Tips And Trick Windows 8

Friday, September 30, 2011

How to Add or Remove "Sleep" or "Hibernate" from the Power Options Menu in Windows 8

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Here's How:

1. Open the Control Panel (icons view), and click on the Power Options icon.

2. In the left pane of Power Options, click on the Choose what the power buttons do link. (see screenshot below)

3. Click on the Change settings that are currently unavailable link at the top. (see screenshot below)
WARNING: If you completely disable UAC, then you might not have the Change settings that are currently unavailable link available, and the "Power option settings" would remain greyed out with no way of changing them.

4. If prompted by UAC, then click on Yes.

5. Scroll down to the Power options settings towards the bottom. Check or uncheck Sleep orHibernate to add or remove them from the Power button in the Settings (Windows+I) screen, then click on Save changes. (see screenshot below)

6. When finished, you can close the Power Options window.

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How to Open a Elevated Command Prompt in Windows 8

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Here's How:

1. Open the Start menu, and click on Search.
NOTE: You could also press the Windows+F keys to open Search.

2. In the right pane, type cmd in the Search Apps box. (see screenshot below)

3. In the left pane, right click on cmd.exe, click on the Advanced button, then click on Run as administrator. (see screenshot below)

4. If prompted by UAC, then click on Yes if logged in as administrator, or type in the administrator's password if logged in as a standard user.

5. A elevated command prompt will now open on the desktop.

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How to Open a Command Prompt at Boot in Windows 8

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Here's How:

1. Boot to the Recovery options screen.

2. Click on the Troubleshoot option. (see screenshot below)

3. Click on Advanced options. (see screenshot below)

4. Click on the Command prompt option. (see screenshot below)

5. If prompted, select and click on a listed administrator account that you want to log in as. (see screenshot below)
NOTE: You will only see this if you used the F8 option to boot to recovery options, and not if you booted from your Windows 8 installation media. Standard user accounts and domain accounts on the computer will not be listed.

6.Type in the password of the selected administrator account, and click on Continue. (see screenshot below)

7. The elevated command prompt at boot will now open.

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How to Pin or Unpin Apps on Metro "Start" Screen in Windows 8

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1. Do step 2 or 3 below for how you would like to pin or unpin a app.

2. To Pin or Unpin a App on the "Start" Screen from the "Apps" Screen

A) Open the Metro Start menu, click on Search.
NOTE: You could also press the Windows Key + F to open Search.

B) Select Apps from the search list on the right, and look to see if the app that you want to pin is listed. If it is listed, then go to step 2C.

C) If the app is not listed, then go to the hidden Start Menu system folder below in Windows Explorer, create a shortcut from the app's .exe file in the Start Menu folder, and close Windows Explorer. Go back to step 2A to select the app.

For Your Account Only:
C:\Users\User-Name\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs

For All User Accounts: (must be administrator)
C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs

D) Right click on the app (ex: Task Manager) to select (check) it, and click on the Pin or Unpinbutton at the bottom right corner.
NOTE: If the selected app has already been pinned to the Start screen, then your will have theUnpin option. If not, then you will have the Pin option.

E) Go to step 4.

3. To Unpin a App from the "Start" Screen

A) Click on the Start button or press the Windows key to go to the "Start" screen.

B) Right click on the pinned app (ex: Registry Editor) to select (check) it, and click on the Unpinbutton at the bottom right corner.

C) Go to step 4.

4. The selected App will now be pinned or unpinned from the Metro "Start" screen.

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Monday, September 26, 2011

How to Add "Disable/Enable Metro" to Context Menu in Windows 8

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OPTION ONE

To Add "Disable/Enable Metro" to Context Menu

1. To Toggle Windows 8 "Metro" to be Enabled or Disabled with Sound

A) Click on the Download button below to download the file below, and save it to your desktop.
NOTE: When you click on the Disable/Enable Metrocontext menu item using this option, you will hear the notify.wav sound file play only if Window Media Player is set as the default program for .wav files. If you do not have Window Media Player turned on in Windows Features, then you will get a error instead of the sound playing.

Add_Disable_Enable_Metro_to_Context_Menu_with_SOUND.zip

B) Go to step 3.

2. To Toggle Windows 8 "Metro" to be Enabled or Disabled without Sound

A) Click on the Download button below to download the file below, and save it to your desktop.
NOTE: This option is if you do not want to have the Notify.wav sound play when you use theDisable/Enable Metro context menu item, or if you get an error from using step 1 since you have Windows Media Player turned off in Windows Features.

Add_Disable_Enable_Metro_to_Context_Menu.zip

3. Double click on the downloaded ZIP file, and extract (drag and drop) both the .reg and .vbs files to your desktop.

4. Right click on the extracted .vbs file, click on Properties, click on the General tab, and unblockit.
NOTE: If you do not see a Unblock button, then the file is already unblocked.

5. Right click on the extracted and unblocked vbs, and click on Copy.

6. In Windows Explorer, navigate to and open the C:\Windows folder. Right click on a empty area in the C:\Window folder, click on Paste, then cick on Continue and Yes (UAC) if prompted. Close the Windows Explorer window.

7. Right click on the extracted reg file and click on Merge.

8. When prompted, click on Run, Yes, Yes, and OK.

9. Disable/Enable Metro has now been added to the context menu.

10. You can delete the download files left on your desktop now if you would like to.

OPTION TWO

To Remove "Disable/Enable Metro" from Context Menu

1. Click on the Download button below to download the file below, and save it to your desktop.

Remove_Disable_Enable_Metro_from_Context_Menu.reg

2. Right click on the downloaded .reg file and click on Merge.

3. Click on Run, Yes, Yes, and OK when prompted.

4. Disable/Enable Metro has now been removed from the context menu.

5. In Windows Explorer, navigate to and open the C:\Windows folder, right click on the file below, click on Delete, and Yes (if prompted).

Toggle_Disable_Enable_Metro.vbs

OR

Toggle_Disable_Enable_Metro_with_SOUND.vbs

6. You can now delete the download reg file if you would like to.

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How to Change the Number of Apps Rows in Windows 8 Metro Start Screen

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By default, Windows 8 automatically detects what your current screen resolution is, and then automatically sets how many rows will be for the apps and other pinned items on the Metro Start screen based on the screen resolution size. This is usually only 3 to 5 rows by default.

OPTION ONE

To Increase or Decrease Number of Apps Rows on Metro Start Screen

1. Press the Windows+R keys to open the Run dialog box.

2. In Run, type regedit and press Enter or click on OK. (see screenshot below)

3. If prompted by UAC, then click on Yes.

4. In regedit, navigate to the location below. (see screenshot below)

Code:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\ImmersiveShell\Grid

5. In the right pane of Grid, double click on Layout_MaximumRowCount. (see screenshot above)
NOTE: If you do not have the DWORD Layout_MaximumRowCount, then right click on a empty space in the right pane of Grid, click on New and DWORD (32-bit) Value, then typeLayout_MaximumRowCount and press Enter.

6. Type in how many rows you want, and click on OK. (see screenshot below)