====== Install Windows 8 ====== * Forget about, get windows 10 instead, win8 to win10 is like vista to win7. ====== Customize Windows 8 ====== * Make win8 more like win7 - disable lock screen before login (nolock.reg): http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/tutorials/disable-lock-screen-in-windows-8/ REGEDIT4 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Personalization] "NoLockScreen"=dword:00000001 - disable check box selection in explorer: http://www.eightforums.com/tutorials/10723-check-boxes-select-items-turn-off-windows-8-a.html - make text display 100% * Control Panel\All Control Panel Items\Display * check let me choose, and choose smaller 100% To do and Read * more ref: http://www.eightforums.com/tutorials/?filter[1]=Appearance%20Personalize * http://www.pugetsystems.com/labs/articles/How-To-Make-Windows-8-1-Act-More-Like-Windows-7-514/ ====== Windows 8 Problem and Fix ====== * **How to Change home/office Wifi Network's property into "Home and Private Network" profile** * Problem behind it: * If you check windows firewall setting in "Control" panel, there are "Private networks" and "Guest or Public networks"; by default, it connects any wifi as "Guest or Public networks", and prohibit any incoming connection; thus that causes home wifi inter PC connection can't work, like file transfer with Dukto. * Solution: * manually set home Wifi's property as "Private networks" - steps: - click on Wifi icon on the taskbar, then the right side charm bar pop up with listing of all wifi; - then click the very top of the bar, the Text called "View connection settings", then a window pop up called "Network > connection" showing on the left, and wifi name show on the right. - then click on the home wifi name on the right, then, that wifi's property showing up - under Find devices and content: make it "On"; - Done, that step make the wifi into "Home and Private Network" profile, now you can check windows firewall setting in "Control" panel; it shows "Private network" connected. - From now on, you can send file transfer, such as with Dukto, without have to fight with general windows firewall inbound/outbound rules in the firewall advanced setting.