“iTunes now supports OS X Mavericks. This version also adds support for Arabic and Hebrew, and improves performance and stability.”
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Be sure to see:
Ed Bott – The unofficial guide to installing iTunes 10 without bloatware
Tweaking Windows 8.1 – Printable PDF
After weeks of hard work Tweaking Windows 8.1 is ready.
You can get a printable PDF here.
If you ordered the previous version (“Tweaking Windows 8”) contact me from the email account you bought it from for your free update.
Tweaking Windows 8.1
TweakHound’s
Tweaking Windows 8.1
A guide to tweak and optimize Windows 8.1.
Updated for Windows 8.1 Update 1. Lasted edited 07 April, 2014
tweak – to change slightly, esp. in order to make something more effective or correct.
optimize – get the most out of, make optimal – modify to achieve maximum efficiency in storage capacity or time or cost
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Article Index
Introduction
Bad Tweaks
Notes & Ramblings
Useful Links
Tips For This Guide
What to call the new interface?
The Windows + Pause|Break keys
The Windows + R keys
The Run box is < The Search Box
Closing Metro Apps
Windows Help & Tips
Settings For User Accounts
Account Types
Local An Microsoft Accounts Defined
– Local Account
– Microsoft Account
Which should you use, a Local or Microsoft Account?
Accessing Account Settings
Signing On With A Local Account During A Clean Installation
Signing Up For A Microsoft Account After Installation
Using The Windows Store When You Use A Local Account For Sign-In
Switch To A Local Account
Create A User Password
How To Change The User Account Picture
How To Login Automatically
Libraries
Move Your Libraries
View Libraries In Explorer
Customize The Desktop
Boot To Desktop Or Start Screen
Start Button
Add a Start Menu Button
Disable System Sounds
Customize the Taskbar
Customize the Notification Area
More Desktop Customizations
The Action Center
Advanced Clock Settings
God Mode
Customizing Metro
Charms
Arranging Tiles
Resizing Tiles
Getting Rid Of Tiles
Restoring Or Adding Tiles To The Start Screen
Naming Groups
Show Administrative Tools
Customize Folder Options
Folder View Options
Optimize Folders
Search Options – Disable Bing Integrated Search
Windows 8 Networking
Sharing
Disable The Home Group
Windows 8 Network Tweaks
Windows 8 Power Settings
Power Plans For Laptops
Windows 8 Fast Startup
Disable Fast Startup
Windows Mobility Center
Add a Windows Mobility Center shortcut to your desktop
Windows 8 Security Tweaks
UAC
Windows Defender
Configuring Windows Update
The Page File, SuperFetch, and ReadyBoost
The Page File
SuperFetch
ReadyBoost
Windows Backup And Recovery Options
Refresh and Reset
System Restore
Accessing Windows Recovery Settings Offilne
Windows 7 Backup
File History
User Interface Tweakers
Classic Shell
Classic Start Menu
Maintaining Your Computer
Receiving Updates When Available
Secunia PSI
Ninite Updater
Checking for problems
Reliability Monitor
View performance details in Event Log
Generate A System Health Report
Task Manager
Clean, Defrag, & Optimize
Disk Cleanup
Advanced Disk Cleanup
More Advanced Disk Cleanup
CCleaner
Autoruns
Defrag
Appendix 1, Learn Windows 8 – Official Microsoft Guides
New For Windows 8.1
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Audacity 2.0.5
Audacity has been updated to version 2.0.5.
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Release Notes
Nvidia 331.58 Drivers Out
Nvidia 331.58 WHQL drivers released.
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Release Notes
This Game Ready WHQL driver ensures you’ll have the best possible gaming experience in Batman: Arkham Origins and Battlefield 4. GeForce Game Ready drivers also provide performance increases for a variety of different games.
Clean Install Windows 8.1
The workaround to download Windows 8.1 surfaced over the last few days.
Origin unknown (That means credit / blame ain’t mine).
Lots of places have posted the instructions to download but left you hanging after that.
Thats where this post comes in.
[Read more…] about Clean Install Windows 8.1
Classic Shell 4.0.2
Classic Shell version 4.0.2 is out.
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Classic Shell has been around for nearly 4 years.
It has recently attracted attention from a wider audience because of its Start Menu addon/replacement called Classic Start Menu.
IMHO it is the best freeware Windows 8 start menu program.
Version 4.0.2 general release (Oct, 2013):
Quick fix for the taskbar showing up on top of fullscreen programs under some conditions
Version 4.0.1 general release (Oct, 2013):
New setting to hide Metro apps from the Programs folder
Improved compatibility with the final build of Windows 8.1
Minor bugfixes
Bad Tweak – Using ProfilesDirectory Setting
Ed Bott has an excellent post up: Don’t move your Windows user profiles folder to another drive
I’ve always advocated moving your My Documents / Libraries folder to a drive or partition. The method I’ve always suggested is using the Microsoft supported method of using “Move”. See: Move Your Libraries
It seems somewhere there are tweaks being posted that involve moving your Profile folder using the ProfilesDirectory setting. The downside of using this unsupported tweak is “Using this setting to redirect folders to a drive other than the system volume blocks upgrades.” as folks who used this tweak and tried to upgrade to 8.1 just found out. See the article listed above for more info. Well done Ed.
Added to Bad Tweaks.
Windows 8.1 Registry Tweaks I Am Using
This is for my fellow Geeks.
***WARNING***
This is for advanced users only.
BACKUP before using tweaks.
As I said, this is for advanced users only.
No “how to use”, no support, no whining. [Read more…] about Windows 8.1 Registry Tweaks I Am Using