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Make Windows 8 Look and Feel Like Windows 7

If you have a PC with Windows 8 but miss Windows 7, there’s no need to downgrade. Following a few simple steps, you can make Microsoft’s current operating system look and feel almost identical to its predecessor. Here’s how to bring back the Start menu and the attractive aero glass theme how to hide other Windows 8 elements like the Charms menu. Step 1: Swap the Start screen for a Start menu Without a doubt, the most unfamiliar (and, for some, most annoying) feature of Windows 8 is its tile-based Start screen. Where Windows 7 lets you choose from a list of applications by pulling up the Start menu, Windows 8 makes you go to a completely separate screen just to launch an application or conduct a search. There are a number of third-party Windows 8 Start menu apps including the free Classic Shell, but if you’re willing to pay $4.99, we recommend Start8, because it looks the most like the Windows 7 Start menu and allows you to control many o...

Edit tiles in Windows 8

If you’ve recently installed or upgraded to Windows 8 and have started customizing programs onto its new Start Menu UI, you’ll notice that the program icons are the same old icons placed in an oversized box. You’ll see the program name under it and will be in awe at  how out of place the newly added icons are with the rest   of the Windows 8 theme. We’ve found a handy program to spruce things up by  creating awesome-looking tiles that match the look of Windows 8 apps  on the Start Menu, something like what you see below. And you can get that look using   OblyTile . First thing’s first, the icons you see above are works from users of deviantART. OblyTile only sets up your tiles; you have to provide the icons or images for the tile. But not to worry, we’ll provide you with  a few links which we’ve found to recreate the look and feel  of the screenshot you see above. Getting Started With OblyTile Run OblyTile (no insta...

Make Your PC Smart and Fast

!!  How to increase or boost your system or PC speed to new heights  !! In this article i will share the following tricks to increase system speed:    1. Disable Autorun from all drives. 2. Speed Up Browsing speed (explore optimization). 3. Disable Indexing services. 4. Optimize Display Settings. 5. Speed up folder browsing. 6. Disable Unnecessary Services. 7. Remove annoying delete confirmation messages. Disable Autorun from all drives 1. Go to START menu then go to RUN and type "gpedit.msc" (without quotes) and press enter. 2. Now here you will see two things first is Computer configuration and second is user configuration, you to go to both one by one. 3. First go to Computer Configuration then Go to Administrative Templates and then to System. 4. Now find the Key "Turn off Autoplay". Double click on it. Now click on Enable and select all drive and click on apply. So for computer its done, now you need to do for your own Account. 5. Second go ...