How to Pin the Favourites Folder to Windows 8 Start Screen?
The Favourites folder in Windows allows the users to group frequently used folder paths so that the cessing becomes easier. You could also pin the favourites Folder to Windows 8 Start Screen which will help you to access the favourite’s folder from the Windows 8 Start Screen. How to Pin [...]
Categories: Windows 8 Tags: favourites, folder, Pin, start screen, Windows 8
How to Open Elevated Command Prompt in Windows 8 using Power User Tasks Menu?
You can easily open the Elevated Command Prompt in Windows 8 using the Power Users Tasks Menu. Follow the below steps to Open the Elevated Command Prompt in Windows 8 using Power User Tasks Menu. How to Open Elevated Command Prompt in Windows 8 using Power User Tasks Menu? 1. [...]
Categories: Windows 8 Tags: Command Prompt, Elevated, Windows 8
How to Add Gmail to Mail App in Windows 8 Release Preview?
Here’s a simple tip that lets you to add your Gmail account to the Mail App in Windows 8 Release Preview. To add the Gmail to the default Mail App in Windows 8 Release Preview, follow the below steps How to Add Gmail to Mail App in Windows 8 Release [...]
Categories: Windows 8 Tags: App, Gmail, Release Preview, Windows 8
How to access the Internet Options in Windows 8 Style UI ?
The Windows 8 Release Preview comes with 2 versions of the Internet Explorer 10. 1. Windows 8 Style UI version 2. Normal Desktop Version. If you are in the Windows 8 Style UI mode (Metro) and if you want to access the Internet Options, you can do it by following [...]
Categories: Windows 8 Tags: Internet Options, Metro, Windows 8, Windows 8 Style UI
How to Refresh Windows 8?
There might be a time when your Windows 8 system might show fatal exceptions and Windows 8 getting corrupted. In these scenarios, you might use the Windows 8 Refresh feature. This feature will enable the Windows 8 user to restore Windows 8 to original state without reinstalling. Note that this [...]
Windows 8 Consumer Preview license or Serial key
Few days back, Microsoft had released the Windows 8 Consumer preview which can be downloaded from Microsoft’s Download Center. I just got the Windows 8 Consumer Preview installed on one of the Virtual Machine (VM). During the installation of the Windows 8 Consumer Preview, you will be asked to enter [...]
Convert your Windows to Windows 8 with the Windows 8 Transformation Pack
Do you want to bring the look and feel of Windows 8 to your existing Windows 7 or Windows XP ? If yes , then here’s a Windows 8 Transformation pack for it . I have used the Windows X live some years back for my Windows XP and now [...]
Categories: Windows 8 Tags: .NET Framework, windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 8 transformation Pack
Windows 8 Beta and Refresh and Reset PC features
Desmond Lee in the Building Windows 8 Blog has written a post on “Refresh and Reset your PC” , a blog post about push button reset , a feature of Windows 8 . Desmond Lee shares information about what to expect on the PC-reset front that includes information on some of [...]
Categories: Windows 8 Tags: Beta, features, Refresh and Reset, Windows 8
Windows 8 transformation Pack for Windows XP
There are quite a lot of transformation or skin packs available for Windows 8 that makes your System or Operating System look like Windows 8 . Here’s one of them , a Windows 8 transformation Pack for Windows XP from Devian Art that makes your Windows XP look like Windows 8 [...]
Categories: Windows 8 Tags: windows, windows 7, Windows 8 transformation Pack, Windows XP
How to Change the Background Image of Metro Start Screen in Windows 8 ?
The Windows 8 Developer Preview was released few months back and did infact lacked the feature where one can customize the Background of the Metro Start Screen . Here’s a unofficial way to set the custom background for Metro Start Screen explained by Winunleaked . WinUnleaked explains “In the Windows [...]
Categories: Windows 8 Tags: Metro Start Screen, start menu, Windows 8
Download Windows 8 Simulator For Windows 7 and Vista
Well , its been quite a few weeks or rather months that the Windows 8 Developer Preview was announced and was made available for download . Here’s an Windows 8 simulator , a freeware for Windows 7 that will let you try Windows 8 from Windows 7 PC . Its [...]
Categories: Windows 7, Windows 8 Tags: Simulator, windows 7, Windows 8 Simulator
How to Customize the Login Screen in Windows 8 ?
There are lot of features in Windows 8 and one of them includes the customizing the Login Screen compared to the earlier versions like Windows 7 and Windows Vista etc . The feature to customize the Login Screen is out of the box in Windows 8 . Follow the below [...]
Categories: Windows 8 Tags: Login Screen, Login Screen in Windows 8, Windows 8
How to Log Off or LockScreen in Windows 8 ?
In one of my previous posts , i explained about shutting down or restarting Windows 8 . In this blog post ,i will explain how to Lock the Windows 8 or Logout from Windows 8 . Click the user tile . This will provide you an options which includes LogOff [...]
Categories: Windows 8 Tags: LockSCreen, Log off, Windows 8
How To Enable Hyper-V Manager In Windows 8 ?
