Windows 8 is a graphical operating system by Microsoft, released on October 26, 2012.
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Named Group of tiles (Applications) in Windows 8? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How do I group icons in the Start menu of Windows 8?
The tiles in Windows 8 ModernUI are just all on that scrolling page (the new "Start Menu").
Like the old iOS had ...
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Is Windows 8 Pro usable without activation?
There seems to be little information about the way the activation system works in Windows 8, especially for consumer versions of Windows (Core/Pro, not Enterprise). I already know that Microsoft now ...
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Does Windows 8 require any sort of Virus protection? [closed]
I have read about how Windows 8 is better and has better built in security... So the question is, do I really need third party Virus protection, or is the built in security good enough?
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Change Windows Store Region
I live in India but I would like to view and purchase the apps available in US.
Is there any way to change the region of the Windows Store in Windows 8?
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Suspend Modern UI app to taskbar
Is there a way to "minimize" a Modern UI app to the traditional taskbar? I feel that having to manage two kind of taskbar, one horizontal and one vertical is too cumbersome. Is there a way to merge ...
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How to rename user folder in Windows 8?
When I log in on a Windows 8 machine for the first time with my Microsoft Account (by providing an e-mail address), a new user folder is created:
C:\Users\dzinx_000
In previous versions of Windows, ...
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How to reboot/shutdown Windows 8 without the mouse?
Nowadays on Windows 7, if I have no mouse on my computer I just press Win Button+->+Enter:
This makes my computer shutdown without needing to use a mouse. However, on Windows 8, I need the mouse to ...
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Windows 8 Hyper-V - how to give VM internet access?
I've got Windows 8 Pro on my home machine. I want to have a Windows 7 Professional VM running under Hyper-V, and I want the VM to have full internet access. My physical machine has a wireless network ...
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How to setup a proxy for Modern UI (aka Metro) Apps in Windows 8?
I have installed Windows 8 on a PC behind a proxy. I had setup the proxy in Internet options and IE works well, but Modern UI (aka Metro) apps instead seem to not be able to exit. Is there any ...
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Is there a windows 8 equivalent of 'Recent Items'/'My Recent Documents'?
I used to use "Recent Items" and "My Recent Documents" in the start menu in previous versions of Windows to quickly open a recently opened document/activity.
Is there an equivalent aggregated list of ...
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How do I group icons in the Start menu of Windows 8?
I love the new start menu of Windows 8 but I would like to be able to organize my icons into sections. How do I organize my app icons in Windows 8?
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What are the differences between the Windows 8 editions available on MSDN?
My DreamSpark account shows me several download links for Windows 8. I am not sure what is the difference between them and which one is suitable for me.
Microsoft Windows 8 with Apps 32-bit
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Windows 8 Metro/Modern Start Screen with Multiple Monitors — Keep it always maximized?
Before installing Win 8 today, my plan was to keep the Metro UI up on my smaller, laptop monitor and have the classic UI running on my two larger monitors. However, in reality, as soon as I click on ...
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How to add the Windows defender into Windows Explorer's right click menu to scan a particular drive/folder/file on demand?
There is no option in Windows Explorer to scan a particular drive (or file) on demand by right clicking on it in Windows Explorer as we had in Windows 7 with Microsoft Security Essentials or like ...
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Upgrade to Genuine Windows 8 Pro from non genuine Windows 7 [closed]
I have a computer with non-genuine windows 7 (cracked with windows loader). I was thinking of buying / upgrading to Windows 8 Pro. I ran Windows8-UpgradeAssistant.exe and was said that I can upgrade ...
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What are the “N” versions of Windows 8?
Microsoft just released the final Windows 8 versions for MSDN members, before its consumer release in october.
Anyway, I am a MSDN member. Today I went to see my downloads page and I found a list of ...
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What are the specifications required to install Windows 8?
As every operating system has certain system requirements, what is the minimum specification required to install Windows 8.
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Windows 8 Snap on desktop not working
I'm trying Windows 8 and I want to test the new snap feature where you can have two metro apps side-by-side.
However, it doesn't seem to work. I place my cursor on top of the screen, and drag left or ...
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Difference between shutting down and turning on vs. restart in Windows 8?
In Windows 8, is there a difference between:
Shutting down my computer (inside W8) and then instantly turn it back on again
vs.
Restarting it from inside Windows 8
Edit: Talking about normal Windows ...
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How to add a shutdown tile to the start screen?
How do I add a tile on the Windows 8 Modern UI that allows me to click that tile to start shutting down the computer?
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I don't have a touchscreen. How can I do gestures on my Windows 8 laptop's touchpad?
I just got a new Windows 8 laptop, but it doesn't have a touchscreen, and it seems like a lot of the gestures are designed for touchscreens, and not current mice & touchpads. Is there a way to use ...
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Can I purchase the Windows 8 upgrade and install it on another PC?
I want to upgrade to Windows 8. My one friend bought a new PC some days ago. He is not interested in windows 8 upgrade. Can I use his system details to upgrade to Windows 8 in 14.99$ on my PC which ...
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Is there a way to splitscreen Metro apps in Windows 8?
Is there a way to show two Metro apps (the kind you launch by clicking on a tile) at a time in Windows 8 as opposed to filling up the entire display every time you launch one?
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Backup Metro apps to install Later or on other PC's
I want to backup my current Windows 8 Metro apps so that I can install them to other PC's or Install them later if I format and re-install Windows 8 again.
I want to install these Metro Modern UI ...
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How to always run as administrator applications on Windows 8
The problem is, when I open applications I need to always right click, select run as admin.
When I don't do it getting unexpected application errors. BTW, I turned off UAC.
