Windows 8

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Keyboard Tricks For Windows 8

  • [Windows]        –> Display or hide the Start menu.
  • [Windows] + [C] –> Open charms Menu.
  • [Windows] + [D] -> Show the desktop.
  • [Windows] + [E] –> Open My Computer
  • [Windows] + [F] –>   Search for a file or folder
  • [Windows] + [H] –> Charms Menu  Share.
  • [Windows] + [I] –> Charms Menu Settings
  • [Windows] + [K] –>  Charms Menu    Devices
  • [Windows] + [L] –>   Lock PC and go to lock screen
  • [Windows] + [M] –>  Minimized all Windows
  • [Windows] + [Q] –>  Search  for Installed Apps
  • [Windows] + [P] –> Choose Secondary  Display Modes
  • [Windows] + [R] –>  Open Run Dialog Box.
  • [Windows] + [T] –>  Cycle through  icons  on taskbar (Press  Enter to Launch Apps)
  • [Windows] + [U] –> Open Utility Manager.
  • [Windows] + [V] –> Cycle through  Notifications.
  • [Windows] + [W] –> Search Settings.
  • [Windows] + [X] –>  Show Advanced  Windows Settings Menu 
  • [Windows] + [Tab] –>  Cycle through open Modern UI Apps.
  •  [Windows] + [Tab]+[Shift] –> Cycle through open Modern UI Apps in reverse order.
  • [Windows] + [Home] –> Minimize all but selected window. Reverse by clicking the  key combination again.
  • [Windows] + Left Arrow  -> Maximize current window to Left side of the screen.
  • [Windows] +Right Arrow –> Maximize current window to Right side of the screen.
  • [Windows] + Up Arrow  -> Maximized selected window.
  • [Windows] + Down Arrow   ->Minimize selected window
  • [Windows] + [Spacebar] –> Switch input Language  and  Keyboard Layout
  • [Windows] + [Enter] –> Open  Narrator.
  • [Windows] + [+] –> Zoom  in magnifier
  • [Windows] + [-] –> Zoom  out magnifier
  • [Windows] + [Escape ] –> Exit  magnifier
  • [Windows] + [Print Screen] –> Take a Print Screen and saves to picture folder
  • [Windows] + [Pause- Break] –> Display System Properties.
  • [Windows] + [F1] –> Open Windows Help and Support
  • [CTR] + [Shift]+[Escape]–> Open Task Manager
  • [Alt] + [Enter] –> Display Properties of selected item in File Explorer
  • [Alt] + [Up Arrow] –> View upper level folder of current folder in File Explorer
  • [Alt] + Right Arrow] –> View next folder of current folder in File Explorer
  • [Alt] + [Left Arrow] –> View Previous of current folder in File Explorer
  • [Alt] + [Print Screen] –> Print Screen Focused  Windows Only
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Installing windows 8.1 or Windows Server 2012 R2 in Oracle Virtual Box

When  the  release  new  OS  then first  check in the   virtualization  software  such as    virtual Box  or  VM   or   a   separate  partition   is  very  good  Idea. when  you  try to install the Windows Server 2012 R2 Preview  or  windows 8 .1  OS in Virtual Box, you get an error message “Your PC needs to restart” with the error code “0x000000C4 .

then  there  are   some  simple  steps  :

1. open  the  command  prompt  type 

2.”%program files%\oracle\virtualbox\vboxmanage.exe” setextradata “Image Name” VBoxInternal/CPUM/CMPXCHG16B  1

3.Replace “Image Name” text with the correct image name which you provided to the virtual machine name at the time of VM creation. It might be “Windows 8.1” or   windows  server 2012 anything else.

4. Now paste  the  command prompt  and  press  enter.

5.Now close the  command prompt .and windows try to start the virtual machine again now .

6.it  will work fine without any problem.