Microsoft introduced a completely redesigned user interface called Metro with the release of Windows 8, but it didn't make it easy to turn it off if you or your employees prefer desktop-based ...

One of the more annoying behaviors in Windows 8 and 8.1 is that all of your files are set to open in native Metro-style apps. For instance, if you're working on the desktop and view a picture or ...

The Windows 8 Desktop works the same way as Windows 7, including the ability to place program icons anywhere on the desktop and pin icons to the taskbar. In Windows 8.1, there is even a Start Menu ...

In Windows 8, Microsoft created an additional PC Settings section that you can use to customize some settings related to the Windows Start Screen and other basic settings. If you wish to gain ...

Windows 8’s new Start Screen marked the first time that Microsoft completely revamped the way users open applications in recent years. Prior to its introduction, users needed to click the Start ...

Windows 8 has a settings screen called PC Settings that allows you to change some basic preferences and computer settings directly in the Windows 8 Start Screen. This screen allow you to change ...

Windows 8.1 users can easily move and resize tiles, create and name groups of tiles, change the background image, and pin freshly installed apps on the Start screen.

The new operating system improves substantially on Windows 7, but Microsoft’s efforts to woo mobile-device users may leave traditional desktop PC owners feeling abandoned.

Windows 8 offers a number of significant benefits, including a great performance boost and new features like shared storage spaces. But not everyone’s crazy about the tiled Start screen. If that ...

Windows 8 is widely regarded as a flop, but only because of the Start screen and how it was so different from what Windows users knew of the OS. Let's take a look back and see how things turned ...