Looks Windows 8 users will have their fair share of open source apps waiting for them in the Windows Store app store for Windows. Delving deep in to Windows Store Application Developer Agreement, it has been revealed that open source application for Windows Store supported platforms will be accepted in to the app store.

Microsoft will allow applications with licenses like GNU and Apache (popular open source licenses) to be distributed through the Windows Store. In fact, these OSI (Open Source Initiative) licenses will supersede the Microsoft Standard Application License. It means a free hand to open source software developers who want to leverage their software through the Windows Store. This is an unprecedented event for the industry. Even though Microsoft intends to make money off the store, it is good to see that open source is also getting some attention from a giant enterprise amongst giants.

Open source software is that kind of software where the code is openly available for any developer to work with. The level of freedom and scope for commercial exploitation depends on the license.

Microsoft has not publicly advertised this feature and no one can be sure why not. It is a very bold move for a commercial software company as large as them. It is also an industry first. Neither Apple nor even the ever-benevolent Google are doing it. Perhaps the Redmond giant is simply biding its time waiting to make the announcement in a good and steady flow. After all, the Windows Store has not been officially introduced and launched.

Important: Check the description to find your REAL internet adapter. The screenshot below shows the difference, there I looked up the IP address of a virtual host. You need to find something that looks like Realtek …

Check your motherboard manual if you don’t know what internet adapter your motherboard is using!

While using some graphically rich application on Windows 8 it might be possible that the entire interface of that application does not fit on the full-screen of your computer monitor. In such cases what normally people do is that they change the resolution of the computer systems in order to adjust the user interface of the application within the screen.

However another option can be that users can configure their PCs to auto hide the taskbar so that it can stay behind till the time user does not take his mouse pointer to it. Configuring your computer in this manner ensures that you can utilize the full-screen space of your computer monitor to view the interface of any third-party application at its full.

As a Windows 8 user if you want to configure your operating system to auto-hide the taskbar you are required to follow the steps given below:
1 Logon to Windows 8 computer with any account on which you want to configure this.
2 Once opened, click on Start button and from the available options click on Desktop icon.

Windows 8 is designed to provide more sophisticated features to the users by making its interface easier to operate. Moreover, many new programs are integrated with the operating system and because of this users need not to go for any third-party application if they want to use them. However, the interface of the operating system might be a bit complicated for some entirely new users and they might find it difficult to operate. Although everything is in the same place as it was in Windows 7 but because of the new interface users might be lost while navigating through several options and Windows. Same can be the case while checking the amount of RAM that is installed on a Windows 8 machineSame is the case with checking out.

In earlier versions of Windows if users wanted to check the amount of RAM they simply used to right click on Computer icon (in Windows Vista/Windows 7) and on My Computer icon (in Windows XP or earlier versions) and used to go to Properties option where the total installed physical memory was displayed. The case is a bit different while using Windows 8 as by default you do not get Computer icon right on the desktop.
Therefore, as a new user to Windows 8 if you want to check the total physical memory that is installed on your computer you are required to follow the steps given 

s below:
1 Start the computer on which Windows 8 is installed.

2 Click on Start button.

3 From the appeared list of programs on the screen click on Control Panel.

Authentication plays an important role wherever the identification of a person is required. There are several ways in which a person can be authenticated some of them include biometrics authentication, password verification, etc. Since authentication is required to ensure that the person who needs access to any computer or device is genuine it becomes highly important to make sure that any person who tries to access a device or computer is to provide his/her credentials (username and password) for authentication. Same is the case with Windows 8 where, in most cases, a user is authenticated by the password he has been given by the administrators to logon to his account.

Whenever a user account is created in Windows 8 a password is assigned to the account by the administrator of the operating system. However if users want they can change their passwords according to their needs. Settings for whether users can change their passwords on their own or they need to request the administrators to do so can be configured by the administrator(s) only.
Whatsoever the case is, if as a Windows 8 user you want to change your password you are required to follow the steps given as below:

1 Logon to the computer on which Microsoft Windows 8 operating system is installed.
2 Click on Start button.
3 From the available options on the screen click on Control Panel.

Whenever any application or program is installed on any Microsoft based computer, many times it is automatically set to startup as soon as Windows starts. This automatic configuration is application specific, i.e. applications can automatically startup while Windows starts if they are designed to do so. However there might be times when users may not want these applications to initiate themselves automatically with Windows and also there might be times when users may want to start some other applications automatically during Windows startup.

In earlier versions of Windows, i.e. Windows 7 or older, administrators used to access startup folder by navigating and browsing through several Windows using Windows Explorer but in Windows 8 things are a bit more simplified. As a Windows 8 administrator if you want to manage startup programs, i.e. enable or disable programs from getting startup automatically while Windows boots you are required to follow the steps given as below:
1 Logon to the computer on which Windows 8 operating system is installed with administrator credentials.
2 To simplify the process create shortcuts of the applications on the desktop (if they are not already present there) that you want to add to Startup folder.
3 Press Windows + R key to initiate Run box.
4 In the available field type shell:startup command and press enter key.

 Restart the computer (if required) to allow the changes to take effect.

7. Hit CTRL + ALT + DEL on your keyboard and go to the tab Startup and change the Startup applications there