Category: Windows 8

Sometimes in Windows we have to perform some repeated tasks by clicking and dragging on files or folders. You can either perform these repeated tasks by hand; or you can record and replay your mouse movements and clicks using the freeware software called MouseController. It can help you record your mouse movements and clicking events, save them to a file and then allows you to replay them whenever you want.

Windows is designed to automatically sleep or hibernate after a few minutes of inactivity. In the default Windows settings, it turns off the monitor after 10 minutes of inactivity and enters the sleep mode after 30 minutes of inactivity. The Auto Mouse Mover software keeps moving your mouse every few seconds and thus prevents your PC from being inactive or idle.

Windows is a great operating system, but Apple Mac has some features that just steal your heart away. Some of these Mac features like Expose and Spaces can also be added to your Windows PC desktop using a free software called BetterDesktopTool. It adds many useful features that are not present in Windows like windows overview, desktop overview and multiple desktops.

Windows 8 has its own built in firewall but it does give the user many options to change or customize its settings like other third party firewalls. Moreover, Windows firewall allows all the Microsoft programs, by default. But now you can control which programs Windows 8 gives network access and which kind of access is to be granted. This is achieved through a freeware called Windows Firewall Control, which works great for Windows 8.

In the latest version of Windows, version 8.1, Microsoft has added support for customizing the Start screen background image to be the same as your Windows desktop background. But if you are still using the Windows version 8, then you can also set a custom background for the Start screen using a free tool called Windows 8 Start Screen Customizer.

Microsoft has finally decided to bring back the Start button in Windows 8.1 after seeing the disappointment of users arising from the missing Start Menu. This Start button is not much of help – all it does is open the Start Screen. If you right-click on it, it opens the Win + X administrator menu. In Windows 8.1, you can adjust whether to show command prompt or PowerShell in the Win + X menu when you right-click on the Start button.

Microsoft has released Windows 8.1 which comes as an update to the Windows 8. This new version has many new added features that were missing in the Windows 8. For example, Microsoft has finally decided to bring back the Start button in Windows 8.1 after seeing the disappointment of users arising from the missing Start Menu. Another feature enables you to boot straight to the desktop instead of the Modern UI Start screen.

Often you hear that this software is for 64-bit Windows and that one is for 32-bit Windows. But how do you know if your computer is running 64-bit Windows or 32-bit Windows? You can go through system information settings and find it out, or you can simply use the freeware 64bit Checker to find out if your system is 64-bit or 32-bit.