Top Best Antivirus Software for Windows PCs

Top Best Antivirus Software for Windows PCs 

AV-Test is one of the leading antivirus testing firms and it has released its February antivirus ratings for the Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 PCs. The test has assessed about 27 anti-malware software suits on the basis of protection, usability, and performance.
The results of the tests aren’t surprising as Microsoft is once again at the bottom. So, if you’re using Microsoft’s built-in security solution, you need to reconsider your choices.

Best antivirus for Windows 7 are :

Bit defender's antivirus is the number one security solution available and it secured the maximum of 6 points on all fronts. McAfee is the runner-up, followed by Kaspersky at the third place.

Microsoft, QuickHeal and Comodo are the worst reviewed antivirus solutions and Avira is the best rated free antivirus product.

Take a look at the complete list below:

Best antivirus for Windows 8.1:

Here, Bitdefender has topped the charts once again, followed by Kaspersky, Qihoo 360 and Avira.

Take a look at the complete list below:

Which antivirus protection you are using? Tell us in the comments below.

How to manually enable tablet mode in Windows 10

How to manually enable tablet mode in Windows 10.

Tablet mode is a new feature that should automatically activate (if you want it to) when you detach a tablet from its base or dock. The Start menu then goes full screen as do Windows Store apps and Settings.

Continuum is Microsoft's fancy new way of switching between tablet and desktop mode in Windows 10 as and when the need arises, but what if you want to play around with tablet mode on your desktop PC? Well, no worries, as is often the case there's a manual way to do it so long as you know where to look.

Here's where to find it.

Tablet mode will basically go full screen full time, removing windowed apps and turning the Start menu into the Start screen. To turn it on or off, follow these easy steps.

If you want to do it the short, quick way, there should be a toggle by default in the Action Center in the bottom right hand corner of the desktop. Just click it on or off when you want to go into and out of tablet mode.

The other, more long winded way to find it is:

• Click or tap the Start button
• Open the Settings application
• Click or tap on "System"
• In the pane on the left of the screen scroll all the way to the bottom until you see "Tablet Mode"
• Ensure the toggle is set to either on or off to your preference.

Simple. But the great thing is it gives everyone a chance to play around with tablet mode without the need to install it on a tablet.

Remember, in tablet mode, the desktop won’t be available though you will be able to still access the desktop folder through File Explorer. Otherwise you can use your computer and all its applications as you normally would.

The advantage to tablet mode will obviously be that it’s far more appropriate to touchscreens because of all the big targets it provides for our fat fingers. The one big caveat for most people may still be the fact that you’re dealing with the Start screen as the primary interface, though it does retain enough desktop elements that it will hopefully not be too confusing for most users.

Make Windows 8 Faster than Ever applies to 8.1

Make Windows 8 Faster than Ever applies to 8.1 

1.Customize Windows appearance and Disable Animation
Windows default shadows and Animation reduces system performance, by choosing the appropriate look and feel you can drastically increase windows 8 performance, follow these steps-

Press Win + R key together and you will get RUN dialog box.
Type sysdm.cpl and hit OK.

You’ll get System Properties dialog Box now click on Advanced tab and again Click on Settings under Performance option.

• Now 
• Uncheck Following Options –
• Animate controls and elements inside windows
• Animate Windows when minimizing and maximizing
• Animation in the Taskbar
• Fade or slide menus into view
• Fade or slide ToolTips into view
• Fade out menu items after clicking
• Save taskbar thumbnail previews
• Show shadows under mouse pointer
• Show shadows under windows
• Show translucent selection rectangle
• Slide open combo boxes
• Smooth -scroll list boxes

Make it looks like the image at the right-hand side, after unchecking these options click on Apply then OK. This tips has major contribution to make windows 8 faster.



2:- Disk Cleanup & Junk Removal

Open My Computer and Right Click on C drive and go to properties from there click on Disk Cleanup.
it may take time depending on the amount of junk files into your computer, once the scan is complete select every option and click on OK to delete them.
After this download and install CCleaner and run it once, it will find junk from other areas of your computer and delete them within few clicks.

