Disable Windows 8 Features

If you want to disable certain features in Windows 8, you will find various tutorials in this category that explain how to get rid off it and disable it for good.

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FEATURED: Busy Computer Hard Drive? Disable The Disk Defragmenter Schedule in Windows 7/8

Runonaschedule 10N Thumb2 If you want to turn off the scheduled disk defragmentation in Windows 7 and 8 we have a little guide for you to get you started

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Posted: October 28 2012 - Written by: Dogar

Allowswitchingoff 9N ThumbWhen you press Alt + Tab or use the top-left corner you can access the switch list, but only it’s not disabled

Posted: October 28 2012 - Written by: Dogar

Hide Language Bar Thumb Hiding the language bar is easy to do in Windows 8 – it’s definitely not needed if you only want to use one language


Posted: October 28 2012 - Written by: Dogar

Openelevatedcmd 9N Thumb If you want to turn Peek at Desktop On or Off in Windows 8 you can follow this small guide using the cmd command fsutil

Posted: July 23 2012 - Written by: Yasir

We get annoyed by many things, but luckily a lot of features can be enabled or disabled. If you want to get rid of the Windows 8 store, read this guide

Disable Windows 8 Store


Posted: July 13 2012 - Written by: Dogar

If you want to free up disk space and really dont need the system restore feature at all, then you may want to disable it

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Posted: March 5 2012 - Written by: Uttam

Disable Smart Screen Feature_thumb.jpg 1Advanced users may have or may not have better ways to protect their PC and want to disable the new SmartScreen feature of Windows 8.


Posted: February 20 2012 - Written by: Naachiz

Disable_smartscreen_windows8_preview_image_thumb.jpg 1SmartScreen is a new feature that helps to secure your PC. You can enable or disable the SmartScreen filter in Windows 8, here’s how.

Posted: February 11 2012 - Written by: Uttam

Preview Pagefile_thumb.jpg 1pagefile.sys is the virtual memory file which is saved on your hard disk. Sometimes you might need disk space urgently, then you can delete it to free some!


Posted: February 11 2012 - Written by: Uttam

Preview Touchfreeze_thumb.jpg 1When you see your cursor jumping around while you are typing on your Windows 8 laptop you might want to disable the touchpad using tools like TouchFreeze

Posted: February 3 2012 - Written by: Uttam

Preview Shadows_thumb.jpg 1If you have a low-end PC or like a clean appearance you might want to disable shadows for a better performance.