How To Use Internet Explorer 10 in Windows 8

Internet Explorer 10 provides an “add-on free” experience. It supports HTML 5 for video content, but you can’t install toolbars and add-ons inInternet Explorer 10.

If you are viewing a webpage that requires an add-on or uses Flash, you can view the content by opening the website in Internet Explorer for the desktop. To do this, swipe in from the right edge of the screen (if you’re using a mouse, point to the upper-right corner of the screen), tap or click Settings, and then tap or click Use the desktop.

How to Find Your Favorites

Internet Explorer 10 doesn’t use the traditional Favorites from previous versions. Instead, you can pin websites to the Start screen or open a list of pinned sites and frequently visited sites using New tab. If you open Internet Explorer for the desktop, you can use the traditional Favorites, but you can’t access the pinned sites from the Start screen.

How to view a website in Compatibility View

To view a website in Compatibility View, open Internet Explorer for the desktop, and then click the Compatibility view button in the address bar.

How to Set Your Default Web Browser

On the Start screen, swipe in from the right edge of the screen, and then tap Search.

(If you’re using a mouse, point to the upper-right corner of the screen, and then click Search.)

Enter Default programs, and then tap or click Apps.

In the search results, tap or click Default Programs.

Tap or click Set your Default Programs.

Choose the browser you want from the list.

Select Set this program as default, and then tap or click OK.

How to get back the Internet Explorer 10 Tile on the Start Screen

Internet Explorer 10 might have accidentally become unpinned. To pin it back to your Start screen, follow these steps:

Swipe in from the right edge of the screen, and then tap Search.

(If you’re using a mouse, point to the upper-right corner of the screen, and then click Search.)

Enter Internet Explorer , and then tap or click Apps.

In the search results, swipe down on the Internet Explorer icon, and then tap Pin to Start.

(If you’re using a mouse, right-click Internet Explorer , and then click Pin to Start.)

Lack of Windows 8 apps may have helped cause Steven Sinofsky's downfall

If you're looking for one of the reasons that former Windows Chief Steven Sinofsky is gone from Microsoft, look no further than the Windows 8 Store -- its lack of apps may have accelerated Sinofsky's departure. So reports the New York Times, and the report may well be on target.

There has been plenty of speculation about why Sinofsky left, with some people believing it was because of Windows 8's poor reception, and others saying it was because he was difficult to work with and more interested in protecting turf than in cooperating with other Microsoft business units.

The New York Times points to another factor: The largely barren shelves of the Windows 8 Store. The Times says this about one of the reasons Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer wanted Sinofsky gone:

"Mr. Ballmer was also frustrated by the relatively sparse selection of applications available for Windows 8. Mr. Ballmer has long been an advocate of the importance of independent developers in making Windows successful."

Ballmer is absolutely right that independent developers have been of the keys to Windows' success. Windows became a monopoly not because it was a superior operating system to the Mac's, but because Windows was where the apps were. People flocked to Windows because the apps they needed and wanted to run were on it, not because they were in love with the operating system itself.

Ballmer has been so focused on the importance of independent developers that it led to an infamous video in which he was recorded at a Microsoft developer's conference acting like an escapee from a madhouse on amphetamines chanting "developers, developers, developers, developers..." in a sweat-soaked shirt.

Clearly, the man cares about developers. And he has every right to do so, because of how instrumental it has been to Windows' success. That must make the sparse shelves of the Windows 8 Store all the more galling to him. Both the Apple App store for iOS and Google's Google Play store for Android have more than 700,000 apps available. As for the Windows Store, by my count today it has only 10,452 of them.

Apps help sell devices, just as in earlier years apps helped sell Windows PCs. Without a healthy ecosystem of developers and apps, it will be very hard for Windows tablets to make any inroads against iPads and Android tablets. So although a lack of Windows 8 apps is certainly not the sole reason for Sinofsky's departure, I think the Times is on target in pointing out it could have been a significant one.

Windows 8

Great News! The new version of Microsoft Operating Systems is coming within few months. The official name of this version is WINDOWS 8. Microsoft has already released Windows 8 Consumer preview, the beta Version of Windows 8 on February 2012. Windows 8 Consumer Preview was downloaded over one million times on the first day of its release. Unofficial sources ensure that this OS (Operating Systems) will release on October in 2012.

The latest version of Microsoft Windows was Windows 7 released three years before. More previous operating system was Windows XP, Windows Vista.

Recently Microsoft has revealed some information about the latest OS. The platform will be run in 32 bit and 64 bit. Microsoft will release 4 types of Windows 8 version. Among them, Regular Windows 8 will be for general Computer user.

“Windows 8 Pro” will for different business company, enterprise, developer and for technology conscious people. Here user will find different advance facilities like file encrypting, Boot from virtual hard disk.

“Windows 8 RT” is another version of Windows 8.It is suitable for Tablet device. Meaning of RT is not cleared by Microsoft but Mashable has guessed that the meaning of RT is “RUN-TIME”. But people cannot buy Windows 8 RT for ARM chip. Windows will add with particular device. Beside user will get Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft power point, one note free with Windows 8 supported Tablet device.

Last one is “Windows 8 Enterprise”. It is perfect for big project or bulk work planning. People who are in Information Technology (IT) sector will get some extra facility in Windows 8 pro version.

In 32-bit we will need 1 GHz processor, 1GB memory (RAM), Graphics Card DirectX 9 graphics device with WDDM 1.0 or higher driver, Storage 16GB and for 64-bit we will need 1GB processor , 2GB memory (RAM), Graphics Card DirectX 9 device with 1.0 or higher driver and storage 20 GB.

Experts say this latest versin of windows will capture the market successfully from previous series and users will get more facility from before.

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