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  • Formaat: Paperback / softback, 1056 pages, illustrations
  • Ilmumisaeg: 25-Nov-2013
  • Kirjastus: John Wiley & Sons Inc
  • ISBN-10: 1118820878
  • ISBN-13: 9781118820872
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  • Kirjastus: John Wiley & Sons Inc
  • ISBN-10: 1118820878
  • ISBN-13: 9781118820872
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Ten minibooks in one get you thoroughly caught up on Windows 8.1!

With new improvements and changes, Windows 8.1 offers a refreshed user interface, better integration between the new and traditional Windows interfaces, and more. This updated top-selling guide is what you need to get up to speed on everything Windows 8.1. Nine minibooks in one cover such essential topics as navigating the new Start Screen, understanding Windows 8.1 apps, securing Windows 8.1, and much more. Take the guesswork out of Windows 8.1 from day one with this complete, all-in-one resource.

  • Helps you get up to speed on the Windows 8.1 operating system, including its Start Screen, which is a feature sure to please traditional Windows users
  • Provides top-notch guidance from trusted and well-known Windows expert and author Woody Leonhard
  • Covers Windows 8.1 inside and out, including how to customize the Start screen, manage apps, and control privacy
  • Delves into core Windows 8.1 apps such as e-mail, people, and SkyDrive
  • Shows you how to connect online, add hardware, back up and update, and secure Windows 8.1

Discover new improvements, old favorites, and everything in between withWindows 8.1 All-in-One For Dummies.

Introduction 1(8)
About This Book
2(1)
Foolish Assumptions
3(1)
What You Don't Have to Read
4(1)
How This Book Is Organized
4(2)
Conventions
6(1)
Icons
6(1)
Beyond the Book
7(1)
Where to Go from Here
8(1)
Book I Starting Windows 8.1
9(74)
Chapter 1 Windows 8.1 4 NOObs
11(30)
Hardware and Software
13(1)
Why Do PCs Have to Run Windows?
14(2)
A Terminology Survival Kit
16(4)
What, Exactly, Is the Web?
20(4)
Getting inside the Internet
21(1)
What is the World Wide Web?
22(1)
Who pays for all this stuff?
23(1)
Buying a Windows 8.1 Computer
24(17)
Inside the big box
27(2)
Inside a touch-sensitive tablet
29(2)
Screening
31(1)
Managing disks and drives
32(3)
Making PC connections
35(2)
Futzing with video, sound, and multitudinous media
37(2)
Netbooks and Ultrabooks
39(2)
Chapter 2 Windows 8.1 for the Experienced
41(16)
What's New for the XP Crowd
44(4)
Improved performance
45(1)
Better video
45(2)
Other improvements
47(1)
What's New for Windows 7 and Vista Victims
48(2)
Getting the hang of the Metro Start screen
48(1)
Exploring new stuff in the old-fashioned desktop
49(1)
What's New for Windows 8 Users
50(1)
What's New for All of Windows
51(4)
Security improvements
52(1)
What's new in the cloud
53(1)
What you lose
53(2)
Do You Need Windows 8.1?
55(2)
Chapter 3 Which Version?
57(8)
Roll an 8 --- Any 8
58(4)
Buying the right version the first time
59(1)
Narrowing the choices
60(2)
Choosing 32-Bit versus 64-Bit
62(3)
Chapter 4 Upgrades and Clean Installs
65(18)
Deciding Whether to Upgrade Your Old PC
66(2)
Choosing Your Upgrade Path
68(13)
Upgrading XP or Win7 to Windows 8.1 online
69(5)
Installing Win8.1 from a DVD or USB drive
74(7)
Upgrading Windows 8 to Windows 8.1
81(1)
Cleaning the Gunk Off New PCs
81(1)
What If the Wheels Fall Off?
82(1)
Book II Personalizing Windows 8.1
83(88)
Chapter 1 Getting Around Windows 8.1
85(18)
Windows' Jekyll and Hyde Personality
86(5)
A tale of two homes
87(2)
Switching from the Start screen to the old-fashioned desktop and back
89(2)
Navigating around a Touchscreen
91(6)
Navigating with a Mouse and Keyboard
97(2)
Keying Keyboard Shortcuts
99(2)
Working with the App Bar
101(1)
Shutting Down Apps
101(1)
How Do You Turn This Thing Off?
