WindoWs 8 cometh, sloWly but surely

Barely a few months before the finished product is rolled out, Microsoft teased eager beavers with a comprehensive pre-release version of its much-awaited operating system update. We gaze into the consumer preview of Windows 8 to see if Microsoft has found the holy grail yet.

It’s roughly two and a half years since Microsoft released Windows 7, a much-improved version of Vista, its predecessor. Approximately three years since then, the Redmond-based software giant is almost ready to launch Windows 8 with the most significant fundamental change since its Windows 95 days.
We’ve been using the latest available consumer preview for a few weeks now, and we certainly love a few things about Windows 8, primarily the whole new Metro UI integrated following the company’s experience with Windows Phone. However, while Windows 8 sort of brings together the x86 (PC-only OS) and ARM (tablet, phone-only OS) flavours of the product, we can’t help but feel that the upcoming operating system is working against itself by forcing the two flavours on you. So you don’t have a choice but to use two operating systems. With Microsoft claiming that things will largely remain unchanged between the consumer preview and Windows 8 launch day – apart from minor tweaks here and there
– we aren’t without our share of accolades and concerns. If the developer preview released last year had us unconvinced regarding Windows 8’s potential to successfully run on a PC, not just a touch-screen device, then this latest consumer preview has mitigated those concerns to some extent – it’s much more responsive with a keyboard and mouse now – but not fully. Metro rocks! There’s no denying the fact that Microsoft’s
import from Windows Phone, the famous Metro UI, is a breath of fresh air. It has created enough buzz and
is unique enough to actually give the likes of Android and iOS a run for their money, purely in terms of fresh appeal. It’s a rare breakthrough in Microsoft’s mobile OS strategy where form meets
function beautifully.A good starting point to the brand new Windows 8 experience is the ability of Metro-supported apps to show live updates on the Start screen (otherwise called as active tiles), and the ability to pin any app there. However, this interface is only perfect for a touch-enabled device – like a tablet or smartphone – and interacting it with a mouse and keyboardreduces its charm. In fact, for a Windows7 power user, this may be counter-productive at times. Microsoft would do a huge favour to itself and its users by allowing an option for users to determine which “version” or flavour of Windows 8 they’d like to use. If  left unchecked, this has the potential to cause a hue and cry likethe one witnessed onVista’s autocratic UAC.Anyone remember thosedays? Let’s hope they never come back.

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Installing and Running Windows 8 Using Parallels Desktop on a Mac

Get a copy of Parallels. It costs $79.99. You’ll also need a copy of Windows 8, either on DVD or other media or as an .iso file. Before you install Windows 8, you must install Parallels Desktop, which is the same simple process as installing any Mac program. Now you’re ready to install Windows 8. But since you’re installing Windows 8 as a virtual machine, you have to install it from within Parallels Desktop. Run Parallels and select File→New. A screen like the one shown in Figure 1.1 appears.


Getting started to create a virtual machine for Windows 8 on a Mac using Parallels

On this screen, you have the choice of migrating Windows from an existing PC (which makes sense if you already have a Windows 8 PC) or installing Windows from either a DVD or an .iso file. Down toward the bottom of the screen, there’s also an option for downloading Windows 8 for free. Keep in mind that this will be a trial version of Windows 8, not a fully paid one, so you can only use it for 90 days. It will likely be the Enterprise edition of Windows 8. You’ll download it as an .iso file. 

When you migrate, you’ll choose the method you want to use for the migration: over a network, from an external storage device, or using a USB cable you can buy from Parallels in the company’s “Switch to Mac” kit. From there, follow the wizard’s instructions. 

If you’re instead installing a fresh copy of Windows 8, select the “Install Windows or another OS from DVD or image file,” and click that option. On the next screen (Figure 1.2 ), choose whether you’re going to install from a DVD or .iso file (Parallels calls it an image file). If you’re installing from an .iso file, browse to the location of the file and choose it. Then click Continue.

