Friday, March 02, 2012

The Windows 8 Power User "Start menu" - Right-click on the new Start or Windows - X. Also adding the Administration Tools to the Start page tip

groovyPost - Windows 8: Access Power User Menu from Metro Start Screen

"...You want an easy way to get to the Command Line and Disk Management – not Pictures and Weather.

Here’s how to easily pull up a menu of power user options from the Metro UI Start screen on Windows 8.

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I haven't seen this shortcut yet and since it's one I know I'm going to be using allot in the coming months I thought you all might be interested in it too...

Speaking of power users, you know you can add all the "Administrative Tools" to the Start page, right?

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a) Bring up the charms and click the Settings

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b) Click the Settings again...

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c) Turn on the "Show administrative tools"

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d) Return to the Start page and now you have all the Admin tools! :)

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