What I like best is the way NPM suggests solutions to network problems. This utility will also guide you through troubleshooting the dashboard will indicate whether the root cause is a broken link, faulty equipment or resource overload. SolarWinds’ Orion performance monitor will help you discover what’s happening on your network.
Guy Recommends: A Free Trial of the Network Performance Monitor (NPM) v11.5 When you have finished tweaking the items remember to Sign out – Sign in before your changes take effect. I am still trying to figure out a way of creating new shortcuts for other executables. This is where you can inspect the listed items, and with care, customize the menu by pruning the shortcuts. You should now see three sub-folders called Group 1, 2 and 3. Select: YourAccount\AppData\ Local\Microsoft\Windows\WinX
One more surprise, it’s possible to customise the list. You have to hover the mouse over the lower left corner, it’s on the very lower edge of the screen. If you navigate to the desktop – pressing WinKey is a good way – then it’s possible to access a special ‘Start’ button.Īmazingly, if you carefully right-click this icon then you get a whole menu of Windows 8 settings, which is reminiscent of the Windows 7 Start menu.
The battlefield is how to reconcile touch screens functionality with those wanting a desktop workhorse. While many of those with a mouse prefer to work from the desktop as they did in Windows 7 and XP.ĭo remember that the Metro UI is new technology, and knowing Microsoft, it will evolve rapidly. People’s reactions are polarised, those with a tablet form-factor accept the whole Metro UI as one big start menu. The hot debate in Windows 8 is the disappearance of the Start Orb. I am yet to get it to display the desktop and Taskbar. While this does side-step the Metro UI, the resulting explorer was not ideal. Shell: explorer.exe Explorer /e, /root, Libraries HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon It is possible to modify the Shell setting in the registry. Note 2: Boot to the desktop works better if you combine with AutoAdminLogon.
Update: Windows 8.1 has the built-in ability to Boot to Desktop. Either simply press the Windows key, or else seek out the ‘Desktop’ tile. While this radically new display is designed for tablets, it’s easy to switch to the familiar Windows desktop layout.
Once you sign-in to Windows 8 you are greeted by the new ‘Metro’ Start screen with its tiles. Those with a mouse may prefer an alternative to Windows 8’s New UI, namely a Windows 7-like Desktop with a taskbar and Start menu.