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Windows 8

15 articles

Freeware

BootRacer 4.0: Measures Windows 8 Boot Time

October 4, 2012 by Venkat Eswarlu

One way to check your Computer is booting quickly is to check with popular program Soluto which not only tells you Windows boot time … [Read more…]

Posted in: Freeware Tagged: Boot Time, Windows 8
Security

Avira 2013 will be Compatible with Windows 8 in First Quarter of 2013 [Updated]

September 28, 2012 by Venkat Eswarlu

Free antivirus vendors like AVG and Avast have already released 2013 products with support for Windows 8 and there are other popular security vendors … [Read more…]

Posted in: Security Tagged: antivirus, Avira, Windows 8
Freeware

Classic Shell Now Skips The Metro Screen on Startup and Boots You Directly on to Windows 8 Desktop

July 1, 2012 by Venkat Eswarlu

Two annoyances in Windows 8 are Metro Start screen and user will be taken to start screen instead of desktop after startup, there are … [Read more…]

Posted in: Freeware, Tips and Tricks Tagged: Classic Shell, desktop, Metro Start Menu, Windows 8
Troubleshooting

Workaround for “Your PC’s CPU isn’t Compatible with Windows 8” Error Message

June 15, 2012 by Venkat Eswarlu

Some users using Windows 8 CP reported on the Microsoft Answers forum that they’re getting a warning message from Upgrade Assistant when they try … [Read more…]

Posted in: Troubleshooting Tagged: Windows 8, Windows 8 Release Preview
Tips and Tricks

Windows 8 Release Preview Expiry Date

June 2, 2012 by Venkat Eswarlu

Microsoft has released an optional update in the past for Windows 8 DP which allows users to use it till January 15, 2013, Consumer … [Read more…]

Posted in: Tips and Tricks Tagged: Expiry date, Windows 8, Windows 8 Release Preview
How to

How to Change the Default PDF Reader in Windows 8

May 15, 2012 by Venkat Eswarlu

If you don’t know: Windows 8 by default comes with a metro-style PDF Reader called Windows Reader, this program is the default app for opening … [Read more…]

Posted in: How to, Tips and Tricks Tagged: Default PDf Reader, PDF, PDF Reader, Windows 8, Windows Reader
How to

How to Disable or Turn off Windows Defender in Windows 8

April 8, 2012 by Venkat Eswarlu

There is no MSE in Windows 8, it is not compatible in Windows 8 that’s why Microsoft merged MSE with Windows Defender. Now Windows … [Read more…]

Posted in: How to, Tips and Tricks Tagged: disable, turn off, Windows 8, Windows Defender
How to

How to Run Cmd as Administrator in Windows 8

January 5, 2012 by Venkat Eswarlu

There is no conventional Start Menu in Windows 8 like to that of in Windows 7, which shows  programs and files while typing in … [Read more…]

Posted in: How to, Tips and Tricks Tagged: admin, cmd, command, Windows 8
Tips and Tricks

Windows 8 Controls Power to Optical Drives: Zero Power ODD

September 27, 2011 by Venkat Eswarlu

Yesterday we’ve covered about Early launch Anti-Malware Boot-Start Driver lets you choose which boot-start drivers to be initialized in Windows 8, today we’re going … [Read more…]

Posted in: Tips and Tricks Tagged: Optical Disk Drive, Optical Drive, Windows 8, Zero Power ODD
Freeware

Change Windows 8 Start Screen Background Image & Color with Windows 8 Start Tweaker

September 23, 2011 by Venkat Eswarlu

Till we’ve covered apps to disable Windows 8 Metro UI, all these apps uses the registry hack changes  “RPEnabled” string value from 1 to … [Read more…]

Posted in: Freeware Tagged: Metro UI, Start Screen Background, Windows 8
How to

How to remove Windows.old Folder in Windows 8

September 18, 2011 by Venkat Eswarlu

If you haven’t formatted the partition and installed Windows 8 over it with custom install option instead of Upgrade or after Windows 8 Refresh, … [Read more…]

Posted in: How to, Tips and Tricks Tagged: Windows 8, Windows.old
Tips and Tricks

Windows 8 Developer Preview Product Key

September 18, 2011 by Venkat Eswarlu

If Windows 8 Developer Preview installation failed during first attempt or if you’re planning to use Reset your PC setting on Windows 8 or … [Read more…]

Posted in: Tips and Tricks Tagged: product key, Windows 8
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