Windows 8 employed the traditional desktop user interface (UI) with overlapping, resizable windows like Windows 7; however, there were major navigation changes. The Start menu was replaced with a ...

In last week's post on the Building Windows 8 blog, Microsoft revealed a search view for applications that effectively replaces the "All Programs" button on Start Menus of Windows 8's predecessors.

Over a period of time, you install several programs on your Windows computer. Many of these programs add entries to the startup items and add Services to Windows, which need to start when Windows ...