Preface; How to Use This Book; How This Book Is Organized; Conventions Used in This Book; Using Code Examples; Safari® Books Online; How to Contact Us; Acknowledgments;Chapter 1: Setup and Startup Hacks; 1.1 Disable Windows 8''s Lock Screen; 1.2 Hack Your Way Through the Lock Screen; 1.3 Speed Up Boot Time; 1.4 Speed Up Startup by Halting Startup Programs and Services; 1.5 Reset and Refresh Your PC Instead of Doing a Complete Reinstall; 1.6 Installing and Running Windows 8 on a Mac; 1.7 Use Hyper-V to Install and Run Other Operating Systems Inside Windows 8;Chapter 2: Hacking the Start Screen, the Windows 8 Interface, and Apps; 2.

1 Create an Application Folder for Quick Launches on the Start Screen and the Desktop; 2.2 Put a Tile to Computer on the Start Screen; 2.3 Force Desktop Apps to Show up on the Start Screen; 2.4 Hack the Windows 8 All Apps Screen; 2.5 Add Folders and Other Objects to the Start Screen; 2.6 Run Windows 8 Native Apps Side by Side; 2.7 Hack Your Way Through the Start Screen; 2.8 Access Windows 8''s Power Search Tools; 2.

9 Use the Task Manager to Track App Use; 2.10 Use Your Own Graphic for Your User Account;Chapter 3: Hacking the Desktop; 3.1 Bring Back the Windows Start Menu to Windows 8; 3.2 Use the Built-In Mini Start Menu; 3.3 Bring the Quick Launch Toolbar Back to the Desktop; 3.4 Hack a Quick-and-Dirty Start Menu for the Desktop; 3.5 Turn on Windows "God Mode" on the Desktop; 3.6 Run the Desktop and Window 8 Native Apps Side by Side; 3.

7 Put Helpful Navigation Icons on the Desktop; 3.8 Make the Desktop More Tablet-Friendly; 3.9 Hack the Notification Area Using the Registry Editor; 3.10 Change Folders in the Open Dialog Box; 3.11 Control the Control Panel; 3.12 Hack the Taskbar; 3.13 A Power User''s Hidden Weapon: Improve File Explorer''s Context Menu; 3.14 Open an Administrator Command Prompt Anywhere in File Explorer; 3.

15 Hack Your Way Through File Explorer;Chapter 4: Productivity and System Performance Hacks; 4.1 Three Quick System and Performance Hacks; 4.2 Troubleshoot Performance Issues Using the Resource Monitor; 4.3 Track Performance and Reliability with the Reliability Monitor; 4.4 Peer Deep into Your System with the Performance Monitor; 4.5 Speed Up System Performance with the Task Manager; 4.6 Windows 8 Keyboard Shortcuts; 4.7 Using Windows 8 Gestures; 4.

8 Use File History to Recover Your Files; 4.9 Troubleshoot with the Action Center; 4.10 Track Down Windows 8 System Woes; 4.11 Save Money: Use These Free Alternatives to Microsoft Office;Chapter 5: Cloud and Social Networking Hacks; 5.1 Use SkyDrive to Sync Your Files Everywhere; 5.2 Make SkyDrive Play Nice with Other Windows Folders; 5.3 Recover Deleted Files on SkyDrive; 5.4 More SkyDrive Hacks; 5.

5 Using Other Syncing Services; 5.6 Configure Windows 8 Syncing; 5.7 Create a Non-Syncing Windows 8 Account; 5.8 Power Hacks for Windows 8 Syncing; 5.9 Mastering the People App; 5.10 Share and Share Alike in Windows 8; 5.11 Other Social Networking Apps;Chapter 6: Music, Media, and Video; 6.1 Open Graphic Files In Photo Viewer Instead of the Windows 8 Native Photos App; 6.

2 Add Facebook and Flickr to Your Windows 8 Photo Collection; 6.3 Hacking Through the Photos App; 6.4 Add Folder Locations to Photo and Video Libraries; 6.5 Improve DVD and TV Watching in Windows 8; 6.6 Using Windows 8 with Your Xbox 360; 6.7 Power Up Windows 8 with a Free Movie Maker, Photo Gallery, and More; 6.8 Organize Your Photos with Metadata; 6.9 Use RAW Photos in Windows Photo Gallery; 6.

