View ISO Files on Virtual Drives in Windows 8

1. Click on the folder icon in the Windows desktop taskbar.

2. Click on a drive that holds the ISO file you want on your computer.

3. Right-click a file withe the ".ISO" file extension. It will say "Disc Image file" in the description area.

4. Select "Mount" from the list of options that appear in the drop-down menu.

5. Click on the files you want to use in the mounted drive, just as you would if you'd opened a CD that you put into your computer.

Watch Quicktime Movies on Windows 8

1. Search on Google "best video converter". If you want to get one directly, download it from CNET.

2. Install and run the video converter. When install, you just do it on the basis of points. Then, open it.

3. Import your QuickTime Movies. Add files or drag movies to the bank.

4. Make sure your needed format(AVI or MP4 is OK). From the output column, you can select avi or mp4 as your target output format. Before the process, you can edit movies optionally.

5. Start converting. Just click on Convert button, and you can begin to movies to video supporting on Windows for enjoyment.

6. Save videos to target folder for finding quickly.

Use the Windows 8 Charm Bar

1. Move your cursor towards the bottom right or top right corner of your screen. If you are using a touchscreen device, drag your finger inwards from the right side of the screen and the charms bar should appear

2. Wait for the charms bar to appear.

3. Click "Search" to search for anything on your computer.

4. Click "Start" to bring up the Start menu.

5. Click "Devices" to configure your computer's monitors and other devices.

6. Select "Settings" to open the controls for your computer's settings.

7. You can click on the 'Change PC Settings" option to jump into the PC Setting application.

Use the Start Screen on Windows 8

1. Hit the windows button on your keyboard. It's the one between CTRL and ALT on the bottom left of the keyboard.

2. Click "Desktop" when you are ready to return to your desktop.

3. Click on any of the preinstalled Windows Store applications on the start screen. For example, clicking on the camera tile on the start screen will open the camera app.

4. The start screen also houses traditional desktop applications, and they can be easily differentiated from their Windows Store cousins by looking at their tiles. Clicking on them will open the application in the desktop.

5. If you have downloaded any applications from the Windows Store, they will also show up in the start screen.

6. Right click on the tile of a desktop application to bring up controls for that application, which include pinning that app to the taskbar, running the app as administrator, and more.

7. Right click on the tile of a Windows Store application to bring up a panel which contains controls for the particular application, which include unpinning that app from the start screen, turning it's live tile off, uninstalling that particular application. The controls are application specific

8. Click on your account picture in the top right to change your account picture, lock your computer, sign out of Windows, or switch to another user account.

9. Right click on an empty space in the start screen to bring up a panel which houses the "All apps" button. Clicking on this button will take you to a list of all programs you have installed on your computer.

10. Click and drag apps to rearrange them. You can easily organize your start screen this way. You can also sort applications into groups.

11. Click on the bottom right corner to get access to a zoomed out view of the start screen. Right clicking on groups of apps from this view allows you to name that group.

12. Type while on the start screen to search your computer for those keywords.

Use the People App in Windows 8

1. Move your cursor on the desktop all the way to the bottom right to bring up the sidebar. Click "Start" to open the Start menu. You can also bring up the start menu by clicking the Windows Key.

2. Click the orange live tile marked "People." It has an icon showing outlines of people.

3. Login to People using your Microsoft Account.

4. Click on the Facebook, Twitter, or other contact options to add contacts to your People setting. You can also click "No thanks" to remove this option. Click on any contact on the right to access information about that person.

5. Click "What's new" to see all of your friends online posts in one place.

6. Scan through the posts here whenever you want to see what your friends are up to online.

Use an App to Rotate Lockscreens in Windows 8

1. Search for a lockscreen app like "Chameleon" in the Windows 8 Store app. Select the icon with the brown background and the colorful puzzle.

