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Windows reimagined? Windows 8!

Some of the future of Windows presented down at the BUILD Conference 2011. Windows 8, reimagined for you, the user.

How to install Windows 8 on a Netbook

If you want to try out the latest version from Microsoft, Windows 8, here's how you can install it on a netbook. Cheers!

How to disable Metro UI on Windows 8

If you hurried and installed a copy of Windows 8 available out there and you don't quite enjoy that new Metro UI, here's how you can revert to the old Windows 7 interface.
Of course, there's some downside to this (pay attention to the video) but giving that Windows 8 is still in beta testing, it gives us hope that there will be some options available for when the final version is released.

How to hide drive(s) from Windows

If, for whatever reason, you want to hide one of your drives from control panel, this is how you can achive it.
This is a tutorial created in Windows Vista, but applies to Windows 7 and Windows 8 too.
The trick is that through Disk Management we can remove the letter assigned to that particular drive, so Windows won't show it anymore. By the way, this cand also be used to change the letter of a partition to whatever you want (eg. from D to X). Be careful though, you don't want to end up deleting partitions or anything!