Pin any file to the Windows 8 Start Screen by using the ‘Pin to Start’ context menu option.
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Hide the free space indicator bars that are shown for all drives, including network drives, in Windows. This registry hack will hide both red bar – for low disk space – and the blue one.
Get a free Google Apps account with a branded email address and all other services on your personal domain through Google App Engine.
Set any custom folder as the default saving location for Windows 8 Print + Screen captured screenshots.
If you’re not a fan of the Windows 8 Explorer Details pane layout, here’s how you can move back it back to the bottom of the window just like on Windows 7.
Unpin all custom pinned applications, files and other items from the Windows 8 Start screen to restore it to its original state.
Get the classic login screen – the one with a simple user and password field – in Windows 8, instead of the user account list and Lock screen.
Restrict all users on the system from installing Modern UI applications by disabling the Store app in Windows 8.
Install and enable .NET Framework 3.5 (including .NET 2.0 and 3.0) on Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012 from DVD or ISO, without downloading from the internet.
Here is a little command to quickly open the current directory you’re viewing in the Command Prompt using Windows Explorer.