Tag: Windows 8
How to Retrieve or Recover Files from the Windows.old Folder
If you have upgraded to Windows 8 from previous version of Windows by retaining personal files, you might have seen a folder by name Windows.old in the drive where Windows 8 is installed. Windows.old folder stores all the files from your previous install. If you choose not to keep your files when you upgrade to [...]
8 Zip- The best Free Archiving Tool for Windows 8
Zip files are very popular file formats as they can compress file formats and can be very useful when sharing files. Zip is one of the most popularly used file formats for sharing files and there are many tools like WinZip, WinRAR to open these files. But the most popular tools to open zip files, [...]
How to Prevent Users from Uninstalling Apps from Start Screen in Windows 8
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 the ones which are installed from Windows Store. But if your PC is used by [...]
Desktop Shortcut for PC Settings in Windows 8
When it comes to Windows 8, the latest Operating system from Microsoft, there are quite a lot of changes added. The most important one being the new start screen, along with this there are other changes like PC Settings, new Explorer etc. PC Settings is a new option to change the settings and other customization [...]
How to Install Third Party Themes on Windows 8
Windows 8 like the previous version of Windows 7, does not allow installation of third party custom themes, but you install them by patching the system files. We had covered in detail on how to patch system files and install custom third party themes in Windows 7. So if you want to use third party [...]
How to Quickly Shutdown Windows 8
One of the major changes to Windows 8 is the new start screen with tiles and as a result of this change, the options to shutdown or restart Windows was moved to the Charms bar. As a result of this many users found it difficult to access these menu quickly. we had covered freeware tools [...]
Set Image Slideshow as Start Screen Background in Windows 8
The major new feature of Windows 8 is the new start screen with tiled interface and Microsoft has allowed reasonable amount of customization in Windows 8 start screen. But there is no option to change the background wallpaper to custom one, but you can use tools like Decor8 to change the wallpapers. Previously we had [...]
Use Classic Start Menu and Modern Start Screen Together with StartW8
Windows 8 has one of the main features in the form of new start screen, which has a tiled interface when compared to start menu in previous version of Windows. But many people were used to the old start screen that, it was difficult for them to get used to new start screen in Windows [...]
Pin any File to Windows 8 Start Screen
While you can pin any application to the new Windows 8 start screen, there is no option to pin a commonly used file. Say for example, if you use a particular file, a document or an excel sheet daily, then it is always better to pin it to start screen so that you can open it [...]
Add Sticky Notes to Windows 8 Lock Screen
With Windows 8, there are many new changes and features, new start screen, new lock screen, Windows store and many more. The new lock screen in Windows 8 shows notifications from apps which can be configured depending on which apps you want to display. TuneUp IncrediLock is a freeware app in Windows store which brings [...]
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