More Windows Opinion

• 15 December 2012

• Opinion: 3 reasons Windows Phone 8 will succeed

  PC Advisor readers offer three reasons that they believe Windows Phone 8 is set to be a big success.

• Opinion: Clear space on your laptop's hard drive

  The available space on a hard disk seems to be enormous when you first get a laptop, but it’s stunning how quickly you can fill up

• 14 December 2012

• Opinion: What's the point of Windows Phone 8?

  Android and iPhone can co-exist happily, but Windows Phone 8 has no real place in the smartphone market.

• 13 December 2012

• Opinion: How to use Windows Guest Mode

  Guest mode creates a temporary profile that won’t let a user tinker with any of your files, folders and applications

• 11 December 2012

• Opinion: How to take a screenshot in Windows 8

  Windows 8 has a tool built-in that gives you a whole lot more control over your screenshots, allowing you to get more polished results.

• 03 December 2012

• Opinion: Speed up your PC with ReadyBoost

  Windows has a small tool you can use to speed up your PC using nothing more than a USB memory key

• 30 November 2012

• Opinion: How to bypass Windows 8's password

  Window 8's demand for a password every time it boots it a good security measure, but if your laptop never leaves your desk you may be less worried about unauthorised access

• 26 November 2012

• Opinion: Surface RT: ARM'd, but not dangerous

  Windows Phone's where's-my-app theme is echoed by the Surface RT, making it unlikely that Microsoft has the power to steal market share from tablet heavyweights Google and Apple just yet.

• 20 November 2012

• Opinion: Create a backup image of your hard drive

  You can easily insure yourself against any loss however by using free tools that are built into Windows

• 19 November 2012

• Opinion: Why the Surface RT has to work as a proper 'PC'

  Is the idea of a single device to do everything desirable, or even possible? The Surface RT says 'yes'... the Kindle Fire HD 'no'.

• Opinion: Managing AutoPlay options in Windows

  Use Windows' built-in tools to manage exactly what happens when you plug something into your laptop

• 12 November 2012

• Opinion: Windows 8 Charm Bar explained

  The new Charm Bar in Windows displays apps and other services in one place and makes it easier to get to the things you use most often

• 11 November 2012

• Opinion: How to hibernate a Windows 8 laptop

  If you're new to Windows 8, one thing you might have noticed is that the Power menu has no Hibernate option. However, it's easy to restore the option

• 10 November 2012

• Opinion: How to turn off automatic updates in Windows

  Windows Update can be a pain if it’s scheduled to work automatically. Here's how to turn off automatic updates

• 05 November 2012

• Opinion: Inside Windows Live Essentials

  Windows Live Essentials applications are a suite of tools from Microsoft designed to make Windows even more useful. Best of all every single one of them is totally free.

• 31 October 2012

• Opinion: Add colour to your laptop

  Want to make your laptop stand out from the crowd? With removable lids you can change your laptop design to suit your mood

• 30 October 2012

• Opinion: Ding, dong, Wintel witch is dead!

  Could it be that the Wintel duopoly of Microsoft’s Windows plus Intel’s processors, a partnership that had the personal-computer industry in a stranglehold through most of the past two decades, is dead?

• 22 October 2012

• Opinion: Windows 8: success or failure depends on PC makers

  Windows 8 is here, but will it be a success like XP or a Vista-style flop? Rather than entirely stick my head on the block let me say that I think Windows 8 will be at least a partial success - but it all depends on the hardware.

• 11 October 2012

• Opinion: How long will Microsoft support Windows 7?

  Robert Pepe asked when Microsoft will stop supporting Windows 7. "Some say the end date is 2015, others say…2020. So what's the right answer?"

• 28 September 2012

• Opinion: Solve the mystery of lost System Restore points

  Earlier this week I received a terrific letter from reader George, who was having a problem with Windows' System Restore on his Dell Desktop.

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