Errata

In the box, "Nostalgia Corner: Turn off all the Snapping and Shaking," it should be noted that if you do select "Prevent windows from being automatically arranged..." Windows will also disable the awesome "Win + Up-arrow" and "Win + Down-arrow" shortcuts for maximizing and minimizing windows, especially since the author introduces these shortcuts only a few lines later. NB: if it is unclear in my field entries, I am looking at locations 4686 - 4703 in the Kindle book, purchased from Amazon.

Note from the Author or Editor:
fixed in 4th printing, 8/17/14

In the instructions to disable the Lock Screen on Kindle location 1251, step three designates the path "Administrative Templates > Control Panel > Personalization" within gpedit.msc. However, there are two different "Administrative Templates" folders that can be selected: one under "Computer Configuration" and one under "User Configuration." This should be added to the path, as in: "Computer Configuration > Administrative Templates...."

Note from the Author or Editor:
fixed in 4th printing, 8/17/14

The line, "You can edit these little tidbits right in the dialog box.", does not apply to all types of files and may require the use of an application that can edit those properties.

Note from the Author or Editor:
fixed in 3rd printing, 8/17/14

In line 4 Figure 2-8 is referenced. Should Figure 2-9 be referenced?


In line 2 under "OPEN DIALOG BIX,
Don'y have a keyboard ---- type RUN---- How can RUN be typed without a keybosrd?


I am very pleased with all of the Missing Manual books

Note from the Author or Editor:
Fixed in the 3rd printing, Jan 2014.

It should be noted that a Microsoft account is required to use the Calendar App. Otherwise, you won't see any of the screens describing the use of the Calendar

Note from the Author or Editor:
Fixed in the 3rd printing, Jan 2014.

It should be noted that a camera is required to use the Camera App. Otherwise, you won't see any of the screens describing the use of the Camera app. Removing a previously used camera should also disable the use of the Camera app.

Note from the Author or Editor:
Fixed in the 3rd printing, Jan 2014.

It should be noted that a Microsoft account is required to use the Games App. Otherwise, you won't see any of the screens describing the use of the Games app.

Note from the Author or Editor:
Fixed in the 3rd printing, Jan 2014.

There are no "Add a period after I double-tap the Spacebar", underlines or autocomplete suggestions on/off switches Windows 8.1

Note from the Author or Editor:
fixed in 3rd printing, 8/17/14

The "Find partial matches" checkbox option is not available in Windows 8.1.

Note from the Author or Editor:
fixed in 3rd printing, 8/17/14

The line below is incorrect.

"AutoPlay doesn't handle flash drives ...."

After opening AutoPlay, at the top, you can configure what to do with a flash drive under the "Removable drives" section.

Note from the Author or Editor:
fixed in 3rd printing, 8/17/14

The "Use Windows XP style scaling" option is not available in Windows 8.1

Note from the Author or Editor:
fixed in 3rd printing, 8/17/14

"Computer" was changed to "This PC".

Note from the Author or Editor:
fixed in 4th printing, 8/17/14

This line should read:

"If you got into symbol-correction mode by tapping Select and Correct ...".

Note from the Author or Editor:
fixed in 4th printing, 8/17/14

Pressing the Prt Scr key copies the entire screen to the clipboard. It doesn't actually "print" the screen to your printer.

Note from the Author or Editor:
fixed in 4th printing, 8/17/14

Using Alt + Prt Scr copies the window in focus to the clipboard instead of the entire screen.

Note from the Author or Editor:
fixed in 4th printing, 8/17/14

There isn't an applet for this feature in Windows 8.1.

Note from the Author or Editor:
fixed in 4th printing, 8/17/14

Page 410 does not describe this feature.

Note from the Author or Editor:
fixed in 4th printing, 8/17/14

Pressing Ctrl while clicking in a line of text in Wordpad does not affect the selection of text any differently than not using the Ctrl key.

Note from the Author or Editor:
fixed in 3rd printing, 8/17/14

Windows 8.1 does not have a Control Panel applet for this.

Note from the Author or Editor:
fixed in 4th printing, 8/17/14

The "Your PC's performance rating ..." line is not present in Windows 8.1.

Note from the Author or Editor:
fixed in 4th printing, 8/17/14

The "Enable Quick Tabs" feature does not exist in IE 11.

Note from the Author or Editor:
fixed in 4th printing, 8/17/14

The "Quick Tab view" (Ctrl-Q) keystroke does not exist in IE 11.

Note from the Author or Editor:
fixed in 4th printing, 8/17/14

When running "Optimize Drives" on an SSD drive, Windows 8.1 will execute a TRIM command INSTEAD of defragging. This should still be performed, either manually or by schedule.

Note from the Author or Editor:
fixed in 4th printing, 8/17/14

Step 3 should read ...

"In the setting list, select Update and Recovery and then select Recovery".

Step 4 should read ...

"Under Refresh your PC without affecting your files, click Get Started".

The 3rd paragraph should read as follows:

In the Settings panel of the Charms bar, select "Change PC Settings". Select "Update and Recovery" and then "Recovery". Under "Advanced Startup", click "Restart Now".

The "Tip" is incorrect. Windows does NOT ask if you would like to burn a system repair disk (CD or DVD). I searched the Web, and as far as I can tell, Windows 8.1 does not support system repair disk any more. The solution is to create a USB Recovery Drive. The book describes this well on page 723.

Note from the Author or Editor:
Wow-- you are so right. Thanks for the heads-up!

The second line should read ...

"To open the shared desktop folder, open (C:)→Users→Public→Public Desktop."

The advice regarding Windows Easy Transfer is unhelpful to users wanting to move files and settings from Windows XP to Windows 8.1. The problem is best summed up in the following blog by J. Peter Bruzzese.

'It's probably not a tool you use every day, but it's a very handy way to copy files and settings from one Windows computer to another. With Windows 8.1, it works differently. Now, it only transfers files, not settings, and only those from Windows 8.0, Windows RT, and Windows 7 -- not from pre-7 editions of Windows or other Windows 8.1 computers. When I asked why the functionality was reduced, Microsoft told me, "WET is being deprecated now that many settings roam automatically and you can share data using SkyDrive.'

http://www.infoworld.com/d/microsoft-windows/solving-the-mystery-of-windows-81s-missing-features-230702

Note from the Author or Editor:
oh wow. thanks for the heads-up!