Shutdown And Restart Tile For Your Start Screen

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Ever got tired of going through the various steps to shut down or hibernate your computer? This can be especially frustrating if you are in a hurry. If you are using a Windows 8 operating system, the recent interface changes can be held partially responsible for the time it takes to execute the shut down process. An ideal solution to this problem would be to place a tile shortcut on the Start screen. The tile should be configured in such a way that the user can directly shut down, restart or hibernate the computer in a single step.

Windows 8 support team can help you with the process of setting up a tile or icon on your desktop to perform the task. However, the steps involved are fairly simple and you can try them on your own before resorting to help from the Windows 8 support team.

The steps involved in the process are as listed below.

• Creating a shortcut icon on your desktop is the first step. To do this right click on the desktop screen, and choose New -> Shortcut from the list displayed.
• Now you have to pass on the appropriate options to the shutdown.exe command. To do this, create a shortcut to the function that we wish to accomplish.
  1. Shutdown: shutdown.exe -s -t 00
  2. Restart:shutdown.exe -r -t 00
  3. Hibernate:shutdown.exe -h -t 00
• Once the above commands are properly placed, move on to the next step. Click Next.
• Choose and type in an appropriate name for your title to be displayed on the icon.
• Click Finish.
• Now access the newly created shortcut and right click on the same.
• Now click on Pin to Start.
  

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The hibernation function is constrained to the feasibility of the hardware. This function can be activated only if the hardware supports the same. Once you have completed all the above steps, go back to your Start screen. If the procedure was successful, you will find the short cut icon  displayed on the screen. The title will be the one chosen by you during the procedure.

You have to keep the fact in mind that by following the above-mentioned procedure, you have enabled a one-step process. So performing a left click on the icon or tile will shut down, hibernate or restart your computer without confirmation. This process can prove useful to you whenever you want to shut down or restart your computer in a hurry!

How To Add A New Language In Windows8

Language support by Windows 8

In Windows 8, Microsoft has distinguished between the language settings and regional settings and placed them into two different groups. You can access them both from the Control Panel of the computer. The new Languages list provides more language support than it did earlier. It also makes a provision for all users to change their display language. The following is the step-by step method to add or remove input languages in Windows 8 operating system, as instructed by the Windows 8 Support team.

How to change the display language in Windows 8

1. Locate the “Control Panel” option from the bottom-left corner of the screen and right click it.
2. Category-wise, open, “Add a language” under the “Clock, Language and Region” group.
3. Small icon wise, you can open the “Language” option.
4. You have to open “Add a language” option.
5. The list of language option, from that select the language you want to add, it can be French, German and click “Open”
6. In regional settings options, choose the required language (e.g. German (Germany)) and choose “Add” to come back to the main “Language Options” window.
7. When you are required to add more languages, carry out steps 3 through 5.If you don’t have multiple languages to add, you can close the Language Options window and continue with your work.

To change the Hot Keys for switching between input languages

1. From the main Language Options window, you can open “Advanced Settings”.Thsis is done to change the default input hot keys. (Left ALT + SHIFT)
2. Open “Advanced Settings” window. choose the “Change Language bar hot keys” option.
   

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3. Now, click on the “Change Key Sequence” option, and make the choice you wish to.

However In Windows 8 there is the provision to add multiple languages to your Key board. This is given to facilitate the use of more than one language when there are multiple users to the same machine. This is the way you can make Windows 8 support multiple languages.

This is how you can manipulate the display language setting in the windows 8 OS. For other similar help regarding Windows 8, contact the MS tech support teams online. Alternatively browse the internet for tech resource websites that contain answers to any tech related questions you might have on the matter.

Changing The Color Of Calendar Events In Windows 8

Windows 8 Calendar app

Since we are all living in an environment consisting of family, friends, colleagues as well as other people, we should find out enough time to manage our events associated with them. It can be a hectic process to keep all these events in your memory and most times, you miss out one event or the other. Missing out an important event or appointment may ruin your official life as well your personal life. Therefore, it is very important to store all this piece of information under one place so that you can recollect it at the correct time. Windows 8 comes as a lifesaver for you as you can store and manage your calendar events with the help of the application named Calendar.

Windows 8 Calendar app

It sets the color of your different accounts automatically if you try to connect your Calendar app from the respective accounts. This helps you to differentiate the events from various accounts; however, some of these events can be very valuable for you. In that case, you should change the color of the corresponding events so that you can easily recognize it. You can manually set the colors or perform this task to reorganize your events efficiently as well.

