Paul Thurrott - Windows 8 Secrets

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Tips, tricks, treats, and secrets revealed on Windows 8
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Q & A with the authors of From the Back Cover Microsoft is introducing a major new release of its Windows operating system, Windows 8, and what better way for you to learn all the ins and outs than from two internationally recognized Windows experts and Microsoft insiders, authors Paul Thurrott and Rafael Rivera? They cut through the hype to get at useful information you’ll not find anywhere else, including what role this new OS plays in a mobile and tablet world.
Regardless of your level of knowledge, you’ll discover little-known facts about how things work, what’s new and different, and how you can modify Windows 8 to meet what you need.
Windows 8 Secrets
•  •  •  •  •  •  •  •  •  •  •  •  •  •  •  Windows 8 Secrets Should consumers adopt Windows 8 or Windows RT? Windows RT offers both advantages and disadvantages compared to Windows 8, and which you choose will depend on your needs. The biggest issue with Windows RT, of course, is the lack of desktop application compatibility: Though it comes with most Windows 8 desktop utilities and a version of Microsoft Office, Windows RT is not compatible with any third party or Microsoft desktop Windows applications that are already included. That said, Windows RT should offer much better battery life and amazingly thin and light form factors when compared to similar PCs and devices designed around a traditional PC microprocessor.
What’s best way to upgrade from Windows 7 to Windows 8? Upgrade or clean install? Is an upgrade safe? Generally speaking, you will actually see better results with an upgrade with this version of Windows, which is different than our experience with previous versions. To be safe, backup everything first, perform the upgrade, and if it doesn’t go well, you can always do a clean install afterwards.
One thing to watch during an upgrade, however, is Internet Explorer: If you have configured a different browser as your default browser in Windows 7 and then upgrade to Windows 8, you will actually lose the ability to run the Metro-style version of Internet Explorer 10. You can fix this by configuring IE as your default browser after the fact.
Does Windows 8 really run faster and better than Windows 7 on the same hardware? Yes. But in real world usage, you won’t notice much of a difference in usage. That said, Windows 8 boots, resumes from sleep, and performs other power management functions much, much faster than does Windows 7. You can also use Push Button Reset to refresh or reset a Windows 8 PC in just minutes.
Will all of my Windows 7 apps and drivers work with Windows 8? For the most part, yes. Microsoft claims that if it works with Windows 7, it should work with Windows 8. And in our experience, that has definitely been the case. Even the now-ancient game “Halo: Combat Evolved,” from 2003 installs and runs just fine. That said, you may need to uninstall some applications if you’re upgrading from Windows 7 to Windows 8, and then reinstall them after the fact. And of course there will always be some exceptions.
What are the most important keyboard combinations we should memorize? If you remember just one keyboard shortcut, it should be WINKEY + C, which enables the Charms and access to several key system functions, including Search, Share, Start, Devices, and Settings. Some other useful keyboard shortcuts include WINKEY + D (to navigate directly to the desktop), WINKEY + I (for Settings), and WINKEY + L for lock. And let’s not forget our favorite keyboard combination: WINKEY + X, which displays a power user menu of sorts containing lots of useful shortcuts.
In their introduction, the authors of this book say that “with Windows 8, suddenly, everything is different.” And they are right—with a completely new interface presenting users with a completely new experience, Windows 8 and its device-based cousin Windows RT are arguably the biggest change in Windows ever. But bestselling authors Paul Thurrott and Rafael Rivera have you covered with Windows 8 Secrets, a completely new, written-from-scratch guide to the ins and outs of this new Windows experience. Covering topics both large and small, ranging from how the new immersive experiences and familiar Windows desktop interface coexist to the subtle differences in interacting with Windows 8 via touch, keyboard, or mouse, this book digs in to reveal helpful and advanced insight in all major Windows areas: application management, data backup and security, networking, and much more.
The Insider’s Guide to:
•  •  •  •  •  •  •  •  •  The Secrets series reveals:
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Remove password:You can remove the password if you’ve separately configured a smartcard PIN.

Add or Change smartcard:If you’re using a smartcard PIN, you can change the PIN at any time. Or, if you’re using a password, you can add a smartcard PIN as a second way to enter the recovery key.

Turn on (or off) auto-unlock:By default, BitLocker-protected disks will prompt you for a password (or PIN) each time you sign in to Windows or, in the case of an external, removable disk, when you plug the drive into the PC. The password entry interface can be seen in Figure 14-7. You can use the Automatically unlock on this PC option, found under More options, to disable this tiresome requirement.

Turn off BitLocker:If you’d like to remove BitLocker encryption from a disk, this option will reverse the process.

Figure 14-7:By default, BitLocker-protected disks require you to enter a password or PIN each time they’re first accessed.

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Encryption in Windows RT

BitLocker and BitLocker To Go are available only in Windows 8 Pro. But Windows RT, the ARM-based version of Windows 8 that’s included with Windows devices, includes a feature called drive encryption, which is on by default and functions somewhat similarly to BitLocker. Why include this feature in Windows RT? These devices are managed with a technology called Exchange ActiveSync (EAS), which uses policies to ensure that compatible devices—which include iPhones, iPads, Android devices, Windows Phones, and now Windows RT devices—meet the basic security rules of your organization. And one of the policies it can set includes device encryption. Without this security feature, many corporations wouldn’t allow users to access corporate resources.

