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To know, how to remove the watermark from WIndows 8 Consumer Preview desktop, go through the tutorial below.

You must have seen the small watermark on the bottom right corner of the Windows 8 Consumer Preview desktop background. It says ”
Windows 8 Consumer Preview, Evaluation copy. Build 8250 ". Though it is small, but still the desktop doesn’t look fully clean due to the
presence of this watermark. So you may want to remove this watermark.

This tutorial will show you the way to remove this watermark.
Before starting this tutorial you should know the fact that, this watermark removal will work only if you select a single picture as your desktop background.
If you have changing desktop background, then this method will not work.

1. Select the wallpaper which you want as your wallpaper. Right click on it and select Set as Desktop Background to set that wallpaper.

2. Now navigate to C:\Users\User Acccount\App Data\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Themes\CachedFiles\ .

There you will see a watermarked version of the image, you have set as wallpaper.

3. Now copy it’s name. Open the original image change that file’s name to this name. Resize the original picture to your desktop’s resolution
(e.g. :1200X800 or 1366X768 etc) with your favourite image application. You can do this form Paint or Microsoft Office Picture Manager
also. Next copy paste this image to the above mentioned folder.It will prompt you for replacing the file existing there.

4. Now log off from your current user accout and agin login. You will see the watermark free desktop background in action.

If you want rename your Windows 8 Computer, read to the tutorial below.

During the time of installation process it asks for your Computer Name. There is also might be a situation when you want to change your default Computer name.
You can change the default My Computer name to your name or your favourite character’s name etc.
To change your computer’s name you must be logged on as an administrator or a member of the Administrators group.
If you want to rename your Windows 8 Computer, read the instructions carefully.

1. Press Windows button to open Start menu.

2. Now you can see many options are available there on the start menu. From that option click on the Desktop .

3. Right Click on My Computer icon and select Properties from the menu that appears.

4. It will show you the basic description about your computer.
Now click on Change Settings under Computer Name, Domain, Workgroup Settings.

5. The System Properties window will appear in front of you.
At the bottom you will find a Change button. Click on that button.

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To start Windows 8 in safe mode , refer to the tutorial below.

What is windows 8 safe mode

Windows safe mode is a troubleshooting mode of Windows Operating system, which starts operating system with at most necessary resources. It will load basic files and device drivers that are necessary to run windows 8.
In safe mode of windows, all advanced graphics functionality, additional unimportant process & services are not loaded. That’s the reason why we use safe mode for trouble shoot windows bug. So any process or application, preventing
windows to load normally will remain disabled, and we can debug this problem. When windows load in safe mode, graphics functionality is kept at minimum. That’s why Safe mode is quite ugly, large icons, no aero effect & so on. One must keep it in mind that
whenever Windows loads in safe mode by default it will dump you in Administrator Account . So, be careful, whatever will you goanna want to perform, will be reflected on overall windows.

If you are experienced with how to enter in safe mode in other versions of windows, then sorry dear, you cannot enter in windows 8 safe modes as you did with earlier versions of windows. Normally, in case of windows Xp,or Vista & 7,
F8 key is pressed just when boot loader starts. But in Windows 8 , by default Safe mode is disabled and you have to Enable it manually at least once from windows. Then you can enter in safe mode whenever you wish.

How to enter in safe mode

Frankly speaking, there are three popular way to enter in safe mode (or configure to enter in safe mode).

1. Using Windows Advanced Settings

2. Changing System Configuring (MSConfig)

3. Editing Windows Registry via Command Prompt or manually.

A. Using Windows Advanced Settings

1. Press Windows + c to activate charm’s bar. Click Settings . Then Click More Settings on the right bottom corner of Charm’s bar.

2. Move to the General Tab and Scroll to find Advanced Start Up. Click Restart to open advanced startup mode. & wait for restart. While window restart, a window will open, Click Trouble Shoot .Then Click Advanced Option. In the new window appeared, Click  ... Read more »

If you want to know how to use BitLocker in Windows 8, go through the tutorial below.

what is BitLocker?

