Windows 8 uses a built-in firewall to monitor all inbound and outbound connections from your computer, providing protection against malicious online threats. Certain applications that feature online capabilities need to have unrestricted access through the Windows Firewall to work properly. If you want to allow an application to communicate through the Windows Firewall, you must...

Today, many people access the Internet using their smartphones or tablet computers and with the rise in popularity of digital downloads, apps have become one of the staples of modern computing. In order to compete with the other operating system giants such as Google Android and Apple iOS, Microsoft introduced some profound changes with the...

File History is a built-in feature that was released alongside Windows 8, offering backup functions for user libraries, favorites and contacts. File History’s unique approach to backing up files separates it from other backup applications, including Microsoft’s own “Windows Backup and Restore” feature that was present in Windows 7. When turned on, File History performs...

Try Giving Your Older Computer New Life with Windows 8 If you have an older Windows XP-based computer lying around that seems too slow to do anything, you could try Windows 8 on it to see if it gets you a performance boost. Find it hard to believe that a brand-new operating system could help...