2. Click on the "Chameleon" option and then click "Install" to install the app on your computer.

3. Select an option like "National Geographic Photo of the Day."

4. Right-click on a photo you like and click "Set lockscreen" to make it your lockscreen. You can also right-click anywhere and click "Start" next to "Change lock screen every 12 hours" to make the lockscreen swap based on the current

Use a Vpn in Windows 8

1. Search for "VPN" in the Windows 8 Start menu. Select the "Settings" option."

2. Select the option to set up a VPN under the SEttings heading in the top left corner of the screen.

3. Type in the web address for your VPN, and type in a name for it. Click "Create."

4. Look over on the right where the Network option automatically opens. Select the VPN you want from the list.

5. Click "Connect" to connect to the VPN.

Use a Different Program to Open PDF in Windows 8

1. Right-click on the folder icon in the bottom left corner of the taskbar in Windows 8 desktop. Select "File Explorer" from the options there.

2. Click on a drive that has a PDF file.

3. Right-click on any file with the PDF extension at the end of its name.

4. Select the "properties" option at the bottom of the selection possibilities that appear.

5. Click on the "Change" button listed next to "Opens with" in the properties window. Select a new program. Click "Apply," then "OK." THis will change the program that opens PDF for all such files.

Use Windows Update in Windows 8

1. Move your cursor into the bottom right corner of Windows to open the Charms Bar. Select "Start."

2. Type in "update" once the Start menu appears.

3. Select "Windows Update" when the Search screen comes up.

4. On the Windows Update screen, click check for updates on the upper right corner of your screen.

5. You can also change your settings to automatically check and install updates. Just click on "Change Settings" on the upper right of the screen.

Use Windows Update in Windows 8

1. Move your cursor into the bottom right corner of Windows to open the Charms Bar. Select "Start."

2. Type in "update" once the Start menu appears.

3. Select "Windows Update" when the Search screen comes up.

4. On the Windows Update screen, click check for updates on the upper right corner of your screen.

5. You can also change your settings to automatically check and install updates. Just click on "Change Settings" on the upper right of the screen.

Use a Picture Password in Windows 8

1. Select the "Settings" charm in the Charm Bar all the way on the right in Windows 8.

2. Click "Change PC settings" at the bottom of the new screen.

3. Select "Users" from the PC settings screen.

4. Hit the "Create a picture password" selection on the right side of the Users screen.

5. Click the green "Choose picture" button.

6. Browse through your computers folders when they appear and select a picture. Click "Use this picture" when you find one you want. You can also click "Choose new picture" to try a new one.

7. Trace a 3 sets of patterns over the picture to complete the code that will unlock your computer. If you have a touchscreen you can use your finger on the screen, otherwise use a mouse.

Use Windows Snap in Windows 8

1. To access the Snap feature using your mouse, move the pointer into the top left corner of the screen until you see a small picture of another open program (repeatedly clicking on this picture will cycle through the all your open programs). Without pressing any mouse buttons, slowly move the mouse pointer down the screen until a pop-up bar appears showing all open programs, then drag the program you want to snap to either the left or right spaces on the screen.

2. Here we see the weather forecast app Snapped to the left while we use the Bing Search app.

3. To perform this function on a touchscreen, simply drag in an already open application from the left hand of the screen, and the already open application will move to make way for it.

4. To change which screen is the primary one, simply drag the divider line from the smaller sized app towards the larger one.

5. Although it can look a bit odd, Windows Snap works with the Desktop, treating the whole of the Desktop as a single app (rather than treating each open Desktop app as a stand-alone program).

6. Snapping the Desktop to the side is also possible, although perhaps not so useful.

Use Windows 8 Enhanced File Copy

1. Open two windows, one for the original files and a second for their destination.

2. Select all the files at once, and Windows will group them into a single transfer.

3. Transfer each folder separately. However, they are still grouped into a single window but the progress of each transfer is displayed individually. Note that this is very different from previous versions of Windows where each transfer would be displayed in a separate window.

4. You can know more about the transfer, such as the speed of the transfer, number of items remaining and estimated time to completion by clicking on the More Details option on the bottom left of the transfer window.

5. If the file transfers are going slowly, and it is important that one transfer be completed more quickly than the others, then you can simply click on the pause buttons of the less important transfers to give more bandwidth to the one I want.