BitLocker Drive Encryption (get details) is a full disk encryption feature that comes with the Ultimate and Enterprise editions of Microsoft’s Windows Vista, Windows 7, and Windows 8. BitLocker can be used to encrypt an entire fixed drive. By default it uses the Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) encryption algorithm in Cipher-block chaining (CBC) mode with a 128 bit key. Not only that, it also provides the Elephant diffuser for additional disk encryption specific security, which is not not provided by Advanced Encryption Standard.

Steps to Enable BitLocker

Follow the steps to know how to enable BitLocker in your Windows 8 PC.

1. Right-click on a drive, and select Turn on BitLocker option from the context menu to encrypt the entire drive.

2. Now, you need to choose a password that will be used to unlock the drive. Retype the password in the second text field and click on Next.

3. Next, you will be asked to choose a method to store your recovery key. In case you forget your password, this recovery key is needed to unlock the drive. You may save the recovery key in a flash drive or can save it in any location of your computer. If you wish you can also print the recovery key. Windows 8 comes with another option that you can save your key file to SkyDrive.

4. If you choose Save to SkyDrive option. Saving Recovery key to SkyDrive progress bar will appear.

And at the end of the saving process you will get the following message:-

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If you want to use event viewer to find the booting time of your machine, then follow the tutorial below.

What is Event Viewer?

Since 1993, Window NT has Event Viewer in it. This centralised operating system component keeps track of all the events happened in the computer from the beginning. This let the administrators and normal users see the events occured. It keeps track of events from booting the machine to any problematic shutdown event, any settings change to any application installed and all other events. If you want to know whoever used your computer in your absence and whatever he has done from the Event Viewer. The Event Viewer has three log sources:System, Application and Security.
Only the Local Security Authority Subsystem Service (lsass.exe) can directly write to the Security log.
System and Application log sources are maintained by the Windows operating system and Windows applications respectively.
If you want to know the booting time of your machine form the Event Viewer, follow the instructions given below.

1. To open the Event Viewer type "event viewer” into the Windows Start Menu and press ENTER.

2. It will open Event Viewer and you will be able to see what is going on or went on in your computer.

3. Now navigate to Applications and Services -> Microsoft -> Windows -> Diagnostics-Performance in the left pane of the Event Viewer .

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A recent official statement from Microsoft says the company has chosen to support Dolby Digital Plus on Windows 8.

Dolby Digital Plus Added To Windows 8

Microsoft has announced support for Dolby Digital Plus on Windows 8. According to the official statement, it will be supported all across the Windows 8 platform, including Windows RT that will be running on ARM processors. This announcement was penned by Tami Reller, CFO and CMO of Windows and Windows Live at Microsoft.

This is what she had to say about the agreement: -

"”With the incredible growth of online download and streaming media, particularly for video content, this agreement ensures a great audio experience for those consumers who wish to download or stream TV and movies containing Dolby Digital Plus. Additionally, all of their existing and future home videos recorded with Dolby Digital Plus audio will work great on Windows 8 right out of the box.”

As opposed to the THX certification, which is primarily profit driven for device manufacturers, support for Dolby Digital Plus is actually going to be useful for consumers.

Dolby has definitely been pushing for the certification as something that would really workout well for the consumer by enabling them to enjoy cinematic sound everywhere they go on every device. Provided that the device supports it of course. And it is true for most part. For consumers who are into streaming and downloading a lot of media content, this would be quite the helpful thing to have.

Since the ARM version of Windows 8 will also be carrying the Dolby-decoder, tablets and possibly even smartphones running Windows 8 would be able to take advantage of this decoder. This would really help Microsoft use it as a selling point for portable device with great entertainment features. It will come in handy whilst competing with the likes of Apple’s iPad and the varied number of Android devices.

