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If a Windows 8 application is showing something interesting and you'd like to record it for posterity, then hold down the Windows key, press PrtSc, and the image won't just go to the clipboard: it'll also be automatically saved to your My Pictures folder with the name Screenshot.png (and then Screenshot(1).png, Screenshot(2).png and so on). Right-click the shortcut, select Pin to Start and it should appear on the far right of the Start screen - just drag the tile wherever you like. Type a shortcut name - 'Hibernate', say - and click Finish. Launch the desktop app, right-click an empty part of the desktop and click New > Shortcut.īrowse to the application you'd like to launch here.

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Which is perfect if, say, you're looking to be able to shut down your PC with a click. If you're a fan of keyboard shortcuts and don't like the idea of scrolling through app tiles to find the program you need, don't worry, Windows 8 still supports a useful old shortcut. Try three or four test boots to see if there's any improvement, and if not, delete the StartupDelayInMSec value to restore the default settings. Restart and the desktop apps will now launch more quickly. Right-click in the right-hand pane, create a new DWORD value called StartupDelayInMSec, and leave it set at zero (or, if a value is already there, set it to zero). Launch REGEDIT and browse to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Serialize.Ĭreate the Serialize key if it doesn't exist, and select it in the left-hand pane.

This can make the system more responsive as your system boots, but if you're switching straight to the desktop then it may slow you down, so it may be worth turning off the delay, just to see if you can spot any improvement. Quite the opposite, in fact - Windows 8 delays their launch to ensure everything else starts more quickly. While you can still set up desktop apps to load when Windows 8 starts, they don't have the priority they once did. Win + Tab : switch between running apps.Win + PrtSc : capture the current screen and save it to your Pictures folder.Win + PgDn : move the current screen to the right-hand monitor.Win + PgUp : move the current screen to the left-hand monitor.

Win + Z : displays the right-click context menu when in a full-screen app.

Win + X : displays a text menu of useful Windows tools and applets.

Win + W : search your system settings (type POWER for links to all power-related options, say).

Win + V : cycle through toasts (notifications).

Win + U : open the Ease of Access Centre.

Win + P : switch your display to a second display or projector.

Win + O : toggles device orientation lock on and off.

Win + M : minimises the current Explorer or Internet Explorer window (works in the full-screen IE, too).

Win + C : displays the Charms: the Settings, Devices, Share and Search options.

Win : switch between the Start screen and the last-running Windows 8 app.

And instead of always appearing full-screen, you can run and interact with two, three, four, even six of these tools, all at the same time. You get a Facebook client, browser, calculator, weather app, clock and more. Toolbox for Windows 8 helps out, though, by bundling 12 common apps in a single package. Launch a Windows 8 app and it appears full-screen, which is fine on a small tablet but not so impressive when you've got a 27-inch widescreen monitor to fill.

#Win 8.1 apps will not open password#

Hold down the Windows key, press R, type 'netplwiz' and press Enter to launch the User Accounts dialog.Ĭlear the "Users must enter a user name and password to use this computer" box and click OK.Įnter the user name and password of the account that you'd like to be logged in automatically, click OK, restart your system and this time it should boot directly to the Start screen. This can also be resolved at speed, though, using much the same technique as in previous versions of Windows. Of course even if you remove the lock screen, you'll still be forced to manually log in every time your system starts. WARNING: Your account will lose admin privileges as a result of this step