102(1)
Chapter 2 Changing the Lock and Logon Screens
103(12)
Working with the Lock Screen
103(5)
Using your own picture
105(1)
Adding and removing apps on the lock screen
106(2)
Logging In Uniquely
108(7)
Using a picture password
108(4)
Creating a PIN
112(1)
Bypassing passwords and logon
113(2)
Chapter 3 Working with Charms and Notifications
115(14)
Bringing on the Charms
115(10)
Search charm
117(2)
The problem with Smart Search
119(1)
Share charm
120(2)
Start charm
122(1)
Devices charm
122(1)
Settings charm
123(2)
Setting and Responding to Notifications
125(4)
Chapter 4 Controlling Users
129(18)
Why You Need Separate User Accounts
130(1)
Choosing Account Types
131(3)
What's a standard account?
131(1)
What's an administrator account?
132(1)
Choosing between standard or administrator accounts
133(1)
What's Good and Bad about Microsoft Accounts
134(1)
Adding Users
135(4)
Enabling the Guest Account
139(1)
Changing Accounts
140(5)
Changing other users' settings
140(4)
Changing your own settings
144(1)
Switching Users
145(2)
Chapter 5 Microsoft Account To Sync or Not to Sync?
147(12)
What, Exactly, Is a Microsoft Account?
148(1)
Deciding Whether You Want a Microsoft Account
149(2)
Setting Up a Microsoft Account
151(4)
Setting up a Hotmail/Outlook.com account
152(2)
Making any e-mail address a Microsoft account
154(1)
Taking Care of Your Microsoft Account
155(2)
Controlling Sync
157(2)
Chapter 6 Privacy Control
159(12)
Why You Should Be Concerned
160(2)
Knowing What Connections Windows Prefers
162(1)
Controlling Location Tracking
163(5)
Blocking all location tracking
166(1)
Blocking location tracking in an app
167(1)
Minimizing Privacy Intrusion
168(3)
Book III Navigating the Start Screen
171(70)
Chapter 1 Controlling the Start Screen
173(24)
Touring the Start Screen
174(7)
Changing Tiles on the Start Screen
181(2)
Changing the Start Screen Background
183(1)
Organizing Your Start Screen
184(7)
Changing your picture
184(3)
Showing All Apps
187(2)
Forming and naming your groups
189(1)
Moving groups with Semantic Zoom
190(1)
Working with Tiled Metro Snap
191(3)
Showing All Apps View All the Time
194(3)
Chapter 2 Searching in and with the Start Screen
197(12)
General Approaches to Searching
198(3)
Searching for Programs/Apps
201(3)
Searching for Settings
204(2)
Searching for Files
206(3)
Chapter 3 Sharing Among Tiled Apps
209(10)
Sharing the Easy Way
210(3)
Stepping Through a Photo Share
213(2)
What Can You Share?