Now here’s something that is more than just a rumor — speed test reports from US wireless Carriers T-Mobile and Verizon show evidence of Windows Phone 8 devices being tested on their networks.

Windows Phone 8 Devices Found On Speed Test Reports

Here’s the greatest confirmation anyone has provided so far about the existence of Windows 8 Phone devices on any US wireless carrier. Devices running Windows Phone OS 8.0 have been spotted on speed test reports from both Verizon and T-Mobile, confirming two things — the phones are up and running with the future OS and they are definitely coming to the two carriers mentioned here.

The names that show up on the speed test result also show that the phones will be coming with IEMobile 10 and there are two devices identified from the series — Nokia Fluid and Qualcomm Fluid. Whilst it is obvious that Nokia is going to be amongst the first to push out next generation Windows Phone devices, the second one is likely to be an HTC or Samsung device. Both of those companies are known for making phones based on Qualcomm devices.

If the respective companies have already begun testing, it is proof that they are in late stages of development and phones should be able to go out for real world testing soon enough. Which means who should be seeing "spotted in the wild” rumors with blurry shots of phones soon enough. Samsung has been quite vocal about making a Windows Phone device with the next generation software that will beat everything else on the market. So there’s also the possibility of that Qualcomm Fluid device ending up being a new Galaxy from Samsung.

According to the latest rumors, Microsoft expecting Windows 8 to launch around October and industry experts and watchers both agree on this. There’s expectation of Microsoft launching the entire Windows 8 Platform altogether, including Windows Phone 8 and Window on ARM or Windows RT, as it is officially known.

Jorma Ollila’s statement regarding the company’s interest in tablet devices was widely reported as an acknowledgement of Windows 8 tablet device and now Nokia has decided to deny everything.

Nokia Calls Out Jorma Ollila Reports On Windows 8 Tablets

Nokia has denied the reports published earlier that cited Jerom Ollila’s statements as proof of the existence of Windows 8 tablets in Nokia labs. Nokia says these reports are ‘misconstrued’ and Ollila said no such thing. Whilst that is technically correct, Ollila said everything about the tablets and hybrid smartphones except two things — the timeframe for launch and the platform they would be running on.

Other than that, he mentioned Nokia’s interest in various form factors and their commitment to providing convergence across devices through a single unifying platform. Put together with their recent tryst with Microsoft, there’s really only one platform that can tie tablets, smartphones, PCs and hybrids together and that is the upcoming Windows 8 OS.

What Nokia is trying to do here is to dissuade people from taking this as an official statement because that would get them in to more than just legal trouble. Companies avoid announcing products and developments prematurely to avoid damaging sales of existing products on the market.

There have already been enough rumors about current Lumia phones not supporting future OS’, so reports like these could further hurt Nokia’s case in the market.

Rumors about a possible Nokia Tablet have been circulating ever since the first Lumia phones were launched, with statements going back and forth between Nokia heads and industry rumormongers. There’s really no telling when Nokia will unveil their tablet but it officially cannot be before Windows 8 itself launches. Hence, there’s still time for this to happen. It is quite possible Nokia will be releasing the tablet/s right around the Windows 8 launch around October. Or may be even a bit later in the year but still early enough to cash in on the holiday rush.

DisplayFusion is a special utility app that is designed to make working with multiple monitors easier and now it is available on Windows 8.

DisplayFusion Ver. 4.0 Comes With New Features And Windows 8 Support

DisplayFusion 4.0 was just released with support for Windows 8 Consumer Preview along with a host of new features working with multiple monitors on Windows.

One of the most useful features on DisplayFusion is the ability to add the taskbar on every screen instead of just one, which is how Windows handles multiple displays by default. Any application that is running on a screen will have a corresponding button on the taskbar that is present on that screen. This version also enables Jump Lists on every screen, a feature that was sorely missing on previous versions of the app and is completely missing from the normal Windows support for multiple monitors.

