Introduction 1 Scratching the Surface .2 Why You''ll Love My Surface 2 . 2 What You''ll Find in the Book .3 Go Beneath the Surface 2 .6 1 An Introduction to Surface 2 9 The Surface 2 Device .9 Ports and Controls .10 The Kickstand .13 Type Cover and Touch Cover .
13 Windows RT 8.1 Basics .14 The Start Screen .15 App Switching and Charms .16 Typing in Windows RT 8.1 .17 Adding Devices .19 Adding a Bluetooth Device .
20 Removing Devices .20 Notifications .21 The Lock Screen .23 Playing a Slide Show on the Lock Screen .25 Additional Settings .26 Volume and Mute .26 Screen Brightness and Rotation Lock .27 Hiding Notifications Temporarily .
28 Shutting Down, Sleeping, and Restarting .28 Synchronizing Settings .29 Moving On .31 2 Connecting to Networks 33 Wireless Networking .33 Connecting to a Wireless Network .34 Connecting to a Hidden Network .36 Disconnecting from a Network .38 Using Airplane Mode .
39 Network Sharing .39 Turning Sharing On or Off .40 Accessing Network Resources .41 Remoting into Other Computers .42 Enabling Connections on the Remote Computer .42 Connecting to Remote Computers.43 3 Using and Customizing the Start Screen 47 Locating and Launching Apps .47 Launching Apps from the Start Screen .
48 Searching for Apps .50 Switching Between Recent Apps .51 Switching Between Running Apps .51 Displaying a List of Running Apps .52 Displaying Two Apps Simultaneously .53 Organizing the Start Screen .54 Rearranging Tiles .54 Naming Groups.
55 Customizing the Start Screen .55 Changing the Start Screen Color Scheme and Background Picture .56 Showing Administrative Tools .58 Showing Additional Tiles .59 Removing Tiles from the Start Menu .59 Pinning Apps to the Start Menu .60 Changing Tile Sizes .60 Controlling Live Tiles .
61 Removing Personal Information from Live Tiles .62 4 Security and Windows RT 8.1 65 Securing Your PC .66 Changing Your Password .66 Locking Your PC .68 Signing Out of Your PC.69 Configuring Auto-Lock .69 Using Picture Passwords .
70 Creating a Picture Password.70 Changing Your Picture Password .72 Replaying Your Picture Password .73 Removing Your Picture Password .75 Using PINs .75 Creating a PIN .75 Changing a PIN .76 Removing a PIN .
77 Signing In with a PIN .77 Using a PIN When a Picture Password Is Set .78 Managing User Accounts .78 Adding a Local Account .79 Adding a Microsoft Account .81 Removing a User Account .83 Changing an Account Type .84 Setting an Account for Assigned Access .
85 Clearing Assigned Access .86 Switching Accounts .87 Changing from a Local Account to a Microsoft Account .88 Switching to a Local Account.90 5 Using Family Safety 95 Configuring Family Safety .95 Enabling and Disabling Family Safety for a User .96 Configuring Activity Reporting for a User .97 Viewing Activity Reports .
98 Viewing Activity Reports .98 Using Web Filtering . 101 Enabling Web Filtering .