Top 10 Secret Features in Windows 8

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Top 10 Secret Features in Windows 8
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Whitson Gordon Windows 8 is full of awesome features and handy shortcuts, but what you may not know is that it's got a lot of handy, lesserknown settings under the hood. Here are 10 of Windows 8's best kept secrets.
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10. Run Automatic Maintenance on a Schedule

Windows 8 has a new feature that runs automatic maintenance tasks like software updates, security scanning, and other diagnostic tests daily. By default, it runs them at 3AM, of if you're using your computer, the next time your computer becomes idle. Y ou can change this time in the Action Center, as well as tell Windows whether you want to wake your computer up to perform these tasks. Y ou can also perform the maintenance manually from the Action Center, if you desire.
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9. Customize the Apps in the Search Bar

When you start searching from the Start screen, you'll see a list of apps under the search bar. Click on one of them, and you'll search those same terms in that specific app. What you may not know is that you can tweak this list, removing and adding apps through Windows 8's settings. Bring up the Charms bar (with Win+C), click Settings, and go down to "Change PC Settings." From there, choose Search from the left sidebar, and turn off the apps you don't want taking up space in this menu.
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8. Enable the Hidden "Aero Lite" Theme

When Windows 8 was in the testing phases, it had an additional "Aero Lite" theme that took away some of the transparent glass features of Windows Aero. However, the final version of Windows 8 opted for a much more basic theme than the testing builds, so Aero Lite no longer shows uphowever, you can still find it in the Themes folder on your computer. With a few
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small tweaks, you can re-enable it in your Personalization preferences. It isn't too different from the default themes, but it does give a slightly different look to the title button bars and some other small parts of the OS.
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7. Enable the Secret Start Screen Animation

When you first sign onto Windows 8, you get a very cool flow-y animation of all your tiles filling up the screen. After that, though, the Start screen has a much more toned-down animation. If you want to enable the cooler animation for every launch of the Start screen, you can do so with a simple Registry tweak. Y ou can also customize certain settings for the animation too, which is pretty cool.
6. Customize More Icons in Windows Explorer

Remember in Windows 7, when you created a library, it had that ugly, nondescript icon? And you had to go through some complicated process to change it? Well, Windows 8 now lets you customize your Library icons right from its settings. Just right-click on the Library, go to Properties, and you should see the option to change the
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library's icon right at the bottom. Bonus tip: If Windows Explorer's Favorites icon is getting in your way in the sidebar, you can right-click on the sidebar to hide it (sadly, you can't do the same for Libraries, Homegroup, or other annoying icons).
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5. Create and Name App Groups on the Start Screen

When you first open up the Start screen, you'll notice that some of your apps are in their own "groups." Y ou can create your own groups just by dragging an app's tile to an empty space on the Start screenit'll create its own group. If you want to name your groupssay, for "Work," "Games," and so onyou can do so by clicking the small button in the bottom-right corner of the screen and right-clicking on the groups.
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4. Take Faster Screenshots

For a long time, Windows had an absurd screenshot shortcut in which you had to press Print Screen, then open up an app like Paint or the GIMP and paste in your screenshot from the clipboard. Well, no more! Now, if you press Win+Print Screen (or Win+Volume Down on a tablet), Windows will take a screenshot of your screen and automatically save it in your Pictures folder as a PNG file. It still isn't as powerful as something like Skitch, but if you only need the occasional screenshot, it's nice to see a simpler shortcut built in to the OS.
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3. Tweak the Number of Rows on the Start Screen

By default, the Start screen fills your monitor up with as many rows of tiles as it can fit, up to 6 rows. If you'd like to lower that number maybe you have a particularly cool background, or your groups just aren't that bigyou can tweak this number by editing the Registry. Unfortunately, this doesn't seem to let you pack more tiles onto smaller monitors, but it's a cool little tweak if you want to give your Start screen a more minimal look.
2. Hide Recent Files from Your Jump Lists

Jump Lists were a great addition in Windows 7 that helped boost your productivity, but their "Recent Items" feature were a possible privacy concernsay, if there were documents or files you didn't want others to know you had viewed. Windows 8 lets you customize Jump Lists more than Windows 7, giving you the option to hide recently opened items and recently opened programs. To access the preferences, just right-click on the Taskbar, go to Properties, and click the Jump Lists tab.
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1. Get More Out of Your Multiple Monitors