6. Windows 8 has vastly improved file conflict resolution (what to do if files of the same name already exist in the target folder). You can choose between Replacing the files, Skipping them, or deciding on a case by case basis.

7. The conflict resolution window is a powerful new tool which allows usrers to easily examine each file to determine which ones you want to keep. As you can see, file transfer in Windows 8 is simple but powerful, giving you control to perform the most important tasks with minimum fuss.

Use Windows 7 File Recovery on Windows 8

1. Open the Windows 8 start menu and type in "Windows 7" to search for it automatically. Click on the "Settings" option underneath the search box.

2. Select "Windows 7 file recovery" in the top left of the new screen.

3. Click on "Setup backup" to set up the backup procedures in the Windows 7 file recovery window.

4. Click on an external drive under the "Backup Destination" heading in the next window. Click "Next" to set up the backup. You can also click "refresh" if there are any options there that are not yet listed.

5. Hit the "select another drive to restore backup files from" if you want to restore files that you've backed up previously. Select a backup file, and then click "Next" to begin the restoration process.

Use Vimeo in Windows 8

1. Open the Store app in the Windows 8 Start menu, and search for "Vimeo." Select the app that comes up with the V symbol.

2. Click "Install" in the Vimeo installation screen to install the app on your device.

3. Click on the blue "v" symbol in the light blue square when it appears in the top right corner of the screen. You can also access Vimeo from the Start menu.

4. Click on "Join Vimeo" to create an account and then log in. You can also click on any video to begin watching it.

5. Fill out the accounts information and click "Join" to create a Vimeo account.

Use USB 3.0 on Windows 8

1. Type in "USB" in the search bar from the Start menu. Click on "Settings."

2. Select "View devices and printers."

3. Right-click on a USB 3.0 device from the listed devices in the new window.

4. Select "Browse files" in the drop-down menu.

5. Click on the drive from the USB 3.0 device that you want to view to one the files on your computer and look through them.

Use Windows 8 Task Manager

1. Hold down the "CTRL," "ALT" and "DELETE" keys on your keyboard. Select "Task Manager" in the screen that appears. Select "Processes" in the tabs on the top of the window.

2. Select an "App" or "Background Process" that you want to end. Click "End Task" in the bottom right corner to stop the task immediately.

3. Click on the "Startup" tab at the top of the window to control what apps start up when your computer does.

4. Select an App that you want to disable from starting up. It's a good idea to pick ones that have a "High" "startup impact," as shown all the way on the right. Click "Disable" to disable the app from starting up. Click on the "Details" tab to find a more detailed list of processes. Select one of them, and then click "End Task" to manually end that task

Use Two Monitors with Windows 8

1. Connect the monitor to your PC. Plug in the power, connect the video cable to a compatible port on the computer, and Windows should immediately detect it and install the required drivers.

2. Bring up the charms bar (Windows key + C).

3. Click on “Devices” followed by “Second screen.”

4. Choose how you want your monitors configured. “PC Screen only” and “Second screen only” turn off the other screen and display Windows on a single monitor only.

5. Selecting “Duplicate” mirrors Windows across both screens while, most interestingly, “Extend” spreads your desktop across both screens. One effect of this is that you can run the new Windows 8 Metro interface alongside the Windows 7 style Desktop.

Use Skype on Windows 8

1. Open the Start menu with the Windows button. Select the "Store" app.

2. Type in "Skype" and click on the Skype option when it appears.

3. Click "Install" to install the app. If you already have it, then it will say so on this screen.

4. Open the Windows menu again and click on the blue "Skype" square.

5. Click "Allow" in the green screen to allow Skype to run in the background and use your video and microphone.

6. Click on "I have an account" if you have one already. Otherwise click on the "I'm new" option to set one up. Once you sign in, you can click "Contacts" and then "Add" to add friends to talk to.

Use Photos App on Windows 8

1. Type in "Photo" into the start screen in Windows 8. Select "Apps."

2. Click on the Photos option in the top left of the Search screen.

3. Select a general category to open for photos. An example is the "Pictures library."

4. Open the folder in the picture library that you want to view, such as "Screenshots."

5. Select the photo you want to view to open it in the Photo viewer.