The new version also adds support for several icon profiles for quickly changing how icons are arranged according to what are doing at the moment. Hotkeys for DisplayFusion have been available for a while now and version 4.0 just makes it easier to customize them. Aero coloring is now smarter and is based on the current wallpaper or the application that is currently active on the screen. There are also new wallpaper providers added to the built in wallpaper search — DeviantART, Google Image Search and Bing Image Search.

Other than these, there are also new enterprise features and support for right to left languages. The new version also fixes certain known bugs and has better performance than previous versions.

The application needs to be bought using the full features but it does have a free version that you can download to try things out. The app is developed by BinaryFortress and here’s the link to their DisplayFusion 4.0 announcement

— http://www.displayfusion.com/News/2012/05/displayfusion-40-now-avail

Microsoft has made restrictions inside the Windows 8 RT software that prevents third-party browsers like Firefox from running on Desktop.

Windows 8 RT Will Not Allow Third-Party Browsers On Desktop

Windows 8 RT is the version of Windows 8 that runs on ARM. Microsoft has apparently made restrictions within the platform that prevent any third-party browsers from running on the Desktop of Windows 8 RT. This has upset Mozilla (the makers of Firefox and Fennec) and they have called out the Redmond tech giant, saying it was a return to the ‘Dark-Ages’ for technology.

Microsoft prevents all non-IE (Internet Explorer) browsers from accessing APIs (Application Programming Interface) that are required to run the application on the Desktop. Windows 8 RT will be running mainly Metro and it has been revealed that Microsoft will allow a heavily restricted Desktop mode that will only run Microsoft applications such as Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Internet Explorer.

Steven Sinofsky said something earlier this year that seemed to confirm the fact that Microsoft has indeed cordoned off the Desktop area for third-party software vendors. This enrages other software makers because now Microsoft applications like Internet Explorer will be able to take advantage of the entire platform, providing a more stable, speedy and secure performance. Third-party software will always be second-class citizen on Windows RT at this rate. It seems like Microsoft has opened a veritable Pandora’s box by creating a Desktop area on Windows 8 RT.

Microsoft has not responded officially to any these comments and at this point, there are several things to take in to consideration. There’s no accurate documentation, if any, of which parts are blocked for third-parties. So we don’t know how restricted is restricted. Secondly, Microsoft’s Windows 8 RT is no longer the Windows we know. So this is another platform entirely. From this point forth, Microsoft should be making clear to the world what is already becoming clear to the tech industry — Windows is now just a brand and it happens to have cloud, mobile and PC under its banner.

HP is rebooting its tablet initiatives but this time it is only for businesses and Enterprise level customers.

HP Working On Windows 8 Tablets For The Corporate

Your office might soon be taken over by Windows 8 tablets made by HP or at least that is what the company hopes will happen once Windows 8 launches. The world’s largest PC maker has revived its tablet aspirations in what will be the company’s third attempt at making a tablet that sells. The last attempts had to be aborted prematurely with the last one ending up in a fire sale of sorts.

This time, HP has decided that the consumer level market has already been taken over by the rest of the industry (read the iPad and the Kindle Fire), so it will not concentrate on offering tablets to the businessman instead of the common man. It will be focusing on Enterprises and SMBs (small to medium businesses) for now but there’s always the possibility of the firm diversifying later and re-entering the consumer market.

Todd Bradley, executive vice president of HP’s Personal Systems group, spoke at the Global Influencer Summit and said that HP was working with partners to gain a foothold in the global tablet market. They are trying again after the unsuccessful launch of the HP TouchPad — their last attempt.

"Our strategy is around partnering with Microsoft and bringing Windows 8 tablets to the market place. It’s not to say that this [partnership] is forever – markets evolve,” said Bardley while answering questions. He then said that their products will "…have a more enterprise and small business focus than a consumer focus.”