If you have multiple monitors, you've probably noticed that Windows extends your taskbar across both screens. It does more than just that, though: you can press Win+PgUp to move your current app to your left monitor, and Win+PgDn to move it to the right monitor. In addition, if you go to the Desktop Background section of your Personalization settings, you can right-click on any individual wallpapers and choose which monitor you'd like it to show up on. Of course, if you like things the old way, you can also turn off the dual taskbar in Taskbar Properties.
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Anaerin and 9 more Reply 11 days ago And still, nobody has mentioned Win+X. Guess it Of all the win8 articles i've read, here or wherever, this isreally is (Well, most. a hidden gem. the kind i like was) It has less metro, more 'other
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Of all the win8 articles i've read, here or wherever, this isreally is (Well, most. a hidden gem. the kind i like was) It has less metro, more 'other stuff'. Thanks WG. You are following Byron Brummers Got anything coming up about the improved file copying? Or is comments a link and I've not seen it? there already Byron Brummer and 9 more Reply 11 days ago You are following ColaJoes comments Am I alone in reading every one of these hidden features and just throwing each one into my growing bucket of "Windows 8, Never"?
ColaJoe and 5 more Reply 10 days ago Why does it seem that Microsoft just keeps putting a new suit on the same gains The pig may learnreally the The performance pig? I've heard of are a few new tricks once in a while but in the end he's still the same ol' swine. HowI'd consider 8, but evenreally they aren't only reason much of Windows has then changed under the covers? Does it still rely on a registry? Does it still rely on DLL's? Does it still use the same program anything close to overcoming all the major drawbacks installation wizards? How about uninstalling apps? Does it clean up after itself any better than previous 8 be (ie, practically everything that makes Windows Windows iterations? Windows 8). I think history will jot down Windows 8 as yet another Vista, ME, etc. Wake me up when the real Windows upgrade comes out, kthx.
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Nojop and 3 more Reply 11 days ago SwedishRambo and 3 more Reply 11 days ago On #4, do people not know about the Snipping Tool that's been built into Windows since Vista? I've been Does anyone have any theory's on how I can add useing that for all my screen caps for years now. more tiles to the startscreen? I've looked for a while and can't find anything :( You are following Moons comments You are following Rickpdxs comments Moon and 2 more Reply 11 days ago
Rickpdx and 2 more Reply 10 days ago For a long time, Windows had an absurd I know this amounts to nothing more than aesthetics, but screenshot shortcut inthinks Win8 had to press am I the only one who which you is hideous? The contrasting colors on the Start Screen, the amateurish 2-dimensional iconography, the an app like and theor Print Screen, then open up childish art, Paint
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contrasting colors on the Start Screen, the amateurish 2-dimensional iconography, the an app like and theor Print Screen, then open up childish art, Paint bland looking fonts are totally hideous. I couldn't bear to the GIMP and paste in your screenshot from the have to face this every day. I'm sticking with Win 7, thank you very much. clipboard. For those of us still with Win7 or XP, there are a couple of ways I know of to get a convenience similar to what 8 has. One of them is "Purrint" You are following GoodBytess comments [www.bcheck.net]
You can set it up to take over the PRNTSCRN key GoodBytes and 2 more Reply 11 days ago For tweak #3, you don't need to do the registry tweak. and automediately save captures to any folder as png, jpg, or bmp. Where the caps go and in it's because Go to the start screen, show the setting panel, and go under Titles. If you don't have that option, what format, depends on what you tell Purrint to do on first time you screen resolution is too low, and the registry tweak won't work as well. It should work fine the 16:10 around. More aspect ration with a resolution greater than 900px in height, like 1920x1200.
You are following Drake28s comments Drake28 and 1 more Reply 11 days ago It's definitely got some cool features, but some annoying one's too -- like if you add toolbars like "Links", "Desktop" or "My Documents" to the task bar any context menu coming from the task bar opens behind any windows you have open (at least in the Preview version) ... even context menus from icons in the system tray. Meaning I have to minimize every window and return to a clean desktop before I can use any task bar shortcuts. And using the hidden desktop shortcut at the end of the task bar doesn't help because that makes the task bar disappear. For me, the major glitches like this make upgrading a deal breaker. More
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