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Classic Shell Updated, Lets You Add Windows 7 Start Menu & XP Explorer Toolbar To Windows 8

Classic Shell is a very popular Windows enhancement tool and it has been recently updated to support Windows 8. Previously, when it was only available for Windows Vista and Windows 7, it included a collection of features that were available in the older Windows versions, but were removed from Windows Vista and Windows 7. Now, [...] (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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Where Is The Start Menu In Windows 8?

Ever since the Consumer Preview of Windows 8 became available two days back, the maximum complaint that most users daring enough to test the new OS have come up with – no Start Orb (or menu, or button, whichever you prefer). This aspect of the new OS became even more erratic than before, since the [...] (more…)

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Bring Back The Start Orb/ Menu To Windows 8 Using ViStart

If you have downloaded and started using Windows 8 Consumer Preview, you must have noticed and greatly missed the Start Orb of Windows 7. Microsoft has decided to make the infamous Windows Start Menu a thing of the past and replace it with the flashy and colorful Start Screen. But as they say, old habits die [...] (more…)

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What’s New In Windows 8 Desktop, Start Search, And Start Screen [Review]

Windows 8 comes with a huge array of new features, Metro UI-based elements, Metro Full Screen Apps, and many other improvements. Amongst all the UI-related enhancements, native utilities and features, Windows 8 Desktop, Metro Start Screen and Windows 8 Search are the most significant. These Windows 8 elements have been totally revamped with new metro [...] (more…)

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Start Menu 7: A Transparent, Customizable, Easy-To-Navigate Start Menu

With every new release of the Windows operating system came along a lot of changes in its interface. One of the most important menus, the Windows Start Menu, has also gone through a lot of UI changes over the years. Even after all those changes, it is still a bit difficult to find the desired [...] (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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BluePoison: Unlock Windows 8 Hidden Features And Change Default Theme

Back in May, we featured BluePoison to unlock some hidden features, utilities and UI related improvements of the leaked version of Windows 8. The application was primarily developed to replace Windows 7 like File Explorer with ribbon based Windows Explorer and to unlock PDF Reader, extended Windows Task Manager and Webcam in early builds of Windows [...] (more…)

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VBoxLaunch: Run VirtualBox Virtual Machines From Start Menu & Jumplist

If you’re an avid Oracle VirtualBox user, you will love VBoxLaunch. It is a small executable script for Windows 7 that you can use to launch virtual machines from Start Menu and Jumplist without having to launch VirtualBox first. The script is solely written to enhance VirtualBox’s usage experience. It doesn’t change any virtual machine related settings nor [...] (more…)

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Windows 8 Start Tweaker: Change Metro Start Screen Background & Color

Just a few days back, we covered Windows 8 UI interface hack to change the background of login screen, start screen and right side bar panels. The tweak involves changing the RGBA color code values of uxtheme.dll file in System32 folder via Hex editor. Although, Windows 8 UI tweaking requires extra effort along with complete [...] (more…)

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Increase Number Of App Tile Rows In Windows 8 Start Menu

Windows 8 has the ability to automatically adjust Start Menu tiles according to current resolution of display monitor; it keeps only 3 rows of app tiles in Start Menu with 800×600, 4 app tiles with 1280×720 and so on. This default behavior is however suitable for those who frequently move between displays monitors with different [...] (more…)

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How To Change Windows 8 Metro Start Screen Background Colors

The new metro UI based Windows 8 keeps green as primary background color for numerous user interface elements, ranging from Start Screen, Search, Share, and Setting pane, to User tiles and Login screen. If you’re into customizing Windows 8 new user interface elements, you might like to change the background color of Start Screen, right-side [...] (more…)

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Disable Metro Features While Keeping Ribbon Explorer In Windows 8

First we covered a simple Registry hack to disable Metro and bring back the Windows 7 Start Menu in Windows 8. Then, we covered a small tool called Windows 8 Start Menu Toggle which allows users to quickly change the value in the registry to switch between new metro interface and old classic interface. The problem with [...] (more…)

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Windows 8 Start Menu Toggle – Enable / Disable Metro UI Start Screen

If you are looking to disable Windows 8 Start Screen so you can jump directly to desktop, check out this guide. We covered a simply registry hack that disabled the new Windows 8 Start Menu (Metro UI Start Screen), Explorer Ribbon, and Task Manager. Going to Registry every time to enable back and disable Start [...] (more…)