Virtualization

Users of Windows 7 Professional, Enterprise, and Ultimate could also download a free feature called XP Mode, which was essentially a copy of Windows XP that could only be used inside of Windows Virtual PC.

In Windows 7, Microsoft provided a virtualization solution called Windows Virtual PC that allowed users to run virtualized instances of Windows XP, Vista, and 7, and even individual applications within those environments, side by side with native Windows 7 applications. And it did so without forcing users to manage the complexity of dealing with two desktops, one virtualized and one native.

Windows Virtual PC offered decent functionality but middling performance because it was based on an older form of virtualization technology purchased long ago from Connectix Corporation. So in Windows 8, Microsoft has dramatically expanded the virtualization capabilities of its desktop OS. And let’s just say that performance is no longer going to be an issue.

Thanks to the integration of its previously server-only hypervisor technology, Hyper-V, Windows 8 offers the same core virtualization features as does Windows Server 2012, albeit aimed at a few core scenarios. And it doesn’t stop there: Windows 8 also includes some interesting and useful virtualization integration features that really put this version over the top.

Client Hyper-V

Client Hyper-V, as Microsoft calls the Windows 8 version of Hyper-V, has been added to the OS for two primary reasons. One is for software developers who need to test applications and web apps on a variety of operating system and browser combinations. The other reason is for IT pros who are managing virtualized environments using Microsoft’s enterprise virtualization tools—Hyper-V on Windows Server 2012, but also Application Virtualization (App-V) and Microsoft Enterprise Desktop Virtualization (MED-V)—and want to work with virtual machines (VMs) and their Virtual Hard Disks (VHDs) locally on a PC before deploying them elsewhere in their workplace.

These reasons bear little resemblance to the stated mission of Windows Virtual PC/XP Mode, which existed for a completely different reason: to provide users with a fairly seamless way to access Windows XP-based applications that, for one reason or another, simply wouldn’t run natively on Windows 7. And while that may be confusing for some, if you need the XP Mode functionality from Virtual PC, you’re still welcome to use it in Windows 8 Pro. Client Hyper-V is a completely different animal.

Generally speaking, it’s more capable and powerful than Virtual PC. It offers much better performance and you can run multiple virtual machines simultaneously. It runs both 32-bit and 64-bit operating systems, and not just 32-bit like Virtual PC. And it comes with an amazing management interface, just like the version from Windows Server. (In fact, they’re identical.) This means that your experience using Client Hyper-V in Windows 8 will be directly applicable to Windows Server 2012 as well.

Hyper-V Requirements

Of course, with this power comes some responsibility. And Client Hyper-V comes with some important system requirements that can’t be circumvented. These include the following:

64-bit PCs only:Client Hyper-V only runs on 64-bit PCs that are running the 64-bit version of Windows 8 Pro (or Enterprise).

Chipset requirements:Hyper-V requires modern Intel and AMD microprocessors that include Second Level Address Translation (SLAT). This is a feature of all current generation microprocessors (for example, Intel “Sandy Bridge” and newer) at the time of this writing.

RAM:Your PC must be configured with at least 4 GB of RAM. But with virtualization, more is always better, and if you wish to run multiple virtualized OSes, you’re going to need a lot of RAM.

Installing Hyper-V

Assuming you meet these requirements, you’re free to install and use Hyper-V. Because this is a feature of Windows, you install Hyper-V in the Windows Features control panel. This can be hard to find, but the easiest way is Start Search: Type windows features, then select Settings, and then choose the option titled Turn Windows features on or off. The Windows Features window is shown in Figure 14-8.

Figure 14-8:You can add Hyper-V to your PC using Windows Features.

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Expand the Hyper-V entry in the list of Windows features, and you’ll see two entries: Hyper-V Managements Tools and Hyper-V Platform. Any Windows 8 PC can install the management tools, so that option should always be available. But if Hyper-V Platform is grayed out, it can mean only one of two things: Either you don’t meet the system requirements or the CPU’s virtualization features are disabled in the PC firmware or BIOS.

If it’s the latter case, you’ll need to examine the firmware and enable the correct features. How you do so, of course, will vary from PC to PC, so there’s no way to provide general instructions here. Consult your PC’s documentation for the details.

Once you’ve selected all of the Hyper-V features (and do select them all if you’ll be using Hyper-V on that PC), click OK to install Hyper-V. The PC will need to be restarted. Once it does so, you can use the various Hyper-V tools to create and work with virtual machines. There are two primary interfaces: Hyper-V Manager and Hyper-V Virtual Machine Connection (VMC).

Using Hyper-V Manager

Hyper-V Manager is the Hyper-V management console and the exact same utility that is provided with Windows Server 2012 and the Remote Server Administration Tools (RSAT) for Windows Server 2012. As you can see in Figure 14-9, Hyper-V Manager is a modern and full-featured tool, and all you need to create, manage, and run virtual environments on your PC.

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