Change Color Management Settings in Windows 8

1. Search for "color management" in the Windows 8 start screen.

2. Select the "Color Management" option with the computer icon containing a color pattern in the top left corner.

3. Click on the Device dropdown menu.

4. Select the device you want to change settings on.

5. Click "Add" to add a color profile for the device if it doesn't have one already.

Change Autoplay Settings in Windows 8

1. Open the Start menu on your computer.Type in "autoplay," which takes you to the search screen.

2. Click on the "Settings" option in the search screen.

3. Select the "Autoplay" setting option in the top left.

4. Check the "Choose what to do with each type of media" option. Change the setting you want for each media type, such as "Music," Video," or "Pictures."

5. Click "Save" in the bottom right corner of the window to save your settings.

Capture Screen in Windows 8 Without Pasting

1. Hold down the Windows key on your keyboard, and then press the "Print Screen" key after you have your screen the way you want it for a capture. Right-click on the folder icon in the Windows 8 desktop.

2. Select the "File Explorer" option.

3. Click on the "Pictures" option when it appears on-screen.

4. Open the "Screenshots" folder.

5. Open any of the screenshots there to view them. You can also begin editing them directly from Paint using the "Open" button in Windows Photo viewer, for example.

Burn Virtual Cds to Disk in Windows 8

1. Right-click on the folder icon in the taskbar in the bottom of the Windows 8 desktop.

2. Select "File Explorer" when it appears in the drop-down menu.

3. Click on a folder where you have some virtual CD files stored on your computer.

4. Right-click on a file with an extension like ISO.

5. Insert a blank CD into your CD Burn drive. Select "Burn disc image" from the drop-down that comes up.

Backup Windows 8

1. Download, install and launch Eassos System Restore. Click the button "Backup" on the main interface.

2. Before clicking the "Next" button, you can either add a remark to the backup file or click "Option" button to make advanced settings.

3. Since the system backup have to be performed by Eassos System Restore DOS version, thus the program will ask to enter its DOS version. Click "OK".

4. The rest operations will be carried out automatically, and the following picture shows the system is being backed up.

5. When the backup is completed, it'll boot to Windows automatically.

Bring Back the Confirmation Box for Deleting Files in Windows 8

1. Right-click on the Recycle Bin in the top left corner of the Windows 8 desktop screen.

2. Select the "properties" option from the list that appears in the dropdown menu. It's the option all the way at the bottom.

3. Check the "Display delete confirmation dialog" box in the new screen that appears.

4. Click the "Apply" button to save the changes and begin displaying the box again.

Back Up Information Using File History in Windows 8

1. For reasons known only to Microsoft, File History is not turned on by default so you have to do this yourself. Right-click in the bottom left corner of the screen (in either Metro or Desktop modes) and select “Control Panel”.

2. In Control Panel look under the “System and Security” heading for “Save backup copies of your files with File History” and click on it.

3. To turn on File History either plug in an external storage device (such a USB stick) which will be automatically detected by Windows and set as your File History Storage location, or navigate to a network folder you wish to use for this purpose.

4. In the example below I have chosen a network drive folder as my backup location.

5. To restore files, click on “Restore personal files” to the left of the main File History screen, and you are presented with a easy to navigate recovery interface. Simply navigate to the folder your file is in and use the arrows at the bottom of the screen to go forward and back in time. When you find the file you want, you can right click on it to see all previous versions before hitting the big green button to restore the version you want.

6. To increase how often Windows backs up your files, click on the "Advanced settings" tab to the left of the File History window. Change the "Save copies of files" setting

7. To access files offline, check out the File History in the Advanced Settings window. This is great for people on the move as files you work on when away from your backup source (for example, when on the road with your laptop). These files will be backed up locally and synced with the backup location on your return.

8. To exclude folders from the automatic backup, click the "Exclude Folders" dialogue to the left of the main File History window.