ReFS

ReFS stands for Resilient File System. Introduced in Windows 8, designed to be better in many dimensions, resiliency stands out as one of its most prominent features
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 View all drivers (even the hidden ones) from the control panel.

Run command prompt with elevated rights and execute command set devmgr_show_nonpresent_devices=1. Now, type and execute devmgmt.msc. Device Manager window will appear, goto View > Show Hidden Devices and it will display all installed drivers.
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 List down features of coverage measurement tool?

Features of coverage measurement tool include support for:

i. Identifying coverage items (instrumenting the code).

ii. Calculating the percentage of coverage items that were exercised by a suite of tests.

iii. Reporting coverage items that have not been exercised as yet.

iv. Identifying test inputs to exercise as yet uncovered items (test design tool functionality).

v. Generating stubs and drivers (if part of a unit test framework).
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 What is coverage measurement tool?

A coverage tool is a tool that provides objective measures of what structural elements eg. statements, decisions, or branches have been exercised by a test suite.
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 List down features of test comparator.

Features of test comparator include support for:

i. Dynamic comparison of transient events that occur during test execution.

ii. Post-execution comparison of stored data eg. in files or databases.

iii. Masking or filtering of subsets of actual and expected results.
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 What is test comparator?

Test comparator is a test tool to perform automated test comparison. Automated test comparison is a process of identifying differences between the actual results produced by the component or system under test and the expected results for a test. Test comparison can be performed during test execution (dynamic comparison) or after test execution.
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 Dont like to type passwords, set a picture as password in Windows 8

A Picture password enables you to use a picture from your library as a password. You have to perform three gestures on the picture that you want to use as your password. For example, you can select, draw and resize some portion of the picture as you want. Follow below steps to configure Picture Password::

1. Open Control Panel by clicking on the Control Panel option in the default Metro style home screen.

2. In the Control Panel window, select Users and then click on the Create a Picture Password option.

3. Then you will be asked to enter your Login Password, before you can set a picture password. Make sure that your Windows 8 account has a password. If you havent got one, you cannot create a picture password.

4. After that, browse to the picture that you want to use as your password and select it.

5. You will be asked to perform 3 gestures which can be either selecting, resizing, creating straight lines or circles. You will need to redraw the pattern for confirmation.

You have successfully setup a Picture Password. You will be asked to redraw the pattern at your next login.
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 What is the difference between Process and Service?

A process is any piece of software that is running on a computer. It is an instance of a particular executable running. A given application may have several processes running simultaneously. Some processes are services that publish methods to access them, so other programs can call them as needed. A service is a process which runs in the background and does not interact with the desktop
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 How to bring up the charms bar in Windows 8?

To quickly bring charms bar up on screen press Windows Key + C.

This tip is posted before official release of Microsoft Windows 8, the behavior might change after the release.
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 Disable the Metro UI in Windows 8

To disable the Metro UI in Windows 8, edit the Windows registry HKEY_CURRENT_USER\ Software\ Microsoft\Windows\ CurrentVersion\ Explorer, from RHS, change value of RPEnabled from 1 to 0. Restart your PC. Once the system is restarted, it will display classical UI of Windows (similar to Windows 7). To set the Metro again, change the value back to 1.
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