Posts under Windows 8 tag.

Boot directly into Windows 8 Desktop using Explorer script

While our Metro UI Tweaker allowed you to tweak Windows Developers Preview to boot directly on to the Desktop, disabling the Start Screen, it does not work in Windows 8 now. This is because Microsoft does not probably want users to […]

Change size and make Tile smaller or larger in Windows 8

There are a lot of new things to learn in Windows 8 – and as we had mentioned earlier, we will start with the basic things. You may have already read our Beginners Guide for Windows 8. In this post, I […]

Change the Number of App Tile Rows In Windows 8 Start Screen

The Windows 8 Start Screen displays a set number of tiles, arranged in rows. If you want to increase or decrease the number of  rows of app tiles that are displayed on your Start screen, this article may interest you. […]

Tips on how to Search in Windows 8

If you are already using Windows 8 you might be well aware of its highly styled and well-designed Metro screen. The start menu which earlier in Windows 7 displayed shortcut icons on your Windows Desktop has been replaced by a display […]

Extended Monitor and Dual Screen Options in Windows 8

Since Windows 8 is a new operating system from Microsoft, users are trying to find out different options on Windows 8 and learning how to use them.  In this post I will be taking about the settings available for Dual […]

Pin Recycle Bin to Taskbar in Windows 10/8

As you all know that we have been exploring and posting regularly about new possibilities that exist in recently the released Windows 8 CP edition. You may have noticed, that you cannot pin the Recycle Bin or Computer folder icons […]

How to boot in Safe mode while dual booting Windows 8

If you are dual booting Windows 8 with Windows 7, you might find entering Safe Mode a bit tricky with Shift + F8.  You have to Run msconfig.exe, tick the Safe Boot option and then restart to get the Safe […]

Enable .NET Framework 3.5 On Windows 8

In my recent post, I’ve touched upon the .NET feature in Windows 8. It is necessary for running many a software in Windows, but it is disabled by default. If you try to require some software or app which requires […]

Things I Dislike In Windows 8 Consumer Preview

Today, its been a month since release of Windows 8 Consumer Preview. Thanks to all the hard work and development done by the Windows team, we finally have Windows 8 Consumer Preview running on our computers. Most of the new […]

Edit, customize or remove Windows 8 CP Watermark

Users of Windows 8 Consumer Preview must have noticed the Watermark on their Windows 8 CP Desktop. While it wont matter to most, some may not like to have it display on their desktops. Here’s a small tool using which […]

Backup & Restore files using File History in Windows 8

Starting with Windows Vista, Microsoft introduced a feature called as Shadow Copy or Previous Versions. This allowed users to restore earlier versions of their files using the Backup and Restore feature. In Windows 8, Microsoft has introduced a feature called […]

Access and Launch Metro Apps from Windows 8 Desktop or Taskbar

Change is the law of nature and it seems that Microsoft is strictly following it. I’m saying so because of the new features introduced in Windows 8 – the most important being the Start Screen and Metro Apps, which are radically different […]

Run, Stop, Schedule, Disable Automatic Maintenance in Windows – FAQ

Windows 8/10 includes a new feature that allows you schedule and run Automatic Maintenance on your computer. The task when run, will carry out task like security updating and scanning, Windows software updates, Disk Defragmentation, Disk Volume Errors, System Diagnostics, etc […]

How To Use The Multitasking Feature In Windows 8

We here at The Windows Club, are currently testing the latest Windows 8 and are thus posting about new features, tricks and troubleshooting articles regularly on it. Windows 8, being slightly different form previous Windows editions, has introduced the amazing […]

Change Lock Screen, Start Screen, Customize Desktop in Windows 8

All of us are familiar on how to personalize and customize our Windows 7 desktop experience. We change our logon screens, change wallpapers, themes and so on. Things are a bit different in Windows 8, however. In this article we will […]

Create, Manage, Name, Groups of Start Screen App Tiles in Windows 8

When you start Windows 8, you are first taken to the Start Screen where you get to see a lot  of Apps in the form of tiles. And these tiles are arranged randomly by default. And new tiles get added […]

Customize Windows 8 Charms Bar with My WCP CharmBar Customizer

It has been few days since Windows 8 Consumer Preview was released, and everyone is pretty excited to explore its new options and customize and tweak the operating system. Well, I was trying to find a way to customize the Charms Bar in […]

Microsoft Metro Apps Updates are available for Windows 8 CP

If you haven’t yet updated your Windows 8 CP, I would like to inform you that updates are now available for Mail, Calendar, People, Messaging, SkyDrive and Photos Apps in Windows 8 Consumer Preview. Some bugs have been fixed in […]

Windows 8 tablets: Hardware Certification Requirement documents reveal features

Earlier in December, Microsoft had released documents titled Windows 8 Hardware Certification Requirements. If you visit this page, accept the License agreement to access these documents, you will see 3 sets of PDF documents: Windows 8 Client and Server Systems Requirements (Size […]

How to close Metro apps in Windows 8

A few days back, we saw how to shutdown or restart Windows 8. Today we will learn about something equally basic and that is how to close  Metro apps in Windows 8. This is Windows 8! In the opened Metro apps, […]