How to set parental controls in windows 8

Windows 8 have a variety of Parental Control that can help you monitor the activities of your child and protect your child from inappropriate contents. You can limit the amount of time for your child that he spent on computer or you can restrict certain applications and websites. To set parental controls follow the steps given below.

1. Open the control panel and select Set up Family safety for any user in the user accounts and family safety group.



2. The dialogue box will appear and select the user.



3. The Family Safety settings will appear. Turn on the family safety. Then you can set parental controls for the selected user.



4. Now on the screen you can see Web filtering, Time limits, Windows store and Game restrictions and App restrictions. You can set your desired restrictions here.



5. You can also check activities your child in the same dialogue box by clicking on View Activity Reports. It is marked in the image.

How to Set Up a Free VPN service on Windows 8

In some countries or universities etc, authorities may block access to certain sites from thier country/ institution. But at times you may need to visit those sites. VPN is a great way to escape all this. And here is a way to set up a free VPN service on your Windows 8 machine. 

1. Go to this Link

2. Enter your email adress and they will send you a password, username and two IP adresses.

3. Search for ' virtual private network' in control panel and click on ' connect to a virtual private network'

4. Type one of the IP adressess and then enter the username and passowrd, you received in the email. Give any name to this network.

 That is it. Make a shortcut to this network on your desktop for your ease. 

How to change Windows 8 Startscreen Wallpaper

Have you ever wondered if you could use a wallpaper as your Windows 8 Startscreen? I am sure you did, because I did. It would look great, won't it? The good news is that, its possible and its very easy to. All you need is a tool, known as decor8. You can download the tool from Stardock's official website here . Too poor to pay? Download a torrent here (at your own risk). Once you download the tool, open it and the first screen is about startscreen background. I hope there will be no confusion.

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How to set up outlook.com email account on Windows Live Mail and other mail clients

Most email clients do not automatically recognize Microsoft’s new outlook.com including the ones from Microsoft itself) and therefore users often face problems setting them up.
Here, we will show you how to configure your mail client for outlook.com. Outlook.com and Hotmail/windows live mail all have the same settings. So if you already know how to manually configure your mail client for Hotmail or Windows Live Mail, you already know how to configure it. In case you do not, here is an easy guide.
When you first run Windows Live Mail mail App, you see a screen where you have to set up your email account. In case you have already set up for Gmail or other email service, you can launch the set up wizard again from accounts tab. Click on Accounts Tab and then click on Email.  A screen, as shown in the image below will appear.

  Now, Enter your full email address, your password and your Full name in the respective fields. Check the box in front of “Manually configure server settings” and click next. Now, another screen will appear shown in the picture below.

Under incoming server information, select POP (will be selected by default) as Server type. Enter pop3.mail.com as server address and check the box to the front of “Requires a secure connection (SSL)”. Set Logon user name to your full email address.
Under outgoing server information, set the server address to smtp.live.com, check both the boxes beneath it (requires a secure connection, requires authentication). Set port number to 587. Click next and then click finish. That’s how easy it is. Now, to configure other mail clients, just use the same settings as for Windows Live Mail. If you want configure Windows mail on Windows 8, you may want to see this. 

How to Set Up your Outlook and Gmail Email account on Windows 8

Setting up your Outlook.com account on Windows 8 to receive email is simple. Here is a stepwise guide for you. 
1. Open Mail from your Windows 8 start screen.

2. a) if you are using a non touch device (laptop, desktop), point your mouse to the right bottom corner of your screen that the menu shown here appears
   b)  if you are using a tablet, slide your finger from the right side of your tablet to the screen. The menu shown in the picture will appear.

3. Click on settings


4. Click on accounts

5. Click on add account

6. Select the account you want to add
7. Enter your username and password
8. Go to your kitchen
9. Prepare a cup of coffee.
10 . Enjoy, you are already done.

Note: To receive mail from your Gmail , you need  to enable IMAP access from you Gmail settings on its website (Gmail.com)

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