215(1)
Controlling Share
216(3)
Chapter 4 Settings, Settings, More Settings, and Devices
219(10)
Using the Settings Charm
219(2)
Changing PC Settings
221(3)
Touring the Start Screen Settings
224(1)
Doing the Devices Charm
225(4)
Chapter 5 Taking Control of the Windows Store
229(12)
Checking Out What a Tiled App Can Do
230(2)
Browsing the Windows Store
232(4)
Searching the Windows Store
236(1)
Adjusting Your Store Accounts and Preferences
237(4)
Book IV Maximizing Tiled Windows 8.1 Apps
241(74)
Chapter 1 Running Metro Internet Explorer
243(16)
Introducing the Two Faces of IE
244(3)
Navigating Metro Internet Explorer
247(5)
Surfing with the address bar and navigation buttons
248(1)
Tapping Metro IE's recently visited sites
249(2)
Navigating with Flip Ahead
251(1)
Flipping to the desktop IE
251(1)
Sharing and Printing Web Pages
252(1)
Sorting Out Your Settings
253(2)
Charming Metro IE settings
253(1)
Changing your default search engine
254(1)
Managing passwords
255(1)
Choosing and Setting a Default Browser
255(4)
Setting the default Windows browser
255(1)
Setting the default IE browser
256(3)
Chapter 2 Using Metro Mail, People, and Calendar Apps
259(28)
Choosing a Mail/Contacts/Calendar App
260(4)
Comparing e-mail programs
260(2)
Comparing calendar apps
262(1)
Checking out contact apps
263(1)
Choosing the right package
263(1)
Drilling Down on Windows 8.1 Metro Mail
264(8)
Navigating the Windows 8.1 Mail screen
264(3)
Adding a new account
267(2)
Creating a new message
269(2)
Searching for e-mail in Metro Mail
271(1)
MIA in Metro Mail
271(1)
Putting All Your Contacts in the Metro People App
272(9)
Adding accounts to Metro People
272(3)
Navigating the Metro People app
275(3)
Editing a contact
278(2)
Adding people in Metro People
280(1)
Avoiding Metro Calendar App Collisions
281(6)
Adding Calendar Items
285(1)
Struggling with Calendar shortcomings
286(1)
Chapter 3 The Windows 8.1 Photos App
287(14)
Discovering What Metro Photos App Can Do
287(1)
Touring Photos
288(3)
Editing Photos
291(4)
Adding Photos
295(1)
Importing Pictures from a Camera or External Drive
295(6)
Chapter 4 Xbox Music and Video
301(14)
Why You May Want Xbox Music or Video
302(1)
Playing Your Music with Xbox Music
303(5)
Viewing Your Videos with Xbox Video
308(2)
Managing Playlists
310(2)
Turning Off the Tiled Apps as Default Media Players
312(3)
Book V Connecting Online with Tiled Apps
315(98)
Chapter 1 Using SkyDrive in Windows 8.1
317(18)
What Is SkyDrive?
318(3)
Using the Tiled Metro SkyDrive
321(4)
Using SkyDrive on Your Desktop
325(2)
Running SkyDrive on the Web
327(4)
Fetching
331(4)
Chapter 2 Using Skype in Windows 8.1
335(14)
Exploring Skype Alternatives
335(1)
Where Can You Find Metro Skype?
336(2)
Installing "Legacy" Skype
338(3)
Making First Contact
341(1)
Adding a Contact
342(4)
A Few Tips from Skype-ologists
346(3)
Chapter 3 Getting Started with Facebook
349(16)
The Many Faces of Facebook
350(1)
Signing Up for a Facebook Account
351(9)
Choosing basic Facebook settings
354(3)
Interpreting the Facebook interface lingo
357(1)
Choosing basic Facebook security settings
358(2)
Building a Great Timeline
360(5)
Chapter 4 Getting Started with Twitter
365(12)
Understanding Twitter
366(3)
Setting Up a Twitter Account
369(3)
Tweeting for Beginners
372(3)
Beware hacking
372(1)
Using the @ sign and Reply
373(1)
Re-tweeting for fun and profit
374(1)
Hooking Twitter into Windows
375(2)
Chapter 5 Bing News, Finance, Travel, Sports, Fitness, and Food
377(24)
Recognizing the Bing in Everyone
378(1)
Reading the News with Bing
378(10)
Getting around Bing News
379(5)
Customizing Bing News
384(4)
Pinning Finance for Fun and Profit
388(6)
Traveling with Your Tablet
394(2)
Sports Fans Everywhere, Take Note
396(3)
The Two New Metro Bing Apps
399(2)
Chapter 6 Games, Games, and Games
401(12)
Searching the Store for Games
402(2)
Cutting the Rope with Style
404(2)
