Windows 8 isn’t just a minor update of the same old operating system: It’s a drastic overhaul, with an emphasis on supporting and embracing touchscreens. Although Windows 8 is far from finished, it’s ...

When you turn on your Windows computer, the first thing you probably see is the welcome screen, asking you to submit your username and password to start using your pc. If you'd like to turn this ...

Windows 8 is an odd, discombobulated beast of an operating system that suffers from an identity crisis of the most severe degree. On the one hand, the primary focus of Windows 8 is to bring ...

Microsoft introduced a completely redesigned user interface called Metro with the release of Windows 8, but it didn't make it easy to turn it off if you or your employees prefer desktop-based, ...

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 ...

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 ...

Windows 8 is now available for anyone to download, and it already shows a ton of potential. In fact, Microsoft’s bold new OS, which reminds us a lot of Windows Phone, outshines the iPad in some key ...

Microsoft plans an update to its Windows 8 system to address some of the complaints and incorporate other feedback received since the radical makeover to the operating system came out in October. The ...

The first wave of Windows 8 desktops, laptops, tablets, and hybrids has been benchmarked and tested. Find out what we loved and hated. Rich Brown Former Senior Editorial Director - Home and Wellness ...

According to the latest leaked build of Windows 8.1 (Blue), the Start button and menu will make their triumphant return -- but they won't look or work like the Windows 7 Start menu. With Windows Blue ...