Windows 8 All-in-One For Dummies

1083 Pages·2012·115.422 MB·English

by  Woody Leonhard

Windows® 8
ALL-IN-ONE
FOR

DUMmIES‰

About the Author
Curmudgeon, critic, and fiercely independent “Windows victim,” Woody
Leonhard has dished up the truth about Microsoft products since his first
Windows book two decades ago. Windows 8 All-In-One For Dummies, his 40th
and most ambitious computer book, takes on both sides of the Windows 8
interface, then branches out to cover the ways Windows interacts with all
sorts of products — iPads to Google Apps, Facebook to Mac networks, VPNs
to Android. Woody’s unique reader-first approach ensures that you get the
best advice about solving your problems — whether Microsoft likes it or not.
Woody is best known online as a Senior Contributing Editor for Infoworld, and
Contributing Editor of Windows Secrets Newsletter. He also runs AskWoody.
com, the web’s leading source of news about Microsoft updates. He tweets
frequently on tech topics from @woodyleonhard.
He’s a Microsoft MVP, one of the first Microsoft Consulting Partners, and
a charter member of the Microsoft Solutions Provider organization. He
delights in being a constant thorn in Microsoft’s side. Along with several
coauthors and editors, Woody has won an unprecedented six Computer Press
Association awards and two American Business Press awards.
Woody moved to Phuket, Thailand, in 2000, with his teenage son. His dad
joined them in 2006. Woody married a southern Thai lady — yes, they met in
Starbucks — and now have a toddler who keeps life running a mile a minute.

Dedication
To George L. Leonard, Jr., 1924-2012
And to Add and Andy and Justin, the lights of my life.
Author’s Acknowledgments
I’m very lucky to have an outstanding editorial dream team at Wiley, with
Becky Huehls in the thick of it, once again. This book is by far the thickest
book I’ve ever written, covering a topic that’s enormously complex, and
Becky and crew led the charge to keep it accurate, timely, and directed
squarely at the features Windows users need most.
Thanks, also, to Claudette Moore and Ann Jaroncyk at Moore Literary
Agency, the best agents in the biz.
My thanks to Rob Oppenheim for his research on Windows search. As you
can see in Book VI, Chapter 8, Windows search is a complex topic that’s
barely documented elsewhere — and much of the published documentation
is wrong. Rob’s show-me attitude brought many oddities to light.
I also want to thank the people at TechSmith for keeping their screen-capture
program, Snagit, working through the Windows 8 versions. I’ve use Snagit
for all the screen shots in all my books, going back as far as I can remember.
Snagit is a workhorse — one of the most reliable pieces of software I’ve ever
encountered.
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