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How to speed up menus in Windows 8

If you are interested in speeding up menus in Windows 8, here is good news for you: using a simple registry tweak which I will cover in this article, you can reduce a delay before a submenu pops up on the screen when you hover over it with the mouse. This change will affect all installed apps which respect the system menu setting, as well as all built-in apps. So it will make the whole Windows interface more responsive.

FIX: Windows 8 Touch Keyboard gets automatically enabled after reboot

On some Windows 8 PCs which do not even have touch screens, I have observed an annoyance - the Touch Keyboard automatically keeps getting enabled after every restart. Even if you disable it by right clicking the Taskbar and disabling it from the list of Taskbar Toolbars, its icon keeps coming back. Here's how to disable it for good if you don't need it.

How to return to the Metro Start screen after closing an app in Windows 8.1 Update 1

In Windows 8.1 Update 1, Microsoft made some changes to where you return after closing a Modern (Metro) app. Unfortunately, this behavior varies depending on your Windows settings and whether your PC is a tablet or a traditional PC with keyboard and mouse. Let us explore what options you have got.

How to disable and clear jump lists and recent documents in Windows 8.1

Like its predecessors, Windows 8.1 tracks and stores information about which programs you opened most often and which documents you opened recently. This information is used by the OS to provide quicker access to documents via jumplists when you need them again. This feature which collects and tracks user information is called UserAssist. If you have privacy concerns or simply don't need it, you can disable it.

Fix: Windows 8.1 Store app gets stuck at loading circle

After the upgrade from Windows 8 to Windows 8.1, your Store app might stop working properly. When you launch it, it may hang or get stuck at the loading circle animation, from which it never proceeds to the actual Store. Also, the PC Settings app may be broken too. Fortunately, it is possible to fix the problem easily. Let's see how.

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