Windows 8 Start Menu is the latest buzz by Microsoft. Unlike Start Menu in other versions of Windows, Start Menu of Windows 8 is more visual and configurable. You can drag shortcuts in Windows 8 Start Menu using your mouse cursor. You can even right click on any of the shortcut in the Windows 8 Start Menu and unpin it from the start menu. When you unpin an icon from Windows 8 Start Menu, the application to which the shortcut is pointing is not deleted and you just remove it from your Windows 8 Start Menu.

New Shortcut added to Windows 8 Start Menu

Adding new Shortcuts to Windows 8 Start menu is quite easy as well. Given below screenshots displays how a Desktop Shortcut is added to Windows 8 Start Menu. All you need to do is locate the desktop shortcut, right click on it and select the option Pin to Start as displayed below. Once you complete this step, the shortcut would be added to the Windows 8 Start Menu at extreme right of currently pinned shortcuts. You can move any of the Shortcuts in the Windows 8 Start Menu by holding Mouse Cursor over a pinned shortcut in Windows 8 Start Menu and moving it to any other location in your Windows 8 Start Menu. Dragging a shortcut in Windows 8 Start Menu would automatically relocate any existing shortcuts and moving shortcuts in the Windows 8 Start Menu can be really fun way of arranging how your Windows 8 Start menu appears.

Right Click on any Desktop Shortcut and Select the Menu named Pin to Start

As and when you install new desktop or windows 8 applications to your Windows 8 Computer, your Windows 8 Start Menu will become cluttered and the post Windows 8 Shortcuts might be of help. Yes the Start Menu of Windows 7 and other Microsoft Operating System was not such a mandatory thing to manage. As Windows 8 Start Menu is what you will see when you boot up your Windows 8 computer, you might wish to keep it clean and have the appropriate knowledge to manage it.

Windows 8 brings new features that allows you to restart or even boot up really faster. However due to new design of Windows 8 Start Menu, you might not be able to fully enjoy fast restart or even shutdown of a windows 8 computer. Now with a small software utility you can restart your computer with just one of two clicks. Yes Restarting a Windows 8 Computer is really easy and fun to to with the software utility presented here. Have a look at the given below screenshot which displays how you can restart your Windows 8 running on 32 or 64 bit architecture.

Restart Windows 8 Really Fast or With Visible or Audible Confirmation

Download the Desktop Shortcut Utility on your Windows 8 Computer to get new quick and easy ways to Restart your Windows 8 Computer. There are many configurable options for restarting your Windows 8 Computer. The above screenshot actually displays them all, however if you would like to read on further, carry on and find out what all this new way of Restarting Windows 8 has in offer for you.

Broadly speaking there are two basic ways in which you can Restart Windows 8 Computer using the software application presented above. Create a Desktop Shortcut and while creating the desktop shortcut, opt to add the shortcut to Right Click menu of Desktop.

Normal Restart shortcut is displayed above or in other words, you would be prompted by Windows 8 to close any unsaved documents and the Restarting of Windows 8 will be halted if you decide to abort the Windows 8 Restart. You can even opt to display a visible alert when running the Restart Windows 8 command. The Visible alert has an option to enable or disable an audible alert. In case you would like a faster restart of windows 8, you can use the Brute option. The Brute Restart Windows 8 Shortcut will restart your computer without waiting for any unsaved documents to be saved and once the brute restart command is initiated, there is no way in which you can abort the windows 8 restart.

There are other useful Windows 8 Control options available in the software such as Windows 8 Shutdown, Log-Off Desktop Shortcut, and lots more shortcut ways in which you can control your computer running Windows 8. In case you would like to Restart Windows 8 Computer with command line, all you need to do is have a look at the Shortcut Properties and copy the Target of the Shortcut. Desktop Shortcuts can even be assigned global keyboard shortcuts and hence this software can be used as a multipurpose way to Restart your Windows 8 Computer with either Desktop Shortcut, Menu in Right Click of Desktop menu, Global Keyboard Shortcut or using the Command Line.

Microsoft’s latest Operating System named Windows 8 has a close relationship with USB devices. This post talks basically about USB sticks which can store information and this post does not explores what all USB devices can be connected to a Windows 8 computer. The most important relationship of Windows 8 and USB devices is the support for USB 3.0 and ofcourse older USB devices like USB 2.0 etc. USB 3.0 devices can exchange data at much higher rate than their USB 2.0 counterpart devices. Windows 8 to Go is a functionality in Windows 8 which works only with USB 3.0 devices. You can even mount a Windows 8 iso file to a USB stick and then install Windows 8 on some other computer using the USB device.