Tapping Pirates Love Daisies
406(2)
Starting with Sudoku
408(1)
Beating Birzzle
409(4)
Book VI Working on the Desktop
413(198)
Chapter 1 Running the Desktop from Start to Finish
415(32)
Getting Around
416(8)
Knowing the desktop's hot spots
416(3)
Cooling down the desktop's hot spots
419(1)
Snapping windows into place
420(3)
Changing the mouse
423(1)
Exploring Files and Folders
424(14)
Nailing the basic terminology
425(2)
Navigating
427(2)
Viewing and Filename Extensions
429(1)
Previewing
430(1)
Creating files and folders
430(2)
Copying, moving, and modifying files and folders
432(6)
Sharing Folders in the Public Folder
438(2)
Touching on the Taskbar
440(1)
Recycling
441(2)
Creating Shortcuts
443(2)
Sleep: Perchance to Dream
445(2)
Chapter 2 Personalizing the Desktop
447(24)
Recognizing Desktop Levels
447(2)
Setting Color Schemes on the Desktop
449(1)
Picking a Background
450(3)
Controlling Icons
453(2)
Selecting Screen Savers
455(2)
Using Desktop Themes
457(1)
Seeing Your Desktop Clearly
458(4)
Setting the screen resolution
458(2)
Activating and adjusting ClearType
460(1)
Showing larger fonts
461(1)
Using magnification
462(1)
Tricking Out the Taskbar
462(7)
Anatomy of the taskbar
463(1)
Jumping
463(2)
Changing the taskbar
465(1)
Making your own little toolbars
466(2)
Working with the taskbar
468(1)
Controlling the Notification Area
469(2)
Chapter 3 Metro Mods for Desktop Users
471(18)
Drop That Stupid Background
473(1)
Installing New Programs and Dealing with Their Tiles
474(2)
Finding and Adding Programs to the Start Screen
476(4)
Sorting through the Metro Start Tiles
480(2)
Starting to Form Your Metro Start Screen
482(2)
Organizing the Start Screen for a Lean Mean Desktop
484(2)
Booting to the Desktop
486(3)
Chapter 4 Maintaining Your System
489(16)
What's the Difference Between Restore, System Repair, Recovery Mode, Refresh, and Restart?
489(2)
Using a Password Reset Disk
491(4)
Creating a Password Reset Disk
492(1)
Using a Password Reset Disk
493(2)
Maintaining Drives
495(4)
What is formatting?
495(1)
Introducing hard-drive---maintenance tools
496(1)
Running an error check
497(1)
Defragmenting a drive
498(1)
Maintaining Solid State Drives
499(1)
Zipping and Compressing
500(5)
Compressing with NTFS
502(1)
Zipping the easy way with Compressed (zipped) Folders
503(2)
Chapter 5 Using Windows (Live) Essentials
505(28)
Introducing the Applications and How They've Changed
506(3)
Getting the Windows Essentials Apps
509(1)
Using Windows Live Mail
510(8)
Choosing an e-mail program
511(2)
Running Windows (formerly Live) Mail
513(2)
Adding e-mail accounts
515(2)
Creating a message
517(1)
Managing Windows Photo Gallery
518(12)
Leafing through the Gallery
519(3)
Adding photos to Photo Gallery
522(2)
Tagging pictures
524(2)
Finding a tagged picture
526(1)
Touching up pictures
527(1)
Planning panoramas and fuses
528(2)
Panning Windows Movie Maker
530(3)
Chapter 6 Choosing and Using a Desktop Web Browser
533(40)
Which Browser's Best?
534(5)
Considering security
534(1)
Looking at privacy
535(1)
Picking a browser
536(2)
Setting a browser as your default
538(1)
Using Internet Explorer on the Desktop
539(14)
Setting a default Internet Explorer
540(1)
Navigating in desktop IE
541(6)
Dealing with cookies
547(1)
Changing the home page
548(2)
Turning on key features
550(2)
Searching with alacrity ... and Google
552(1)
Customizing Firefox
553(7)
Installing Firefox
554(1)
Browsing privately in Firefox
555(2)
Bookmarking with the Fox
557(1)
Adding Firefox's best add-ons
558(2)
Optimizing Google Chrome
560(4)
Installing Chrome
561(1)
Navigating in Chrome
562(2)
Searching on the Web
564(5)
Finding what you're looking for
565(1)
Using Advanced Search
566(2)
Pulling out Google parlor tricks
568(1)
Referring to Internet Reference Tools
569(4)
Internet speed test
569(1)
DNSStuff
569(1)
3d Traceroute
570(1)
Down for everyone or just me?
