to access it with the search system. Pin it to the Start screen and it’ll be available with one click.

Start by typing name of your application ( just one part of the named for example ). To access Control Panel, type ‘Control’. Right-click the ‘Control Panel’ tile on the Apps Search screen, and click ‘Pin to Start’. If you are using a touchscreen, press and hold the apps icon, then flick down and then select ‘Pin to Start’.

Now press the Windows key, scroll to the right and you’ll see the Control Panel tile at the end. Drag and drop this tile over to the left somewhere if you’d like it to make more easily visible and accessible, then click the tile icon to open the desktop along with the Control Panel window, and press the Windows key to return you to the Start screen when you are done.

6. Find your applications

The Win+X menu is useful, but there is no substitutions for the good old Start menu, as it doesn’t provide access to your applications. To find this, hold down the Windows logo key and press Q , or either mouse right-click an empty part of the Start screen or swipe your finger up from the bottom of the touchscreen and select ‘All Apps’ to reveal a scrolling list of all installed applications. Browse to the tiles to find application that you need and click the app to launch it.

7. Shut down the Windows 8

To shutdown Windows 8 , just move the mouse cursor to the bottom right corner of the screen, click the Settings icon – or just hold down the Windows logo key and press I – and you’ll see a power button. Click on it and choose ‘Shut Down’ or ‘Restart’.

Some of the tricks available in previous versions of Windows still apply. Press good old Ctrl+Alt+Del, for example, click the power button in the bottom right corner and you’ll be presented with the same ‘Shut Down’ and ‘Restart’ options. If you’re on the desktop computer, press Alt+F4 and you’ll be able to choose ‘Shut Down’, ‘Restart’, ‘Sign Out’ or ‘Switch User’ options.

Windows 7: Tips & Tricks

Tips and Tricks for Microsoft’s operating system, Windows 7

Microsoft brings many innovations and improvements, however small things are the ones that sell the product.In the few pages that follow we will make review exactly those small and tiny things that make you love the Windows 7.

I decide to transfer my experience in previous work with Windows 7 but not in the form of a standard review of the operating system but rather in the form of tips and best practices (Tips & Tricks). In this way you may be able to help you out and show you how to use Windows 7 better, in other words, Microsoft will show you what you did to make you switch from your XP, Vista or any other operating system to Windows  7 .

Manage your windows in Windows 7

Windows 7 simplifies the management of documents and programs in a way that allows you to “pin” a window or manipulate the same size with one mouse maneuver or a simple keyboard with one click.

To set your window on one half of the screen, drag it left or right and the window will change its size tofit left or right half of your screen. To manipulate the vertical size of the window, you can drag the window to the top of the screen and the same increase, double click on the upper or lower limit of the window and it vertically will increase until its maximum width will remain the same.The above manipulation you can do using the keyboard:

[  = Windows button with the sign of the keyboard]

  + Left arrow hangs window on the left side of the screen

  + Arrow right hook window on the right side of the screen

  + Up arrow maximizes the active window

  + Down arrow to minimize the active window

  + Shift + up arrow maximizes the active window vertically

  + Shift + down arrow restores the active window in original size vertically.

These possibilities  whether they used with a mouse or keyboard  , it would be a lot easier if you have a need to compare the contents of two locations, so easy … Attach one location on the left and the second location on the right side of your screen (Windows 7 itself to tweak the size of the window) and there …. required contents side by side.

Aero view of your desktop

Completely new but definitely very interesting and probably much needed tool for instant view on your desktop. During the operation the user opens a bunch of windows so desktop is rarely seen, but at times you need something right out there so you want to view. Just go with the mouse in the lower right corner, immediately after the date and clock and all your open windows will become transparent, so your desktop is available. I get the same while pressing start typing.

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Walking through the open windows

Of course you happened to have started a few text documents in MS Word, and you need time to time to see them (Alt + Tab window will open all possible), then press Ctrl (control) and mouse keep clicking on the icon the application in question (in our example Word) and Windows 7 will only roam between open instances Word. The windows will be opened in order in which they were first window opened.

Release of inactive windows

Many times it happens to our desktop is crowded with open windows, in addition to the active window in which you work from all sides protruding corner of the window, small or large windows and all it is sometimes одзима attention or annoys you. Cure in Windows 7 is simple, just press the    + Home and all the windows that are active at that time will be minimized. To restore just repeat the procedure.

Look clearly

With improved zoom tool in Windows 7, you can increase the different parts of the screen, very quickly and very easily. Zoom Tool in Windows 7 allows you to zoom in on any area of your screen, define the scale factor to increase and track and field mouse focus. Launch the “Magnifier” from the Start menu, and set the glass in a certain part of your screen. It will remain in that position, in relative proportion with the boundaries of your screen. Move the mouse cursor around and clearly see that the view to the desired portion of the screen increases.

You can also programming one of the buttons on your mouse (if your mouse software is compatible with Microsoft IntellPoint) to include or exclude Zoom Tool. Go to the Control Panel and click on “Hardware and Sounds”, then “Mouse” and select the “Buttons” tab and you get the option to program your mouse as you like.

Change the background

Windows 7 allows you to completely customize your desktop to suit each of the many moods that you possess all the new Shuffle feature for your desktop.You can set the background of your desktop to “walk” on your favorite photos and background to change as often as much as you want. 

To enable this feature right-click your mouse on your desktop and select “Personalize” then “Desktop Background” Select the folder where are your favorite photos and choose as you like.Tick ​​”Shuffle” box and select how often you want your wallpaper to change. Get a simple way that your background will always be new, fresh and interesting.

Clean desktop , Immediately!!

You always had the ability to automatically adjust your desktop using auto-arrange option that you get when you right-click your mouse on the background of your desktop and then selecting “Sort By”, now Windows 7 makes it even easier.

 To adjust your desktop according to your predefined settings simply press F5 and zadzhete typed. Immediately, I is aligned properly.