Windows Archive
13 Mar 2015
How To Permanently Disable Windows 8.1 Help Tips
How To Permanently Disable Windows 8.1 Help Tips I design for purpose, motivation, and emotion. When updating to Windows 8.1 for the very first time, users will get help tips pop-ups. These pop-ups help first time users learn Metro UI so they won’t be confused. These pop-ups normally stop appearing after users have finished the
13 Mar 2015
How To Restore Deleted Default Libraries Shortcuts In Windows 7 And 8 [Quicktip]
How To Restore Deleted Default Libraries Shortcuts In Windows 7 And 8 [Quicktip] If you work on Windows you would know the Libraries folder. In Libraries, all the files on your computer or external hard drives will be categorized into Documents, Music, Picture and Videos automatically. These libraries are very convenient to have, particularly when
12 Mar 2015
Google Chrome 41 for Android Brings Pull-Down Page Refresh and More
Google Chrome 41 for Android Brings Pull-Down Page Refresh and More Google on Wednesday started rolling out the updated Chrome 41 browser app for Android devices, bringing the pull-down refresh feature from Chrome Beta v41 apart from other changes.The updated Chrome v41 for Android along with the pull-down page refresh feature has also brought a
11 Mar 2015
How to download and install Windows 8.1 Update 1 for free (right now)
How to download and install Windows 8.1 Update 1 for free (right now) Windows 8.1 Update 1 is now available to download. If you’re already using Windows 8.1, the easiest way to download the update is to visit PC Settings (the new Control Panel, available from the right-hand menu bar) and click “Update and recovery.”
11 Mar 2015
How to bring back the Start menu and button to Windows 8
How to bring back the Start menu and button to Windows 8 You’ve just installed Windows 8.1 for the first time, or perhaps bought your first Windows 8 PC. After poking around for a bit you’ve finally found your way to the Desktop. What’s that in the bottom left corner? It sure looks like the
11 Mar 2015
In 2015 tablet sales will finally surpass PCs, fulfilling Steve Jobs’ post-PC prophecy
In 2015 tablet sales will finally surpass PCs, fulfilling Steve Jobs’ post-PC prophecy Back in 2010, a few months after the iPad’s release, Steve Jobs predicted that tablets would eventually overtake PCs. Now, according to updated figures from Gartner, after five years of rather crazy tablet growth and slowly declining PC sales, 2015 will be
10 Mar 2015
Windows 9 technical preview, the first step towards fixing Windows, may appear next month
Windows 9 technical preview, the first step towards fixing Windows, may appear next month Windows 8 was supposed to finally unify the computing experience, bringing tablets and PCs together with Microsoft’s modern UI at its core. To say that hasn’t worked out would be a grotesque understatement. Consumers by and large have either avoided Windows
10 Mar 2015
Windows 9 may remove the Metro interface for desktop PC users, feature one-click upgrade process
Windows 9 may remove the Metro interface for desktop PC users, feature one-click upgrade process According to new Windows 9 leaks and rumors, it seems we could be in for some dramatic changes by the time the first public preview of Windows 9 rolls around (probably on September 30). The most recent leaked builds of Windows
10 Mar 2015
64-bit Chrome finally available to download: Faster, more secure, twice as stable
64-bit Chrome finally available to download: Faster, more secure, twice as stable At long last, Google has released a stable 64-bit version of Chrome for Windows. A download link is available at the bottom of this story. According to Google, 64-bit Chrome for Windows has three major advantages over its 32-bit cousin: It’s faster, more secure,
10 Mar 2015
Will Windows 9, and all future Microsoft OSes, simply be called ‘Windows’?
Will Windows 9, and all future Microsoft OSes, simply be called ‘Windows’? There is an increasing amount of evidence that Microsoft is preparing to drop all of its different brands of Windows — Windows Phone, Windows 8, Windows 9, Windows RT — and simply call them all Windows. When Windows 9 is unveiled at the