It’s been about two and half months since Microsoft released the final (RTM) version of Windows 8.1 to the public. Windows 8.1 update is absolutely free for existing Windows 8 users but users who’re running…

It’s a well-known fact that Microsoft has dropped the GUI version Windows Experience Index (WEI) from its latest Windows 8.1 operating system. Windows Experience Index, a feature first introduced with Windows Vista, evaluates and then…

Just like the Start menu in previous versions of Windows operating system, the Start screen in Windows 8 and Windows 8.1 plays an important role. One has to switch to the Start screen (unless you…

Back in 2009, soon after the public release of Windows 7 RTM, Microsoft released Windows 7 USB/DVD Download Tool so that users who download Windows 7 ISO image file from Microsoft Store can easily create…

Automatic brightness or adaptive brightness is one of the features introduced with Windows 8 to automatically adjust the screen brightness in real time on computers that ship with ambient light sensor. In simple words, this…

Viewing the total size of all files that have been deleted to Recycle Bin in the good old Windows XP was a dead-simple task. In Windows XP, the Status bar would show the total size…

As we all know, Command Prompt in Windows OS is used to launch programs, change various Windows settings, and enable or disable some Windows features. An elevated Command Prompt or Command Prompt with administrator rights…

It’s a well known fact that Microsoft has removed tens of handy features from Windows 8 operating system. Start menu, Explorer toolbar (command bar), DVD playback, desktop gadgets, Aero glass transparency, Windows classic theme, and…

First introduced with Windows 7, Libraries feature lets you easily organize files and folders scattered across your hard drive(s) or network. The beauty of this feature is that it lets you quickly create new libraries,…

In Windows XP, we could change the folder background colour without having to install third-party tools. In Vista and Windows 7, one could set a custom picture as folder background with the help of third-party…

Windows RT 8 is an ARM specific variant of Windows 8 designed especially for tablets and mobile devices that use ARM processors. Unlike Windows 8.1, Windows RT 8.1 is only available pre-installed on select tablets…

The SkyDrive service has been deeply integrated into the newest version of Windows operating system. Windows 8.1 lets you use SkyDrive as your default location to save documents, provides offline access to SkyDrive files, and…