USB 3.0 is definitely the data transfer technology of today. In case your computer’s motherboard supports plugging in USB 3.0 devices, there are good chances that you would not need to install any other driver and Windows 8 will take care of the required drivers automatically. In case you do transfer data between your computer and USB devices frequently, this is the time to migrate to USB 3.0 devices. Yes USB sticks are sort of expensive but time saved would be much more worth as compared to USB 2.0 devices. PCI Express Cards are available in the market to add USB 3.0 ports to your Desktop Computer. In case you motherboard does not supports USB 3.0 ports, and you do want to use USB 3.0 devices, get a PCI Express card and let your data transfer speed go rocket high.

In case you have Windows 8 iso file of either 32 bit version of 64 bit version and a USB stick of around 4 GB, you can transfer the iso image file of Windows 8 to your USB and then boot and install Windows 8 from your USB 2.0 or USB 3.0 memory stick. Free Software Utility from Microsoft titled Windows 7 USB/DVD Download Tool can be used to burn an iso file to USB or to a DVD. Yes USB 3.0 Memory Stick will save you time and efforts and ofcourse DVD is a traditional and rugged solution. In case you do want to install Windows 8 from a USB memory stick to a computer, the target computer must support booting from a USB device. Find out more on how to transfer the iso file to USB or to a DVD by following this post.

Windows 8 to Go is a solution by Microsoft to takeaway an installed copy of Windows 8 onto a USB device. This functionality can be launched from Control Panel and USB 3.0 Memory Stick is a basic requirement. As more and more electronic devices follow USB 3.0 format, easier & cheaper, it would be to use. Yes Microsoft and other Electronic Companies are trying their best to save you time, efforts and money.

In order to Shutdown Windows 8 Computer, you now have lots of ways. Yes in order to shutdown a Windows 8 computer, you can sign out and then initiate shutdown. Microsoft decided that you should manually sign out and then initiate a Windows 8 Shutdown and hence now you will have to follow extra step to shutdown a Windows 8 computer. Out of many ways to shutdown a Windows 8 computer is bring up the Windows 8 Start Menu, Click on User Name and select the option Sign Out and then finally from the Windows 8 Lock Screen bottom right corner, select the option to shutdown your windows 8 computer.

Yes above way to Shutdown a Windows 8 Computer seems like too much of work and fortunately there are ways to easily shutdown a Windows 8 PC with one or two clicks. As always third party applications can be of help. Have a close look at the given below screenshot which displays a Desktop Shortcut Utility providing you the option to create a Desktop Shortcut to Shutdown a Windows 8 Computer with or without confirmation and optionally with voice alert. You can even add the Windows 8 Shutdown Shortcut to Desktop Right Click Menu and practically with 2 Mouse Click, you can shutdown your Windows 8 Computer.

Windows 8 Shutdown with Desktop Shortcut or Menu in Desktop Right Click

Yes Third party applications make life easy for everyone and that’s the reason, these nifty utilities are created by developers. Download this Desktop Shortcut Utility Application and control your Windows 8 Computer as you want. Yes this Shutdown Shortcut Utility works fine on a Windows 8 32 bit and 64 bit computers and has been tested with more than 3 dozen antiviruses and is totally clean. There are lots of features offered by this nifty utility and you can find out more in the Desktop Shortcut Post which provides another screenshot and a video tutorial displaying how to use the application to shutdown windows 8 computer easily, quickly and with ease.

Now you can download free 90 day trial from Microsoft. Yes this totally free trial is really simple to download and comes in various languages apart from english. There are two versions of this free Windows 8 trial offered by Microsoft. You can either get a 32 bit Free Trial Edition of Windows 8 or you can download a 64 bit free trial edition of Windows 8 Enterprise Edition. Both the version of this free Windows 8 trial can be downloaded from Microsoft website and both the downloads are in a .iso file format. The 64 bit version of this free Windows 8 trial is of a bigger size as compared to the 32 bit version of Windows 8.

