Roll back a Driver and Restore Driver Updates The best practice when it comes to computer hardware drivers is to always keep them up to date. Usually newer versions of drivers bring with them better compatibility, more stability and sometimes new features. Why wouldn’t you want to upgrade? Because some times after upgrading you might start seeing one of these: Well sometimes new drivers that are released (especially BETA versions of drivers) can actually cause problems including Blue Screens, crashes and hardware malfunction. If you have found yourself in the […]
How to Create a Secure Password
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Coming up with a password that is secure these days is not easy. Quite often you need to have both uppercase and lowercase letters, numbers and symbols. Not to mention that for best security you should have different passwords for every different account you have online. Creating these passwords can take some time. This is why in today’s video we though we would show you the easy way how to create passwords using our free Password Generator.
How to Check if your Password is Secure
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Find out if your Password is Secure enough: These days you have passwords to protect almost every website you visit online. Whether it be for banks, accessing your email or even to leave a comment on an article, you need a password. Passwords are also becoming easier and easier to break. Advanced hackers use some sophisticated (and some not very sophisticated) algorithms to try and randomly guess your password. If you are using easily accessible information such as your birth date or first and last name as your password the […]
Start Menu Reviver now fully supports Windows 8.1
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Start Menu Reviver has been available for nearly 2 months now and has helped thousands and thousands of people to really love using Windows 8. We have been extremely blessed with the feedback we that we have received from customers. At the bottom of this email I have included some of this great feedback. Please keep it coming! We love hearing it! Submit your feedback here. Today we are extremely excited to announce that Start Menu Reviver is completely compatible with Windows 8.1 Consumer Preview as well as, of course, […]
Get a Modern, Functional Start Menu for Windows 8.1
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Revisiting the Start Menu for Windows 8.1 Windows 8.1 is Microsoft’s first major update to Windows 8 and in this update they have many great new features and enhancements. One of the more notable changes in Widows 8.1, compared to Windows 8, is the introduction to the Start Button. Please note that this is only a button, not a Start Menu for Windows 8.1. The Start Button takes you to the Windows 8 Start Screen (the full screen, tile based replacement to the Start Menu). For some people this is […]
How to bring back the Start Menu in Windows 8
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Windows 8 is a dramatically different Operating System than Windows 7 or any previous version of Windows. This is mainly because Microsoft has tried to adapt Windows 8 to work with many different types of devices ranging from tablets to desktop PCs. One of the major changes in Windows 8 is the removal of the Start Button and Start Menu in favor of the new Start Screen. People familiar with the previous Start Menu may find this difficult to adapt to and may miss having the old Start Menu as […]
A belated happy 4th of July
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Hey Everyone, I just wanted to take the opportunity to wish you all a belated happy 4th of July! The 4th of July has become a very important holiday for me. As someone who is originally from Australia, America has become my home since I moved here over 7 years ago. Half of my family is now American (my other half is Australian of course) and ReviverSoft is, and has always been an American company. So plenty to celebrate and to be thankful for. The thing I love the most […]
Start Menu Reviver BETA for Windows 8.1 Now Available
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Want to use Start Menu Reviver on Windows 8.1? We are working on an official release, but until then, here is a BETA version..
The Windows 8.1 Start Menu
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The Start Menu has been re-introduced into Windows 8.1, well kind of. Read the full story and find out if you’ll like it.
Building a gaming PC on a budget? Check this out
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Want to build a new gaming PC but don’t want to drain the bank account? Check out this article that shows you how to build a great gaming computer for under $750!
Will the Start Button help people love using Windows 8?
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Microsoft has confirmed that the Start Button (in addition to the Windows 8 Start Screen) will be returning to Windows 8, in the upcoming free update, Windows 8.1. Also called Blue, this update makes a lot of changes to Windows 8 for the better. Microsoft has responded to public criticism (although they have not admitted the Start Button is coming back because of public criticism, they are adding it for other reasons) and have added the Start Button back into Windows 8 although they call it a Start Tip. Putting […]
How to Scan Your Computer for Driver Updates
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Outdated drivers holding back your PC’s performance and reliability? Learn how to scan your computer for driver updates and keep it running like new.
The verdict is in…. People love Start Menu Reviver
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Start Menu Reviver has been available for only a week but the feedback has already been amazing! Check out all the coverage here.
Introducing Start Menu Reviver
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Start Menu Reviver is our innovative Start Menu replacement application for Windows 7 and 8. Learn more here.
How to uninstall a Windows 8 Application (Windows 8 Themed Application)
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There are two types of applications in Windows 8. Traditional desktop applications and then Windows 8 specific applications, here’s how to remove the latter
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