1. Tweak Smart Screen
Windows 8 now uses Internet Explorer's Smart Screen system-wide, checking downloaded files to ensure they are safe. This is a very good thing - a report by NSS labs revealed that IE10 blocks more malware than any other browser - but if you have any problems then it can be tweaked.
Launch Control Panel, open the Action Center applet ,and click Change Windows Smart Screen settings in the left-hand pane. Here you can keep the warning, but avoid the requirement for administrator approvals, or turn Smart Screen off altogether. Make your choice and click OK to finish.
2. Set up Windows 8 File History
Windows 8 include an excellent File History feature, which can regularly and automatically back up your libraries, desktop, contacts and favorites to a second drive.
To set this up, go to Control Panel?System and Security> File History. Click Exclude Folders to help define what you are saving, Advanced Settings to choose the backup frequency, change Drive to choose the back up destination, and Turn On to enable the feature with your settings.
And Once it is been running for a while, you can check on the history for any file in Explorer by selecting it, choosing the Home tab and clicking History.
3. Use VHD - enhanced
Windows 7 added support for creating and attaching virtual hard drives in Microsoft's VHD format. Now Windows 8 extends this with the new VHDX format, which improves performance, extends the maximum file size from 2 to 16TB, and makes the format "more resilient to power failure events". Launch the Computer Management Control Panel applet, choose Disk Management, and click Actions>Create VHD to give the format a try. Or, for an easy and free way to create VHDX files from physical drives, take a look at the excellent Disk2vhd.
4. Keep apps quiet
Windows 8 apps will often raise notifications, alerting you to new emails, messages, calender events, status updates and more. This is generally a very good idea, but if you don not want them popping up when you are not working at the system then a new Windows 8.1 feature can help.
Open the Charms bar, click Settings> Change PC settings>Search and Apps>Notifications. As before, you can selectively turn off notifications for individual apps, but a new 'Quite Hours' options allows you to turn them off altogether for a period of time.
Windows 8 now uses Internet Explorer's Smart Screen system-wide, checking downloaded files to ensure they are safe. This is a very good thing - a report by NSS labs revealed that IE10 blocks more malware than any other browser - but if you have any problems then it can be tweaked.
Launch Control Panel, open the Action Center applet ,and click Change Windows Smart Screen settings in the left-hand pane. Here you can keep the warning, but avoid the requirement for administrator approvals, or turn Smart Screen off altogether. Make your choice and click OK to finish.
2. Set up Windows 8 File History
Windows 8 include an excellent File History feature, which can regularly and automatically back up your libraries, desktop, contacts and favorites to a second drive.
To set this up, go to Control Panel?System and Security> File History. Click Exclude Folders to help define what you are saving, Advanced Settings to choose the backup frequency, change Drive to choose the back up destination, and Turn On to enable the feature with your settings.
And Once it is been running for a while, you can check on the history for any file in Explorer by selecting it, choosing the Home tab and clicking History.
3. Use VHD - enhanced
Windows 7 added support for creating and attaching virtual hard drives in Microsoft's VHD format. Now Windows 8 extends this with the new VHDX format, which improves performance, extends the maximum file size from 2 to 16TB, and makes the format "more resilient to power failure events". Launch the Computer Management Control Panel applet, choose Disk Management, and click Actions>Create VHD to give the format a try. Or, for an easy and free way to create VHDX files from physical drives, take a look at the excellent Disk2vhd.
4. Keep apps quiet
Windows 8 apps will often raise notifications, alerting you to new emails, messages, calender events, status updates and more. This is generally a very good idea, but if you don not want them popping up when you are not working at the system then a new Windows 8.1 feature can help.
Open the Charms bar, click Settings> Change PC settings>Search and Apps>Notifications. As before, you can selectively turn off notifications for individual apps, but a new 'Quite Hours' options allows you to turn them off altogether for a period of time.
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