With Office 2013, the Start screen is the first destination by default when Office desktop applications start. Start Screen makes easy to access your recently opened files or pinned files, and provides one-click access to online and offline templates. While this screen is useful on a tablet but old habits die hard; if you don’t [...]
How to download and install Visual Studio 2012 Update 1 Offline
Recently Microsoft has released the first major update for its flagship IDE i.e. Visual Studio 2012. Visual Studio 2012 Update 1, a “regular cadence”, is aimed to provide new and improved tools and capabilities for building modern apps. S. Somasegar, Corp VC of Microsoft’s Developer Division says, With this and future updates, we’re striving to [...]
An Easter Egg brings Aero Lite theme back in Windows 8 RTM
An Easter egg has been found in Windows 8 RTM. There is a visual style called Aero Lite which was likely to replace the basic visual style for low-end hardware in Windows 8. But the visual style is gone in dust when Microsoft stripped support for transparent glass design and decided to mix an old [...]
FIX: Notepad opens Desktop.ini when you start your computer
It happens very frequently after scanning and removing malware from the computer, Notepad opens one or more Desktop.ini files on startup, containing following content:
How to upgrade from Windows 8 Release Preview to Windows 8 RTM
As we know Microsoft do NOT recommend upgrading from any pre-release version of Windows to Windows RTM. Similarly you can’t upgrade from any prerelease version of Windows 8 (including Developer, Consumer and Release Preview) to Windows 8 RTM. You can find out more details about Windows 8 Upgrade Path here. But we have come to [...]
How to create Windows 8 AIO (All-In-One) ISO DVD
As I have shared the process of creating Windows 7 AIO – An ISO Image, comprising all editions in one bootable media earlier, now I am sharing the way of creating Windows 8 AIO (All-In-One) bootable ISO. In this blog post, you will walk through the step by step instructions to create Windows 8 AIO [...]
How to unlock all editions from Windows 8 ISO Image
It’s a pain to download gigs of different Windows 8 edition ISO files, right? But when you will finish reading this article, you’ll be happy to know that you can unlock all the editions of Windows 8 from one ISO. Actually Windows 8 ISO image contains all editions and Windows 8 Product Key defines which [...]
How to bypass product key while installing Windows 8
Microsoft has released Windows 8 to MSDN/TechNet subscribers and few other channels starting from August 15th. Few weeks ago; I got lucky to lay hands on it and I noticed that Windows 8 doesn’t allow keyless installation, like Windows 7, by default. But after doing some R&D I have found a way to bypass the [...]
How to create bootable Windows 8 ISO DVD using Oscdimg.exe
Sometimes you want to install Windows from a bootable DVD but all you’ve got are just flat Windows installation files in hand. The same thing has happened with me also, in my case I downloaded Windows 8 RTM build which was leaked earlier this month. There was no direct bootable ISO image, all I got [...]
How to create bootable Windows 8 USB Stick using DISKPART
Gone are the days, when we used to burn CD and DVDs to install operating systems. Now all modern operating systems lets you install using PEN Drive / USB Storage Device / USB Stick. And this article describes step by step guide to format and create bootable Windows Vista / Windows 7 / Windows 8 [...]