Windows 8 has two environments: the full screen, touch-centric Windows Store App interface (also called Metro) and the Desktop interface, which looks and acts like Windows 7. If you install programs ...

The desktop in the Windows 8 beta offers no Start button and a few shortcuts. How can you easily populate it with your favorite programs? Lance Whitney is a freelance technology writer and trainer and ...

Forget all of Microsoft’s hoopla about Windows 8‘s new Metro interface. If you’re a power user who relies on lots of legacy software, you’ll still be spending most of your time with the classic ...

The decision to scale up the Windows Phone Metro UI for Windows 8 and 8.1 was a genius move that everyone seemed to hate at ...

In its latest blog post, Microsoft stands by its new Metro Start screen but is now promising a few changes to resolve specific concerns. Lance Whitney is a freelance technology writer and trainer and ...

You might think that the desktop is just another tile on the Windows 8 Start screen, but it’s where most small business users will spend their day. The desktop runs all of your legacy software; it’s ...

If you were worried that, like Windows Phone 7, Windows 8 would be locked in landscape mode, fear not! On the Building Windows 8 blog, Microsoft has outlined that while landscape is certainly the ...

What is so strange to me is the power users that swear they don't mind the Metro desktop at all. I have been using Win / OSX / many LInux Distro's for years and I moved on to Linux Mint from ubuntu ...

Following weeks of speculation and rumors, a purported early build of Update 1 for Windows 8.1 has leaked online and is available on a number of file sharing sites. The download reveals a lot of the ...

A rumor is making the rounds, based on leaked Windows Blue code, that the newest version of Windows will let you bypass the Start screen and boot directly to the Desktop. If true, that solve a major ...