Microsoft Windows 8 operating system articles
Windows 8 Hotkeys List The new Windows 8 interface leaves many of us left in a state of perplexity. This list of keyboard shortcuts should help us in this new age of touching, tapping, swiping, pinching, and all the other things that have strange suggestive […]
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I’m sure you’ve heard all the ruckus surrounding the Start Screen in Windows 8 and probably fallen into the “I must have Windows 8” or “They’ll have to pry Windows 7 from my cold dead hands” camps. Either way you’ll hopefully agree with me when
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As you may be aware by now, unlike its predecessors, Windows 8 does not include Windows Media Center built-in to the operating system. It’s now an ‘extra’ that can be purchased through the Add Features option in Windows 8. However, for a limited time, Microsoft
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Windows 8 a new beginning… By now you are probably aware that Microsoft has released Windows 8, the latest version of the ubiquitous Windows family of Operating Systems. Windows 8 boasts many cool new features, including the ability to be loaded across a new range
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*For the sake of convenience, the mobile side of Windows 8 will be referred to as “Metro” throughout this article. When it comes to Microsoft’s new operating system, regular DCT readers would be aware that I have been numbered among the detractors. I have criticized
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Microsoft put quite a bit of design effort into the new Start Screen. It is simplistic, yet beautiful and functional. I was somewhat dismayed that Microsoft did not continue that design theme, or at least some elements such as the desktop background, in the Windows
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Windows 8 may come in in fewer flavors than its predecessors but it seems pricing policy is set to be as confusing as ever, if not more so. One thing appears certain; anyone wishing to purchase the new operating system, whether it be via upgrade,
Windows 8: Pricing, packaging, upgrading, etc. Read More »
We have discussed many aspects of Windows 8 (and will continue to do so) including the new Start Screen and the lack of a “Start button” or Orb on the taskbar of the classic Desktop, which has to be the one change that had everyone
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It’s been a long time practice for many Windows users to wait until the release of an SP1 before actually migrating to any new operating system, and it seems Microsoft is working toward convincing these users otherwise. In an uncharacteristically short post entitled “Updating Windows
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Windows 8 presents a new interface to the user named Metro Modern and the cornerstone of this new interface is the Start Screen. The Start screen is best thought of as an expanded replacement for the Start Menu in Windows 7 and previous versions of
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The Task Manager has been a constant companion for Windows users. Always there to help when a program hangs, you want to check which processes are running in the background, or a myriad of other often less than welcome circumstances – the light at the
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Windows 8 has been touted as an operating system for all platforms and will soon appear on laptops, desktops, and tablets. We see hints today in Microsoft’s xbox and mobile platforms of the Metro Modern user interface and will more than likely see a version
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Ok, you’ve made a leap of faith. You’ve bought a new PC or upgraded to Windows 8. Now what? How do you accomplish the tasks you used to do in a previous operating system? Where is the desktop? Where is the Start Menu? What the
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No doubting that Microsoft added more versatility to the taskbar in Windows 7, but options built-in for pinning items to the taskbar for quick access are very limited in their range, generally restricted to applications. There are workarounds available which allow users to pin personal
TaskbarPinner: pin just about ANYTHING to the taskbar Read More »
