I have never heard of this so-called "Airplane mode" ever before. I installed the latest beta Ubuntu on one of my machines today and saw the setting for it. And now this tutorial about it from you. I think it was meant to be that I learned about this in the last 24 hours. haha
Great job with all the tutorials. My compliments are always honest and not for any other reason - I think they're amongst the best on the net. The screenshots really help a lot with understanding.
- 29 Mar 2012 #1
Airplane Mode - Turn On or Off in Windows 8How to Turn Airplane Mode On or Off in Windows 8
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29 Mar 2012
Airplane Mode - Turn On or Off in Windows 8
How to Turn Airplane Mode On or Off in Windows 8
InformationThis will show you how to turn Airplane mode on or off to enable or disable all wireless network connections (ex: Wi-Fi, mobile broadband, Bluetooth) at once on your Windows 8 or Windows RT PC or device.
You will only have the Airplane mode feature available on a Windows 8 device (ex: laptop, tablet, mobile phone, etc...) that has a wireless network connection (ex: Wi-Fi, mobile broadband, Bluetooth).
NoteEven if your PC has a hardware switch for airplane mode, it's recommended to use one of the following options below instead. Some hardware switches might turn off your wireless connection in a way that allows certain apps to turn the connection back on without telling you.
When airplane mode is turned on, you'll see an airplane icon
in the taskbar notification area of your desktop.
To Turn "Airplane Mode" On or Off from Taskbar
OPTION ONE 
1. Go to the Desktop.
NOTE: You could do this by pressing the Windows
+ D keys.
2. Click on the Network icon in the taskbar system icons area at the far right. (see screenshot below)
3. At the top of the Charms bar under Airplane mode, move the sliders right or left to turn it on or off. (see screenshot below)
4. When finished, you could press the Windows key to return to the Start screen if you like.
To Turn "Airplane Mode" On or Off from Charms Bar OPTION TWO
1. Open the Charms bar, click on the Settings charm, and click on your wireless network icon. (see screenshot below)
NOTE: You could also press the Windows + I keys to directly open the Settings charm.
2. At the top of the Charms bar under Airplane mode, move the slider right or left to turn it on or off. (see screenshot below)
3. When finished, you could press the Windows key to return to the Start screen if you like.
To Turn "Airplane Mode" On or Off from Control Panel OPTION THREE
1. Open the Control Panel (category view), click on the Network and Sharing Center link, and click on the Connect to a network link. (see screenshot below)
2. At the top of the Charms bar under Airplane mode, move the slider right or left to turn it on or off. (see screenshot below)
3. When finished, you could close the Control Panel and press the Windows key to return to the Start screen if you like.
To Turn "Airplane Mode" On or Off from PC Settings OPTION FOUR
1. Open PC Settings, and click on Wireless in the left pane. (see screenshot below step 2)
2. In the right pane under Airplane mode, move the slider right or left to turn it on or off. (see screenshot below)
NOTE: If you like, you could turn on or off individual Wireless devices here instead of all of them with Airplane mode.
3. When finished, you could close the Control Panel and press the Windows key to return to the Start screen if you like.
That's it,
Shawn
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- 29 Mar 2012 #1My System Specs
- 29 Mar 2012 #2My System Specs
Thank you GMan.
Yeah, Airplane mode is a new feature in Windows 8 that was usually only a feature included with mobile smartphones, tablets, etc... It makes sense though since Windows 8 will be used on more mobile devices than previous Windows.
- 29 Mar 2012 #3My System Specs
Does that just mean wireles on or off?
What has that got to do with an airplane- unless they are referring to the very limited scenario of turning it off when travelling by plane.
It could have been worse.
They might have called it "magic carpet" - in keeping with the charms nonsense.
- 29 Mar 2012 #4My System Specs
Hello Simon,
LOL, that would have been funny as "magic carpet".
"Wireless devices" would allow you to turn off individual wireless devices, say only your Wi-Fi on or off like in my screenshot in the tutorial.
Airplane mode would turn off all radio signals, say Wi-Fi, mobile broadband (ex: 3G, 4G, 4G LTE, etc...), bluetooth, etc.. at once instead of having to doing so one by one if you have more than one wireless device installed. Yep, it was called "Airplane mode", since you usually have to turn off all wireless devices before take off in an airplane. It just stuck I guess. I guess, you could also use it in restricted court room situations, and you have to turn off all wireless devices in some areas of a hospital.
- 25 Feb 2013 #5My System Specs
Hello Brink. First of all thank you for all your guides, tips and tricks. They are amazing. Windows 8 is one little mess and spreading your knowledge helps making it less annoying.
Now to my question. Do you have any ideas how to set the default option for the airplane mode? It seems that the airplane mode is always off when you start your machine and I would like it to be on when I start mine.
I guess it could be done through some registry entries but I don't know where to search for one. Maybe it could also be done through the Group Policy editor but Windows 8 Core doesn't offer that option and implementing it from the Pro version doesn't seem to work.
- 25 Feb 2013 #6My System Specs
Hello Brutus, and welcome to Eight Forums.
For now, it appears that you may need to manually turn Airplane mode on/off as needed.
- 4 Weeks Ago #7My System Specs
Non of this works - I don't have flight mode option available
- 4 Weeks Ago #8My System Specs
Hello username, and welcome to Eight Forums.
What type of network do you have?
This is only available if you have a wireless network type of connection, and have either Windows 8 or Windows RT installed.
Please fill out your system specs.
- 4 Weeks Ago #9
Airplane Mode - Turn On or Off in Windows 8
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