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Windows 8

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Tips and Tricks
Customize Windows 11 taskbar and desktop on a PC

How to Add Quick Launch Bar and Show Desktop Icon to Windows 8’s Taskbar

September 18, 2011 by Venkat Eswarlu
Customize Windows 11 taskbar and desktop on a PC

Quick launch bar which lets you quickly access apps on Windows is disabled by default in Windows 7, same the case in Windows 8 … [Read more…]

Posted in: Tips and Tricks Tagged: Windows 8
Tips and Tricks

Enable .NET Framework 3.5.1 on Windows 8 Developer Preview to Run Applications

September 17, 2011 by Venkat Eswarlu

Windows 8 Developer Preview comes included with .NET  Framework 4, so you don’t need to install any .NET Framework version on Win8, but to … [Read more…]

Posted in: Tips and Tricks Tagged: Net framework 3.5.1, Windows 8
Windows

Windows 8 Like Start Screen for Windows 7

June 3, 2011 by Venkat Eswarlu

At D9 Conference Microsoft shown off Windows 8’s new user interface (watch the video embed below), the tile-based start screen in Win8  replaces Windows … [Read more…]

Posted in: Windows Tagged: Windows 7, Windows 8
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