PIN

1. With Microsoft Windows, pin is a term first introduced in Windows 7 that describes permanently placing an icon shortcut of a program on your Taskbar or Start Menu. This is done by either right-clicking the icon for the program and clicking Pin to Taskbar or Start Menu, or clicking and dragging the icon to the taskbar until is looks like the picture to the right. With this new ability the need for the Quick Launch first introduced with Windows 98 is no longer needed.
   With the introduction of Windows 8, this term is also expanded to mean any object in a User Interface (UI). For example, in Windows 8 you can also pin tiles. Windows 8 also introduced a PIN login, which allows a user to log into their computer using a four-digit pin.
2. A pin also describe the short, and usually thin piece of metal found on the end of a male cable.
3. The term pin is also used to describe the small metal pieces on the bottom of a CPU or IC that allows it to connect to a circuit board.
4. In an Internet browser such as Chrome and Firefox, a pin refers to making a tab smaller and permanent on a browser tab bar. Mozilla Firefox refers to these as App tabs.
5. Short for Personal Identification Number, PIN is a set of personal numbers used to prove positive identification. Often used with automated bank teller machines and telephone calling cards.

Picture password

Picture password is a feature introduced with Windows 8 that allows you to create three different gestures on any image of your choice and use those gestures as your password. The gesture can be any combination of circles, straight lines, and taps. For example if the picture you chose was of a face your picture password could be a tap on each eye and then a circle around the mouth.

How do I enable a Windows 8 picture password?

• Open the Windows Charms.
• Click Settings and then More PC settings
• In the PC settings window click Users and then select Create a picture password

Lock screen

The lock screen is a new feature introduced with Windows 8 that displays an image, the time and date, and can even show apps you wish to show such as your calendar, messages, and mail while the computer is locked. In the picture to the right, is an example of what the Windows 8 lock screen may look like. To get to the login screen from the lock screen swipe your finger up if you're using a touch screen, click and drag up if using a mouse, or press enter on the keyboard.

• Tip: To lock the computer and show the lock screen press the Windows key + L.

Changing the Windows 8 Lock screen

1. Open the Charms by moving the mouse to the right-hand side of the screen or pressing the Windows key + C keys on the keyboard.
2. In Charms click Settings.
3. In the PC settings menu click More PC settings at the bottom.
4. In Personalize under Lock screen select the picture you want to use for the Lock screen.

• Tip: At the bottom of the Lock screen section is Lock screen apps, which will allow you to add and remove apps from the Lock screen.

Getting out of the Lock screen

There are several ways to unlock the lock screen. Press the space bar, press enter, touch your finger and flip towards the top of the screen, or click your mouse and flick towards the top of the screen.

Charms

The Windows Charms is a new feature that was introduced with Windows 8 that gives you access to Search, Share, Start, Devices, and Settings. This menu appears when you move you mouse on the right-hand side of the screen or press the Windows key + C on the keyboard. The black bar along the right-hand side of the below picture is an example of what the Windows Charms looks like when open.

Description of each of the Windows 8 Charms

• Search (shortcut: Windows key + F) - Find and open any program or file.
• Share (shortcut: Windows key + H) - Share and send links, photos, and more to your friends and social networks in the app currently open.
• Start (shortcut: Windows key) - Open the Windows 8 Start Menu.
• Devices (shortcut: Windows key + K) - List available devices, for example a second screen.
• Settings (shortcut: Windows key + I) - View Start Settings, view settings such as battery monitor, volume, brightness, notifications, and the power (to shutdown computer). In Settings you'll also find More PC Settings at the bottom of the menu, which will give you all available settings that can be adjusted.

Classic Menu for Office Enterprise 2010 and 2013

Classic Menu for Office Enterprise 2010 and 2013

This program helps add the classical style of menu to the new products with new ribbon style menu. When changing over to the 2010 and later versions of the MS Office products, users face two kinds of problems. First, just finding the commands that you are familiar with will take a lot of getting used to. The second problem is that it is difficult to find the new functionality offered by the tools of the new version. This product offers a solution to both of these issues. The menu offered is in the old style and provides not only the old commands but also the new ones in its classic style menu system. This software adds a menus tab to the interface of Office Professional Plus 2010/2013, Visio 2010/2013 and Project 2010/2013, and then brings back the familiar Office 2003/XP(2002)/2000 toolbars and menus into work.

