Pinning sites to the Start Screen with Internet Explorer is a good way to find your favorite websites quickly. It’s also a good way to fill the screen with useful tiles.
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It’s important to defragment your hard drive regularly to improve access times and save space. Here’s how to find the defragmenter utility in Windows 8.
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It’s important to know how to raise or lower User Account Control settings for each user you manage, so that Windows notifies you in case your PC is being modified.
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How do you go back? Navigating around Windows 8 without any visible navigation buttons can be a pain. Here’s what you need to do.
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Connecting to a projector in Windows 8 is a slightly different process. Many of us use projectors for PowerPoint presentations, so it’s important to know how to do it. Read up about it here.
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Sometimes you add an external monitor or otherwise need to change your PC’s resolution. Here’s how to do that in Windows 8.
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The Task Manager is where you shot down applications and processes and view CPU and memory usage. Here’s how to get to it from Windows 8.
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There’s more than one way to go about managing your printers in Windows 8. We show you how.
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The Control Panel is essential for all Windows 8 users of every skill level. Locating it in Windows 8 is puzzling. That’s what we’re here for.
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The process for restarting or shutting down your PC in Windows 8 has changed. Find out how to do it here.
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The Switch List is how Windows 8 handles switching between open applications. Here’s how to use it.
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Aero Snap was a really handy and often-used feature of Windows 7 that’s been left out of Windows 8. But there’s a way to bring it back.
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If you’re used to two or three monitors, then Windows 8 handles things a little differently, and it’s kind of jarring. Catch up to the changes to multiple monitor settings.
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Multimedia on your Windows PC is handled by a set of interfaces called DirectX. Here’s what all that means, and how it relates to your PC and Windows 8.
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It’s important to know the differences between the three major versions of Windows 8, so you can be informed when you go to purchase it.