Depending on the configuration and usage of new Windows 8, you can select either 32 bit or 64 bit edition of Windows 8. 64 bit version of Windows 8 supports more than 4 GB of RAM and in case you computer does have more than 4 GB of RAM, you should go ahead and download the free trial Windows 8 edition of 64 bit. Yes some graphics and video editing programs do require that you must have a 64 bit edition of Windows. As Windows 8 is a new operating system, all your software applications may not work fine on Windows 8. Yes this free trial edition of Windows 8 is basically targeted towards developers who can now test their applications on Windows 8 before Microsoft starts selling Windows 8 to end users. MurGee.com has already started testing their software utilities on this new latest Windows 8 and applications are being written by the company specifically for Windows 8 users. In case your computer has less than or around 4 GB memory and you do not want to install any specific application which requires 64 bit operating system, go ahead and download free trial of Windows 8 in 32 bit iso file format.

This Free Trial Edition of Windows 8 does not requires you to enter a registration key, however you would need to signup with your Windows LIVE account in order to get to the download page. You can also watch a complete Windows 8 Enterprise Installation Video Tutorial. Yes installation of Windows 8 is really simple and depending on your computer’s configuration, the complete installation of Windows 8 should not take too long. In order to download this free trial Windows 8 edition, you would need to have a good internet connection, around 3 GB of space on your hard disk, optionally a DVD drive and a blank DVD to finally install Windows 8 on another computer.

In order to close a Windows 8 style application, all you need to do is press Alt + F4 and the Windows 8 app currently under focus will close in a couple of seconds. Yes Clocking a Windows 8 style app is as simple as closing a desktop style application. Yes you can even verify this Windows 8 style application closing method using Windows 8 Task Manager. Given below steps outline how to close a Windows 8 style application and verify that it has been closed and removed from memory. This is the simplest method in which you can free up your computer resources and utilize cpu and memory in best possible way.

• Open up a Windows 8 Style Application on your Windows 8 Desktop or laptop Computer.
• Navigate to Windows 8 Start Menu and open up any Windows 8 Application. Remember that the Windows 8 Start Menu displays Desktop Application Shortcuts as well as Windows 8 Application shortcuts.
• Now Let this Windows 8 Application running, find the Desktop Icon in Windows 8 Start Menu and click on it.
• Now Open Windows 8 Task Manager and find your Windows 8 Application in the Apps section of the Processes tab of the Task Manager.
• Now close the task manager and click on top left corner of the monitor on which Windows 8 Start menu is displayed.
• After doing above step Windows 8 will open up the Windows 8 Application in front of you.
• Now in order to close this Windows 8 Application, press Alt + F4. After pressing this keyboard shortcut to close the Windows 8 Application, your Desktop will open up automatically or in case you had multiple Windows 8 applications running, other Windows 8 application will open up.
• Now in order to verify that the Windows 8 Application you closed, open up Task Manager again and wait for a couple of seconds. After a couple of seconds, the Windows 8 Application you closed using Alt + F4 will be removed from the list of Apps in the task manager.

Automation Software provides functionality to Close Windows 8 Application(s)

Keyboard & Mouse Shortcuts which can be really helpful when using Windows 8 are described in this post. Whether you are using Windows 8 on a Desktop, Laptop or a Tablet, these shortcuts can be really handy to save efforts and time. With new Windows 8 style applications in this new Microsoft Operating System, it might be easy to get lost. Most of the shortcuts talked about here are traditional shortcuts or in other words, they do exists in one or another way in Microsoft older operating systems such as Windows 7, Vista, etc. Without further explanation about these shortcuts, be ready with your Windows 8 computer, keyboard and mouse to explore the world of  easy to use shortcuts.

• Use Alt + F4 to close any Windows 8 style application. Yes this keyboard shortcuts works for desktop applications and this keyboard shortcut works for Windows 8 apps as well.
• Windows Key on keyboard can be used as a keyboard shortcut to switch between Windows 8 apps. In case you do have Desktop opened and no Windows 8 app launched, then the Windows Key Keyboard shortcut will toggle your computer from desktop to Windows 8 Start Screen, however in case you do have one or more Windows 8 Apps launched or running, then this Windows Key Keyboard Shortcut on Windows 8 will just toggle between Windows 8 apps and will ignore cycling through the Desktop.
• F3 and Windows Key + F can be used to open up Search functionality of the respective application. You can use these Finder Keyboard Shortcut Keys for finding virtually anything on your windows 8 computer. Whether you are actively working on Windows 8 Start menu or Desktop or in Windows Explorer, these keyboard shortcuts can be really handy.
• Esc key is another nifty keyboard shortcut that can be used to cancel a Windows 8 App command. While working on Desktop, press the Windows Key to open up Windows 8 Start Menu and then press the Esc Keyboard shortcut to return back to the Desktop.
• Right Mouse Click at the Top Left Corner or Primary Monitor will allow you to view all currently running Windows 8 Apps and Desktop.
• Arrow keys, Enter and Tab Keys can be also really handy when navigating between listing of Windows 8 apps on the Windows 8 Start Menu. These Keyboard Shortcuts can be also useful in case your mouse gets struck or you just want to speed up your navigation and application control commands using keyboard on your Windows 8 Computer.

