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The reason why Microsoft decided to discontinue the start button with Windows 8. Microsoft first introduced the start button in Windows 95 and it continued upto Windows 7 until they decided to disqualify it with the release of Windows 8. Though the start button was useful for most of the windows users, but Microsoft decided to discontinue it from Windows 8 and [...]
This is a complete guide about windows 8 store from where you can download the metro apps on your PC. Microsoft has revealed the long rumored Windows Store with the release of Windows 8 release preview. The concept of the apps store is not a new thing — Android, iOS and Mac has already implemented it before – but Microsoft has [...]
FxxkMetro is a small utility that completely disables the metro UI features in Windows 8 including the start screen, charms and even the switch menu. If you are concerned about the upcoming version of Windows then you might know that Windows 8 has got the new metro user interface that pins all your programs in a tile menu on [...]
Microsoft has recently released another version of Windows 8 — Release preview followed by the developer preview and consumer preview — that has got more changes, more apps and more features then the earlier updates. The final version is expected to arrive on October this year and if you have tried Windows 8 consumer preview then you [...]
Upgrade from Windows 8 consumer preview to release preview using the tool provided by Microsoft called Windows8 Release Preview Upgrade Assistant. Microsoft seems serious about its software release cycle, So it has been releasing the versions of Windows 8 one by 0ne — developer preview, consumer preview and now release preview. During these phase Microsoft has added much new features, [...]
Bring back classic start menu button on windows 8 taskbar with option for custom image using start 8. Those Folks who has recently migrated to Windows 8 consumer preview, aka beta, edition of windows then they might have missed the classic start menu button. Microsoft has already dropped the start menu and tries to bring something different [...]
Play more media files formats on windows with the default media player using win8codecs. It includes amr, mpc, ofr, divx, mka, ape, flac, evo, flv, m4b, mkv, ogg, ogv, ogm, rmvb and xvid file formats. Since Windows 8 media player by default supports only few media files formats and the popular media players hasn’t also steeped up into windows 8, So there is less chance of getting your media files with different [...]
Learn how to completely remove or uninstall Windows 8 on your PC if you are using it along with other version of Windows with dual-boot. Windows 8 is in beta phase now and it hasn’t been too long since its release. So if you have installed Windows 8 on your PC earlier and want to [...]
This tutorial will help you on how to create Windows 8 bootable DVD or USB drive easily using official “Windows 7 USB/DVD Download Tool” from Microsoft. After Developer preview, Microsoft has stepped into the future of Windows 8 with the consumer preview. This version combines more features and improvements than the previous version of Windows [...]
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