- About the Authors
- About the Authors
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Part I: Getting Started, Getting Secure
- Chapter 1: What's New in Windows 8 and Windows 8.1
- New Platforms
- The Windows 8.1 Interface
- The Start screen
- The Lock Screen
- The Charms Bar
- The Windows Store
- Cloud Synchronization
- Integrated Messaging
- Social Networking Integration
- File Explorer
- Search
- Spell Check and AutoCorrect
- Enterprise Features
- Internet Explorer 11
- Client Hyper-V
- BitLocker
- Smart Cards
- Task Management
- Proximity and Wi-Fi Direct
- Refresh/Reset
- Changes and Updates Specific to Windows 8.1
- Wrap-Up
- Chapter 2: Navigating the Windows 8.1 Interface
- Chapter 3: Getting Around the Windows Desktop
- Chapter 4: Sharing and Securing with User Accounts
- Logging In and Out of User Accounts
- Sign-in Options
- Creating Strong Passwords
- Picture Passwords
- Types of User Accounts
- Creating and Managing User Accounts
- Creating a Microsoft user account
- Creating a new e-mail address for a new user account
- Creating a local account
- Changing user accounts
- Changing a user account type
- Password-protecting an account
- Changing the account picture
- Enabling or disabling the Guest account
- Navigating through user account pages
- Cracking into standard user accounts
- Deleting User Accounts
- Using User Accounts
- Creating and Using Password Reset Disks
- Running Programs as Administrator
- Add the Built-in Administrator Account to the Login Screen
- Stop Entering Password on Lockout
- Advanced Security Tools
- Using Credential Manager
- Managing Profile Properties and Environment Variables
- Wrap-Up
- Chapter 5: Using Windows 8.1 Family Safety
- Chapter 6: Troubleshooting Startup Problems
- Chapter 1: What's New in Windows 8 and Windows 8.1
- Part II: Personalizing Windows 8.1
- Chapter 7: Protecting Yourself with Windows Firewall
- Chapter 8: Automatic Updates as Security
- Chapter 9: Personalizing the Windows 8.1 Interface
- Chapter 10: Personalizing the Desktop
- Using the Personalization Page
- Choosing a theme
- Personalizing your desktop background
- Personalizing your color scheme
- Making text sharper with ClearType
- Personalizing sound effects
- Personalizing your screen saver
- Personalizing desktop icons
- Choosing a screen resolution
- Using multiple monitors
- Reducing monitor flicker
- Adjusting the font size (dpi)
- Personalizing your mouse
- Adjusting the double-click speed
- Personalizing the Keyboard
- Customizing the Taskbar
- Customizing the Notification Area
- Wrap-Up
- Using the Personalization Page
- Chapter 11: Customizing Startup Options
- Part III: Beyond the Desktop
- Chapter 12: Windows 8.1 and Windows Live
- Chapter 13: Social Networking with Windows 8.1
- Chapter 14: Using Computers Remotely
- Chapter 15: Managing Names and Addresses
- Chapter 16: Working in the Cloud
- Part IV: Pictures, Music, and Movies
- Chapter 17: Working with Pictures
- Getting Pictures into Your Computer
- Using Your Pictures Folder
- Using Photo Gallery
- Choosing what to view and how
- Photo Gallery quick tips
- Selecting thumbnails in the Gallery
- Dating, rating, tagging, and captioning
- Filtering pictures
- Changing tags
- Use a picture as your desktop background
- Adding pictures to Photo Gallery
- Use your Photo Gallery as a screen saver
- Fixing photos
- Using people tags
- Choosing Photo Gallery options
- Making movies from Photo Gallery
- Printing Pictures
- Pixels and Megapixels
- Pictures, Tags, and Virtual Folders
- Wrap-Up
- Chapter 18: Making Music with Media Player
- Controlling Sound Volume
- Starting Windows Media Player
- Listening to a CD
- Now Playing, Visualizations, and Enhancements
- Ripping (Copying) Music CDs
- Getting Music Online
- Using the Media Player Library
- Navigating the library
- Choosing columns for Media Library
- Getting missing media information automatically
- Choosing what files to include in your library
- Sharing (streaming) your media library
- Automatically renaming songs
- Selecting in Media Library
- Changing a song title
- Changing genre, artist, and so on
- Changing incorrect media information
- Rating songs
- Making Custom Playlists
- Creating Your Own Music CDs
- Copying Music to Portable Devices
- Fun with Skins
- Extending Media Player with Plug-ins
- Converting File Types
- Music, Metadata, and Searches
- Wrap-Up
- Chapter 19: Working with Videos and Photos
- Chapter 17: Working with Pictures
- Part V: Managing Your Content
- Chapter 20: Understanding Drives, Folders, and Files
- Understanding Disks and Drives
- About Folders
- About Files
- Using File Explorer
- Opening File Explorer
- File Explorer components
- Show or hide ribbon bar
- Navigating with the Address bar
- Navigating with the Navigation pane
- Navigating from the contents pane
- Navigating to a disk drive
- Choosing an icon view
- Using columns in the Details view
- Sorting icons
- Filtering a folder
- Using the Preview pane
- Using the Details pane
- To Click or Double-Click?
- Saving Things in Folders
- Creating Your Own Folders
- Wrap-Up
- Chapter 21: Managing Files and Folders
- Chapter 22: Searching for Files and Messages on Your Computer
- Chapter 23: Metadata and Power Searches
- Chapter 24: Protecting Your Files
- Chapter 20: Understanding Drives, Folders, and Files
- Part VI: Printing and Managing Printers
- Chapter 25: Installing and Managing Printers
- Chapter 26: Managing Print Jobs
- Part VII: Installing and Removing Programs
- Chapter 27: Adding and Managing Windows 8.1 Applications
- Chapter 28: Installing and Upgrading Legacy Programs
- Chapter 29: Getting Older Programs to Run
- Chapter 30: Repairing and Removing Programs
- Chapter 31: Setting Default Programs
- Chapter 32: Managing Programs and Processes
- Chapter 33: Troubleshooting Software Problems
- Part VIII: Hardware and Performance Tuning
- Chapter 34: Installing and Removing Hardware
- Chapter 35: Using Wireless Bluetooth Devices
- Chapter 36: Performance-Tuning Your System
- Chapter 37: Troubleshooting Hardware and Performance
- Part IX: Networking and Sharing
- Chapter 38: Creating a Home Network
- Chapter 39: Sharing Resources on a Network
- Chapter 40: Using Shared Resources
- Part X: Appendixes
Acknowledgments
We want to recognize Steve Hayes and Carole McClendon for bringing us this opportunity. This project would not have stayed on track without Elizabeth Kuball pushing and pulling us. Finally, we offer our appreciation and thanks to Todd Meister for his technical review of the manuscript.
It was a great experience.
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