HP did not reveal any further information regarding the tablets and Bradley said this was because the event was not a place for such information to be announced. He mentioned that it was all about thin and light devices that help you consume information. And it isn’t about creating content and data, which why they had separated the announcements from the Ultrabook Spectre XT launch.

Citrix, the makers of web-conference solution GoToMeeting, has commited to support Windows 8 at launch for all their products.

Citrix Products To Be Windows 8 Ready Soon

Citrix is the company behind a varied number of products that have to do with online virtualization, remote access and conferencing. Most of their products are in extensive use throughout Enterprises and the corporate sector in general. Scott Schwarzhoff, Citrix vice president, product marketing, said during a Sunday event at the company’s Synergy 2012 event that their Citrix Receiver software will be available for Windows 8 at launch. Citrix Receiver is used for ‘playing’ virtualized Windows applications on various different platform that include various versions of Windows as well.

Later during the event, CEO Mark Templeton told the gathering that all their products will be compatible with Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012 at launch. Citrix Group vice-president and general manager Sumit Dhawan also supported this statement by saying "Windows 8 is a big part of our roadmap.”

The main issue the software makers like these are facing is having to port ‘legacy’ Windows apps to the cloud. Since all of Citrix’s products are for the cloud (like Podia) or cloud-based, the company should have a faster upgrade process. On top of that, Citrix’s products can be used by companies to give a cloud like experience for various different applications that have not made the transition over to cloud and will take years to do so in a way that matches feature per feature of what the legacy app can do now on the user end.

Windows 8 opens a whole range of possibilities for cloud interaction but then software that will become legacy post-Windows 8 will mostly have to be rebuilt by their developers to fit the new environment. However, Windows 8 will still be running legacy applications on Desktop, which ensures that your workflow can still remain the same and you might not have to re-invest if you are already working on Windows 7.

We are very likely to see a lot of Tegra 3 powered Windows 8 devices soon, if what NVIDIA claims is true.

NVIDIA Raises Sales Forecast For Tegra 3 With Windows 8 Close By

Graphics bigwig NVIDIA has just raised their sales expectations for the second quarter of this year and has been talking about the increasing success of its Tegra 3 SoC (System on a Chip). And the increase in Tegra 3 demand can be directly attributed to the smartphones, tablets and hybrid devices that will come out of the whole Windows 8 wave.

The SoC is definitely a great platform for such devices but then there’s just one problem that NVIDIA has to solve right now — keep up with the demands of the market when it comes to supplying the GPU’s. The company did not anticipate this much demand and has consequently fallen short of supply from its manufacturers. So Tegra 3’s success will ultimately depend on whether NVIDIA can solve this issue quickly.

NVIDIA also expects to make it big in the Ultrabook market. Rather, in the Ultrabook competition market because Ultrabook is an Intel brand that NVIDIA is competing with. Using the ARM-based SoC, NVIDIA can easily trump Intel in terms of battery life, mobility thinness. However, it will be difficult for the GPU giant to beat Intel at providing processing power to match up to the Core series with the latest Ivy Bridge chips in place.

These details came out from the NVIDIA’s first quarter financial report, where sales were hurt due to the non-availability of the 22nm chips that the company depends on for its line of high-end graphics solutions and more.

NVIDIA has great things to say about the new Kepler series GPUs but has again mentioned that supply is still a problem and it will remain a problem going forward through the rest of the year. That information came straight from NVIDIA CEO Karen Burns.
Tegra 3 is the first ever quad-core ARM SoC and it also has a fifth Ninja core for dedicated touch input processing. It has a become a favored platform for super phones and tablets in general.

Windows expert Paul Thurrott claims that Windows 8 will be offered at a $15 upgrade deal by Microsoft.

