Displaying the Administrative Tools on the Start Screen
Windows 8 comes with a set of advanced programs and features called the administrative tools. We cover many of these tools in this book, including Performance Monitor, Resource Monitor, and Services (all covered in Chapter 23, “Windows Management Tools”) as well as Disk Cleanup, Defragment and Optimize Drives, and Computer Management (all covered in Chapter 25, “Managing Hard Disks and Storage Spaces”).
For a rundown of all the administrative tools, see “Reviewing the Control Panel Icons,” p. 507.
Some of these tools are relatively easy to launch. For example, you can press Windows Logo+X ...
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