10 Get a Free Copy of Windows Media Center; 6.11 Play it Loud!; 6.12 Convert Vinyl and Tapes to MP3s;Chapter 7: Networking, the Web, Wireless, and the Internet; 7.1 Make the Desktop Version of Internet Explorer the Default Rather than the Windows 8 Native Version; 7.2 Change Your Default Native Windows 8 Browser to Chrome; 7.3 Make Windows 8 Play Nice with Your Home Network; 7.4 Hack DNS to Speed up Web Browsing; 7.5 Control Another PC with Remote Desktop; 7.

6 Hack Windows 8 Wi-Fi, Wireless, and Network Settings; 7.7 Use Task Manager to Track Bandwidth Use of Individual Apps and Overall Network Use; 7.8 Map a Network Drive or Network Location; 7.9 Troubleshoot Network Connections with ping, tracert, and pathping; 7.10 Troubleshoot Network Connections with netstat and ipconfig; 7.11 Troubleshoot Wireless Interference Woes, and Extend Your Range;Chapter 8: Security; 8.1 Keep Portable Storage Secure with BitLocker to Go; 8.2 Hide Folders and Files with the Encrypting File System; 8.

3 Tell Windows 8 Apps Not to Snoop on Your Location; 8.4 Turn off the Windows 8 SmartScreen Filter; 8.5 Protect Yourself with a Windows 8 Picture Password; 8.6 Create a Windows 8 Recovery Tool; 8.7 Hack Windows 8''s User Account Control; 8.8 Unlock Windows 8''s Super-Secret Administrator Account; 8.9 Punch an Escape Hole Through the Windows 8 Firewall; 8.10 Track Firewall Activity with a Windows 8 Firewall Log; 8.

11 Protect Your Privacy by Removing Windows 8 Metadata; 8.12 Impersonate Another Computer on the Network; 8.13 Protect Your Home Wi-Fi Network;Chapter 9: Email; 9.1 Trick the Windows 8 Mail App into Using POP Mail; 9.2 Use Different Live Tiles For Different Email Accounts; 9.3 Hack Your Way Through your Windows 8 Mail Accounts; 9.4 Understanding Windows Mail and Metered Networks; 9.5 Send Large File Attachments in Windows 8 Mail and Outlook.

com Using SkyDrive; 9.6 Import Gmail Mail and Mail from other Web-Based Mail into Outlook.com; 9.7 Configure Outlook.com for Windows Phone, Android Devices, and iPhones and iPads; 9.8 Switch Fast Between Outlook.com Accounts; 9.9 Turn Outlook.

com Into a Universal Inbox; 9.10 Great Freebies for Turbocharging Gmail; 9.11 Turn Gmail into a Universal Inbox; 9.12 Use Gmail as a POP3 Server; 9.13 Stay Off Spam Lists; 9.14 Prevent Your Newsletter from Being Blocked as Spam; 9.15 Block International Spam in Outlook; 9.16 Open Blocked File Attachments in Outlook; 9.

17 Instantly Compress Files You Send via Outlook; 9.18 Sync Calendar and Contacts Between Google and Outlook;Chapter 10: Hardware; 10.1 To Infinity and Beyond with Windows 8 Storage Spaces; 10.2 Hack Windows 8''s Power Plan; 10.3 Two Screens Are Better than One; 10.4 Find Drivers for Windows 8 Fast; 10.5 Troubleshoot Hardware with Device Manager; 10.6 Get a Complete History of Troublesome Hardware; 10.

7 Uncover Hidden Hardware with the Device Manager; 10.8 Get a Comprehensive List of All Your Drivers;Chapter 11: The Registry and Group Policy Editor; 11.1 Don''t Fear the Registry; 11.2 Hack Away at the Registry; 11.3 Safely Edit the Registry Using .reg Files; 11.4 Better Registry Backups; 11.5 Hack Away at Windows with the Group Policy Editor;Colophon;.