NOTE: If you are using Windows 8 Consumer Preview and the utility mentioned in this article doesn't work for you, check out following tutorial: How to Enable Start Button and Start Menu in Windows 8?
If you are using Windows 8 Developer Preview build, you might have noticed:
- It doesn't come with old Windows Vista and 7 style Start menu
- Snap feature is not enabled for low resolution PCs
- You can't change Start Screen green background
We have posted detailed tutorials to enable these features in Windows 8:
- How to Enable Good Old Windows Vista and 7 Style Start Menu in Windows 8?
- How to Customize or Change Start Screen Green Background in Windows 8?
- How to Force Enable Windows 8 Snap Feature in Low Screen Resolutions
Today we are going to share a small free and portable utility for Windows 8 Developer Preview which does all these jobs automatically.
"Windows 8 Developer Preview Tweaker" is a freeware developed by AskVG reader "yvidhiatama" which allows you to enable old start menu, enable snap feature and customize Start Screen background image in Windows 8 Developer Preview quickly and easily. It uses the same tricks given in the above mentioned tutorials.
Its very simple to use and you don't need to install it. Simply download the RAR file, extract it using WinRAR or 7-Zip and run the EXE file.
You can download it using following link:
This article was posted by VG in following section: Software, Windows 8.
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Uewd
Thanks for sharing!
Ford
Hi VG, i have downloaded a copy of Windows Developers Preview, on the process of installing, at the file expansion stage, error code 0x80070570 appears and my installation
fails. I'm installing from a USB drive. The machine I'm using is Compaq Presario CQ60 with AMD Sempron(tm) SI-42 2.1ghz. 3GB of ram, 160GB of hard drive (Samsung HM160HI ATA). I try doing a clean installation but still to no avail. Anyway around to install without these errors?
VG
^^ There might be several reasons:
1. First run a scandisk on the partition. It might be a corrupted partition problem.
2. It might be also a bad media problem. You can try to burn another disc.
3. It might be RAM problem. If you can, try to replace existing RAM stick with a new one.
MasterDevil
If you Enabled the old start menu you will see that the old explorer features are back
Yvidhiatama
Thanks for sharing my app, VG.
There is one thing that I need to ask you.
I have installed Windows 8 Developer Preview x86 on my netbook with 1024 x 600 screen resolution. But when I see the desktop, Windows 8 is showing the 800 x 600 resolution. I tried to change the resolution from "Screen Resolution" option in control panel but the combo box of the screen resolution is disabled so I could not change it.
Do you have a method to solve this?
Thanks. I will be waiting for reply!
VG
^^ Did you try to update graphics card driver using Windows Update?
Vijay Rulz
@Yvidhiatama
Firstly, download Intel(R) Graphics Media Accelerator Driver from Intel's Official Site.
Install and reboot. See your screen resolution.