Existing Users Will Get $15 Windows 8 Upgrade Deal

Windows expert Paul Thurrott made a post earlier this week claiming Microsoft will offer a $15 Windows 8 upgrade deal for existing users of Windows. Those who buy a new Windows 7 PC will be eligible for this offer. Paul published this article on his blog Supersite for Windows. It was already reported by CNET that Microsoft would be charging something for the upgrade but no one could tell how much. The only thing that was known back then, as we reported earlier, was that it is expected to begin with the release of Windows 8 Release Preview Build.

Microsoft has already confirmed the Release Preview for the first week of June. Following the Windows 7 release, the expected date for this announcement is June 5.

To become eligible for this upgrade, customers must buy a Windows 7 PC between June 2012 and January 2013. If the rumors prevail, Windows 8 should become available much before January 2013. At that point, Windows 7 PCs would become cheaper and it would make sense to buy one and then upgrade to Windows 8 for cheap.

Microsoft will apparently do everybody one more favor. Aside from the cheap upgrade price, they will upgrade everybody to the same Windows 8 version — Windows 8 Pro. Previously, Microsoft upgraded everybody to their corresponding editions. So you could technically buy a PC with Windows 7 Starter Edition and then upgrade for $15. Windows 8 Pro is the higher end of Windows 8, which shows just how much Microsoft wants everyone to upgrade as soon as possible.

Microsoft has not said anything about the upgrade cost for Windows 8. However, if it is anything like the current scheme, it would cost consumers $120 for Windows 8 and $200 for Windows 8 Pro. If The $15 charge happens (and it looks like a distinct possibility), it will be a discount of about 93% for the buyer.

Parental control within Windows 8 has a feature that can send weekly reports to parents about the child’s activities.

Windows 8 Steps Up Parental Control With Weekly Reporting Feature

Microsoft announced a new parental control feature earlier this week for its up coming Windows 8 operating system. This new feature allows parents to generate weekly reports on their child’s activities and it gets sent to them automatically.
This feature will be available on secondary accounts and will require no extra downloads, configurations or anything. When you are creating a secondary account for your child, you will see a checkbox that says "Is this a child’s account? Turn on Family Safety to get reports of their PC use.”

Check this box and you will be able to set it up in a few steps, guided by Windows. With multiple PCs in a household, it has been getting progressively harder to monitor what the child is doing online. And it is awkward for the child and the parent to be glancing over the child’s shoulder. This new feature makes it much easier for both parties thus. This report is much less intrusive and restrictive than traditional website filtering solutions and it enables the child/teenager to go about surfing the web more freely. In fact, it might make the child more responsible and encourage them to be more productive on the computer on their own.

But this does not mean restriction features are absent in this. If you find website that you do not approve of, you can easily block access to those sites by clicking a link on the email. The changes you make are stored on the cloud and applied all computers that are linked to your account and have ‘Family Safety’ activated. There are also standard parental controls where you can opt to allow only child-friendly websites or only general-interest websites or just block adult-sites. You can also allow all sites with a warning that a site might contain adult content. There’s also SafeSearch, time limits for online activities and filters for restricted apps on the Windows Store.

These features will be available on the Release Preview build of Windows 8 that is scheduled for an early June release.

To get rid of windows 8 explorer ribbon, refer to the tutorial below.

Microsoft introduces the Ribbon in the Windows 8 Explorer to make it easier for end users to complete a variety of tasks. There are more than 200 commands for these purposes in the Explorer, but Microsoft has found that the top 10 commands represent 81.8% of all usage.

"These strengths fit well with our three goals – the ribbon would allow us to create an optimized file manager where commands would have reliable, logical locations in a streamlined experience,” says Alex Simons, Microsoft’s Program Manager.
Microsoft’s Ribbon interface includes direct options for file management tasks, such as Copy, Paste, Delete, Rename, Cut, and Properties.

"These strengths fit well with our three goals – the ribbon would allow us to create an optimized file manager where commands would have reliable, logical locations in a streamlined experience,” says Alex Simons, Microsoft’s Program Manager.
Microsoft’s Ribbon interface includes direct options for file management tasks, such as Copy, Paste, Delete, Rename, Cut, and Properties.

