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1 online resource (xxix, 517 pages :) : color illustrations. |
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Secrets ; v. 160 |
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Secrets.
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| Note |
Includes index. |
| Contents |
""Windows 8 Secrets""; ""Contents""; ""Read This First""; ""Chapter 1: Choosing Windows 8 Versions, PCs and Devices, and Hardware""; ""Picking a Windows 8 Product Edition""; ""Picking a Windows 8 PC or Tablet""; ""Summary""; ""Chapter 2: Installing and Upgrading to Windows 8""; ""That Was Then, This Is Now: How Setup Has Changed""; ""Using the Windows 8 Web Installer""; ""Advanced Setup: Using the Old-School Installer""; ""Post-Setup: Now What?""; ""Advanced Windows 8 Setup Configurations""; ""Summary""; ""Chapter 3: Metro: The New User Experience"" |
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""Times They Are A-Changin�: The New Windows Shell""""Lock Screen: A New Way to Sign In""; ""Start Screen: A New User Experience for Modern Apps""; ""Using the System-Wide Metro User Experiences""; ""Summary""; ""Chapter 4: (Still) Alive and Kicking: The Windows Desktop""; ""What�s New on the Windows Desktop?""; ""Where New Meets Old: Metro Features You Get in the Desktop, Too""; ""Managing Files and Folders""; ""Managing Classic Windows Applications""; ""To the Cloud: Using the SkyDrive Desktop App""; ""Summary""; ""Chapter 5: Make It Yours: Personalizing Windows 8"" |
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""Customizing Metro""""Customizing Settings and Settings Sync""; ""Customizing the Desktop""; ""Power User Customization Tips and Tricks""; ""Summary""; ""Chapter 6: Windows Store: Finding, Acquiring, and Managing Your Apps""; ""What Is an App Store ... and Why Does Windows 8 Need One?""; ""First Rule of Windows Store: There Are Rules to Windows Store""; ""Launching Windows Store""; ""Using Windows Store""; "" Configuring Accounts and Preferences""; ""Summary""; ""Chapter 7: Browsing the Web with Internet Explorer 10""; ""Two Browsers, One Brain: Understanding Internet Explorer 10"" |
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""Internet Explorer 10 for Metro""""Using the Desktop Version of Internet Explorer 10""; ""Configuring IE 10 Desktop""; ""Where IE Metro and Desktop Meet ... and Don�t""; ""IE 10 and Default Browser Selection""; ""Summary""; ""Chapter 8: Get It Done with Windows 8�s Productivity Apps""; ""A Note About the Windows Productivity Apps and Your Microsoft Account""; ""People""; ""Mail""; ""Calendar""; ""Messaging""; ""SkyDrive""; ""Windows Reader""; ""The Bing Apps""; ""Microsoft Office Comes to Windows ... Sort Of""; ""Summary"" |
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""Chapter 9: Relaxing with Windows 8�s Photo and Entertainment Apps""""A Note About the Windows 8 Entertainment Apps and Your Microsoft Account""; ""Enjoying Photos""; ""Buying, Managing, and Playing Music""; ""Buying, Managing, and Playing Movies and TV Shows""; ""Summary""; ""Chapter 10: Xbox Games with Windows 8""; ""Games and the Metro Environment""; ""Finding and Acquiring Games for Windows 8""; ""Finding and Acquiring Desktop Games""; ""Xbox LIVE and Windows 8""; ""Summary""; ""Chapter 11: Storage, Backup, and Recovery""; ""Storage Basics: NTFS Today, ReFS Tomorrow"" |
| Summary |
Microsoft is introducing a major new release of its Windows operating system, Windows 8, and what better way for you to learn all the ins and outs than from two internationally recognized Windows experts and Microsoft insiders, authors Paul Thurrott and Rafael Rivera? They cut through the hype to get at useful information you'll not find anywhere else, including what role this new OS plays in a mobile and tablet world. |
| Subject |
Microsoft Windows (Computer file)
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Microsoft Windows (Computer file) |
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Operating systems (Computers)
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Systèmes d'exploitation (Ordinateurs) |
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operating systems. |
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Operating systems (Computers) |
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Windows 8 |
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Windows 8. |
| Added Author |
Rivera, Rafael, 1985-
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Thurrott, Paul Alan. Windows 8 secrets. Indianapolis, Ind. : Wiley, 2012 (DLC) 2012942054 |
| ISBN |
9781118228296 (e-book) |
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1118228294 (e-book) |
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(pbk. alk. paper) |
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(pbk. alk. paper) |
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