Looking for a free Auto Clicker for Windows ? Here you can find out how you can get the registration key to unlock the free to try MurGee Auto Clicker. Yes it is indeed the best mouse automation software and now you can get it totally for free. The Software is already free to download and try, however it is usage limited trial versions, expires after 20 usages and then it asks for a registration key. The Registration Key for the software can be bought by paying in a one time fee of $5.00 only using credit or debit card.

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A small creative video with link to MurGee website can get you this Auto Clicker totally for free. Yes this software utility works on Windows 7 and yes on new upcoming Windows 8 as well. As RAM is getting cheaper and cheaper and in case you new computer does have more than 4GB of RAM, you might consider a 64 bit version of the Windows Operating System and yes MurGee Auto Clicker will work just fine on 64 bit version of Windows. In case you would like to know more whether MurGee Auto Clicker contains a Virus or not, the link mentioned in this sentence might be of help. Download your Free Auto Clicker for your Windows Computer running 32 bit or 64 bit operating system.

Metro Interface of Windows 8 presents shortcuts on metro screen in tiles format. Yes Shortcut Icons on the Metro Screen of Windows 8 can be dragged / removed , etc. One of the issues with Metro Screen of Windows 8 is that it gets filled up quickly. As and when you install few software applications on your Windows 8 computer, you will find that all your Metro Screen has been cluttered and you may find yourself searching for the application on your Metro Screen. Yes with a few software applications installed on your Windows 8 Computer, you would need to clean up your Metro User Interface or else struggle always to locate your applications or even searching for application or files or folder using Windows 8 new Metro Search facility.

Cleaning up the Metro Screen of Interface will be inevitable or else this new interface of Windows 8 is going to consume your time and efforts. This post presents a free way to clean up your windows 8 metro screen and remove unwanted shortcuts so that you can easily locate shortcuts created by programs and save yourself time and efforts.

There are two kinds of Shortcut Icons visible on the Metro screen. The First type of shortcuts are created by metro applications and other shortcut icons are created by desktop applications installed by you on your windows 8 computer. Yes on earlier versions of Windows, cleaning up the Programs Folder was not required as the Start Menu of earlier versions of Windows contained shortcuts in a folder structure and in Windows Vista, searching for appropriate application or program , it was comparatively easy.

In order to clean up your Metro Screen and remove unwanted Shortcut Icons you can either do it the Metro Style way or Desktop Way. In case you want to spend less time in this Metro Cleaning up process, all you need to do is open up Windows Explorer and navigate to the folder where all the application shortcuts are stored (e.g. C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs ). Locate unwanted shortcuts and either move them to different folder or delete them. Once you are done cleaning up your Programs folder, your Windows 8 Metro Screen will automatically reflect the changes made and you will get a clean Metro Screen with only useful icons displaying in the Windows 8 Metro Screen.

Auto Typer on a Windows Computer can be handy when you want to automate long sentence typing in a scripted fashion. This post talks how you can build a Auto Typer using MurGee Auto Mouse Clicker Software Utility for Windows. You can even watch a Video Tutorial about how you can use a small free to try out keyboard automation utility and make your own custom auto typer which can do the typing by following a script. The MurGee Auto Typer built using MurGee Auto Mouse Clicker can be really simple and yet sophisticated with little efforts.

This Automatic Typer can be used in any other game or application as well. The Video Tutorial in the above paragraph uses Notepad to display how automatic scripted typing can be programmed. The Auto Typer is just one example of how you can use the Automation Utility. Wherever you need to auto type long sentences, you can let the software do the automatic typing and save yourself time and efforts.  You can configure single or multiple messages (text strings) to be typed automatically with a single keyboard shortcut. In case you would like to store text to be read from a text file, all you need to do is specify the file name containing messages to be automatically typed onto any game and the MurGee Auto Mouse Clicker will read the text automatically and type the text sentences onto almost any game.