This tool adds the classic menu to both 2010 and 2013 versions of the Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote, Outlook, Publisher, Access, InfoPath, Visio, and Project. This product can help with the transition to the new version of the products in an enterprise. By switching back and forth between the classic menu and the new one, one could get familiar with the new styles. There need not be any investments required for training people. Several language versions including English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Japanese, Dutch, Chinese, and more are available. It supports both 32 bit and 64 bit versions. This is a very good product. If you are looking for a similar solution, you should try it in your exact workflow.

If you have spent a lot of time adjusting yourself to the Ribbon interface of Microsoft Office 2010/2013 , or being frustrated by searches for new features on the Ribbon interface, Classic Menu for Office Enterprise 2010 and 2013 will help to solve your problem.

The software adds a Menus tab to the whole interface of Office Professional Plus 2010/2013, Visio 2010/2013 and Project 2010/2013, and then brings back the familiar Office 2003/XP(2002)/2000 toolbars and menus into work. It helps improve your working manner and efficiency.

Don't be afraid that the new feature of Microsoft Office 2010/2013 will be lost. Classic Menu for Office Enterprise 2010 and 2013 presents all the new features in the classic style interface.

The Classic Menu suite includes following applications:

• Classic Menu for Word 2010 and 2013,
• Classic Menu for Excel 2010 and 2013,
• Classic Menu for PowerPoint 2010 and 2013,
• Classic Menu for OneNote 2010 and 2013,
• Classic Menu for Outlook 2010 and 2013,
• Classic Menu for Publisher 2010 and 2013,
• Classic Menu for Access 2010 and 2013,
• Classic Menu for InfoPath 2010 and 2013,
• Classic Menu for Visio 2010 and 2013,
• Classic Menu for Project 2010 and 2013.

It is very easy to deploy the software to client computers in your enterprise or organization. Your colleagues or employees don't need trainings or tutorials any more after upgrading to Microsoft Office 2010 or 2013.

Supports all languages that are supported by Microsoft Office 2010/2013 including: English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Japanese, Dutch, Chinese, and more.

The software is fully compatible with Windows 7 and 8 32/64, Vista 32/64, XP, Windows Server 2003, 2008 and 2012. Combine 32-bit and 64-bit Classic Menu into one single installation package, so that users don't need to know whether they are using 32-bit or 64-bit Microsoft Office 2010/2013.

Supported OS:

• Windows 7 and 8 32/64, Vista 32/64, XP, Windows Server 2003, 2008 and 2012.

Installation Instructions:

1. Install program.
2. Register application with given name and key.
3. Done, Enjoy.

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Windows Blue Rumored to be the Return of the Start Button

Microsoft’s next update to its flagship operating system is codenamed “Windows Blue,” or “Windows 8.1,” and is anticipated for release later this year. Rumors began circulating today that Windows Blue will reintroduce the classic Start Button that every version of the OS prior to Windows 8 featured.

With the release of Windows 8, Microsoft gambled on a drastically altered interface. The tiled start screen of Windows 8 is optimized for touchscreens, a response to the proliferation of mobile devices and the decline in desktop PC sales.

Since the release of Windows 8, dozens of smartphones and tablets carrying the OS have been launched, including models from HTC, Samsung, and Nokia. Backed by cutting-edge hardware including Qualcomm Snapdragon processors, these Windows 8 mobile devices have gained market share over the past months, particularly in some international markets.

Supposedly, Windows Blue will offer a dual-boot-up option, where one can bypass the Windows 8 tiled interface and go directly to the Start Button homescreen that legacy Windows users are more familiar with. If this ends up being the case, this update may be particularly attractive to enterprise users or others who aren’t typically using Windows on touchscreen devices.

Microsoft has carefully monitored sentiment around Windows 8 since its release in August of last year, and the extent of the Windows Blue update will give insight into whether or not the tiled, touch-optimized interface is taking over, or the legacy desktop version will stick around for a while longer.

PCWorld

Windows Blue may bring back boot-to-desktop, Start button

With Windows Blue, Microsoft may concede that not everyone wants or needs the new modern-style Start screen.

