You can add the Windows 8 Metro style to Windows 7 with the freeware Immersive Explorer. That’s a file manager alternative to Explorer which mimics Windows 8 Metro. Its graphical hardware acceleration displays fluid animations and...
Jump Lists were among the best new additions to Windows 7. They added another shortcut option, but you cannot combine multiple applications in one Jump List. That is unless you add Jumplist Launcher to Windows 7/8. Jumplist Launch...
Though a decent operating system, Windows 8 comes with some pretty stupid and useless programs Reminders, Maps, Travel and etc). Most people will never use these apps. Curious how to remove them? This guide will show you how! Let...
The Windows Explorer 7 and 8 library icons are not icons which you can customize in the same ways as more standard folders. Nevertheless, with suitable software you can still change the library icons to other alternatives. The sui...
Google’s ChromeOS is getting increasingly popular. Last year, 21% of all laptops sold ran Google’s OS. Recently Google has added the ability to run it right inside Windows 8. Some speculate that the Internet titan has ...
The charms bar is an excellent thing in Windows 8.1 and helps with a lot of quick options, yet, some people just are not too fond of it. The biggest gripe most have towards the charm bar is the fact that it’s hidden and feel...
If you’re in love with Windows 7 gadgets then you might be astonished by the fact that Windows 8.1 doesn’t consist of gadgets and there’s no direct way of re-installing gadgets back on windows 8.1 . However there...
OpenOffice is a great freeware, multiplatform software suite that includes spreadsheet, word processor and database packages; and it supports a variety of file formats such as MS Office suite documents. As such, why not add an Ope...
The same way that you have an airplane mode option in your smartphone, Windows 8 also offers you this option as well. Airplane mode on Windows allows you to disable all connections with a single click. These connections include Wi...
Library folders such as Musics, Apps, Documents, Videos and Pictures have always appear on the left bar of My Computer in the previous versions of Windows 8 providing a quick access to these folders. However, in Windows 8.1, their...
Windows 8/8.1 offers users the ability to set a 4-digit PIN to sign in to their Windows account. However, this feature is not available to domain users, but if the Administrator wants to enable it for domain users as well, he/she ...
For the longest time, every copy of Windows has had an emergency built-in Administrator account. It’s really handy for times when you need to reset a forgotten password. Enabling this feature is as simple as entering a comma...
The Windows Taskbar is located at the bottom of the screen and includes the Start/Windows button, pinned programs, list of currently running programs and the notification area. In the default configuration, a user is able to drag ...
It’s easy for things to get cluttered, and sometimes you just want to set everything back the way it was to start over. The Windows 8 Start screen is not exempt from getting messy. With this quick guide, you’ll learn h...
As it seems the list of features removed in Windows 8 is never ending. One of features Microsoft removed was the ability to be notified of new updates from the taskbar. In previous versions of Windows we had a small icon appear to...