3:- . Adjust Power Options

Windows 8 can be optimized by adjusting the power options, if you don’t care of little extra power consumption by your laptop or desktop then adjust it for higher Performance, to do so –

Open control panel and go to Power options from there select High Performance.

windows 8 power options


4. Change Folder and Search Options
By default windows 8, 8.1 have the folder and search options which you may not be using, disabling such option improves windows performance up to optimum level. Follow these steps – 

• Open File Explorer and Go to View option, from there click on Options.
• Now Click on Change folder and search options and you will get Folder Options dialog box.
• Click on View Tab there and unchecked the following options –
  Display file size information in folder tips
• Hide empty drives in the Computer folder
• Hide extensions for known file types
• Show encrypted or compressed NTFS files in color
• Show pop-up description for folder and desktop items.
• After un-checking the unnecessary options hit Apply and OK.

 
5. Stop Unnecessary Windows Services to Start Automatically.
Windows 8 & 8.1 has many such services which start automatically even you don’t need them to run, they keeps running in the background which consumes system resources and make your computer slow, so it is always a good practice to strict such services to start automatically, below are the steps to do this –

• Press Win +R key together to open Run dialog box.
• Type services.msc and hit OK, and you will get the list of services.
• Now mark these services to run Manually by Right Click on service name > Properties > Startup Type and Select Manual and Hit Apply and OK, Services to be marked as Manual are –
  Diagnostic Policy Service
• Diagnostic Tracking Service
• Offline Files
• Performance Logs and Alerts
• Print Spooler (If you don’t use printer otherwise leave it Automatic)
• Program Compatibility Assistance
• Secondary Logon
• Windows Error Reporting Service
• Windows Image Acquisition.

limiting above windows services results in faster access to the required windows services.
6. Disable Unnecessary Startup Programs
When you boot into the computer there are many programs which start itself with windows startup and keeps running until you manually close them, it is advised to disable startup programs in order to fast boot up of Windows.

Press clrl+shift+esc keys together and it will open task manager, now go to Startup tab.
Find the Unnecessary Programs and Right Click > Disable you can disable all startup programs.
7.Optimizing Registry and Tweaks.

Whenever you Uninstall a Program it gets deleted from Program Files and many other directories, but few registry key remains as it is into the Registry of Windows computer.
You can find and delete such Registry entries using CCleaner, just open CCleaner go to Registry tab and scan for issues, it’ll find all the unused registry keys now select all and click on Fix select issue in order to delete them.
You can enable, disable and optimize various windows feature by applying few registry tweaks, like
Auto kill not responding tasks, Faster access to Start Menu, Wait to kill a program and more registry tweaks, if you guys don’t want to play with registry then just download the file below and open it, it will ask for confirmation then allow it.
After applying registry tweaks, you will notice an increase in windows 8, 8.1 performance.

8. Disable Windows default Sound Notifications
Windows plays sound notification for various system events like error, media connect or disconnect, and during various prompt, these sounds also causes slow system performance, if you don’t care of such notification sounds you can disable them all.
Open Control Panel by Pressing Win+X key and Click on Control Panel.
Go to Sound Options and it’ll open Sound dialog box, now click on Sounds tab.
Under the Sound Scheme, select No Sounds.
Now hit Apply and OK.


9. Few more useful tips.

Directly land to the desktop whenever start the windows. Right Click on Taskbar > Properties > Navigation tab and Check the option When i sign in or close all the apps on a screen, go to the desktop instead of Start.
Regularly update your windows to install latest security and performance features.
Uninstall the programs you don’t use.
Use a steady image instead of slide as desktop background.
Update windows drivers to the latest version.
Install a good Antivirus like Kaspersky Total Security.
So all points listed above are the ultimate tips to make windows 8 faster than ever, which also applies to Windows 8.1, after performing all steps you have to restart the computer, once restarted you will get blazing speed of your windows 8 computer, if your computer gives continuous errors, too laggy, can’t install a program, viruses, trojans, and annoys you lot then try to Reinstall Windows 8.