How to disable explorer ribbon

1. Press Windows key + R to launch Run dialogue box. Type gpedit.msc and hit Enter.

2. In the new window appeared, under Local computer policy, expand Administrative Templates by clicking the little arrow left to it. Then just click on Windows Components .

3 . Look right side of it. Use scroll bar to locate Windows Explorer and double click on it.

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If you want to get the old Windows 7 Taskbar in Windows 8 Consumer Preview, see the tutorial below.

Microsoft brings Metro Interface, which definitely has variations with its predecessor and most of them are no doubt better. Windows 8 has also changed its Task Manager along with many other components. Microsoft has added App History, Start Upand Details but removed Applications and Windows Tab. Though they have their differences, but both are good. The Windows 7 Task Manager is easy to manage for normal users. Thus if want to use
your old Task Manager, follow the instructions given below carefully.

1. Open My Computer by pressing Windows + E. Now navigate to C:\windows\System32\.
Now find out taskmgr.exe. This is your old Task Manager, hidden in Windows 8. You will also get
TM.exe. That is your new Task Manager available in Windows 8.

2. Now right click on taskmgr.exe and click on Send to ->Desktop(Create Shortcut).

So now, you will see the Task Manager shortcut icon in the Desktop.

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To launch the desktop version of IE from metro UI in Windows 8, refer to the tutorial below.

If you are using Windows 8 for quite a long time, then you must have observed that it has two version of Internet Explorer: one is the Standard Internet Explorer and another is the Metro version of it. But the Metro version is not much easy to use as the standard version. It doesn’t show the options and settings in the upper toolbar always like the standard version. The only good thing is that it comes in full screen.

How to launch the desktop version of Internet Explorer from the Metro UI

To launch desktop version of IE, follow the steps,

1. Open Internet explorer from the Taskbar. Click on the gear like icon. Click Internet options from the new popped up window.

2. In the new window, move to the Programs tab. In this tab, look Choose How you open links . By default it is set to Let Internet Explorer decide . Change it to Always in Internet Explorer on the desktop from the dropdown list.

From now on, whenever you click IE in Metro UI, IE will open in Standard Window mode.

If want to know how to open Administrative Command Prompt without Run dialogue box in Windows 8, go through the tutorial below.

Windows 8 comes with the all new Metro Interface having lots of new features, doing many thongs in a different and easier way. Up to Windows 7there was only one way to open Command Prompt by first opening the Run dialogue box and then typing cmd and hittingEnter. Windows 8brings another two options for opening Command Prompt with administrative privilege along with the old one. These two ways are shown in this tutorial.

Method 1: From Task Manager

1. Open the Task Manager by right clicking on the taskbar and selecting Task Manager.

2. Now click on File -> Run new task.

3. Type cmd in the textbox and select Create this task with administrative privilege & hit Enter.

Now you are done, you will see the Command prompt is opened with the administrative privilege.

Method 2: From Quick Access Menu

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If you want to know how to open Metro Control Panel in Windows 8, follow the tutorial below.

All the Windows 8 users must be familiar with two Control Panels : one is the Standard Control Panel and another is the Metro Control Panel. The Standard Control Panel is for changing various computer settings and the Metro Control Panel is for some more general computer settings, which were not available in the Standard Control Panel .
In the Consumer Preview version of Windows 8 none of them can be seen as a shortcut in the Desktop or the Start Menu. You will see the standard version in the Desktop by enabling
that to be shown in there with other computer icons. In the Developers Preview version of windows 8, Metro Control Panel
or rather PC Settings was present in the Start Menu. But in the Consumer preview version this is omitted. In order to open the Metro Control Panel, follow the instruction shown below.

1. Press Windows + I to open the right side Charm bar.

2. When the Charm bar appears, click on More Settings to open the Metro Control Panel.