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Open SkyDrive Storage options in Windows 8.1 with one click
SkyDrive Storage options allows you to manage your files stored in the cloud, buy additional space and set Skydrive as the default location for document saving. Also it provides the link to open your files stored in the cloud.
Windows 8.1 allows you to create a shortcut to SkyDrive Storage options, so you will be able to open them with one click. Let's see how to create it.
How to enable compatibility view in Internet Explorer 11 (IE11)
Starting with Internet Explorer 8, a compatibility view feature was shipped by Microsoft in Internet Explorer to help users deal with web page rendering issues. It was implemented as a button on the address bar. When pressed, it could quickly turn an IE8+ incompatible site to render properly in the current version of Internet Explorer as it switched to the older compatible mode of rendering the same web page at the cost of disabling the new standards supported in edge mode. In the screenshot below, you can see that button in IE10:
In Internet Explorer 11, the compatibility view button is removed from the address bar because document modes are now deprecated. Microsoft felt that the button had outlived his purpose because it's been many years now since Microsoft introduced X-UA-Compatible tags. Web developers were supposed to add these X-UA-Compatible meta tags to their website's HTML header to indicate web page compatibility and not leave it to the user to depend on the button to correctly render the page. Now, Microsoft is expecting all web developers to update their websites to work with the latest edge mode and avoid using document modes, unless on a temporary basis. However, what if some sites still don't render properly? Are you, the user stuck with the loss of this feature and be penalized for the developer not having updated his website? No, in fact, the compatibility view feature still remains in the browser. Here is how you can turn it on or off.
How to create a shortcut to open Skydrive Camera Roll options in Windows 8.1
Windows 8.1 has introduced deep integration with SkyDrive, and one of the results of this integration is the automatic upload of your photos and videos taken from the device's camera. The Camera Roll feature has automatic SkyDrive synchronization, but it can be turned off. It is controlled by Camera Roll options in the SkyDrive page of the PC Settings application. Let's see how to create a shortcut to open Skydrive Camera Roll options in Windows 8.1.
How to enable the Mobility Center on a desktop in Windows 8.1
The Mobility Center application is designed to run on portable devices like laptops and tablets. It allows you to control the screen brightness, change the power plan, toggle the synchronization state of offline files and some other options which can be vary on different devices.
However, on a desktop PC, you will find that the Mobility Center is disabled. It may be of use on a desktop PC as well because it aggregates all the useful settings in one place - for example, the Mobility Center is a very fast way to switch the current power plan or turn off the display. So, it will improve the usability of Windows 8.1. Let's discover how to enable the Mobility Center on a desktop PC in Windows 8.1.
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How to get Windows 8.1 installation date
Often, there are times when you may want to know when exactly your copy of Windows 8.1 or Windows 8 or Windows 7 was installed on your PC. It is possible to get this information using built in Windows tools. Read this article to see a simple way to see the age of your Windows OS.
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How to create a shortcut to Power and sleep settings in Windows 8.1
Power and sleep is a very simple part of the Modern Control panel in Windows 8.1. It is located inside the PC Settings application, in the PC and Devices category. It will allow you to change the screen turn off timeout and the sleep interval.
In Windows 8.1, it is possible to create a shortcut to open those settings directly with one click. Let's create a shortcut to open them directly!