If you recently purchased a new Windows computer or tablet, chances are it uses the Windows 8 operating system (OS) or Windows RT (a simplified version of Windows 8 for some tablets). The latest OS marks a major change in the appearance of Windows, which has thrown many users for a loop. Here is a collection of resources to help answer your questions:
Videos
- Microsoft’s Get to Know Windows
- Mike Halsey, Microsoft MVP and author of bestselling books on Windows, has a YouTube channel loaded with helpful tutorial videos.
- Newegg TV’s Windows 8 Tutorial for Desktops & Touchscreens
Websites – Step by Step Tutorials
- Windows Eight Forums – Tutorial Index
- CNET’s Complete Guide to Using Windows 8 (several links to targeted task tutorials)
- Microsoft’s Windows 8 Accessibility Tutuorials
- techradar.computing – 50 Windows 8 Tips, Tricks and Secrets
Books (links lead to Upper Hudson Library System catalog)
- Windows 8 for Dummies by Andy Rathbone: Book – DVD
- Windows 8 by Paul McFedries
- Windows 8 Step by Step by Ciprian Adrian Rusen and Joli Ballew
- Windows 8: Tips, Tricks, and Shortcuts by Stuart Yarnold
- Windows 8: The Missing Manual by David Pogue
- Easy Windows 8 by Mark Edward Soper and Sherry Kinkoph Gunter
- Maran Illustrated Windows 8 by Dieane Koers
I hope this helps some of you to navigate and troubleshoot your new operating system. What do you think of Windows 8?