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Window 8 – Employ the hottest hotkeys we know

We’ve assembled a list of our favorite Windows 8 shortcuts, tricks, and workarounds. Many focus on making the most of the OS on a traditional desktop PC, so if you’re interested in touch gestures, please check out our article that focuses directly on the Windows 8 touch experience. Now let’s start our journey of discovery with a look at easy-to-use (though often tough to remember!) Windows 8 hotkey commands.

Employ the hottest hot-keys we know
In these key combinations, hold down the Windows key (normally located between Alt and Ctrl) and another key, as described on this list.

  • Press the Windows key to enter the tiled Start screen.
  • The Windows key + M minimizes everything that’s showing on the desktop.
  • The Windows key + E opens Explorer for quick access to folders.
  • On the Start screen, press the Windows key + D to instantly get to the desktop.
  • The Windows key + Tab opens a list of currently running programs.
  • The Windows key + Print Screen takes a screenshot and saves it in a Screenshots folder nested in your Pictures folder. 
  • To take a screenshot on a Windows 8 tablet, simultaneously press the Windows button and the volume-down button on the tablet chassis.
  • The Windows key + Q opens a global search menu. Type what you’re looking for and where you would like to look.
  • The Windows key + W opens a search in your system settings to quickly locate and change system properties.
  • The Windows key + F opens a file and folder search.
  • The Windows key + Pause opens the system properties page to show you a quick rundown of your specs.
  • The Windows key + “,” (that’s the comma sign!) makes all current windows transparent, giving you a peek at the desktop as long as you hold down the Windows key.
  • The Windows key + “.” (the period) snaps a window to the right or left side (toggling each time you press “.”).
  • The Windows key + R prompts the Run command�useful for quickly launching apps and other routines with a command prompt.
  • The Windows key + X opens the Quick Access Menu, exposing system functionality such as the Command Prompt, Disk Management, File Explorer, Run, and more. Alternatively, you can right-click on the bottom right corner of the screen to spawn the Quick Access Menu.
  • The Windows key + I opens the settings menu, giving you quick access to the Control Panel, Personalization, and your Power button, among other features.
  • The Windows key + O locks orientation on devices with an accelerometer.

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How to use pendrive as ram memory in windows 7 & 8

Hi friends, Do you know Windows 7 / 8 and Windows vista comes with a ready boost option.
Q-What is ready boostAns- “ReadyBoost is a disk cache component of Microsoft Windows, first introduced with Microsoft’s Windows Vista in 2006 and bundled with Windows 7 in 2009. It works by using flash memory, a USB flash drive,SD card, Compact  Flash, external hard drive or any kind of portable flash mass storage

system as a cache. ReadyBoost is also used to facilitate SuperFetch, which allows it to perform analysis of boot-time disk usage patterns and creates a cache which is used in subsequent system boots.” Source
If you are using a high configuration PC, It doesn’t show any effect on speed because if you are a normal user I think only a few times you use your full ram memory but if you are using an old pc with low ram memory(Like 512 MB or IGB) and harddisk & using vista or 7. It speed up your PC and you will see the result, reduced application data loading time, reduced shutdown and restart time and many more you can’t imagine without High ram memory.

How to use this feature

  • Plug in your pendrive
  • Format with NTFS or FAT32
  • Now go to properties
  • Select ReadyBoost
  • Check Use this device
  • Choose maximum space to reserve system speed
  • Click on Apply and OK. 

Your readyboost PenDrive is ready Now to Use.

Here is an personal suggestion HP and Sandisk is the Best for this work so what are you waiting for.

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How Can You Turn Off Live Tiles In Windows 8


Windows 8 has come up with a whole lot of innovations. The very Startup screen of this Windows version has several new features one of which is the live tiles. Once you start your PC installed with Windows 8, you will get to see the live tiles on the screen.
The live tiles collect updates from the web and showcase them on your screen. For instance, the email live tile enables you to get preview of your E-mails and the social networking tile enables you to check the latest updates from your friends. Hence, Windows 8 you get a dynamic startup screen. No need of opening up the apps. You can receive the updates like that. Furthermore, since the update is received from the internet, a little amount of data is being used.



Are you irritated with the live tiles? Don�t you want them to be on your screen? You are free to disable them. Yes, you can disable them yourself and stop receiving the up-to-date information from the web. In other words, from a dynamic desktop you can have a static Windows 8 desktop.

Disabling Windows 8 live tiles is pretty easy! Want to try them? Here are the instructions of doing so.

