It's now too late to whine about the user interface changes in Windows 8. They may be "confusing" and put a "cognitive burden" on ordinary users, but for now at least, these changes are there to stay.

Windows 8 required users to learn a handful of concepts to get around and perform basic tasks. When you know what those concepts are—swiping from the edges, clicking in the corners, and a few ...

Microsoft announced Windows 8 has been released to manufacturing earlier this week, but as users await the final bits on August 15th, one blogger has managed to install and document a tutorial process ...

Windows 8 introduced a new boot loader that decreased the time that it takes Windows 8 to start. Unfortunately, in order to do this Microsoft needed to remove the ability to access the Advanced Boot ...

To disable the lock screen on wake type users at the Windows 8 Start Screen and then click on the Settings category as shown below. When the search results appear, click on the Users option to open ...

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With the final build of Windows 8.1 due to land in the next few days, a leaked version (build 9741) has made its way online -- and with it, a raft of wide-ranging changes that illustrate just how ...

MSDN and TechNet users are now hammering Microsoft's download servers and getting their hands for the first time on the final Windows 8 build. The various betas have been used and reviewed extensively ...

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While Windows 8 was Microsoft's idea of what the Windows platform should evolve into, the next version could be tailored to what users actually want from a modern operating system. According to the ...