10. Disk defragmentation.
Whenever you use a program it asks for the block of  memory from computer, and computer allocates memory blocks in chunks, after closing the program these block gets free and available for another program, the free memory blocks are long and contiguous, by the time and with use these long and contiguous memory become fragmented into smaller and smaller piece, that makes such memory blocks unavailable for further program execution.
Defragmentation is process of cleaning such fragmented memory block, and it is easy to do since windows provide inbuilt tool, to perform defragmentation –
Open Computer and Right click on C drive then go to Properties.
Go to Tool tab and click on Optimize.
A new window will pop up, select C drive and click on Optimize.
The defragmentation process may take time depending on the number of fragmented memory blocks.
Alternatively you can perform this task using a more advanced tool by iobit called Smart Defrag.

5 Difference why Win 10 is better then Win 8.1

1. Your old Start Button is back

Windows 8.1 users will rejoice! They do not have to stick on with default start button in windows 8.1, which actually is not a major improvement, clicking the button will only take you to giant metro start screen. Of course, this absence of an effective start button was very condemned by Windows users when Windows 8 and 8.1 were released.

In windows 10, however, start button is back and you may feel nostalgic, as it brings you back to the superb UI of Windows 7. It’s a great feature, and you should try that out.

2. A new web browser and CORTANA

Yes, you heard that right. Internet explorer – the browser you would love to hate – is going to have a new lease of life and a huge transformation to new and powerful and fast browser under the codename Project Spartan. Time is to tell, whether we’d love to hate it or love it.

Cortana is coming to windows 10. Cortana is by far the most intelligent personal assistant when compared with its competitors such as Siri, S-Voice and Google Now. We too have used cortana and we were impressed. Now, the best thing is Cortana will not only be your personal assistant, It will act as full fledged desktop assistant and will help you every time you stumble upon something.

It will learn all the desktop related functions like browsing, opening a file, closing a window, copy, paste and all the activities that one can do in windows. You should try this awesome feature in the technical preview.

3. Multiple Desktops

Have you ever used Mac Os X? Then you have noticed the multiple desktop features there. Even Ubuntu Linux, Fedora, Red Hat Enterprise Linux will switch between work-spaces when you hit Ctrl+ Alt + (Any Arrow Key)! It’s not your regular alt+tab in windows, it is more powerful and will provide you a clean desktop to work with, keeping your old data, opened apps, software in another works pace. It’s cool and productive at the same time.

Windows 10 brings multiple desktop feature! Or, in other words, it can be called an alternative of “Workspace Switcher” .

You see that black square box with a “+” symbol at the center . Hit that to create a new workspace. It will be like a new clean desktop, and your opened data and apps will be pushed to an old workspace and obviously you can switch back and forth.

4. Improved Multitasking and Command prompt

Windows 10 will introduce a quadrant layout allowing up to four apps to be snapped on the same screen. The OS will even make smart suggestions to fill available screen space. You’ll be able to cycle through open apps using the familiar Alt + Tab shortcut, but there is also a Task View button on the taskbar. Pressing this button will show all open apps, allow you to rearrange them and switch between virtual desktops.

Power users and command line geeks will rejoice, as copy and paste will be enabled in Windows 10’s Command Prompt.

5. Windows 10 is a free upgrade for existing Windows OS users

Windows 10 will be FREE for existing Windows 7 and 8/8.1 users for the first year as Microsoft looks to kick-start adoption. Microsoft has also confirmed that Windows 10 users will receive free updates for the lifetime of their device.

Apart from the above mentioned features, you would also find subtle change in administration process and some cosmetic changes in UI (user Interface) here and there.

Conclusion

Windows 10 is going to bring plethora of new features under the hood and users are going to love it. Above mentioned features are the best 5 features we believe to be the most striking ones in the available build of windows 10. You’ve got to try it to appreciate it or to criticize it!