571(1)
The Wayback Machine
571(2)
Chapter 7 Music on the Desktop
573(38)
Getting Started with Windows Media Player
573(7)
Pinning WMP to the Start menu or taskbar
574(1)
Setting WMP right the first time
575(3)
Tweaking privacy options after installation
578(2)
Playing with Now Playing
580(4)
Controlling the playback buttons
582(1)
Playing a CD
583(1)
Copying from a CD (Also Known As Ripping)
584(5)
Understanding music file formats
585(1)
Adjusting the WMP ripping settings
585(4)
Organizing Your Media Library
589(4)
Leafing through the library
589(2)
Changing album and song data
591(1)
Rating songs
591(1)
Sorting songs
592(1)
Searching
592(1)
Managing Playlists
593(3)
Creating a new playlist
593(2)
Renaming and deleting playlists
595(1)
Burning CDs and DVDs
596(6)
Burning an audio CD
597(4)
Burning data CDs and DVDs with Media Player
601(1)
Sharing Your Windows Media Player Media
602(1)
Customizing WMP
603(2)
Where to Find and Buy Good Music
605(6)
Buying music and videos online
605(2)
Using the Amazon music store
607(1)
Finding new music you'll like
608(3)
Book VII Controlling Your System
611(116)
Chapter 1 Controlling Control Panel
613(22)
Exploring the Real Control Panel
613(4)
Bringing up the Control Panel
614(1)
Scouting out the Control Panel
615(2)
Relying on Device Manager
617(3)
Stuffing AutoPlay
620(2)
Uninstalling/Changing Programs
622(2)
Turning Windows Features On and Off
624(2)
Setting Default Programs
626(4)
Changing the default for a filename extension
626(2)
Changing the default browser or e-mail program
628(2)
Adding and Switching Clocks
630(1)
Changing Languages
631(1)
Enabling Ease of Access Features
632(3)
Chapter 2 Troubleshooting and Getting Help
635(26)
Starting with the Help + Tips tile
636(1)
Troubleshooting in the Action Center
637(2)
System Stability and the Reliability Monitor
639(1)
Tricks to Using Windows Help
640(4)
The problem(s) with Windows Help
642(1)
Using different kinds of help
642(1)
Staying online
643(1)
Choosing the index versus search
643(1)
How to Really Get Help
644(2)
Snapping and Recording Your Problems
646(5)
Taking snaps that snap
647(1)
Recording live
648(3)
Connecting to Remote Assistance
651(7)
Understanding the interaction
651(1)
Making the connection
652(5)
Limiting an invitation
657(1)
Troubleshooting Remote Assistance
657(1)
Getting Help Online
658(3)
Chapter 3 Working with Libraries
661(12)
Understanding Libraries
661(1)
Making Your Libraries Visible
662(3)
Working with Your Default Libraries
665(2)
Customizing Libraries
667(4)
Adding a folder to a Library
668(1)
Changing a Library's default save location
669(2)
Creating Your Own Library
671(2)
Chapter 4 Storing in Storage Spaces
673(8)
Understanding the "Virtualization" of Storage
673(3)
Setting Up Storage Spaces
676(3)
Working with Storage Spaces
679(2)
Chapter 5 Getting the Most from HomeGroups
681(20)
Preparing a PC for a HomeGroup
681(2)
Connecting to a HomeGroup
683(5)
Setting up a new HomeGroup
685(2)
Joining an existing HomeGroup
687(1)
Sharing Files and Printers in a HomeGroup
688(1)
Navigating to a HomeGroup Folder
689(1)
Caring for Your HomeGroup
690(4)
Using the tiled HomeGroup interface
690(1)
Changing the HomeGroup password
691(2)
Adding or blocking folders in the HomeGroup
693(1)
Venturing beyond HomeGroups
694(7)
Sharing and granting permissions
694(3)
Sharing on mixed HomeGroup, workgroup, and Apple networks
697(4)
Chapter 6 Running the Built-In Desktop Applications
701(12)
Getting Free Word Processing
701(7)
Running Notepad
703(2)
Writing with WordPad
705(3)
Taming the Character Map
708(1)
Calculating --- Free
708(2)
Painting
710(1)
Sticking Sticky Notes
711(2)
Chapter 7 Working with Printers
713(14)
Installing a Printer
714(5)
Attaching a local printer
714(2)
Connecting a network printer
716(3)
Using the Print Queue
719(3)
Displaying a print queue
719(1)
Pausing and resuming a print queue
720(1)
Pausing, restarting, and resuming a document
721(1)
Canceling a document
722(1)
Troubleshooting Printing
722(2)
Catching a Runaway Printer
724(3)
Book VIII Maintaining Windows 8.1
727(92)
Chapter 1 File History, Backup, Data Restore, and Sync
729(16)
What Happened to the Windows 7 Backup?
