If you recently tried applying a Group Policy or Local Policy in Windows and are having odd side effects, or notice the policy doesn’t seem to be working as expected,
Tag: Windows 8
Sometimes you just have too many conflicts when synchronizing your offline files in Windows that you have to start over. In my case, I upgraded the file server to a
If you have a clean install of Windows 8 or Windows 10, you may have run into this error message before. There are a couple of steps you can try
Ever since Windows Vista, Microsoft has added a startup delay for apps. This remains true in Windows 8 and even the new Windows 10 Technical Preview. The good news is
A few months ago, I wrote an article that details some changes you can make to visually speed up Windows 8. This article will go into a few more technical
While using Windows 8, many apps take advantage of the built-in toast notification system, where an app can display a small popup in the upper right corner to alert you
If you’ve been using Windows 8 for a while now, you might have noticed that it doesn’t alert you when there are updates available through Windows Update like previous versions
Since there’s no start menu in Windows 8 desktop mode like there was in previous versions (or without a 3rd party app), here’s one little trick that will add a
A couple of days ago Microsoft started rolling out two-step authentication for Microsoft Accounts. This small security measure can help keep your account more secure. By enabling this feature, you’ll
This tech tip comes courtesy of the folks over at CNet. In previous versions of Windows, you could create an Ad-Hoc network within the networking tools in the control panel.