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With the introduction of Windows 8, Microsoft removed the “Start Menu”, and replaced
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it with the “Start Screen” and “Charm Bar”.
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If you are completely new to Windows 8 and would like a beginner introduction to the
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new “Start Screen” and “Charm Bar”, you can click on the link on screen to this
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tutorial. To complement the new “Start Screen” Microsoft
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has added a new menu called the "Quick Access Menu" (QAM).
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The "Quick Access Menu" is intended primarily for computer technicians and power users,
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as it provides quick access to common system administration tasks.
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The "Quick Access Menu" brings together systems administration type features that were spread
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all over the place in previous versions of Windows.
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The "Quick Access Menu" can be opened in several ways.
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The first option is to drag the mouse to the bottom left-hand corner of the desktop, but
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instead of left clicking on the “Start” you right-click instead.
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The second option is to use the keyboard shortcut of the “WinKey + X”.
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The menu is broken up into two sections. The top section is made up of system and network
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management tools and utilities. The bottom section contains common options
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that were previously found on the start menu. Let’s briefly go over the options available
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in the "Quick Access Menu". We will review each one working our way up from the bottom.
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“Desktop”. The "Quick Access Menu" can be opened on the desktop as well as from the
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“Start Screen”.. If you are not already on the desktop, selecting this option will
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bring you there. If you are already on the desktop this will minimize all open applications.
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So if you have two open applications. Open the quick access menu. Select “Desktop”
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and it minimizes them. They both still open. You can select desktop again to open them
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back up, or from the “Start” screen you can select desktop.
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“Run”. This will open a Windows run box. This was previously on the start menu and
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I used to constantly. The “Run” command is used to open an application by name, or
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a file or folder by path name and you can launch applications from here.
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“Search”. This will open the “Search” window that will by default have “Apps”
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selected for searching. You also have the option here to search by “Settings”, “Files”,
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or search using the individual applications at the bottom.
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“File Explorer”. This will open the Windows File Explorer view. This allows you to navigate
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through the file systems and file repositories on the system.
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“Control Panel”. This will open the Windows “Control Panel”, which allows all the
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windows system settings. “Task Manager”. This opens the new and
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improved “Task Manager” included with Windows 8. By default it opens to the minimal
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information version. There is no running application so nothing really shows up here. We can now
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see internet explorer here and close it if we like. To use the full version, click on
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the “More details” button. As you can see it offers much more granular information
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here. “Command Prompt (Admin)”. This opens a
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command prompt Window as the administrator account, right above this is just command
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prompt. This opens a command prompt window as the currently logged in user, this may
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or may not have “Admin” Rights. “Computer Management”. This will open
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the Windows Computer Management window. Computer Management is a collection of windows system
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management tools. Here we can get to the event, viewer, shared, folders, local users and groups,
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performance, device manager, disk management and into services
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“Disk Management”. The Disk Management utility is a storage device management utility
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that manages system disks, volumes, and partitions. With Disk Management you can initialize new
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disks, create volumes or partitions, format volumes, change drive letters, and more.
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“Device Manager”. This opens the Windows “Device Manager”, which is an organized
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view of all the hardware devices recognized by Windows. Device Manager is used to manage
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the hardware in your computer like graphics cards, hard drives, keyboards, and other USB
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devices it also shows when there is unrecognized devices in the system it shows the old exclamation
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point and says unknown device. “System”. This opens the “System Properties”
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window. System properties provides information about the computer system such as the version
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of Windows, system type like (32 vs 64 bit), the computer name, and more. You also have
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the option to make changes to windows system settings here.
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“Event Viewer”. This will open the Windows Event Viewer window. The event viewer allows
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you to view detailed logged events on the local or a remote computer. These logs can
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be invaluable in diagnosing a computer problem. The most useful logs are under windows logs
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and they are the system and application logs. “Power Options”. This opens the “Power
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Options” window, which allows you to adjust the power settings based on performance and
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energy consumption. It allows you to chose what happens when you close the lid of your
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laptop, press the power button or perform other actions like that.
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"Mobility Center". If you are using a laptop you will have an additional option showing
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various mobile app settings in one place. Like the display, volume, battery sinking
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in one. “Programs and Feature”. This opens the
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“Programs and Features” window. This is the program used to change or remove programs
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or features that you have installed on your system. I currently only have one program
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installed on this test system. which is windirstat. Although some people are unhappy with the
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removal of the “Start Menu”, I think additions like the "Quick Access Menu" will greatly
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improve the workflow for the average computer technician, power users and average user alike.