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How To Fix Skype High CPU And Memory Usage In Windows 8

As we all know, Skype is one of the most famous instant messaging and VOIP applications in the world. It is not only a Facebook integrated chat client but a complete VOIP package that has become a need for millions of users.

Get Android & Mac OS X Style Gadgets For Windows 7 & Windows 8 With XWidget

XWidgets is a feature rich application which providesAndroid andMac OS X style gadgets for Windows

How To Use And Enable Hibernate & Sleep Mode In Windows 8

Hibernation feature of an operating system (such as Windows based operating system) allows users to save the current system state before shutting down the computer.

Complete List Of Windows 8 Keyboard Shortcuts [Hotkeys]

Here is a list of some cool Windows 8 hotkeys which can help you speed u your tasks and also make it more fun to use the new Metro UI.

Windows 8 : Automatic Updates as Security - Thwarting Exploits with DEP

The attacks of malware to thwart which exploit vulnerabilities of software is the most important element of the automatic updates. But Windows 8 offers a second manner of thwarting of such attacks.

Windows 8 : Automatic Updates as Security - Managing Updates (part 2) - Changing how updates work, Reviewing and removing updates

You can modify times when updates of Windows are downloaded with your computer. For example, which if your computer is not turned above and on line at 3:00 during the morning? Will you miss on something important? At all. For a thing, there is no time on updates. After an update is announced, it remains announced for always.

Windows 8 : Automatic Updates as Security - Managing Updates (part 1) - Managing optional updates

The automatic updates related to safety require little or not effort on your partition. But sometimes you can be confronted with the optional updates.

Windows 8 : Automatic Updates as Security - Enabling Automatic Updates

The automatic updates are the best manner of following corrections of safety. In fact, the occasions are they are already allowed on your system

Windows 8 : Automatic Updates as Security - Understanding Automatic Updates

Many people are afraid of Windows Update. They are afraid that the updates will break something on their system which they can fix. It is certainly true that any change with your system could create a problem

Windows 8 : File Maintenance Using the Open and Save As Dialog Boxes, Metadata and the File Explorer Property System

If file location will become less important, what can you use to take its place as a basis for file organization? Content seems like a pretty good place to start. After all, it’s what’s inside the documents that really matters.

Windows 8 : The Recycle Bin: Deleting and Recovering Files and Folders

n our conversations with Windows users, we’ve noticed an interesting trend that has become more prominent in recent years: people don’t delete files as often as they used to.

Windows 8 : Expert Drag-and-Drop Techniques, Taking Advantage of the Send To Command

For certain destinations, Windows 8 offers an easier method for copying or moving files or folders: the Send To command. To use this command, select the objects you want to work with, right-click the selection, and then click Send To in the shortcut menu.

Windows 8 : Selecting Files with Check Boxes, Resolving File Transfer Conflicts

Windows 8 offers a file-selection technique that promises to eliminate accidental selections. With this technique, you use a check box to select individual files and folders. To activate this feature, display File Explorer’s View tab and then activate the Item Check Boxes check box.

Windows 8 : Navigating the Windows 8 Folder Windows (part 2) - Instant Search, The Ribbon, The Navigation Pane

The next major element in the Windows 8 folder window interface is the Instant Search box, which appears to the right of the address bar in all folder windows. Search is everywhere in Windows 8.

Windows 8 : Navigating the Windows 8 Folder Windows (part 1) - Folder Navigation

Windows 8 implements drives and folders as hierarchies that you navigate up, down, and even across. As you can see in Figure 1, the address bar doesn’t show any drive letters or backslashes.

Windows 8 : Understanding File Types - File Types and File Extensions, File Types and the Registry

One of the fictions that Microsoft has tried to foist on the computer-using public is that we live in a “document-centric” world. That is, that people care only about the documents they create and not about the applications they use to create those documents.

Personalizing Windows 8 : Protecting Yourself with Windows Firewall - Advanced Firewall Configuration

All these options require administrative privileges. We don’t go into great detail on what the various options mean because we assume you are working to comply with an existing policy.

Personalizing Windows 8 : Protecting Yourself with Windows Firewall - Making Exceptions to Firewall Protection

When Windows Firewall is turned on and running, you don’t really have to do anything special to use it. It will be on constant vigil, automatically protecting your computer from hackers and worms trying to sneak in through unprotected ports.

Personalizing Windows 8 : Protecting Yourself with Windows Firewall - Introducing Action Center

Before you explore Windows Firewall, take a look at the Action Center. This is a single point of notification for most of your PC’s security.

Personalizing Windows 8 : Protecting Yourself with Windows Firewall - How Firewalls Work

To understand what a firewall is, you need to first understand what a network connection is. Even though you have only one skinny set of wires connecting your computer to the Internet (through a DSL phone line or cable outlet), that connection actually consists of 65,535 ports.

Xbox LIVE and Windows 8 (part 3) - Xbox Companion

Xbox Companion will eventually be replaced by a similar but more full-featured app called Xbox SmartGlass. This app, due by the end of 2012, will offer a superset of the functionality in Xbox Companion.

Xbox LIVE and Windows 8 (part 2) - Xbox Games

Xbox Games is the front end to all of your Xbox LIVE game activities on Windows 8, and oddly enough that includes a ton of Xbox 360-related functionality, too.

Xbox LIVE and Windows 8 (part 1) - Xbox LIVE Accounts

Microsoft’s Xbox LIVE service is always changing, so it’s possible and even likely that there will be additional features offered in addition to what’s outlined here.

Xbox Games with Windows 8 : Finding and Acquiring Desktop Games

Desktop games (and applications) cannot run on Windows RT. They are designed only for Windows 8 (and perhaps older versions of Windows, too).

Xbox Games with Windows 8 : Finding and Acquiring Games for Windows 8

We discuss Windows Store, Microsoft’s new online marketplace for Metro-style apps. And as previously discussed, this is the place where you can discover, download, and purchase new Metro-style games as well.

Xbox Games with Windows 8 : Games and the Metro Environment

Windows 8 can, of course, run traditional Windows games that run under the desktop and provide full-screen experiences as well. The capabilities listed here are in addition to legacy features.

Windows 8 : Conquering Viruses and Spyware with Windows Defender (part 3) - Excluding files and folders, Advanced configuration options

Each virus and malware item that Defender identifies has a definition that specifies its intent, severity, and recommended actions. The definitions are created by human experts who have previously found and analyzed the item.

Windows 8 : Conquering Viruses and Spyware with Windows Defender (part 2) - Performing a custom scan, Preventing malicious software using real-time scanning

A custom scan lets you scan a specific drive or folder. For example, if someone sends you a flash drive or DVD, you might want to check that disk before copying or opening any files from it.

Windows 8 : Conquering Viruses and Spyware with Windows Defender (part 1) - Removing malicious software from your computer

There are many programs on the market that are designed to prevent and eliminate spyware (and adware), but you don’t have to spend any money or download any third-party programs to protect your system from these threats.

Windows 8 : Security and Updates - Help, Support, and Troubleshooting (part 2) - Help from People

When you can’t figure something out by guessing, usually your next thought is to call someone on the phone. Whether that strategy works depends on whom you call.