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Ten Features of the Metro Environment in Windows

Windows 8 is all about Metro. What are the unique advantages of Metro that are generating all the buzz?

Touch Navigation Tutorial for Windows 8

Navigating Windows 8 on a tablet or touchscreen is a new skill. This basic tutorial will demonstrate how to use the touch or Metro interface.

Hotmail: Delete Emails Automatically after a Period of Time

Many of the old emails that take space in your inbox are unnecessary newsletters from websites or subscribed services. Manually cleaning this old mail is such a pain. Luckily, Hotmail provides some solutions to help you clean your mail automatically based on the age of the email.

Create/Modify a UNIX File with an Arbitrary Timestamp

The touch command in UNIX creates a file if it does not exist or updates the modification time of an existing file to the current time. An option of the touch command allows the modification timestamp to be set to any arbitrary time.

XP: Create a Hard Link Reference to a File with fsutil

UNIX users have long used symbolic or hard links to create a new reference to an existing file. Windows XP has a new function called fsutil which, among other interesting filesystem utilities, allows the creation of hard links on an NTFS volume. The referenced file behaves exactly like the original file.

Display or Remove Welcome Screen after Screensaver

Displaying the welcome screen after the screensaver is occasionally useful. This tutorial describes how to turn it on or off.

Windows 8: Reset or Refresh the system

Windows systems are infamous for slowing down after months of use. In the past, power users would experienced this phenomena would just reformat and reinstall Windows to clean out all the junk that drags down performance. Under prior versions of Windows, this reset process was not quick or easy. However, with Windows 8 the system can be returned to the factory or default settings very rapidly using these steps.

Playstation Vita: Customize the Vita’s Home Screens

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Want to know how to change and tweak your PS Vita home screen? Here I will show how to arrange the icons on the Vita’s Home Screens. Additionally, we can also change the backgrounds for each home screens.

How Can I run Unity 3d in Windows 7 64-bit?

Although the installation process of Unity 3d Editor completes without any errors in the 64-bit version of Windows 7, the program will stop responding as soon as you launch it. Luckily, there is an easy solution to make Unity 3d run inside the 64-bit system.

XP: Erase a CD-RW Disc

This Tech-Recipes tutorial contains stepwise directions for erasing a CD-RW disc.

PHP Conditional Syntax: Using Switch and Case Statements

The switch/case statement offers similar functionality to the if/elseif statement; however, it offers a more elegant solution and has capabilities beyond the if/elseif alternative.

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