Safe mode is the diagnostic mode for Windows which allows users to repair and fix and issues with the normal working of the PC. Generally to boot into Safe mode, you need to press F8 while Windows is booting. Also, in a multi-boot environment with multiple versions of Windows installed side by side, the F8(…)
Windows 8 has quite a lot of new features including the start screen and the new Windows store. Moreover, with the release of Windows 8, we are seeing so many new tablets running Windows. Generally when you want to capture screenshots on Windows, you press the Print Screen button and paste the image in any(…)
My Computer or Windows Explorer is one of the most commonly used program on your Windows. My Computer (or just Computer in Windows 7 and later versions) allows you to access your drives and devices connected to your PC. The left sidebar also allows you to access libraries and other favorite folders. Since the Computer(…)
Normally when your laptop or desktop (with wireless in-built) is connected to a wireless connection and you connect a wired Internet connection, the network usage will still be from wireless connection. There might be instances where you want to be connected to wireless connection but want to use the Internet from a wired connection. You(…)
Although Windows 8 has many changes including the new start screen, file explorer, task manager, etc., the customization options are more or less similar to Windows 7. The extension of core theme files have changed from Windows 7, but the original Windows 7 themes are compatible with Windows 8 as well. Since Windows is the(…)
A network bridge is software or hardware that connects two or more networks so that they can communicate with each other. The two networks can be either LAN or Wireless network (WLAN). People with home or small office networks generally use a bridge when they have different types of networks but they want to exchange(…)
Windows 8 when it was released in October 2012, came with lots of new features including the new start screen, metro UI, new app store in the form of Windows Store, new Windows Explorer etc. But there were many features which were missing or incomplete in the new Windows 8. Further the amount of customizations(…)
Windows 8, like the previous versions of Windows 7 and Vista, supports themes. But there are quite a lot of changes to theme, one of them being the change of format in Windows 8 along with support for auto colors of taskbar and Windows aero based on the wallpaper color. There is also support for(…)
The most important feature of Windows 8 is the metro UI (or Modern UI) which has a totally different start screen and tiled apps. The modern UI apps does not feature any minimize, resize or close buttons. Instead they run in the background and are optimized for CPU usage based on the app usage. We(…)
One of the main features of Windows 8 is the new start screen with metro UI tiles and options. While many users accepted the new start screen which does not have the start menu, others did not find it easy. We have covered many apps Pokki, Start8, Classic Shell etc to bring back the start(…)
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