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Access and fetch any file on your Windows PC remotely using SkyDrive

Many of us must have used SkyDrive for accessing files anywhere and sharing with anyone. With SkyDrive, you can securely store your files and get to them from any of your devices be it your PC, Mac, Smartphone, iPad or [...]

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Pin Recent Documents Menu Shortcut Tile to Windows 8 Start Screen

Along with the removal of Start menu from Windows 8, several other features including ‘Recent’ Documents menu were also removed. If you remember, the shortcut/feature displayed a list of files and documents you most recently used. This is no longer available in [...]

Enable or Turn on IIS or Internet Information Services on Windows 8

IIS or Internet Information Services is a technology included in Windows Server, which provides a security-enhanced, easy-to-manage web server for developing and reliably hosting web applications and web services. This enables organizations to deliver rich, web-based experiences. IIS is not [...]

Enable Or Disable Flip Ahead Feature In Internet Explorer 10

Flip Ahead is a new feature introduced in the ‘Metro’ version of Internet Explorer 10, that is similar to a feature called FastForward in the Opera browser. Flip Ahead allows users in Windows 8 to quickly flip to the next page of [...]

How to Uninstall, Disable, Roll Back, Update Device Drivers in Windows 8 | 7

The Device Manager in Windows lets you view the hardware installed on your computer, along with its Properties. It lets you change hardware settings, identify device drivers for each device, view and change settings and properties, and install, uninstall, update, [...]

5 Tips to Improve your SkyDrive Experience

SkyDrive is one of the most popular cloud services that allows storing and sharing of files/folders online. The service gives you more free storage so that you can manage more documents. Users of recent version of SkyDrive must have realized [...]

Disable Messaging App from signing in automatically when you log in to Windows 8

Have you noticed that when you sign in to your Windows 8 using your Microsoft Account, apps like Messaging, Mail, People, Calendar and so on will automatically sign you in. This is for your convenience so that you do not [...]

Change Critical & Low Level Battery Action in Windows 8 | 7

When the battery of your Windows laptop is running low, your system will emit a beep to warn you about it and also display a notification to this effect. Your battery is running low. You might want to plug in [...]

Disable login after Sleep in Windows 7 | 8

Windows 8 is all set to the current trends and everyone here at TWC is excited about its official launch. Microsoft has already dressed up Windows.Com for the party. But getting to know about Windows 8 in-depth is our main focus. We [...]

Disable System Beep in Windows 7 | 8

When computers did not come with speakers, System Beeps were a useful way to warn us when there were any system errors or hardware errors, and were rather helpful in troubleshooting issues. But today, there is no real need for [...]

Disable or Turn off Default Windows 7 Games & remove them from Start Menu

Games are part of the Windows 7 operating system and are turned on by default (except in Windows 7 Pro Edition). There is no easy and safe way to completely delete or uninstall these built-in default games completely, but what you can [...]

Extract Specific Files from Windows 8 | 7 System Image Backup

There is a way by which one can browse the contents of a system image and extract individual files in Windows 8. You need not restore an entire system image for getting or extracting few important files. The procedure to extract [...]

How to convert a hard disk or a partition to NTFS format in Windows 7

Have you ever run into a problem while trying to select a destination to save your backup? If yes, the problem might have persisted due to one of the following reasons: The destination is the drive itself that you are [...]

Prevent websites from tracking your location, by disabling Geolocation in your browser

Geolocation is a relatively new feature in the recent versions of most browsers. It allows websites to track your physical location, ostensibly, with a view to offer you location related search results, services or options. You may have noticed that [...]

Change Time to display list of operating systems & Recovery Options in Windows 8

On a multi-boot computer, during start-up, Windows will display all the operating systems which have been installed on the computer for a particular period of time, before booting into the default OS, once the default 10 second period is over. [...]

Disable Accelerator Button in Internet Explorer

Internet Explorer Accelerators are specific add-ons running in Internet Explorer that help users complete a specific task in just few clicks. In short, they accelerate the browser performance or supplement it with extra features. It is a great feature and [...]

How to disable or reduce Hardware Acceleration in Windows 7

In simple terms, the term Hardware Acceleration means using computer’s hardware for performing certain task and function faster than would be possible using software. This also allows for smooth rendering of graphics. In most processors instructions are executed sequentially i.e. one by [...]

Configure Internet Explorer to download up to 10 files at a time

When you are downloading files from the Internet, using the Internet Explorer browser, it limits the files you can download simultaneously at the same time. By default, Internet Explorer 10 (and IE9 & IE8) will let you download only up to [...]

How to print to the Microsoft XPS Document Writer in Windows 7

As an alternative to the PDF, Microsoft introduced an electronic paper format – XPS for creating and sharing documents. The format allows you to save and publish content in an easily viewable form. An XML Specification Paper (XPS) document can be [...]

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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.