Helpful Guides

For those who aren't happy with the way Windows 8 operates, 3rd party developers have been hard at work on trying to make Windows 8 as easy and as much like Windows 7 as possible. This video guide...

Ever wonder what folder stores the shortcut tiles that are seen on your Windows 8 Start Screen? This guide will briefly showcase the location of the tiles so you can manually delete, edit, or add...

Have a Windows Phone 8 device but need some help on using some of its key features? For example, WP8 comes with the ability to use NFC to wirelessly share photos and more between two Windows Phone 8...

How well do you really know Windows 8? Check out these ten helpful tips when it comes to Microsoft's newest operating system Windows 8. Do you know how to take a screenshot on the Surface? Do you...

If you encounter an issue with your Surface RT and need to Refresh or Reset your installation, how can you do it? What if you have problems booting your Surface? This guide will show you how to fix...

Looking for an easier way to close running apps in Windows 8, rather than having to select each app one by one? There is a feature in Windows 8 that lets you quickly close all running apps, with a...

Trying to add your new Outlook.com account to Outlook 2013? Well, if you tried doing it the automatic way you would have been greeted with a lovely message saying it couldn't find the correct servers...

For most of us on Windows 8, we simply hit Win+C to bring up the Charms bar, hit Settings, then power, then we shut down our PC. But for those who are on a tablet device running Windows 8 or Windows...

Tired of using Gmail and want to make a complete switch over to Outlook.com? With Google recently announcing that it plans on dropping Exchange ActiveSync support for Gmail, which creates a major...

For those who are hesitant on upgrading to Windows 8 because they think they can't do it, this video tutorial will show you that upgrading to Windows 8 is easier than you might think. In this video...

For those that don't know, there is a setting called "Limit reservable bandwidth" which can be edited in your Local Group Policy Editor in Windows 8. This feature limits the system to 80% of the...

In Windows 8, we have three power options. We can either Sleep, ShutDown, or Restart our computer. For those who have used previous versions of Windows, you may have sensed something missing - the...

For those of you who do not like the onscreen keyboard sounds in Windows 8 or Windows RT, this video tutorial will show you how to disable those sounds. Some people just want silence when typing and...

Tired of that (sometimes) annoying SmartScreen filter? This video tutorial will show you how to disable it entirely!

In this video post, Microsoft shows us how to snap a picture of your Windows Phone 8-powered smartphone's screen so you can show it off to your friends on Facebook. "To take a screenshot on your...

Microsoft's Surface RT is a great device but there is just one problem. How are we to recover from an operating system hiccup since there are no DVD or CD drives and no installation media to use to...

Internet Explorer 10 Metro mode has limited Flash support and unfortunately we need to resort to hacking a file in order to get it to work, for now. A new method has come up and it allows us to have...

For those of you who have installed Windows 8 and are looking for a comprehensive list of keyboard shortcuts to save you some time, look no further. If you have discovered any more shortcuts, please...

In this video tutorial (courtesy of Microsoft's Channel 9 team), we get an overview of the Charms bar and shortcuts for using them even faster than before. As we already know, Charms are new to...

Microsoft (Channel 9) has made available a video that goes over new keyboard shortcuts and user conventions. In the video, we get to see some quick tips for using Windows 8 and how keyboard shortcuts...

For those who have an ISO of Windows 8 and wish to create a bootable USB rather than buring the ISO to DVD, this guide is for you. Using a Windows 7 bootable USB tool, you can create your bootable...

For those of you on Windows 8, you may have noticed that when deleting a file, you do not get prompted for confirmation whether or not you want to delete that particular file. For some of us, this...

This video tutorial will show you how to change the color of the Start Screen background in Windows 8 without activation, since customization features are locked until activation is complete.

Microsoft's SkyDrive is a cool service that gives you roughly 7GB of free storage to back up files to the cloud. Now, with this handy tweak, you can add a SkyDrive shortcut to your SentTo menu. So...

Have you recently re-installed Windows 8 Release Preview? Or have you just installed it on a new machine and dont feel like installing all your Metro apps individually? Well, don’t worry. In the...

For those looking to test drive the new Windows 8 Release Preview, it is highly recommended to dual boot it alongside your Windows 7 installation, in case you run into any software compatibility or...

This video will show you how to install the Windows 8 Release Preview. This video was done on a Dell Inspiron Duo Tablet. Some parts that were lengthy were cut out to save time.

For those looking to install Windows 8 Release Preview (build 8400) in VMWare Player, this video guide is for you. This video guide will show you how to properly set up VMWare Player with ease so you...