ModernUI Tuner is my latest tweaker which allows you to change few hidden but very useful options of the fresh Windows 8.1 Feature Pack/Spring Update 1. The application is shipped with very simple user interface:
Using this simple application, you will be able:
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ModernUI Tuner.
ModernUI Tuner is my latest tweaker which allows you to change several hidden but very useful options of the fresh Windows 8.1 Feature Pack/Spring Update 1.
This app has been superseded by Winaero Tweaker and is no longer being maintained. Use the following options from Winaero Tweaker:
You can download Winaero Tweaker here: Download Winaero Tweaker.
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Rainbows theme for Windows 8
Rainbows theme features amazing wallpapers with real photos of rainbows. They are really great. To get the Rainbows theme, click the download link below, and then click Open. This will apply the theme to your Desktop.
Tip: If you are Windows 7 user, use our Deskthemepack Installer to install and apply this theme.
Size:14.6 Mb
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Having a photo recovery software is not a big deal, but having one that can scan multiple devices easily and quickly is a big bonus. The thing with photo recovery software is that they normally take hours to scan through large devices. Well that is not the case with Wondershare Photo Recovery as it can scan an 8 GB drive in about 20 minutes. Thanks to Wondershare, they are kind enough to sponsor 5 license codes for a giveaway of this desktop app.
Boot UI Tuner
Our friend KNARZ has discovered some hidden and fun options of boot manager in Windows 8. According to him, he get that options via Embedded Environment. So, i used his research and made a new tool for you: Boot UI Tuner
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Latest version is 2.0, see the change log below.
With help of Boot UI Tuner you will be able:
- to enable advanced options of boot menu - such options as safe mode, debugging and so on will be available before every boot of your Windows 8;
- to enable editing of boot options - this allows you to specify an addition options for kernel. They are similar to good old boot.ini features;
- to disable blue Windows Logo during boot;
- to disable spinning circle during boot;
- to disable text messages during boot - messages like “Please wait”, “Updating registry – 10%” and so on;
- to disable whole modern boot UI and turn it into legacy mode;
- to enable or disable verbose sign in messages.
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Hotkey to show the titlebar menu of Modern Apps in Windows 8.1 Spring Update 1 (Feature Pack)
In our earlier roundup of Windows 8.1 Spring Update 1 (Feature Pack), we wrote about Modern apps finally having a title bar with close and minimize buttons. We also covered a hotkey to show the Taskbar when a Modern app is focused. Now I would like to share a simple tip to show the context menu for the title bar of Modern Apps with a hotkey.
Hotkey to show the taskbar in Modern (Metro) apps in Windows 8.1 Spring Update 1 (Feature Pack)
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How to get free disk space back after installing Windows 8.1 Spring Update 1 (Feature Pack)
Yesterday I installed the recently leaked RTM build of Windows 8.1 Spring Update 1 (Feature Pack) and was disappointed by the fact that my free space was considerably reduced after installing it. You may face a similar scenario and may not be able to reclaim all the disk space again just by running Disk Cleanup or CCleaner. So in this article, I would like to share with you a simple way of cleaning unneeded files from your hard drive after installing the latest Windows 8.1 updates.
