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Wednesday 8 January 2014

Keyboard Shortcuts in Windows 8

Complete List of Keyboard Shortcuts in Windows 8

Posted on 4:19 pm by Faisal CV

As we all know, Windows 8 is proven as a massive hit in the IT market. According to recent survey 40 million users are using it. If you are one among them, that are using windows 8, then you are unaware of the windows new keyboard shortcuts that will speed up your work.

We are providing you with several shortcuts that might sound very cool to you. The list of the shortcuts is.

Keyboard Shortcuts	Synopsys
WIN + Your Words	Search Your PC Including Apps , Settings & Files
CTRL (+) or CTRL (-)	Increase or decrease the size of pinned apps in the start screen
WIN + C	Opens Charms Bar


WIN + F	Open Search Charms to Search the files
WIN+H	Open Share Charm
WIN+I	Opens Settings Charm
WIN +P	Opens Second Screen
WIN+T	Open Preview of Opened Windows
WIN + Q	Opens All Apps
WIN+K	Opens devices
WIN+L	Displays Lock Screen
WIN+D	Displays Desktop
WIN+M	Minimize All Opened Applications
WIN + Tab	To Switch between all opened apps

If you have any queries or suggestions , then post a comment below !

Boost Up Windows 8 Startup Speed

Boost Up Windows 8 Startup Speed

Posted on 10:06 pm by Faisal.CV

If you have upgraded your PC to windows 8 then you might have seen it takes few seconds to boot up. Increase your Windows 8 start up speed more prominently by enabling hibernation. Hibernation is a mode in which your current content goes from Random Access Memory to hard disk & it retains its state upon start up.

How To Do ?

Now follow some easy steps by which you can enable fast start up of your computer along with hibernation facility.

1. Press Start button & search for "Change what the power buttons do" .

2. Now Click On " Change Settings that are currently unavailable ".

3. Check the two options
- Turn on fast start up ( Recommended )
- Hibernate

4. Click on Save Changes & reboot your PC.

That's It you have enabled fast start up of windows 8 along with hibernation.

Windows Detected A Hard Disk Problem - Solved

Windows Detected A Hard Disk Problem - Solved

Posted on 7:58 pm by Faisal CV

If you are using any version of windows after windows xp , you might get effected by an error message saying " Windows Detected a hard disk problem " . This error message got generated if you have a faulty hard disk. But may of the user report problem , that this error message is generated despite they have a hard drive consisting of correct sectors. The main drawback of this error is that , it is continuously execute after every 5-10 min & is very annoying .

If you are one who is facing this error , then you can easily stop it . This error message doesn't upset you anymore . For that you have to follow this simple steps .

STEPS :

1. Press Win+R , type gpedit.msc & Click on ok.

2. Navigate the left side & locate the above listed path .

Computer Configuration > Administrative Templates > System > Troubleshooting and Diagnostics > Disk Diagnostics

3. Double click on both of the listed settings & Click on Disable , by default it is set to not configured or enabled.

Settings                                                               -> Set It To

Disk Diagnostic :Configure Custom alert text        -> Disabled

Disk Diagnostic :Configure Execution Level          -> Disabled