Windows comes with a defragment utility, but its not as powerful as the free OptimalDisk Basic in optimizing and defragmenting your hard disks. OptimalDisk basic can optimize and defrag not only your hard disks, but also individual folders and files. It claims to turn your slow aging hard disk into a faster hard disk just like the day you bought it.
Read moreCategory: Windows 8
Add Numbers to Taskbar Items Using 7+ Taskbar Numberer
If you have multiple windows opened on the desktop, then it becomes a struggle to switch from one to another of the open windows. The Alt + Tab switcher does not work for shortcuts in the taskbar. If you want to switch to any item whether its an open window or a program shortcut, then you can use the free 7+ Taskbar Numberer. This freeware tool sets numbers to all the items in the Windows taskbar, and allows you to switch to them using their numbers.
Read moreAdd Auto-correct in All Applications with Word Expander
Although software like Microsoft Office come with spell check and auto-correct feature, but it is not available in rest of the text editors like Notepad and Wordpad. Using the free Word Expander software you can add auto-correction feature to all the applications of Microsoft Windows. It is basically a word expander program for medical transcription work, but it can also be used to auto-correct misspelled words.
Read more
Check for Available Updates in Windows 8 / 8.1 Using Windows Update Notifier
Unlike its predecessors, Microsoft Windows 8 does not notify you of the available updates and patches for the operating system. In Windows 8, all the update business is done behind the scenes. If you want to bring back the old style updates notifications in Windows 8, then you can use the freeware Windows Update Notifier. It is a desktop application that stays in the notification area, checks for available updates, notifies you of available updates, downloads and installs them.
Read moreShow Drive Letters Before Volume Names in Windows 8
The File Explorer in Windows 8 shows all of your hard disks and other removable storage media. It labels all these drives with volume names followed by the drive letters, for example, Local Disk (C:). But this can make it confusing to find a drive by drive letter if you have a large numbers of disks. What you can do is make Windows display the drive letters before the volume names, for example, (C:) Local Disk.
Read moreAdd Defragment to Context Menu for Drives in Windows 8
It is essential for faster and healthy hard disks that you defragment the contents of disks once in a while. If your hard disks become fragmented, then it may increase the disk access time and consequently can make Windows to take a little longer time to respond. You can defragment the hard disks from the Control Panel in Windows 8. But if you want to save time, then you can add the Defragment option in the right-click context-menu of the disk drives in File Explorer.
Read moreShow Hibernate in Power Options Menu in Windows 8
Windows 8 does not have any Start Menu and you have to open the Power options menu in order to shutdown, restart or sleep your computer. But as you must have noticed, the power options menu does not have any hibernate option. If you want to hibernate your computer, then you can add an option to hibernate your PC in the power options menu using the instructions below.
Read moreTurn Off App Usage Tracking in Windows 8
When you use apps in Windows 8, it records how you use the apps and which apps you use the most. This app tracking data is then used by Windows to list the most used apps on the top in search results, search and share panes and drop-down app list in the Picker. If you do not want to have the most used apps to be listed on top and have the app list sorted alphabetically instead, then you can turn off app usage tracking in Windows 8.
Read moreRemove Windows 8 Apps from Desktop using Windows App Boss
Windows 8 comes with Windows App Store which is similar to the Apple App Store for iPhone. You can download free apps or buy commercial apps from the Windows store and install them right away. But after having used some apps, you may want to remove them. Windows provides a way to remove the apps from the Start Screen, but if you want to uninstall Windows 8 Apps from the desktop then you can use the free Windows App Boss.
Read moreQuickly Search Files in Windows Explorer Using Listary
If you want to search for files in Windows Explorer, then you can make use of the search box provided at the top-right corner of the window. But this inbuilt search function of Windows Explorer is not as fast as Listray. Listray is a freeware utility for Windows that makes searching for files in Windows Explorer very easy. It is very fast and uses multiple methods for searching the files.
Read more