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Download Our Windows 8 Metro Wallpapers

Have Windows 8 on your PC but can’t find Metro-themed wallpapers to match the new look? The consumer preview comes packed with a single default wallpaper and, as of this writing, you’d be hard-pressed to find Metroish Windows 8 wallpapers on the web. So, we decided to make a few of our own and compile them [...] (more…)

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Start8 Adds Metro Start Menu In Windows 8, The Way It Should Have Been

A while back, Aatif explained why Microsoft took a bold decision of removing the traditional Start Orb and Start Menu from Windows 8, and then Fawad featured a Windows 8 application named ViStart for all those avid Start Menu users who want to bring the classic Start Orb as well as Start Menu back to [...] (more…)

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Sync Windows 8 User Settings Between PCs & Tablets via Microsoft Account

In contrast to previous versions of Windows, Windows 8 includes two options to log in; you can create local account or choose to sign in with Microsoft Account (formally known as Windows Live account). If you choose to sign in with your Microsoft Account, you will be able to automatically synchronize your settings, including internet [...] (more…)

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How To Remove Multiple Metro App Tiles From Windows 8 Start Screen

When you first get started on Windows 8, you will be moving around the app tiles on the Metro Start Screen. You might also want to remove some or most of them. Even if you decide to keep all the default tiles, you will still accommodate junk tiles from apps that you install and having to [...] (more…)

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Windows 8 PC Settings [Complete Guide]

PC users have long been using Control Panel as the hub for controlling their system settings. With the introduction of Metro UI in Windows 8, this is going to change. While the Control Panel is still there for desktop mode, there has been a new hub introduced in Windows 8 called PC settings, that lets [...] (more…)

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Where (The Heck) Is Computer In Windows 8?

So Microsoft unveiled Windows 8 Consumer Preview yesterday, making it available to the masses for testing and getting a taste of the new Metro UI and the OS in general. Amidst all the oohs and aahs, one frustration that many users came across was the (apparent) lack of the Computer icon on the desktop. Now, [...] (more…)

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How To Resize, Group & Manage App Tiles In Windows 8 Start Screen

As most of us already know, Microsoft have ditched the Start button in Windows 8, replacing it with a Start Screen that uses Metro UI, with large tiles for launching apps. Many of these tiles can be customized in certain ways, to personalize your start screen to your taste. You can choose between tile sizes, [...] (more…)

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All You Need To Know About Windows 8 Store [Review]

With Windows 8 comes the Windows Store, your ultimate stop to finding Metro Apps. To make matters easier for users, Microsoft has provided this central hub for finding and installing Metro Apps on the new Windows 8 operating system. The concept of app stores is nothing new, as OS X already has one (and a [...] (more…)

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Windows 8 Charms Bar: System-Wide Access To Search, Sharing, Settings & Basic Actions

A lot of things have been revamped in Windows 8. A very massive and very noticeable difference in Windows 8 is the removal of the Start Orb from desktop. Even though the Developers Preview had the Start Orb in the lower left corner of the screen, Microsoft has completely removed it from the Consumer Preview. [...] (more…)

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What Is Windows 8 Storage Spaces & How To Create Virtual Storage Pool

Apart from Metro UI, ribbon-based Windows Explorer, Start Screen, fullscreen metro apps, and many other small performance-related changes, Windows 8 comes with an efficient large storage media management feature called Storage Spaces. Supporting the new Resilient File System, casually known as, ReFS, the Storage Spaces allows small and midsize businesses, as well as, home users [...] (more…)

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ssLauncher: Highly Customizable, Metroish Home Screen Replacement App For Android

ssLauncher is a highly customizable multi-lingual homescreen replacement app for Android that takes after the WP7 Metro interface. Apart from letting you personalize its layout to the very core, the launcher provides you with a few built-in layout templates (including one that mimics the Windows Phone 7 Start screen, complete with customizable tiles), and lets you create [...] (more…)

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Bring Windows 8 App Bar To Windows 7 Desktop With Stardock Tiles

If you have habit of opening a lot of applications at once, and face a hard time organizing and navigating through them, have a go at Stardock Tiles. It is an tool that manages active applications by installing a visual bar at the side of your computer screen, allowing you to quickly preview and maximize/minimize your [...] (more…)

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Bypass Windows 8 Start Screen On Startup & Jump Directly To Desktop

Unlike previous versions of Windows where you are taken to desktop at system startup, Windows 8 welcomes you with Metro Start Screen, providing quick access to applications and system shortcuts, pinned programs, and so on. Apparently, Windows 8 doesn’t allow users to bring the classic Windows Startup behavior back. If you don’t want to click [...] (more…)

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Win Eight Metro UI Switcher: Switch Between Windows 7 And Windows 8 UI

A while back, we covered Windows 8 tweaking applications including Metro Controller and Metro UI Tweaker, to bring the Windows 7-styled Start Menu and disable the Ribbon-based Windows 8 Explorer. If you’re looking for a comprehensive Windows 8 tweaking application to completely disable all Windows Metro UI elements such as Search, Settings and Share panes, [...] (more…)

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How To Change Colors Of Windows 8 Metro UI Elements

In a previous post, we showed you how to change the Windows 8 Metro background image using Windows 8 Start tweaker. This time, we have a more comprehensive Windows 8 tweak for the Metro interface, known as Metro UI Color Changer. This portable application provides the option to fully customize the colors of various elements [...] (more…)