The recently released Windows 8.1 operating system not only ships with new features but also addresses some of the announces of Windows 8 operating system. The ability to skip the Start screen and boot directly to the desktop, the Start button, and better Start screen personalization options are some of the new features of Windows […]
How To Prepare Windows 8.1 Bootable USB On Mac OS X
If your Windows installation is corrupted and you don’t have a bootable USB or DVD to perform a clean install of Windows 8.1, you can use your Mac machine to create bootable Windows 8.1 USB drive without having to install third-party utilities. One can use the native Boot Camp Assistant software that ships with all […]
Automatically Change Start Screen Background Color In Windows 8.1
A couple of weeks ago, we introduced you to a new tool called ColorSync that lets you automatically set Start screen background color as window border and taskbar color in Windows 8.1. The good news is that the developer of this tool has updated the tool and it now can now automatically set the window […]
Change Firefox New Tab Page Background Using New Tab Tools Extension
While more and more PC users are using Google Chrome as their default web browser these days, a significant number of users still prefer Mozilla Firefox over other browsers for a couple of well-known reasons. By default, Mozilla Firefox offers limited number of options to customize the New Tab page that appears when you open […]
How To Extend System Partition In Windows 10/8.1
Most PC users allocate less than 25GB space to the system partition while installing Windows operating system. While 25GB of free space is good enough for users who don’t install apps that require huge disk space, it’s always a good idea to allocate at least 50GB of space to the system drive. If your Windows […]
How To Automatically Set Start Screen Background Color As Window Border And Taskbar Color In Windows 8.1
The Start screen in Windows 8.1 has been enhanced with a couple of new features. The Start screen in the newest version of Windows comes with new tile sizes, lets you set desktop wallpaper as Start screen background picture, allows you uninstall multiple apps at once, and more. Just like its predecessor Windows 8, Windows […]
How To View Folder Size In Windows 8.1 Explorer
Windows 8.1, just like its predecessors, doesn’t show size of folders in Windows Explorer (File Explorer) by default. That is, when you open up a folder containing several files and folders, Windows Explorer shows only the size of files and not folders in Details view. In order to view the size of a folder in […]
3 Ways To Pin Folders To Taskbar In Windows 8.1
While one can easily pin a folder to the Start screen in Windows 8.1 by right-clicking on a folder and then selecting Pin to Start option, Windows 8.1 doesn’t let you pin folders to the taskbar with default settings. Only programs and application shortcuts can be pinned to the taskbar in all recent versions of […]
How To Set Different Colors For Start Screen And Lock Screen In Windows 8.1
As with the case of Windows 8, its successor Windows 8.1 also lets you customize the background color of the logon screen, the screen that appears right after the lock screen and displays your user account name, picture, and shut down options. While one can always change the default color of the logon screen by […]
Fix: The File Is Too Large For The Destination File System
This past Sunday, while transferring a couple of files from my friend’s PC to my USB flash drive, I got an error saying that The file Ubuntu.vdi is too large for the destination file system. My USB flash drive’s capacity is 16GB (actual capacity is 14.9 GB) and the size of the file in question […]
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