It's annoying. Is ...
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Is the windows 8 upgrade 32 bit or 64bit
Simply like the title says is the windows 8 upgrade 32 bit or 64bit? the one that you get with the upgrade assistant?
Or is it dependent on the the system I am using to download it? 32bit system gets ...
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Where to find the Windows 8 ISO? [closed]
I'm on OSX and I've bought Windows 8. I'd like to run it in VirtualBox. I can't seem to find an ISO to download. Do you know where I could find it? (Or is there some other way to set up a vm?)
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How many physical processors does Windows 8 Support?
This article gives this comparison chart for the four Windows 8 Editions (Core is usually just called Windows 8). I notice specifically, about half-way down, the max physical processors is listed as 1 ...
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How to access the Administrator Command Prompt in Windows 8?
When I access the Run dialog in Windows 8 and type cmd, it opens a command prompt but it doesn't have administrative privileges.
Looking for cmd at the default start screen does show a command prompt ...
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Can I change the path and directory of the “hiberfil.sys” on Windows 8 due to reduce my C:\ disk usage? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How to change location of hibernation file in Windows 7?
I have a SSD with 32GB and a HDD with 500GB on my notebook and after 3 months using Windows 8 it startd to ...
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Change windows key shortcuts on Windows 8
On Windows 8, I noticed that the keyboard shortcuts for doing stuff is quite centered around the windows key. An example would be win + type, to search/launch applications.
The problem is, that I do ...
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Deleting Windows.old folder?
I have recently re-installed my Windows 8 Release Preview, and it has left a Windows.old folder in my C Drive.
I am trying to delete this folder, but I am getting lots of errors:
After ...
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What exactly is the consequence of changing the “system locale” in Windows 8?
I read http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows-vista/change-the-system-locale (windows 8 linked me to this help page)
and I still can't completely understand what that means. In which way is the ...
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How do I sync multiple g-calendars to the new Windows 8 Calendar?
I'm able to add multiple g-calendars from multiple accounts, but it appears that only the root calendar is synced with Windows 8's Metro Calendar app. Is there a way to sync all gmail calendars?
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Native alternative to wget in Windows PowerShell?
I know I can download and install the aformentioned library (wget for Windows), but my question is this:
In Windows PowerShell, is there a native alternative to wget?
I need wget simply to retrieve ...
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How do I create the GodMode folder in Windows 7 & Windows 8?
How do I create the GodMode (AKA Windows Master Control Panel shortcut and All Tasks) folder in Windows 7?
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How can I upgrade from Windows 7 to Windows 8 and keep my files and applications?
I want to upgrade from Windows 7 to Windows 8. How can I do this while keeping all of my files in-tact? Is it possible to retain all of my applications and user settings, too?
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How can I add Linux to the new Windows 8 boot manager?
Which OSes can be put into the new Bootloader that Windows 8 provides? It seems to be quite pretty and consistent with the rest of the new Windows 8 design so it would be cool to put Linux (Ubuntu) ...
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Permanently remove/disable Touch Keyboard in Windows 8 taskbar?
I have Windows 8 (final, MSDN) on my Macbook Pro Retina.
Windows 8's ongoing, continuous tantrum of insisting that it's on a tablet device is causing it to always have a touch keyboard 'icon' on the ...
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What does “Win Button” + “Print Screen” do on Windows 8?
Today I was going to System Properties with Win+Break and accidentally pressed Win+Print Screen. By doing this, Windows 8 RTM x86 lowered the display brightness for 2 seconds and then returned to ...
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How can I prevent my computer from waking up accidentally?
When I put my computer into sleep mode, it will wake up while I'm away from it. There's nothing near the computer that could move the mouse or accidentally press a button and I have no idea what might ...
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how to enable automatic login in windows 8
I have disabled my windows 8 lock screen but i would like to disable logging in altogether so that windows 8 automatically logs me in. If it is possible to disable lock screen, see here, then i'm sure ...
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How do I change the tile image of a Modern UI application?
Let's say I want to change the icon of the Weather application, how would I do that?
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Change from IDE to AHCI after installing Windows 8
I had my drive controller configured for IDE when I installed Windows 7. This didn't change when I upgraded to Windows 8.
I now need to enable AHCI, but doing so causes Windows to fail to start. It ...
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Extremely high disk activity without any real usage
In a nutshell, the problem looks like this picture:
In short, gigantic latency, very slow read speed (I assume that is caused by the same thing). After a very very painful few minutes, everything ...
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How to stop Windows 8 from automatically signing into MSN?
In the Metro environment I have the Messaging app, and it automatically signs to MSN, which I do not want. How can I turn off this feature?
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How do I force all links to open in the Desktop browser?
When I click a link from a Modern UI app, it opens in my default Modern UI browser. How do I force all links, regardless of source, to open in the desktop browser? Ideally, the Modern UI browser would ...
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No compatibility tab for Devenv.exe (VS 2010 and VS 2012) on Windows 8
I've tried checking the "Run as Administrator" on the shortcut, but that doesn't always seem to work, like when I open the solution through the jumplist.
I browsed to the devenv.exe file, but when I ...
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How to change Windows 8 Start Background Image and Color Scheme?
I want to change the style of the Windows 8 Start Screen:
Under Charmsbar > Settings > More PC Settings > Personalize > Start Screen you can choose out of 20 predefined background ...
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Disable ClearType (blurry fonts) in Internet Explorer 10 on windows 7
I've installed recently the latest Internet Explorer 10 and found out again what was my issue with the previous upgrade -- blurry fonts aka ClearType! Unfortunately there are some apps that use IE ...
