Reset your password in Windows 8
If you sign into Windows 8 using a Microsoft account, you may have noticed that the Create a password reset disk option doesn’t appear in the User Accounts tool, as …
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Video tip: Add a tile to the Windows 8 Start Screen
We have had several email requests from Windows and Office Blog readers asking how they can create a tile on the Windows 8 Start Screen for an application they have …
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Review: Invoice360 for Windows 8
Whenever you render services to a client, the next natural step in the process is to issue an invoice detailing any and all work accomplished in the job or milestone. …
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Revive the F8 method of booting Windows 8 into Safe Mode
As you may have noticed, Microsoft has disabled the standard method of accessing Safe Mode in Windows 8 in favor of a new Modern UI system. In other words, you …
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Change background images in Windows 8
In the past I wrote a couple of articles about changing the Logon screen wallpaper in Windows 7 and it appeared to be a very popular topic. In Change and …
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Force Windows 8 to show all user accounts on the Sign on screen
Do you have multiple accounts set up on your Windows 8 system? If so, then you know that each time that you start your system, the Windows 8 Sign on …
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Sign in to Windows 8: Microsoft account versus Local account
When you are installing Windows 8, you’ll see a screen titled Sign in to your PC, as shown in Figure A, which prompts you to enter a Microsoft account-based email …
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Shut down Windows 8 from the keyboard
After a recent discussion with a friend of mine about getting used to using the [Windows] key on the keyboard in Windows 8 instead of pining away for the Start …
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Quick Tip: Download a new copy of the Windows 8 Upgrade ISO
Did you purchase and download Windows 8 Upgrade from Microsoft during the initial release and now need to reinstall the operating system but don’t have a DVD? For instance, maybe …
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Create a Windows 8.1 Preview dual-boot setup on your Windows XP system
Are you among the 37.74% of all Windows and Mac OS installations worldwide still using Windows XP and wondering what you will do when Microsoft stops supporting it? If so, …
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