Microsoft Windows 8 operating system articles
Reading the title of this article your first question would probably be why? And my answer would be… why not? It’s a bit geeky I know and although this tip will work with Vista and Se7en, the real benefit is with Windows 8 in Desktop […]
Windows 8 comes to you with some quite useful apps pre-installed, one of which is a native PDF viewer simply called “Reader”… not a terribly imaginative title but a useful app nonetheless. Reader is pretty basic fair but it adequately meets my requirements. To be
Microsoft has removed the option to adjust your window border width in Windows 8, which was previously located through the Advanced Appearance Settings in Windows 7. You can still adjust the border widths but now it has to be done via a registry tweak. Before
Windows 8 automatically sets the number of rows of tiles on your Start Screen to fit your display and monitor size. If you find the screen just a little too cluttered or just plain and simply want to add or reduce the number of rows
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The Windows 8 Lock Screen is a feature that I found to be a bit of a novelty the first couple of times I started using Windows 8 but soon realised, for me at least, it was a waste of time when I am booting
There are many apps that will put the Start Button back on the Windows 8 desktop screen, some free and some paid for. StartisBack is a paid for app but, with a price tag of $3 dollars for two computers or $5 dollars for five
Renaming a load of files or folders in a sequential numbering order can be quite time consuming but it doesn’t have to be. Here is a quick and easy way to batch rename your files/folders giving them sequential numbers. First, line them up in the
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Since Windows 8 official release a few short months ago, we’ve been publishing lots of Windows 8 articles showing you how to set up and customize the new operating system for quicker and easier navigation and familiarization. If you’d like to read through those previously
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Windows 7 and 8 come with a basic picture/image viewer built-in, but if you’d prefer a program that includes a few more tools, then I suggest you take a look at Photo Gallery which is available for download as part of the ‘Live’ group of
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This tutorial requires you to edit the registry so before you start create a restore point and/or back up your registry. This tip works in both Windows 7 and Windows 8 but I haven’t tested it in earlier versions. When you right click on images
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I’ve made it pretty clear in previous articles that, rather than installing 3rd party software to do the job, I’d much prefer to see users configure and customize Windows 8 via the operating system’s own built-in options and settings. There are two very good reasons
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One of the things I don’t like about Windows 8 is the messing about just to log off or shut it down. If you think the road to shutting down your Windows 8 system is a little long winded as well then you will know
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It doesn’t matter which operating system I have loaded… … I love to use custom icons, and there is no shortage of them available for download… so why not? If you also like to step outside the box and make Windows your own, this is
Do you favor a dual screen setup? If you do, Windows 8 provides four options for dual screen systems. To access these options; go to the Start Screen, slide your mouse into the bottom right hand corner to bring up the ‘Charms’ bar and select
