Windows 8 required users to learn a handful of concepts to get around and perform basic tasks. When you know what those concepts are—swiping from the edges, clicking in the corners, and a few ...

Lance Whitney is a freelance technology writer and trainer and a former IT professional. He's written for Time, CNET, PCMag, and several other publications. He's the author of two tech books--one on ...

That was over two years ago in the early adopter program for Windows 8, and now when I use Windows XP or Windows 7, I find it very inefficient to “have to click through so many menus” to find and do ...

Anyone who needs to learn the new OS can take a free four-hour course through the online training site Lynda.com. All it will cost you is a Facebook "Like." Lance Whitney is a freelance technology ...

Windows 8 introduced a new boot loader that decreased the time that it takes Windows 8 to start. Unfortunately, in order to do this Microsoft needed to remove the ability to access the Advanced Boot ...

Most interface changes to new editions of Windows have been minor–an icon moved here, a toolbar added there. Windows 8 will be different, using a completely new Metro interface as the primary ...