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Category: Windows 8 Tutorial
Using the Calendar Application in Windows 8
Add an Account Summon the Settings Charm to add an account, and click on “Add an Account”. It will list the service providers that Calendar app currently supports. Select …
Windows 8 – The Calendar Application
How to Launch It Invoke the Start Screen by hitting Windows Key. Search for the “Calendar” app tile. Clicking it will launch the app. OR As an alternative, type …
Using the E-Mail application in Windows 8
Launch the Mail app from the Start Screen. Summon the Settings Charm to add a mail account through Charms Bar, or pressing “Win+I” key combo. Click on “Add an …
Using the Travel Application in Windows 8
Welcome Screen Apart from the wallpaper-sized image, the welcome screen has 2 sections. Featured Destinations – It lists cities all over the world that are worthy as travel destinations. …
Windows 8 – The Travel Application
How to Launch It Invoke the Start Screen by hitting Windows Key. Search for the “Travel” app tile. Clicking it will launch the app. OR As an alternative, type …
Using The Finance Application in Windows 8
Welcome Screen The welcome screen displays a big image, embedded with a related news headline, and not related stock market indices. Click on the headline to read the details. …
Windows 8 – The Finance Application
How to Launch It Invoke the Start Screen by hitting Windows Key. Search for the “Finance” app tile. Clicking it will launch the app. OR As an alternative, type …
Using the Mail Application in Windows 8
Add an Account Summon the Settings Charm to add a mail account, and click on “Add an Account”. It will list the service providers that Mail app currently supports. …
The Windows 8 Mail Application
How to Launch It Invoke the Start Screen by hitting Windows Key. Search for the “Mail” app tile. Clicking it will launch the app. OR As an alternative, type …
Windows 8 – Administrative Tools – Component Services
How to Launch It Control Panel Way Open “Administrative Tools” applet from the traditional Control Panel. Launch “Component Services” from the list of administrative tools. Command Way Invoke Run …
Windows 8 – Administrative Tools – Windows PowerShell ISE
How to Launch It Control Panel Way Open “Administrative Tools” applet from the traditional Control Panel. Launch “Windows PowerShell ISE” from the list of administrative tools. Command Way Invoke …
Security in Windows 8
Revamped Windows Defender With Windows 8, Microsoft has integrated the functionalities of its widely popular anti-virus product Microsoft Security Essentials (MSE) into Windows Defender, thus making Defender a complete …
Fax, Scan and Print in Windows 8
Windows Fax and Scan Windows provides a program called Windows Fax and Scan to manage faxes and scanned document. You can send and receive fax documents through this program. …
Using Microsoft Office in Windows 8
Applications in Office Microsoft Office is a suite; a collection of applications, grouped together for productivity purpose. You may buy the whole Office suite, or selective applications from the …
Windows 8 – Administrative Tools – Computer Management
How to Launch It Control Panel Way Open “Administrative Tools” applet from the traditional Control Panel. Launch “Computer Management” from the list of administrative tools. Command Way Invoke Run …
Xbox Live and Xbox LIVE Games in Windows 8
Windows Live Messenger integration Text, audio and video chatting with friends Multiplayer gameplay Video services to stream videos online Bing search engine Last.fm music streaming Achievement points for completed …
Windows 8 – Administrative Tools – iSCSI Initiator
Targets – The storage devices scattered across the networks. However, sometimes, the computers to which the storage devices are connected are also considered as targets. Initiator – The client …
Using Xbox LIVE Games in Windows 8
Friends section lists your Xbox and, perhaps, Windows Live Messengers friends. You may initiate a text, voice or video chat with a friend from this section. Game Activity section …
Windows 8 – Administrative Tools – Resource Monitor
CPU, Memory, Disk and Network. How to Launch It Control Panel Way Open “Administrative Tools” applet from the traditional Control Panel. Launch “Resource Monitor” from the list of administrative …
Windows 8 – Administrative Tools – Windows Firewall with Advanced Security
Firewall Profiles When connecting to a new network, Windows prompts you to designate it as private or public network. Depending on the designation, Windows Firewall applies a profile that …
Windows 8 – Using the Music Application
My Music Section This section lists content from the Music Library, as well as the songs that you purchase from the Marketplace. You can filter the music on the …
Windows 8 – The Music Application
How to Launch It Invoke the Start Screen by hitting Windows Key. Search for the “Music” app tile. Clicking it will launch the app. OR As an alternative, type …
Managing Video Files in Windows 8
Videos Library Bringing all your videos under one roof can be helpful when they are distributed over several partitions or hard disks. The Videos library can become that “roof” …
Managing Audio Files in Windows 8
Music Library Bringing all your songs under one roof can be helpful when they are distributed over several partitions or hard disks. The Music library can become that “roof” …
Windows 8 Administrative Tools – Performance Monitor
CPU Idle Time CPU Busy Time Hard disk read speed Hard disk read time Hard disk write time Memory idle space Memory used space How to Launch It Control …
The Video Application in Windows 8
How to Launch It Invoke the Start Screen by hitting Windows Key. Search for the “Video” app tile. Clicking it will launch the app. OR As an alternative, type …
Windows 8 – Using the Video Application
My Videos Section This section of the app lists content from the Videos Library, as well as the videos (movies and series) that you bought in the Marketplace (provided …
Windows 8 – Task Scheduler
How to Launch It Control Panel Way Open “Administrative Tools” applet from the traditional Control Panel. Launch “Task Scheduler” from the list of administrative tools. Command Way Invoke Run …
Windows 8 – ODBC Data Sources
The admin tool ODBC Data Sources manages the data sources that are installed in your system. Through this tool, you can add, manage or remove Data Source Names as …