Windows 11 gives you multiple, fast ways to kill a misbehaving app — from the standard Task Manager to a hidden taskbar “End task” toggle and simple keyboard shortcuts — and knowing which method to use can save you time, prevent further instability, and limit data loss when an application goes...
Windows 11 is, by almost any measure, a modern, visually appealing, and highly capable operating system. Microsoft’s latest flagship OS brings a fresh look, smarter features, and a swath of quality-of-life improvements with each update. Yet for all its polish and promise, longtime users and new...
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Users may not be aware of it, but you can customise the Start icon right click menu.
This is not a tutorial, as such, but, for information of users who like to play with these thongs. ths Power menu is situated at:
C:\Users\David\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\WinX
You can add or delete...
There are some things w/in Windows 8.1 of which you may not be aware but, should be.
1. Bottom-Left Corner... There is now a Windows logo button on the Taskbar. This acts much the same as the Windows key on the keyboard. Hitting it will give the Start screen & one can toggle back & forth w/...
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I read, all over the web, comments regarding the dislike for the forthcoming Windows 8, and in particular, and in fact almost exclusively, criticism of the (as it was called) Metro.
I was urged to print my own thoughts on the subject, and I published an article which I have repeated here, in...
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Tutorial on customizing (Navigating) your Win 8 installation:
When you open Win 8 for the first time you will be very startled. You will be presented with what is called the Metro Start Menu. This replaces the well know Windows Start Menu. Do not panic!
Note: This tutorial is generally for...
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The right click on the start menu, power user menu pops up when I click it but when I click an option like control panel nothing happens. It did work for a while when I first installed Windows 8 Consumer Preview and then stopped. I installed Windows 8 Release Preview hoping it was just a bug...
I am configuring a computer that will be hooked into a video conference system and needs to be on all the time. This pc has a special local user account, so we dont want anyone logging out, or switching user. we also don't want the computer to be locked, hibernate, sleep, or shutdown. I switched...