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Mar 17, 2013
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How to Bypass the Windows 8 Logon Password Screen

Do you easily forgotten your PC logon password? Are you tired of being interrupted by the login screen on your PC every time you turn it on? Wouldn’t it be nice if you could turn on your PC, step away and upon returning it’s ready to use?

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Mar 14, 2013
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How to Include USB Flash Drive, Memory Card and Network Location in Windows Library

In Windows 7 and Windows 8, Microsoft introduces Library feature that serves as collection folders for users to access to all the documents, music, pictures, and other files from several locations in one single place. Library is useful for users who store their files across many folders in multiple drives, such as on the PC, external hard disk drives, USB flash drives, remote network folders and etc.

By default, the built-in libraries in Windows 7 and Windows 8, i.e. Documents, Music, Pictures and Videos, include two physical disk locations, namely the respective user folders of “My Documents”, “My Music”, “My Pictures” and “My Videos”, together with their corresponding Public folders. Users are freely add and remove folders to these built-in libraries, or create new Library if need arises.
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Mar 14, 2013
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Workaround to Open Windows 8 Bing Search App Results in Same App

In default Windows 8 installation, Bing search app is featured prominently on the Start screen, with a larger tile that spans across the width of two app tiles. The Bing app also has a live tile which displays visually stunning and beautiful image to attract the attention of Windows 8 users.

With such a large screen real estate been taken up, you will probably expect the Bing search app to be an useful utility. But so far it has been a letdown.
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Mar 13, 2013
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Enable Microsoft SkyDrive Files and Folders Synchronization on Windows 8

Microsoft SkyDrive, which is also known as Windows Live SkyDrive, is a file hosting service from Microsoft with 7GB of free cloud storage space.

In Windows 8, the SkyDrive has been tightly integrated with the OS. On fresh or upgrade installation, the new Start screen based on Windows 8 Style Modern UI (aka Metro UI) prominently displays the SkyDrive tile.
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Mar 12, 2013
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How to Enable Delete Confirmation Dialog in Windows 8

In Windows 8, deleting files and folders no longer have delete confirmation dialog prior to actual deletion. Once the “delete” command is hit, the files and folders selected will be removed from the system straightaway, and are moved to the Recycle Bin.

That’s the default behavior for deletion in Windows 8, for files and folders located in drives and volumes that are protected by Recycle Bin. As such, the deleted files and folders can be easily recoverable from the Recycle Bin, or if you immediately discovered that you’ve made a mistake in deleting the files and folders, Windows 8 allows you to instantly undo the delete to bring back the files and folders by pressing Ctrl-Z or right click on blank space in Desktop or Windows Explorer, and select Undo Delete.
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Mar 12, 2013
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How to Change Home Page of New Tab in Firefox

Since Firefox 13, Mozilla Firefox browser introduces a speed-dial New Tab Page which lists user’s top sites whenever a new tab is creating. The feature allows user to visit the most visited URLs easier, and it also allows user to pin sites to the New Tab Page.

But not everyone is fond of the feature of New Tab Page in Firefox web browser, which raises the concern on privacy issue and potentially gives away the clue to your web browsing habits. Or you may want to display your favorite web page instead whenever opening a new tab in Firefox.
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Mar 12, 2013
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Windows 8 Photo Viewer Flickers, Shows Black Screen and Crashes Display Driver

When using Windows Photo Viewer to view photos and images in Windows 8 Desktop, Windows Photo Viewer may make the screen flicker, or simply fire up but display the picture in total black color with only menu bar and the application chrome border visible.

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Mar 10, 2013
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How to Change Windows Explorer’s Starting Location

When users run and launch Windows Explorer, the GUI shell for Windows operating system will open Windows Explorer in default folder – Libraries. The default setting in Windows that assumes most users will make use of the default folders to manage their documents, pictures, videos, and music, thus having Windows Explorer opening in location Libraries by default is convenient for most users.

How to Change Windows Explorer’s Starting Location
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