730(1)
Backing Up and Restoring Files with File History
731(8)
Setting up File History
731(4)
Restoring data from File History
735(2)
Changing File History settings
737(2)
Storing To and Through the Cloud
739(6)
Considering cloud storage privacy concerns
739(2)
Reaping the benefits of backup and storage in the cloud
741(1)
Choosing an online backup and sharing service
741(4)
Chapter 2 A Fresh Start: Restore and Reset
745(16)
The Three R's --- and a Fourth RE
745(3)
Refreshing Your PC
748(2)
Resetting Your PC
750(3)
Restoring to an Earlier Point
753(5)
Creating a restore point
753(2)
Rolling back to a restore point
755(3)
Entering the Windows Recovery Environment
758(3)
Chapter 3 Using and Avoiding Windows Update
761(22)
Patching Woes
762(3)
Choosing an Update Level
765(5)
Selectively Patching: A Panacea for Those Woes
770(7)
Patching Windows manually
770(4)
Checking for updates manually
774(3)
Getting What You Need from a Security Bulletin
777(2)
Decoding a security bulletin
778(1)
Getting patches through a security bulletin
779(1)
Checking and Uninstalling Updates
779(4)
Chapter 4 Monitoring Windows
783(18)
Obeying the Action Center
784(1)
Entering the Action Center
785(1)
Working with the Action Center
786(4)
Watching Security settings
786(2)
Checking Maintenance settings
788(2)
Reviewing Your Network Status
790(5)
Turning sharing on or off
791(2)
Troubleshooting network adapters
793(1)
Setting up a virtual private network
794(1)
Viewing Events
795(3)
Using Event Viewer
796(1)
Events worthy --- and not worthy --- of viewing
797(1)
Gauging System Reliability
798(3)
Chapter 5 Using System Tools
801(18)
Tasking Task Manager
801(8)
Task Manager Processes
804(1)
Task Manager Performance
804(1)
Task Manager App History
805(1)
Task Manager Startup and autoruns
806(2)
Task Manager Users
808(1)
Task Manager Details and Services
808(1)
Installing a Second Hard Drive
809(2)
Running a Virtual Machine
811(8)
Book IX Securing Windows 8.1
819(84)
Chapter 1 Spies, Spams, Scams --- They're Out to Get You
821(32)
Understanding the Hazards --- and the Hoaxes
822(14)
The primary infection vectors
823(1)
Zombies and botnets
824(2)
Phishing
826(5)
419 scams
831(3)
I'm from Microsoft and I'm here to help
834(1)
0 day exploits
835(1)
Staying Informed
836(3)
Relying on reliable sources
837(1)
Ditching the hoaxes
838(1)
Am I Infected?
839(6)
Evaluating telltale signs
840(1)
Where did that message come from?
840(2)
What to do next
842(1)
Shunning scareware
843(2)
Getting Protected
845(8)
Protecting against malware
845(1)
Disabling Java and Flash
846(1)
Using your credit card safely online
847(2)
Defending your privacy
849(1)
Reducing spam
850(3)
Chapter 2 Fighting Viri and Scum
853(14)
Basic Windows Security Do's and Don'ts
853(4)
Making Sense of Malware
857(2)
Scanning for Rootkits with Windows Defender Offline
859(3)
Deciphering Browsers' Inscrutable Warnings
862(5)
Chrome
863(1)
Firefox
864(1)
Internet Explorer 11
864(3)
Chapter 3 Running Built-In Security Programs
867(22)
Working with Windows Defender
867(5)
Adjusting Windows Defender
869(1)
Running Windows Defender manually
870(2)
Judging SmartScreen
872(3)
Booting Securely with UEFI
875(1)
A brief history of BIOS
875(3)
How UEFI is different from/better than BIOS
876(2)
How Windows 8.1 uses UEFI
878(1)
Controlling User Account Control
878(4)
Poking at Windows Firewall
882(7)
Understanding Firewall basic features
883(1)
Speaking your firewall's lingo
884(1)
Peeking in to your firewall
884(2)
Making inbound exceptions
886(3)
Chapter 4 Top Security Helpers
889(14)
Deciding about BitLocker
890(3)
Managing Your Passwords
893(3)
Using password managers
893(1)
Which is better: Online or inhand?