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Customize Which Apps Show their Notifications on the Lock Screen in Windows 8

One of Windows 8’s niftier features is that it displays notifications on the Lock screen from certain apps—email, social networking, calendar, and more. That way, if you want a quick rundown of what you need to know, it’s right there for you. You don’t even have to log into Windows 8; just check out the Lock screen. Maybe you don’t want to see updates from your social networking sites, but do want to see the current weather, or information from another app. Customizing exactly what shows up on your Start screen is a breeze. Press Windows key+I, and then select Change PC Settings at the bottom of the Settings pane. From the right side of the screen that appears ( See Figure )

 
     Select Lock Screen. Down at the bottom-right of the screen, you’ll see icons of the apps that automatically display notifications, with some plus signs to the right (See Figure).

 
 Click a plus sign to reveal a list of apps that can display notifications. Simply pick one and it will display alerts and other information on the Start screen.

 Note: When you click a plus sign, you’ll see both the apps that already display notifications, as well as those that don’t. If you choose one that already displays its notifications on the Start screen, nothing new happens—the app still displays notifications, with no change.

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Windows 8 Tips & Tricks

Windows 8 Tips

 
& Tricks


There are some things that Microsoft hasn’t told you about Windows 8. We’re here to help.

 Windows 8 is replete with new features and unexpected behaviors that it’d take a while for even the most experienced of Windows users to master. After using the OS  extensively for the last few months, here are five tips and tricks that both newbies and power users should find useful.

         Login to Desktop Mode Directly

 The key to this trick is to have the Desktop tile as the first tile on your Start screen.

Most of us here like the new tile-based Start screen in Windows 8, especially the dynamic live tiles that put information we care about front and center. But we also recognize that there are those who can’t stand the Modern UI. While there are third party apps like Start8 and RetroUI that allow booting directly to the desktop, we’ve a trick that does the same thing but doesn’t require any extra software:  •  Put the Desktop tile at the left uppermost position on the Start   screen. •  Restart your PC. •  At the login screen, enter your password. •  Instead of pressing Enter, hold down the Enter key. •  Because the Start screen always puts its focus on the first tile,   holding down the Enter key will launch the Desktop ‘app’    immediately.

 During login, after entering your password, hold down the Enter key to jump straight
into desktop mode.

                       Faster Shut Downs

 Create the shortcut on the desktop; you can assign an icon to it.

 When you invoke the Settings Charm, and click on the Power button, you’ll be presented with options to shut down or restart the device, or put it to sleep. If you’re on the desktop, pressing Alt + F4 will bring up the shut down menu. However, a much faster way is to create a shut down shortcut which you can place on the desktop or pin it on the Start screen: •  Right-click on the desktop and select ‘New > Shortcut’. •  Enter ‘shutdown /s /t 0’ (without the quotes), and then give the   shortcut a name. •  Click ‘Finish’ and you’ll find a shortcut on your desktop. •  Optionally, you can right-click on this shortcut, select ‘Properties’,   and click ‘Change Icon’ under the Shortcut tab to assign an icon to   the shortcut. •  To make this shortcut also appear on the new Start screen, simply   right-click on it and select ‘Pin to Start’.

Pin the shortcut to the Start screen, and you can shut down with just one click.





               Snap Three Apps Side-by-Side

 Snap allows you to place two Modern-style apps side by side on the same screen.

 Multi-tasking in Windows 8’s Modern UI environment is achieved by a new feature called ‘Snap’, which places two Modern-style apps side by side. The drawback of Snap is that you can’t have more than two apps on the same screen. However, because Windows 8 treats the desktop as an app, if what you want is to have two desktops apps (or windows) and one Modern-style app on the same screen, there’s a way to do it (you need a screen resolution of at least 1,366 x 768 though): •  On the desktop, drag the title bar of a window to the left or right   side of the screen to expand the window. •  Repeat step 1 with another window to arrange both windows side   by side. This feature is called Aero Snap. •  Next, bring up the app switcher (swipe in and back out on the left   edge). •  Select the Modern-style app you like to ‘snap’ with the desktop app,   and drag its thumbnail towards the right. •  You’ll notice that the main app will now make room for a stripe that   appears on the left; here is where you dock the secondary app in.   Drag the thumbnail further to the right if you want to dock it on the   right side.

 If you combine Snap with Aero Snap for the desktop, you now can have three apps
side by side.

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