This is a thread for sharing all those small but important tips and tricks for setting up (and operating) a perfectly running htpc on Windows 8 platform. It can be a link to a good guide or a description of something you discovered on your own.
Let's start with a few.
Autologin
Guide for setting up autologin: http://www.ghacks.net/2011/09/16/windows-8-how-to-automatically-log-on/
Media autoplay settings
[Windows + w] with search text "autoplay", first hit (Autoplay) will give you access to all autoplay settings.
Remote desktop access
To enable remote desktop access to your Windows 8 htpc, [Windows + w] with seach text "allow remote access" and enable "Allow remote desktop connections to this computer". Administrators are automatically added to the allowed users, others have to be manually added.
Shortcut keys
Nice comprehensive and compact list of Windows 8 shortcut keys: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/hyperyash/archive/2012/08/28/windows-8-shortcuts.aspx.
My favorites are [Windows + w] for settings search and [Windows + q] for apps search. And of course [Windows + d] for standard desktop.
Start-up applications
Start task manager [Ctrl + Shift + Esc] and the start-up applications are listed in the Start-up tab.
Let's start with a few.
Autologin
Guide for setting up autologin: http://www.ghacks.net/2011/09/16/windows-8-how-to-automatically-log-on/
Media autoplay settings
[Windows + w] with search text "autoplay", first hit (Autoplay) will give you access to all autoplay settings.
Remote desktop access
To enable remote desktop access to your Windows 8 htpc, [Windows + w] with seach text "allow remote access" and enable "Allow remote desktop connections to this computer". Administrators are automatically added to the allowed users, others have to be manually added.
Shortcut keys
Nice comprehensive and compact list of Windows 8 shortcut keys: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/hyperyash/archive/2012/08/28/windows-8-shortcuts.aspx.
My favorites are [Windows + w] for settings search and [Windows + q] for apps search. And of course [Windows + d] for standard desktop.
Start-up applications
Start task manager [Ctrl + Shift + Esc] and the start-up applications are listed in the Start-up tab.
