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Windows 8 Start Screen Docking behavior explained

Microsoft seems well convinced about the fact that the Windows 8 OS makes working experience better, by scaling from a small size tablet, to the 27-inch twin screens on your desk at work. When you connect an additional monitor to [...]

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Driver Verifier Manager & Device Manager: Troubleshoot Driver Problems in Windows

If your Windows freezes frequently or is encountering frequent Stop Errors or BSOD’s then, it is advisable to check if the problem is being caused by a faulty Driver. While in most cases, its usually the unsigned drivers which create [...]

How to set up & use Remote Desktop Connection in Windows 8.1

Remote Desktop Connection technology helps you establish a connection between client computer and host computer from afar. The feature is not very popular among the average user, but it is popular among the experts who need to offer tech support [...]

Quiet Hours in Windows 8.1

Windows 8.1 introduces a new feature called Quiet Hours, which allows users to suppress notifications during those hours. The idea behind introducing this feature is that there may be times, when you do not want to de disturbed or interrupted [...]

Disable pop-up description for folder & desktop items in Windows 8.1

Whenever you hover your mouse pointer over any folder or desktop item a pop-up description box or tooltip appears. This pop-up box shows details like Total size, Free space, Date created, Size, Folders & Files it contains, and so. If [...]

Work Folders in Windows 8.1

Windows 8.1 introduces a new feature called Work Folders. If you have to work from anywhere from your different devices, then Work Folders are just what you would be looking for. Work Folders in Windows 8.1 Work Folders in Windows [...]

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What Is VSS or Volume Shadow Copy Service : An Overview

In Windows 7, if you check Windows Task Manager at different intervals, you may notice that it sometimes contains a VSSVC.exe process running. When you hover your mouse over the process, it says Windows Volume Shadow Copy Service. It is [...]

What should be the frequency of System Restore Points in Windows 7 | 8?

System Restore Points have been present since Windows XP, as far as I can recall. I don’t remember if Windows 98 or Windows 2000 had the option. Speaking of system restore points, they are just a bit over a screenshot [...]

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Return to Desktop after closing all Windows 8.1 Apps

Windows 8.1 offers several new navigation experiences & new feature. We have already seen how you can Boot directly to Desktop or Show the All Apps View. Apart from this, it also allows you to return to Desktop after closing [...]

Disable Windows 8.1 Help Sticker Notifications

Windows 8.1 introduces Help Stickers to get you acquainted with the new features that the OS has to offer. The feature is great and can help you learn the new features quickly. The stickers are black, white and red in [...]

How Wake-on-LAN behavior differs in Windows 8, compared to Windows 7

Wake-on-LAN is a protocol for remotely waking computers from a low power mode. When a network adapter detects an Ethernet packet or a WOL event, the Wake-On-LAN (WOL) feature will wake up a Windows computer from a low power state. In Windows [...]

Configure Word 2013 Grammar and Style Settings

The grammar proofing tool in Word 2013 is capable of performing a thorough analysis of the line/lines of texts of a document rather than a single word. It examines text-based on the syntactical rules of the language. This separates the [...]

Internet Explorer 11 New Features and APIs

Internet Explorer 11 is the default Windows 8.1 browser and is available in two different flavors in the modern OS: Desktop Environment Metro Environment On Windows 8.1 and Windows 7, it boasts a clean design with some powerful developer tools. [...]

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Enable Content Advisor in Internet Explorer 10 & IE 11

Content Advisor is the inbuilt feature of Internet Explorer that allows you to view the content across web. It is a tool for controlling the types of content that your computer can access on the Internet. After you turn on [...]

Enable, Disable AutoPlay in Windows 8

In this post we will see how to disable AutoPlay in Windows 8 using the Control Panel, Group Policy or the Registry Editor. But before that, let us see what is AutoPlay and AutoRun in Windows. Then we will see how to [...]

WinSxS folder cleanup in Windows 8 & Windows 8.1

Not many of you may know this, nor has this been blogged anywhere – yet; but Windows 8 and Windows 8.1 lets you safely cleanup the WinSxS folder. In fact you can even automate WinSxS folder cleanup using the Task [...]

Analyze Windows Component Store or WinSxS in Windows 8.1

The WinSxS folder is the location for Windows Component Store files. The Windows Component Store is used to support the functions needed for installation, customization and updating of the Windows operating system. It is used during installing, updating, upgrading, uninstalling, [...]

Chrome Components Page lets you update individual components

Google Chrome automatically updates itself whenever a new version of the browser is available. The update process happens in the background so it doesn’t affect any ongoing work and rarely requires any action on your part. Updating the browser assures [...]

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Enable Or Disable Hyperlink Warnings For Office 2013 programs

Microsoft has loaded Office 2013 with a lot of features. For example, previously for editing a PDF, we need to rely on other tools. But with Office 2013, you can edit PDFs very easily. There are a lot of examples of [...]

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Find out if your Windows 8 computer supports Connected Standby State

We have already seen the various Sleep States available in Windows. While reading about the various system sleep states available on Windows, we also read about the new Connected Standby State in Windows 8. In this post we will see how to [...]

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