Windows 8.1 For Dummies

Introduction 1Part I: Windows 8.1 Stuff Everybody Thinks You Already Know 7Chapter 1: What Is Windows 8.1? 9Chapter 2: The Mysterious New Start Screen 19Chapter 3: The Traditional Desktop 51Chapter 4: Basic Desktop Window Mechanics 71Chapter 5: Storage: Internal, External, and in the Sky 87Part II: Working with Programs, Apps, and Files 117Chapter 6: Playing with Programs, Apps, and Documents 119Chapter 7: Finding the Lost 141Chapter 8: Printing and Scanning Your Work 153Part III: Getting Things Done on the Internet 167Chapter 9: Cruising the Web 169Chapter 10: Being Social: Mail, People, and Calendar 193Chapter 11: Safe Computing 213Part IV: Customizing and Upgrading Windows 8.1 227Chapter 12: Customizing Windows with the Control Panels 229Chapter 13: Keeping Windows from Breaking257Chapter 14: Sharing One Computer with Several People 269Chapter 15: Connecting Computers with a Network 281Part V: Music, Photos, and Movies 293Chapter 16: Playing and Copying Music 295Chapter 17: Fiddling with Photos (and Movies) 317Part VI: Help! 335Chapter 18: The Case of the Broken Window337Chapter 19: Strange Messages: What You Did Does Not Compute 353Chapter 20: Moving from an Old PC to a New Windows 8.1 PC 363Chapter 21: Help on the Windows Help System 369Part VII: The Part of Tens 377Chapter 22: Ten Things You'll Hate about Windows 8.1 (And How to Fix Them) 379Chapter 23: Ten or So Tips for Tablet and Laptop Owners 389Index 397