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Two days later he knocked on my door and asked \u201cAunt Melanie, where\u2019s the power button?\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Here\u2019s my top 5 tips to survive day 1:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>1. Desktop:<\/strong> There is a tile on the start screen called desktop. Find it and click it.<\/p>\n<p><strong>2. Locate a Program:<\/strong> The software you use is now called an app. When you need one, move your mouse to the bottom right corner while in the desktop, and choose search. Type in the name and open it.<\/p>\n<p><strong>3. Pin programs to desktop:<\/strong> When you find a program and want to access it instantly, pin it to your desktop. Right-click the open program along the bottom of the screen in the desktop and choose Pin this program to taskbar.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.microsoftprincess.com\/2013\/05\/14\/windows-8-top-5-to-survive-day-1.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">Article continued here<\/a><\/p>\n<p>This excerpt appears with permission from The Microsoft Princess.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/techtalk.pcpitstop.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/win8hate.jpg\" alt=\"win8hate\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-42978\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/win8hate.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/win8hate-120x120.jpg 120w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Windows 8 has sold over 100 million licenses since its debut on October 26, 2012, but that doesn\u2019t mean everyone who has it found their way on day one. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":42,"featured_media":66012,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[4470],"tags":[720,538],"class_list":["post-43563","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-microsoft-princess","tag-microsoft-windows-8","tag-windows-8"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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