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Question 1

What made Windows 8 revolutionary?pg764

Answer 1

It made the adoption of a tablet-friendly interface implemented on all devices.pg764

Question 2

Windows 8.1 was released as an update to 8.0 but where a patch (step backward to adapt to hardware.) T or F pg764

Answer 2

True. Noticed during booting because it was checking if it was on a touch-screen capable device. pg764

Question 3

What were the 4 editions of Windows 8?pg764

Answer 3

Windows 8(core), Windows 8Pro(Windows 7 Professional and Windows 7 Ultimate in features, Windows 8 RT (preinstallation on tablets.)Windows 8 Enterprise.pg764

Question 4

Windows 8 RT runs on what kind of processor?pg765

Answer 4

It runs on a ARM (Advanced RISC Machine) processor, not on x86/x64.pg765

Question 5

What are the minimum hardware requirements for a 32-bit installation?pg764

Answer 5

1GHz(or faster) processor, 1GB of RAM, 16GB of hard drive space, DirectX 9 graphics device w/ WDDM driver.pg764

Question 6

When you add apps to the Start screen or Desktop it is called what?pg765

Answer 6

Pinning pg765

Question 7

What is the online/cloud storage account that comes with Microsoft?pg765

Answer 7

OneDrive or (One Drive) pg765

Question 8

What are the controls that are available on the side of the screen for every Windows Store app.pg766

Answer 8

Charms. ex. Search, Share, Start, Devices, Settings.pg766

Question 9

What is PowerShell?pg766

Answer 9

Enhanced command interface to write script files based on the .NET programming framework.pg766

Question 10

What is the online site to download apps, games, software, and so on.?pg766

Answer 10

Windows Store.pg766

Question 11

What feature did Windows 8 make possible to have a Taskbar appear in each monitor?pg766

Answer 11

Multimonitor Taskbars.pg766