Windows 8

User accounts, like previous versions of Windows enables the user to create different accounts for different users. But home users, gamers and such other users don’t want to enter a password to login to Windows 8 everytime. The process is repetitive and time consuming. Fortunately, you can get rid of this behavior and bypass the […]

Jump Lists are really useful to open recently used programs. Windows 7 has already introduced us to Jump lists. To access Jump Lists, just right-click on on a pinned application from the taskbar. But the problem with Windows 7 Jump Lists is that the history of all the recently opened applications and files cannot be […]

Windows 8 comes with the new Metro Start screen instead of the traditional start menu. This start screen displays tiles of various installed programs, apps, Windows Explorer, etc. Windows 8 allows the user to natively pin applications and folders to the start screen. There is no need of any third party application to do this. […]

The response received from Windows 8 has been positive but some users complain about the new Metro interface and removal of the traditional start menu. The new Windows 8 comes with its own Metro Start screen from where the user can launch their favorite Metro apps. This Start screen can be accessed by pressing the […]

Many times when running a media file on the system, the file is not played and displays a codec not found error. Windows users regularly face this age old problem. There are some solutions to tackle this problem. Switch to a media player that comes with its own set of codecs that it uses to […]

Windows 8 comes with many new features that were never seen before. The new Metro user interface gives an entire new look and feel to how Windows function. One of the most prominent feature is the new Windows Explorer with Start screen. If you’ve used Microsoft Office 2010, then you must have observed the ribbon […]