Citing unnamed sources, both ZDNet and The Verge say that Microsoft is considering a boot-to-desktop option in Windows Blue, an update to Windows 8 that’s expected to arrive this summer. This option, disabled by default, would allow users to bypass Windows 8’s modern-style Start screen when turning the computer on.

Signs of a boot-to-desktop option were also spotted earlier this week in one of the operating system files in a leaked version of Windows Blue. Presumably this option would be simpler than the existing workaround, which involves using Task Schedule to open Explorer on startup.

However, reports conflict on whether Microsoft will bring back the Start button. ZDNet says that Microsoft has considered it, while The Verge says Microsoft will retain the “hot corners” that bring up the modern-style Start menu and the Charms bar.

It’s also unclear whether Microsoft would bring back a pop-up Start menu for desktop users, allowing them to avoid the modern-style interface entirely. That would make sense, as the main point of a boot-to-desktop option is to let business users adopt Windows 8 without making major changes in workflow. However, Microsoft may be skittish about letting those users abandon the modern-style interface and Windows Store so easily. The company insists that most users are quick to adopt the new features of Windows 8.

Without a classic Start menu, users would still have to go through the Start screen to launch any apps that aren’t pinned to the taskbar or placed as shortcuts on the desktop. Alternatively, users could continue to rely on third-party options, such as Start8 and Classic Shell.

In any case, Microsoft reportedly hasn’t made up its mind. “Until it ships, anything can change,” ZDNet’s anonymous source said.

PCWorld

Fixing Windows 8, Part 2: Boot to the Desktop

This one is a no-brainer, but it should be done correctly too

The ability to boot to the desktop is a fairly obvious request, I know. And given that Microsoft is clearly pushing towards a future in which the desktop is eventually phased out, you may believe that this particular change can be safely ignored. I couldn’t disagree more.

Yes, Windows 8 represents an amazing transition from PCs to devices, but Windows 8 is designed for PCs and devices. And unless something unexpected happens, most Windows 8 installs will occur on traditional (non-touch) PCs or on traditional PC form factors that also happen to have touch screens. As such, most Windows 8 users will in fact spend most of their time—in some cases, virtually all of their time—in the desktop environment. Why punish your own customers, Microsoft?

Now, I’m not calling for the return of the Start button or the classic Start menu. Far from it: The new Start screen may not be ideal on the traditional PC form factors that everyone actually uses, but it’s at least consistent and it does work. And those who do use the desktop exclusively or nearly so are certainly well served by tasking app pinning.

But I think Windows 8 users deserve more than a cheap Registry key hack. I think Windows 8, modern and intelligent OS that it is, should do the work. And when you first boot into Windows 8, and the Start screen appears, you should see something like the following:

If this were a touch-screen device—not a traditional PC—this message could be changed to note that, or it could simply not appear, since users of such devices will probably want the Metro interfaces by default.

You should also be able to choose between the Start screen and the desktop in PC Settings at any time.

It’s just customer-centric common sense.

• Fixing Windows 8, Part 1: App Bar
• Fixing Windows 8, Part 3: Start Screen

Fixing Windows 8, Part 1: App Bar

Let's fix Windows 8 together: Maybe Microsoft will even listen

Over the next year, the Windows team will hopefully be spending much of its time fixing the many problems with Windows 8. Assuming this to be the case, I have a few suggestions for where to start. And this first one involves a pervasive problem in this new OS: A user interface that is not discoverable.

I’m speaking this time about the app bar, a piece of UI “chrome” that debuted first in Windows Phone, as is so often the case with these Metro-style experiences. The app bar is analogous to a toolbar in classic Windows interfaces, or the ribbon in more recent offering. It’s a container for buttons that trigger commands.

Microsoft has mostly screwed up the app bar in the various Metro-style experiences in Windows 8 because it inexplicably hides this UI in a bid to make the display simpler and less cluttered. I’m actually OK with doing that in some cases … but only if you providesome indication that the interface does exist and is there waiting to provide more functionality. And in other cases, many cases, the app bar should simply be visible and available all the time.

Let’s look at an example.

Here’s the Calendar app. It’s simple looking, yes. But some of its best functionality is so well hidden that many people will never even find it.

• Fixing Windows 8, Part 2: Boot to the Desktop
• Fixing Windows 8, Part 3: Start Screen