Windows 8 tips

Windows 8 keyboard shortcuts

Knowing at least some of the Windows 8 keyboard shortcuts will make your Windows 8 experience much more enjoyable. Try to memorize these top Windows 8 shortcut keys.

• Press the Windows key to open the Start screen or switch to the Desktop (if open).
• Press the Windows key + D will open the Windows Desktop.
• Press the Windows key + . to pin and unpin Windows apps on the side of the screen.
• Press the Windows key + X to open the power user menu, which gives you access to many of the features most power users would want (e.g. Device Manager and Command Prompt).
• Press the Windows key + C to open the Charms.
• Press the Windows key + I to open the Settings, which is the same Settings found in Charms.
• Press and hold the Windows key + Tab to show open apps.
• Press the Windows key + Print screen to create a screen shot, which is automatically saved into your My Pictures folder.

Use a picture password to log into your computer

Windows 8 includes a new feature called Picture password, which allows you to authenticate with the computer using a series of gestures that include circles, straight lines, and taps. Enable this feature if you want a new way to access your computer or have a hard time with passwords.

1. Open the Windows Charms.
2. Click Settings and then More PC settings
3. In the PC settings window click Users and then select Create a picture password

Bonus tip: A four digit pin password can also be created and used to access your computer.

Can you create this folder?

Microsoft Weird Fact
*Try this :Create a new folder and rename it to con ,you can't do it .
Even Microsoft don't know why it cant rename or create a folder named con

But still there are some methods to create that folder
>>Create a folder >Rename it to by pressing F2
>>Press F2 after clicking that folder>Now press alt+255 or alt+0160 and give a space and type con to create a folder named con

>>Another method:Go to command prompt(Win+R and type cmd) type: mkdir \\.\c:\con
>>You can see a folder named as con

*There are also many other folders which cannot be created  PRN, AUX, CLOCK$, NUL, COM1, COM2, COM3, COM4, COM5, COM6, COM7, COM8, COM9, LPT1, LPT2, LPT3, LPT4, LPT5, LPT6, LPT7, LPT8, LPT9

Some of the most used control panel applets

These are some of the common control panel applets used in windows generally found in windows\system32 directory.

appwiz.cpl >>Add/Remove Programs 
desk.cpl >> Display Properties 
firewall.cpl >> Firewall Settings 
inetcpl.cpl >> Internet Options 
mmsys.cpl >> Sound and Audio 
ncpa.cpl >> Network Connections 
nusrmgr.cpl >> User Accounts 
powercfg.cpl >> Power Options 
sysdm.cpl >>System Properties 
wscui.cpl >> Security Center 
wuaucpl.cpl >> Automatic Updates Configuration

*You can run this applets by:
>>Go to start>Run>Type the control panel applet