893(1)
Rockin' RoboForm
894(1)
Liking LastPass
895(1)
Keeping Your Other Programs Up to Date
896(2)
Blocking Java and Flash in Your Browser
898(3)
Fighting Back at Tough Scumware
901(2)
Book X Enhancing Windows 8.1
903(76)
Chapter 1 Using Your iPad and iPhone with Windows 8.1
905(20)
Running iTunes on Windows, Or Maybe Not
906(10)
Why you may need or want iTunes for Windows
907(1)
Installing iTunes
908(2)
Setting up iTunes
910(3)
Pulling Internet videos onto your iPad
913(1)
Creating a movie playlist
914(2)
Great iPad Apps to Use with Windows
916(5)
Controlling Windows from your iPad
917(1)
Delivering PowerPoint presentations with your iPad
918(1)
Extending your Windows display with iDisplay
919(1)
Moving files between your PC and the iPad
919(1)
Working with Windows documents on the iPad
920(1)
Playing with Kids on Your iPad or iPhones
921(4)
Chapter 2 Kindle, Android, and Windows 8.1
925(14)
Wrangling E-Book Files
926(5)
Introducing popular e-book formats
927(1)
Reading e-book files on your PC
927(1)
Organizing your e-book files with calibre
928(3)
Getting Media from Your PC to Your Kindle
931(4)
E-mailing books from your PC to your Kindle
931(1)
Receiving e-mailed books from a friend
932(2)
Adding music to your Kindle
934(1)
Using the Tiled, Metro Kindle App
935(1)
Syncing Contacts and Calendars
936(3)
Syncing Outlook contacts with Android devices
936(1)
Syncing calendars
937(2)
Chapter 3 Getting Started with Gmail, Google Apps, and Drive
939(16)
Finding Alternatives to Windows with Google
940(2)
Setting Up Gmail
942(4)
Using Google Docs/Drive
946(4)
Moving Your Domain to Google
950(5)
Chapter 4 Using Hotmail and Outlook.com
955(12)
Getting Started with Outlook.com
956(4)
Bringing Some Sanity to Outlook.com Organization
960(1)
Handling Outlook.com Failures
961(2)
Importing Outlook.com Messages into Gmail
963(2)
Weighing the Alternatives
965(2)
Chapter 5 Best Free Windows Add-Ons
967(12)
Windows Apps You Absolutely Must Have
967(6)
File History
967(1)
Start8
968(1)
VLC Media Player
969(2)
PSI Inspector
971(1)
Recuva
972(1)
The Best of the Rest --- All Free
973(3)
Revo Uninstaller
973(1)
Paint.net
973(1)
7-Zip
974(1)
Dropbox, Google Drive, SkyDrive, or
974(1)
You may not need to buy Microsoft Office
975(1)
Don't Pay for Software You Don't Need!
976(3)
Windows 8.1 has all the antivirus software you need
976(1)
Windows 8.1 doesn't need a disk defragger
976(1)
Windows 8.1 doesn't need a disk partitioner
977(1)
Windows 8.1 doesn't need a Registry cleaner
977(1)
Windows 8.1 doesn't need a backup program
978(1)
Don't turn off services or hack your Registry
978(1)
Index 979
Woody Leonhard is an award-winning technology author and columnist with over two decades of experience covering Microsoft Windows. He's currently a Senior Editor for the Windows Secrets newsletter and a frequent contributor to InfoWorld.