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Fix: Windows 8 | 7 will not shut down

When you click on the Windows shutdown button, you find that your Windows will not shutdown It may go as far as the teal colored screen, where it displays “Shutting Down … “ and then remain there. In other words, [...]

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Windows 8 now lets you force automatic restart after Windows Updates

Microsoft has recently released an update KB2822241 that now allows you to force automatic restart after Windows Updates, in systems running Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012. If you have already installed the latest batch of April 2013 Windows Updates, [...]

Indian Rupee Currency Symbol: How to use keyboard shortcut in Windows 8 | 7

Its been quite a while that, the INR or Indian Rupee Currency Symbol was introduced. Earlier there were some ad-hoc solutions released by a 3rd party – like a Rupee symbol Font was released which had to be installed on the [...]

View & Manage Clipboard In Windows 7 | 8

When you copy or cut or move data, it is held temporarily in an invisible portion of memory. This is called as the ClipBoard. The clipboard enables applications to transfer data or between applications or within an application. Windows XP [...]

What is Index.dat file in Windows 7? Where did it go in Windows 8?

Index.dat files are files hidden on your Windows computer, that contain details all of the web sites that you have ever visited. In Windows 7 and earlier, Internet Explorer 9 and earlier, used the index.dat file to index all this information, [...]

Benefits of using Microsoft Account in Windows 8

I am using Windows 8 and must say that it is more integrated with Microsoft’s services than ever. Although, logging in with Microsoft Account is not mandatory in Windows 8, but do so provides various features and awesomeness of Windows 8 for [...]

Windows Error Code & Message Lookup Tools

Ever been stumped with an error code your Windows installation threw up and did know where to look it up? There are a few tools that can help you identify the Error Code and Message which Windows may throw up. [...]

Fix: This app needs your permission to use your camera on Windows 8

You may be running into this issue where, when you open your Camera application on Windows 8 you may get to see this error message: This app needs your permission to use your camera – You can change this in the [...]

Nokia Music app for Windows 8 available as free download

Nokia Music app for Windows 8 is now available as a free download from Windows Store. If you already have a Nokia Music account than you can use the same account to play songs on the Music app. In addition [...]

Pin to Start Screen, Tiles pointing directly to content of Windows 8 apps

Most Windows 8 users know by now how to pin or unpin Start Screen tile shortcuts for Windows Store apps. But it is a little known fact that you can even internal sections or content of some of the built-in Windows 8 [...]

Disable Superfetch & Prefetch for SSD in Windows 8 | 7

In this article we will see how Windows 8 and Windows 7 treat Prefetch and SuperFetch on Solid State Drives. Yesterday we saw how Windows 8 treats Defragmentation on Solid State Drives. Before we start, let me make it clear that [...]

How To Change User Account Name In Windows 8

In Windows 8, it may happen that users may be unaware of even some simple options, which can be useful at times. For example, changing a user account name in Windows 7 wasn’t a big deal and most users were able to [...]

Fix: No Sound in Windows 8 apps like XBOX Music or Video applications

You may run into a situation, where normal system sound may work fine, but you may be unable to hear the sounds from any Windows Store apps, including XBOX Music or Video applications. No Sound in Windows 8 apps The reason [...]

Disable Defragmentation for SSD in Windows 8 | 7

In this post we will see how Windows 8 treats Defragmentation on Solid State Drives. A Solid State Drive or SSD is a relatively new kind of drive, which consists of an array of flash memory modules similar to a [...]

Make Windows Startup, Run, Shutdown Faster

These tips will tell you how you can make Windows startup faster, and run & shutdown faster too. Actually, this was my first post I wrote on WinVistaClub.com for Windows Vista, a couple of years back – and was very popular, having received [...]

Command Line Check Disk Options, Switches, Parameters in Windows 7

Check Disk or Chkdsk.exe is a built-in Windows utility used to check for errors in the disk media and in the file system. If you face problems ranging from blue screens to inability to open or save files or folders, one [...]

Fix: Windows Update not working or page blank

It is a different thing to fins that Windows Updates just fail to download or install in Windows. But what can you do if Windows Update or Microsoft Update itself do not work or the Windows Update or Microsoft Update page [...]

Backup and Restore Registry in Windows 8 | 7

Before working in the Windows Registry, it is always a good idea to back it up first, so that you have the option of restoration, should something go wrong. This article shows the different ways to back up and restore [...]

Fix: ChkDsk or Check Disk will not run at startup in Windows 7

Whenever we need to detect and fix file system or disk corruption, we run the built-in Windows Check Disk tool. The Check Disk utility or ChkDsk.exe checks file system errors, bad sectors, lost clusters, and so on. If the disk [...]

The Windows Club

The Windows Club covers Windows 8, Windows 7, tips, tutorials, how-to's, features, freeware and more. It is created by Anand Khanse, a Microsoft MVP.