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Introducing Windows 8.1: How to Improve Your Privacy When Using Apps

Ciprian Adrian Rusen
14.10.2013

Windows 8.1 brings many welcome changes, some of which have not been communicated very well by Microsoft. One of the lesser known changes is that Windows 8.1 has very good privacy controls for working with Windows Store apps. As you

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Introducing Windows 8.1: What are Quiet Hours & How to Configure Them?

Ciprian Adrian Rusen
10.10.2013

Windows 8.1 introduces a neat little feature, named Quiet Hours. As the name implies, quiet hours are an interval within the day when you don't want to be interrupted by notifications, by any Windows app, not even the Mail app.

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Introducing Windows 8.1: How to Synchronize & Back Up Your Settings

Codrut Neagu
03.10.2013

A great feature, first introduced in Windows 8 and further improved in Windows 8.1, is the ability to synchronize your important Windows settings through the SkyDrive service. What's new in Windows 8.1 is that it can also back up your

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How to Create a Recovery Drive on a USB Memory Stick in Windows 8 & 8.1

Ciprian Adrian Rusen
24.09.2013

Both Windows 8 and Windows 8.1 offer a new tool for creating recovery drives on all kinds of devices, from USB flash drives, to external hard disks to partitions on your computer's internal hard disk. This is a big step

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How to Create, Configure and Use a VPN Connection in Windows 8 & 8.1

Ciprian Adrian Rusen
17.09.2013

Virtual Private Networks (VPN) provide an easy way to extend a private network across the Internet and gain access to them when needed, in a secure manner. You may use VPN to connect to the network from your workplace, or

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Reviewing the Microsoft Wedge Mobile Keyboard

Marte Brengle
02.09.2013

Nowadays, tablets are becoming more and more popular, and rightly so. They're versatile, and most are a lot more easily portable than even a netbook. However, typing on a tablet screen is not something that comes naturally to many people,

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How to Boot to the Desktop in Windows 8 & Windows 8.1

Ciprian Adrian Rusen
30.08.2013

Microsoft did not provide any support for setting Windows 8 to boot straight to the Desktop and skip the new Start screen. There was no registry setting available, no group policy and most of the hacks that worked with the

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How to Install Windows 8.1 RTM On Your Computer

Ciprian Adrian Rusen
29.08.2013

If you have gotten your hands on Windows 8.1, the final version (build 9600) or on any of the leaked builds, you can install it using this step by step guide. We will cover each step of the process and

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Where the Desktop & Lock Screen Wallpapers are Stored in Windows 8

Ciprian Adrian Rusen
16.08.2013

Where can you find the images used by Windows 8 as wallpapers for its default Desktop themes and for the Lock screen? It turns out that they are placed in the same folder and you can copy and paste the

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Where are the Start Screen Patterns Located & How to Extract Them?

Ciprian Adrian Rusen
14.08.2013

I like some of the patterns used by Microsoft on Windows 8's Start screen and I thought I could be using them as Desktop wallpapers. But the problem is - where are they located? They are not stored in any

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How to Change the Display of Dates, Times, Currency and Measurements

Ciprian Adrian Rusen
09.08.2013

Both Windows 7 and Windows 8 give you the ability to set, in detail, the format used for displaying dates, times, your local currency and the measurements system used by the operating system. If you would like to know how

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How to Configure the Windows 8 Apps Inside Which You Perform Searches

Ciprian Adrian Rusen
05.08.2013

Performing searches in Windows 8 is fast and easy. One important difference versus Windows 7 is that you can perform searches inside Windows 8 apps, directly from the Start screen. You type a search term, select the app where you

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How to Add or Remove Buttons on the Windows Explorer Toolbar

Ciprian Adrian Rusen
31.07.2013

If you are using Windows 7, you have a small selection of buttons available on the Windows Explorer toolbar and this may not help you be very productive. You may want more buttons on it. Luckily, the team from WinAero

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How to Add or Remove the Take Ownership Entry in the Right Click Menu

Ciprian Adrian Rusen
29.07.2013

Do you need an easy way to add the Take Ownership entry to the right-click menu in Windows 7 or Windows 8? If you do, we have two options for you, both of them quick and reliable. They work with

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Introducing Windows 8.1: Transform the Start Screen into a Start Menu

Ciprian Adrian Rusen
25.07.2013

One of the changes made by Microsoft in Windows 8.1 is that, due to user feedback, anyone can change the Start screen with a Start Menu. It's not the old Start Menu from Windows 7, but it sure is close

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Book Review - Microsoft Office Professional 2013 Step By Step

Marte Brengle
16.07.2013

Years ago, when I bought Microsoft Word for DOS 5.0, it came with three manuals in the box: One to explain the program, one to walk the user through creating printer drivers, and one for the built-in programming language. And

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Dream It, Do It, Live It - Ciprian's First Personal Development Book

Ciprian Adrian Rusen
05.07.2013

Not many people know that, besides technology, there are quite a few other subjects I write about. As a result, today I am happy to announce my first book that's not about technology. It is named Dream It, Do It,

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5 Reasons Why the Windows Firewall is One of the Best Firewalls

Ciprian Adrian Rusen
03.07.2013

Since we launched 7 Tutorials, we have tested lots of security products. Over the years, we learned a lot about what it means to provide a good security product and, we also learned that the Windows Firewall is one of

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What's New in Windows 8.1 Public Preview (codename "Blue")?

Ciprian Adrian Rusen
27.06.2013

Windows 8.1 Public Preview is now available for download and it brings many changes to Windows 8. There's lots of new stuff coming in this update and all of it is good. While many of you would think that Windows

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Introducing Windows 8: Customize the Look of the Start & Lock Screens

Ciprian Adrian Rusen
12.06.2013

Changing your Desktop wallpaper in Windows 8 is exactly the same procedure you've seen in Windows 7. While the choice to customize your Desktop is a given, Windows 8 goes farther than previous versions of Windows by giving you two

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