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Install Windows 8 and you also get
Microsoft's Hyper-V, enabling you to create and run virtual machines (as
long as you're not running in a virtual machine already). Launch
OptionalFeatures.exe (press Windows Key and R and type it in to run),
check Hyper-V and click OK to enable the feature. Then switch back to
the Start screen, scroll to the right, find and click on the Hyper-V
Manager tile to begin exploring its capabilities.
32. Smart Searching
When
you're in the mood to track down new Windows 8 features relating to a
particular topic, you might be tempted to start by manually browsing
Control Panel for interesting applets - but there is a simpler way.
If
you'd like to know what's new in the area of storage, say, just press
Win+W to launch the Settings Search dialog, type "drive", and the system
will return a host of related options. That is, not just those with
"drive" in the name, but anything storage-related: BitLocker, Device
Manager, backup tools, disk cleanup, and interesting new features such
as Storage Spaces.
This Search feature isn't new, of course, but
it's easy to forget how useful this can be, especially when you're
trying to learn about a new operating system. So don't just carry out
specific searches, use the Apps search to look for general keywords such
as "privacy" or "performance", and you just might discover something
new.
33. Start screen background
If you'd like to change your
lock, user tile or start screen images then press Win + I, click 'Change
PC settings' and choose the Personalize option. Browse the various tabs
and you'll be able to choose alternative images or backgrounds in a
click or two.
And in theory you'll also be able to define apps
that will display their status on the lock screen, although the app must
specifically support this before it'll be accessible from your
Personalize settings.
34. Scheduled Maintenance
Windows 8 can run common
maintenance tasks - software updates, security scanning, system
diagnostics and more at a scheduled convenient time, which is good.
Unfortunately
it doesn't actually ask you what time is convenient, instead just
setting it to 3am and allowing the system to wake your computer (if
hardware and circumstances permit) to do its work. Which isn't so good.
To
change this, launch Control Panel, click System and Security >
Action Centre > Maintenance. You can now click 'Start maintenance' to
launch any outstanding tasks right now, while selecting 'Change
maintenance settings' enables you to choose a more convenient time, and
optionally disable the feature's ability to wake up your computer if
that's not required.
35. Picture password
Windows 8 enables you to create a
picture password, where you choose an image, then draw on it in a
combination of taps, lines and circles - only someone who can reproduce
this pattern will be able to log on. Select Win + I > More PC
Settings > Users > Create a Picture Password to give this a try.
36. Hibernate or Sleep
You won't necessarily see either
Hibernate or Sleep in the Windows 8 shutdown dialogs, but if that's a
problem then you may be able to restore them.
Launch the Control Panel Power Options applet (powercfg.cpl) and click 'Choose what the power buttons do' in the left-hand pane.
If
you see a 'Change settings that are currently unavailable' link, then
click it, and if Windows 8 detects that your PC supports Sleep and
Hibernate options then they'll be displayed here. Check the boxes next
to whatever you'd like to use, click Save Changes, and the new options
should now appear in your shutdown dialogs.
37. Simplify Search
By
default Windows 8 includes every bundled app in its Search results. If
you'll never want to use some of these - the Store app, say - then
select Win + I > Change PC Settings > > Search, choose which
apps you don't want included, and your search list will be more
manageable in future.
38. Touch keyboard
By default the
Touch keyboard will try to help you out by, for instance, playing sounds
as you type, capitalising the first letter of each sentence, adding a
period if you double-tap the spacebar, and more. If any of this gets in
your way, though, you can turn the relevant feature off: just go to Win +
I > Change PC Settings > General and customise the keyboard to
suit your needs.
39. Sync and privacy
One very useful
Windows 8 feature is its ability to synchronise your settings with other
PCs and devices. So if you've set up your new Windows Phone
device with your contacts, email details and so on, then use the same
Live account on Windows 8 and it'll import them for you: very
convenient.
Of course that may not always be a good idea. If
several people use a device then you may not want your website passwords
to be synced, for instance. In which case you'll want to hold down the
Windows key and press I, then click Change PC Settings > Sync Your
Settings and disable anything you'd rather not share.
40. Quick Access toolbar
Windows Explorer in Windows 8
features a Quick Access toolbar immediately above the menu, providing
easy access to options such as 'New Folder', 'Minimise', 'Undo' and
more.
This is customisable, too - click the arrow to the right of
the default buttons, in the Explorer window caption bar, and choose
whatever options you need. And you can include add any other ribbon
option on the Quick Access Toolbar by right-clicking it and selecting
Add to Quick Access Toolbar.
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