The Windows 8 includes a new feature called Microsoft Virtualization manager and hypervisor . What is Hyper-V ? Microsoft Hyper-V was earlier named as Viridian or Windows Server Virtualization is a hypervisor-based virtualization system for x86-64 systems. Its a Kind of Virtualization technique that runs multiple guest operating systems on [...]
How To Shutdown or Restart Windows 8 ?
Well , i am one of those users who found difficult to find options to shutdown or Logoff in Windows 8 when i started using it for the first time . In the Windows 8 Metro start Screen , move your mouse pointer to the bottom left corner to popup [...]
How to minimize Ribbon in Windows 8 Explorer by Default ?
Do you like the Microsoft Office 2010 UI?? . If yes you might relate something from Office 2010 to Windows 8. Yes, it’s the Ribbon. The Ribbon includes some of the frequently used shortcuts which may be helpful for the users to identify the most commonly used commands easily. Well, [...]
Additional Memory Power Management Options In Windows 8
The Windows 8 includes some extra power management features being included to Windows Power Plan Advanced Settings . This can be accessed via the Power Options . Just Navigate to the Power Options in Control Panel and click the Edit Plan Settings . Now click Change Advanced advanced power settings [...]
How to Toggle Windows 8 Start Menu Without Rebooting Your Computer ?
There are already many tools or Apps that enables the user to switch between the WIndows 8 and Windows 7 style Start Menu . Here’ another WIndows 8 Gadget that lets the user to switch between the Windows 8 Metro Start Menu and the Windows 7 style UI without restarting [...]
How to enable File History Backup Feature on Windows 8 ?
Here’s an feature in Windows 8 that lets the users to backup and restore data in your PC . Is this feature same as the System Restore ?? Well not really … The File History lets you create complete backups of file , desktop , contacts etc on to your [...]
How To Enable Delete Confirmation Message in Windows 8 ?
Have you tried to delete a file in Window 8 ? You might notice that you will not get the Confirmation Dialog by default when you delete a file or a folder . In this blog post , i will explain you how to enable the delete confirmation Message in [...]
How to Turn On Hibernation Feature in Windows 8 ?
Do you really require an Hibernation in Windows 8 . The Operating system itself boots really faster and takes only few seconds . But if you want to enable the Hibernation in Windows 8 Developer Preview , you can do it by following the steps below . How to enable [...]
How to Change Windows 8 Metro Start Screen Background ?
Day by day , the number of utility tools that are developed for Windows 8 is increasing .In one of my previous posts , i wrote about how to Enable Snap Feature Windows 8 Snap Enabler , this time its another free tool for Windows 8 Developer Preview that allows you [...]
Categories: Tools, Windows 8 Tags: BackGround, Background Image, Image, Tweaker, Windows 8
When does Windows 8 Developer Preview Build Expires ?
Well , i have downloaded the Windows 8 Developer Preview and started using it and looks cool . When i installed the Windows 8 Developer Preview , i did not provide any license key as such to activate it . But i was wondering and was desperate to know how [...]
Enable Snap Feature Windows 8 Snap Enabler
The Windows 8 Developer Preview that was released few days back includes many features like the Metro UI etc . In one of my previous posts , i wrote about enabling and disabling the Windows 8 Metro UI with Windows 8 Start Menu Toggle . In this Blog post , [...]
Windows 8 Start Menu Toggle to Enable and Disable Metro UI Start Screen
In one of my previous post , i mentioned about the hack that disables the Metro UI start Menu in Windows 8 Developer Preview. Well , this might work , but it is pretty dangerous to modify something in the registry directly . With in few days of the release [...]
First Update for Windows 8 Developer Preview
If you are an user who is using Microsoft’s Windows 8 Developer Preview , then today , you would have noticed the updates for Windows 8 Developer Preview . Microsoft has released an early update for Windows 8 Developer Preview that fixes few minor bug fixes on Mocrosoft Windows 8 [...]
Blue Screen of Death Error in Windows 8
Well , i was waiting for it and here’s what i got today . Yes , its the Windows Blue Screen of Death Error in my system using Windows 8 Developer Preview . I got this twice and each one’s different . First one was “Your PC ran into a [...]
Categories: Tools, Windows 8 Tags: Blue Screen, Error, Windows 8
How to disable Metro UI and Get Windows 7 start menu in Windows 8 ?
If you are searching for this topic , then i assume that you are trying the Windows 8 Developer Preview at this point You might have seen the Windows 8 start menu . When you click it , it shows the tiles based start menu . What do you do [...]
How to Install Windows 8 in VMWare ?
With the release of the Developer Preview of Windows , the users get an opportunity to try the Windows 8 and for the Developers. In one of my previous article , i wrote about the error that i received while installing Windows 8 in VMWare and how i installed Windows 8 [...]
How to Open a command Prompt in Windows 8 ?
Well , i got my Windows 8 Developer Preview installed on a VirtualBox and first thing i noticed was the cool Tiles based start screen . I was trying to configure something , so i wanted to open the command prompt . I expected that when i clicked the start [...]