Add Custom Shortcuts to the Win+X Menu in Windows 8

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Windows 8 users will find this to be excellent news: you can now add custom shortcuts to the Win+X menu in Windows 8. Microsoft’s Windows 8 operating systems comes with numerous new features packed. Many of these bring unparalleled convenience to your Windows experience. One very prominent of these features is the Win+X menu. The [...]

How-to: Add “Run” to the Start Screen in Windows 8

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If you are a Windows 8 user and you are missing the option to access Run by the Start Menu, you can go with the alternative approach and add Run to the Start screen in Windows 8. The Windows 8 operating system brings with itself numerous features that improve the level of convenience offered to [...]

Should You Upgrade Your Windows – The Pros and Cons of Windows 8

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For Windows users, upgrading the system’s operating system used to be a no-brainer. But after the fiasco of Windows Vista, all Windows users do their research before making any change to their OS. With the launch of Windows 8 right round the corner, many Windows users must be asking themselves, “Should I upgrade my computer’s [...]

The Windows 8 Refresh Feature and How to Use It

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One new feature that Windows 8 will be offering is Refresh. Let us take a closer look and see how the Windows 8 Refresh feature can be used. If you have been using a Windows computer, you might have come across a few problems of which the solution was simply a reinstallation of Windows. But [...]

Windows 8 Upgrade: Good News for Windows Fans, It Will cost $40

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When Windows Vista was launched, Microsoft was quickly in everybody’s black books. Everything about the OS was a disaster as far as Windows users were concerned. Ever since then, Microsoft has been successfully trying to win back support. The latest step that Microsoft has taken to redeem itself is the announcement of making Windows 8 [...]