Instructions

Following tips will help you to change the color of your events without getting any assistance from Windows 8 support team.

1. Open the Calendar from the new Windows 8 Start screen or from the All apps window. Use the Search option from the Charms bar to locate it easily.
   

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2. Press the Win key + I simultaneously to launch the setting panel of the application. Select Options from the available list.
3. Locate the respective account that requires a color change from this list and enlarge the color window to figure out more colors by clicking on the tiny box.
4. Select the preferred color that you wish to give for your calendar events. Ensure that you are selecting a different color when compared to your other account in order to avoid any confusion that may arise by choosing the same color.
5. You can close the settings window now and it will automatically save the altered settings.

You do not have to contact Windows 8 support to perform this simple task as you can utilize the above instructions to change the color settings yourself. Take up the challenge of performing this task and redefine your calendar events with a new look.

Read Email With The Windows 8 Mail App

Window support for Windows 8 mail

The Windows 8 Mail application is the email program that comes bundled with the Windows 8 software. Like the other email programs like Gmail and Outlook, this email program is easy to use. When you want to connect to the Windows 8 mail application, you have to keep certain things handy, like a Gmail account. When your computer is connected to the internet, and you receive a mail, this is at once displayed on the start screen of your windows 8 email support. The start screen tile updates to show the latest unread message and the sender. To read the Email, windows 8 support has outlined the following procedure.

Read email on the Windows 8 Mail application

• On the Start screen, click on the tile for mail application.The app opens to give you the list of messages with the newest or unread one on top.
• To locate an email quickly, take the Charm’s bar search pane by pressing Windows + Q, and then type in the search box the search keyword, or the name of the sender to be located.
• Click the subject of any message. This opens it for reading.The content of the message is poured into the pane along the windows right side.
• The mail app has several options. These can be accessed from the top edge with the help of buttons.

Undecided? : Leave the message as it is. Nothing should be done. The message sets up in the inbox folder.

Respond: Click the Respond button, which is located in the top -right corner. From the drop down menu choose “Reply”. A new window will come up for typing into. This window is furnished with the recipient’s name, and the subject of the message.

Support for Windows 8 mail app

Reply All: When you have to address multiple recipients, you can reply by clicking “Respond” and Choosing “Reply All” from the dropdown menu.

Forward: When you want to forward a message to another person, click “Respond” and choose “Forward” from the dropdown menu to send it.

Delete: Press the Delete button to send the message to the Deleted Items folder. Click all the messages to be sent to the Deleted Items folder by clicking Delete.

This is the usual way of reading Email in windows 8 App. Like most of the earlier email applications, Windows 8 mail application is also far from fulfillment. Therefore, Microsoft still releases update versions as part of Windows 8 support.

Resolve Hardware Compatibility Issues In Windows 8

Support for hardware compatibility issues

Windows 8 is the latest operating system developed by Microsoft. As expected, it has lots of improved features and functionalities when compared to Windows 7. The response from users to this operating system has been really impressive. However there were  several issues reported by the users regarding hardware compatibility. This article contains detailed information as explained by the Windows 8 support team regarding the same.

Windows 8 support instructions

1. At the time of setting up Windows 8, if you happen to encounter any problems saying that are is some compatibility issues with your CPU, then you need to tweak your BIOS settings for enabling No eXecute bit or disabling eXecute.
2. If in case you are not so sure about the changing the BIOS settings, it is advised to visit the website of your PC manufacturer or forum and register your query along with the information about the model of PC you are using. In certain situations, you will be required to update the BIOS.
3. Connect your computer to the internet, launch the Windows update application, look for new updates, install the updates, and reboot your PC. In most cases installing new updates will take care of the drivers or compatibility issues.
4. If you found that there is no new updates to install, open the Windows 8 compatibility center and check the compatibility status of your device.
   

            Windows 8 hardware compatibility

5.  After checking the Windows 8 compatibility center, if you found that your device is not listed, go to the control panel window, open action center, and check the reason behind the compatibility issue.
6. Try downloading the latest version of the drivers for the devices connected to your computer from the manufacturer’s website. Also if it is a software program that you are having problem with, make sure that you are using its latest version.
7. If any issue is detected by the Windows, make sure to report the same.
8. You can try uninstalling the problem software and re-install the new version of the same.
9. If you are still facing the same issue even after following the above mentioned instructions,then there is no other way than contacting the manufacturer or developer.

So that’s how you go about resolving hardware compatibility issues on your Windows 8 computer. For further assistance, feel free to contact the Windows 8 support team.