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Windows 8
Tip of the Day: The PSTools Suite of Command Line Tools
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Tip of the Day: Yet Another Way to Open Control Panel
Yet another way to display the disappearing Control Panel.
Tip of the Day: Move, Copy, or Create Shortcut
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Tip of the Day: Master File Explorer Columns
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Tip of the Day: Use Device Manager to Update Drivers
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Tip of the Day: Access Device Manager Quickly
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Tip of the Day: View the Full Path in Windows File Explorer
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Tip of the Day: Disable Screen Effects for Speed
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Tip of the Day: Quick Access to the Volume Mixer
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Tip of the Day: Large and Small Taskbar Icons
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Tip of the Day: Edit Elsewhere
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Tip of the Day: TAB Through Fields
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Tip of the Day: Where Does Save Save?
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Tip of the Day: Change the Output Audio Device
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Tip of the Day: Use Jump Lists
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Tip of the Day: Hide the Taskbar
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Tip of the Day: Run Anything
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Tip of the Day: Get Notification When Caps-Lock is Toggled
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Tip of the Day: System-Wide Printer Settings
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Tip of the Day: Problem Steps Recorder
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Tip of the Day: Tune Your Text for Easier Reading
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Tip of the Day: Restart Explorer
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Tip of the Day: Add RAM
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Tip of the Day: Get a Battery Report
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Tip of the Day: Side-by-side Explorers in Four Keystrokes
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Tip of the Day: SendTo Notepad
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Tip of the Day: Log In Automatically
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How Do I Downgrade from Windows 8 or 10 to Windows 7?
Downgrading isn’t as easy as you might think. Simple, perhaps, but not easy. So let’s look at an alternative.
Where Can I Download Windows?
You can download Windows versions 7, 8.1, and 10 from legitimate sources. If you have a legal retail product key, this could be your replacement media.
If You Hated Windows 8 … Give Windows 10 a Chance
Many seem to be forming opinions on Windows 10 without having seen it, based solely on their (often limited) experience with Windows 8. That’s just wrong.
Windows 8 Backup: One Step Forward, Two Steps Back
Windows 8.1 changed its included backup program. A tiny bit for the better, and a lot for the worse. I wrote a book on Windows 8.1 backup, but I’d rather you did something else.
What do I do if my system asks for a installation disk and I don’t have one?
Computers are being sold without recovery media fairly often. That can create difficulties if you run into major problems.
How do I change the Windows 8 lock screen background? (with Video)
Changing the background image of the Windows 8 lock screen is relatively easy, though it does require a short trip into the registry.
How Do I Get the Required Windows 8.1 Update?
I received a question that pointed me to an article on a reputable mainstream press site discussing the Windows 8.1 Update that Microsoft recently rolled out. The update will become the new baseline for Windows 8 and within a month or so, it’ll be required in order to receive continued updates. Their article’s headline compared getting the […]
Why are touch screen monitors so much more vivid?
Touch screens are normal screens with touch detection built in. There’s no obvious reason it would be brighter, but I have a few thoughts.
Can I ignore Windows 8.1 and stick with Windows 8?
My belief is that you probably want 8.1. Not for any features per se – but I think you’re going to want 8.1 or 8.2 or whatever comes later… someday.
How can I track what programs come and go on my machine?
Windows is constantly starting and stopping programs as part of its normal operations. You can see exactly what programs are being run using a Windows technique called process auditing.
Why are applications and operating systems hiding so much these days?
A lot of thought really does go into decisions around feature design. You may think it’s silly, but you have to look at the big picture.
Should I wait for the next edition of Windows?
Windows 8.1 should respond to some of the issues that people expressed having with Windows 8, though not all of them. Your choice of how, when and what to upgrade may have more to do with hardware than with software versions.
Why do I get script error messages in Windows 8 and not prior versions of Windows?
The tiled browser seems to be a different version of Internet Explorer. From what I can tell, it has reduced features and is less functional when compared with the normal Internet Explorer.
Classic Shell: Regain your Start menu in Windows and much more.
The single biggest complaint about Windows 8 is the startlingly new tiled Start menu. Don’t like it? There’s an app for that.
Should I upgrade to Windows 8?
Windows 8 has been released and I’m getting the question at a slowly increasing pace: should I get it? I’ll detail my current thinking on Windows 8 and whether or not its worth upgrading.