Instructions to Turn Off Windows 8 Live Tiles :

  • Start up Windows 8 and as soon as the screen displays, visit the application for which you don�t want to receive any updates.
  • Right click that app and a menu will be displayed with multiple options.
  • Choose �turn live tiles off� from the above menu. Thus, you disable the update of that app. You can also disable numerous live tiles of multitude of apps in the like way.
You have to repeat these three steps in case you desire to turn the live tiles on once again. Change the settings and limit live tiles data usage. Stay tuned for an extraordinary Windows 8 experience!

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Windows 8 All Shortcut Keys

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Windows 8 All Shortcut Keys

Dear Friends,
MyTricksTime Team Again Come with all Shortcut Keys of Windows 8 for over readers whom are using now windows 8, windows 8 look is to good we love it, so here you’ll get latest tricks and tips for windows 8
hope you will also love windows 8 and over tricks… 😉

Windows 8 is different than earlier versions. It will take some time before you get used to this new version. We list a few keyboard shortcuts that can help. You will see that some shortcuts however remain unchanged.

Windows Key + M minimizes everything that’s showing on the desktop.
Windows Key + D: gets you to the desktop
Windows Key + E: opens Explorer for quick access to folders
Windows Key + L: Locks your PC
Windows Key + R: R prompts the Run command useful for quickly launching apps
Windows Key + Q opens a global search menu.
Windows Key + X opens the Quick Access Menu
Windows Key + I opens the settings menu, giving you short access to the Control Panel
Windows Key + O locks orientation on devices
Windows Key + +: Launches zoom in
Windows Key + -: Launches zoom out
Windows Key + K: opens a list of currently running programs.
Windows Key + F opens a file and folder search.
Windows Key + Tab: Helps switch between running apps
Windows Key + Pause opens the system properties page
Windows Key + Print Screen takes a screenshot and saves it in a Screenshots folder
Windows Key + PgUp: Helps move the current Windows Screen to the Left
Windows Key + PgDn: Helps move the current Windows Screen to the Right

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Get Windows 8 Metro Start Menu On Windows 7 Using Newgen

Windows 8 logo for website
Windows 8 Logo

As our readers will know, Windows 8 Developer Preview was released yesterday. This version of Windows 8, as suggested by the name, is meant for developers who wish to develop Windows 8 apps in the future. It is not the complete version of the OS that will be released sometime in 2012.

While we�ve already written an easy to follow guide on how to install Windows 8 in VirtualBox, but there are plenty of people who want to, but would rather not try out an incomplete OS. Such people can get a slice of the Windows 8 action with Newgen: a Metro style launcher for
Windows Vista and Windows 7. Previously however, you could simply use Mosaic or Eight, which were great alternative for Newgen but they weren�t that good in terms of looks back then.
Developed by speaker60 and 1000MrCasper and released on the open source project community CodePlex, Newgen aims to bring the ultra-Metrofied Start menu to current desktop PCs running Windows Vista or 7.
From CodePlex:

Newgen is an application that brings the new Metro UI to your desktop. It is a set of live widgets that shows some content from the web and some from your PC.
Newgen supports WPF, HTML5, and HTML widgets. 

Read Also : Easy step by step How to use pen drive as RAM in windows 8

Features :

  • Support for HTML widgets
  • Launch your favourite apps and webs in one click
  • Customize as you want
  • Switch to your opened apps, in just few clicks
  • Get Windows 8 Metro UI to your desk
  • Play your videos and music, view your pictures without opening them
  • Get your tweets, mails and weather reports in front of your eye, just sitting
  • Provides easy-to-use API for Widget developers
  • Get updates from us without navigating our site

  

We�ve personally tested the application and can confirm that it mostly works as claimed. It takes some tedious work setting up exactly as you want, but since it is a new app, it is to be expected.
After you�ve got the app installed, you launch it from the Start menu on your PC. On launching, you are treated to a very good-looking Metro style Start menu where you can add tiles, widgets and direct links to websites of your choice. They can be added by calling up the Start Menu (left-click on the right edge of the screen) and then right-clicking, which will show up options for you to add said items.
The transitions and overall UX is similar to what Microsoft offers with Windows 8�s launcher though, obviously, Newgen isn�t as full-featured as the real thing. However, there are plenty of settings you can tinker around with in order to customize your experience.

If you�re interested, you can give Newgen a try by downloading it from the link embedded below.
Download Newgen for Windows Vista, 7 [CodePlex Link]
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