Since Windows 8 applications do not have any obvious means of minimizing or closing them, most people might just leave them opened and continue working with lots of apps opened in the background. You can check if and how many apps you have currently running by pointing your mouse to the upper left corner and ... Read more
Windows 8 has set some file types to open in full screen Metro applications which can be really annoying, especially if you just wanted to have a quick look at a photo or something. To stop this, you can determine certain applications to open all types of files they are able to open (e.g. Windows ... Read more
By default Windows 8's new start screen allows that many tile rows that fit onto your screen on a certain resolution - however, you can change that value by using the Windows registry. To get to the registry, point your cursor to the bottom left corner of the screen and right-click it once - a ... Read more
Along with all the other applications, games on Windows have been turned into Metro apps that can be downloaded from the App Store. The simple consequences are that 1. you need to play them full-screen and 2. you need to download them before being able to play them. To download them, turn up the Metro ... Read more
With Aero gone, the options to customize the appearance of your Windows desktop have highly decreased. Though while you don't have the option to add transparency to window borders, you can still achieve them with a simple trick (you won't have the blur anymore - just transparent borders). To do that, - right-click your desktop ... Read more
By default, if you open web content from the Metro UI, it will be opened with the Metro version of Internet Explorer. If you don't like that behavior you can easily change it in the Internet options. Open the charms menu by pointing your mouse to the top or bottom right corner of the screen ... Read more
Apart from the traditional text string password, Windows 8 offers a new form of securing your user account which is by including touch and/or gestures into the procedure. Spoken directly, you are now able to select a picture where you perform three mouse or touch gestures on (circles, line or dots) that will unlock your ... Read more
Since you now won't get around to use the Metro Start-screen on the recently released Windows 8 Consumer preview, it might be good to know how to add some functionality to it. To add the usual Windows tools or Apps you can just open the Metro menu and right-click some free space. On the appearing ... Read more