Tag: Windows 8

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 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, …

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 …