Posts under Windows 8 tag.

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 [...]

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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 [...]

Windows 8 CP Start Screen – Drive Tiles Bug

We all are aware of the newly introduced Metro Start Screen in recently released Windows 8 Consumer Preview aka Public Beta. Some have liked the change – and some have not. While playing around the Windows 8 Metro UI and [...]

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 [...]

Using Snipping Tool to capture screenshots in Windows 7 | 8 – Tips & Tricks

Like Windows 7, Windows 8 too includes the Snipping Tool which lets you take screenshots in your Windows computer. This Snipping Tool or SnippingTool.exe is located in the System32 folder but it (shortcut) can also be accessed via the following location: [...]

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, [...]

How to Disable Windows Explorer with Ribbon on Windows 8

One of the new features on Windows 8 is it’s Windows Explorer ribbon. But not all users will like that feature. I was searching for this option and finally figured out to disable the ribbon n Windows 8 explorer. In [...]

Windows 8 Shutdown or Restart – 10 different ways to do it

Looking for information on Windows 8 Shutdown!? Well, the first time I installed Windows 8, it was quite a frustrating effort, trying to find the shutdown or restart button in Windows 8. To be honest, I never imagined I would [...]

Some more cool new features and tidbits in Windows 8 CP

In our earlier post featuring some cool new features and tidbits in Windows 8 CP we had seen some new features and tidbits in Windows 8 CP and have also talked about how to get started using Windows 8. Now here are some [...]

How to Mount & Unmount ISO file in Windows 8

Many a times you must have used third-party software to quickly Mount a disc image. This image appears as a Virtual DVD drive. Mounting ISO image is a great way to view and run the content of the disk image without having to burn it into [...]

Ultimate Guide to Windows 8 Keyboard Shortcuts and their Mouse & Touch equivalents

Windows 8 Consumer Preview with its new interface has a lot of new hotkey shortcuts along with the old ones which one is accustomed to using in Windows 7 and earlier. Now Windows 8 CP has its Mouse & Touch Gestures [...]

Learn how to use Windows 8 – Beginners Tutorial & Guide

In this post of mine, we will learn how to use Windows 8. Let me caution you in advance, that you may have to first unlearn a few things before you can start learning navigation in Windows 8. There is, in [...]

Cool new features and tidbits in Windows 8 CP

So have you downloaded the Windows 8 Consumer Preview yet or not? You must have heard that within a day of Windows 8 Consumer Preview release, there were more than million downloads of it. In this article let us see some cool new [...]

Windows Server 8: Download, Overview, Features, Product Guide

Windows Server 8 as a Developer’s Preview was introduced at the BUILD conference last year and now Microsoft has launched its Beta version with loads of features for the IT professionals and software developers. Microsoft has been pioneering Servers for a [...]

In Windows 8, Windows Defender is actually Microsoft Security Essentials

I know most of us have downloaded and installed the Windows 8 Consumer Preview on our laptops to give it a try. And like many others, I too am also amazed with the new features and programs introduced in it [...]

Is it compatible with Windows 8? Vote or find out at Windows 8 Compatibility Center

The newly launched Compatibility Center for Windows 8 Consumer Preview is the place where you can find out if your favorite software and devices are compatible with Windows 8. Not only that, it even allows you to vote and tell [...]

Windows 8 gets first official theme from Microsoft: Nightfall and Starlight

Windows 8 gets first official theme from Microsoft! Called the Nightfall and Starlight panoramic theme, this theme contains 9 wide-screen wallpapers and is meant to be used on Windows 8 only. The theme contains panoramic images which will automatically extend across [...]

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