The Windows 8 start screen is probably one of the most important feature and there are many other features linked to it. One of the feature is the ability to uninstall metro apps easily from the start screen. Metro apps are ...
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Feed SubscriptionQuickly Shutdown or Restart Windows 8 from Context Menu
Most of the early Windows 8 had one complaint that accessing the shutdown, restart or sleep menu in Windows 8 was not easy as you had to use the Charms menu unlike the options in start menu in Windows 7. ...
Read More »How to Disable Charms Bar and Switcher in Windows 8
There are many changes related to UI in Windows 8 and one of the them is the start screen. Along with start screen, there are two more than UI, one called the Charms bar, which allows you to access the ...
Read More »Change Default Behavior of Drag-n-Drop in the Windows Explorer
Most of us might have used the drag and drop feature in Windows Explorer where in you can easily move files from one location to another by simply dragging the files and dropping them in the desired location. The default ...
Read More »Access Windows Accessories Menu from Desktop in Windows 8
Windows 7 and previous versions of Windows had an accessories folder in the start menu which provides quick access to tools like calculator, command prompt, notepad etc. Now with the new start screen in Windows 8, things have changed and ...
Read More »Selectively Backup and Restore Registry Keys in Windows
When it comes to Windows, registry is one of the most important database as it stores all the configurations regarding how the OS operates. So it is good to have a back up of your registry at regular intervals and ...
Read More »Monitor Registry Changes and Backup Registry Automatically in Windows
Registry is one of the core components of Windows and any app which messes up registry can make Windows corrupt and lead of abnormal functioning. But manually monitoring of registry for any changes is also not possible. MJ Registry Watcher ...
Read More »Free Registry and System Cleaner- PowerTools Lite 2011
We have covered the PowerTools app for Windows which is an useful optimization and tune up utility suite. MaceCraft, the company behind this tool has now released a free version of PowerTools. PowerTools Lite 2011 is a freeware tool which ...
Read More »Take Control of Windows Registry Keys with RegOwnit
Most of the times when creating or editing registry keys in Windows 7, you might get the error that you do not have the requisite permission to create a new key. This is because of the fact that some vital ...
Read More »Reset Windows Registry and Services to Default Values
When you install free tools and software on your machine, sometimes your Windows registry might get corrupted. Most of the system failures are related to corrupted registry or Windows services. RefreshPC is a nice freeware tool for Windows which allows ...
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