Category Archives: Windows 8 tutorials

Get Windows 8 Tablet UI in Windows 7 using “Omnimo 4″

We have seen Microsoft previewing the new Windows 8 UI in D9 and Computex 2011. Today the Deviantart user fediaFedia has released Omnimo 4 for Rainmeter which allows you to transform Windows Vista/Windows 7 to the newly unveiled Windows 8 Tablet UI.

Omnimo is a multifunctional interactive desktop information center based on rainmeter. This suite will turn your desktop into a productive and attractive workarea , delivering only the information you need. Every interactive tile gives you information at a glance, and can be easily customized to your needs.

Here are the steps to install Omnimo 4 on Windows Vista/Windows 7-

In order to use Omnimo, you need to have Rainmeter 2.0 or higher installed. Some features like Aero Glass, NowPlaying and Twitter functionality require Rainmeter 2.1 BETA. You can get them here
After installing Rainmeter download Omnimo 4 from here
Double click on the Setup.rmskin file, it should install everything automatically and you will be greeted by the Intro.

After installation, select your settings and then the theme+resolution to apply the optimum layout. Don’t worry if your desktop resolution is not included, you can move things around to your liking anyway.

Enable Immersive Browser in Windows 8 build 7955

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If you are running Windows 8 build 7955, then surely you would like to see the new Immersive Browser running on your system. To run immersive browser you have to first patch the Windows using Red Pill which we have posted earlier. Once you have patched the system files just press CTRL+Shift+F9 (it would disable aero effects in Windows 8 and seems to be a way to enable UI for tablet PC’s).

Then just go to the Program Files-> Microsoft –>Immersive Browser –>Microsoft.ImmersiveBrowser and click on miexplorer file. You would see the immersive browser running with very limited functionalities. The immersive Browser which opens doesn’t have a close button and only have options like forward and back button and reload.

Unlock Windows 8 build 7955 features using RedPill tool

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Windows 8 build 7955 has been leaked and folks at MDL forums are unlocking the new features in this build. A MDL forum user has posted a new hack which allows you to unlock couple of features in Build 7955 which includes the pattern login and the Metro UI.

Here are the complete set of features which can be unlocked using RedPill Tool

Metro Login
New Task Manager
Immersive Browser
Pattern Login

To unlock the features, the following steps has to be followed-

Run the InstallTakeOwnership registry file. It would add Take Ownership button on the right click.
Take Ownership of system32\slc.dll and system32\systemcpl.dll and rename them to something else
Now simply copy the three dll files from the zip file to system32 folder.

You can download the file from here

Note: Modifying System files is a risky task and should only be performed on test machine. We don’t take any responsibility for the subsequences.

How to Install Windows 8 from USB flash drive

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Windows 8 build 7850 has recently been leaked and most of you would like to install it. You can install it by writing the image file to a DVD but here we are going to explain how to install Windows 8 from a USB Flash Drive. We have tested 2 methods and both of them work fine.

First the System Requirements

4GB removable USB flash drive
A Windows 8 ISO file
Windows XP SP2, Windows Vista, or Windows 7 (32-bit or 64-bit)

Method 1

In this method we would be using the command prompt method to make a bootable USB Flash Drive.

Step 1: Run the DiskPart utility by typing diskpart at the Start menu search box.

Step 2: Run the list disk command to check the status of your drive.

Step 3: Run select disk 1 where the "1" is actually the corresponding number of your USB drive.

Step 4: Run clean.

Step 5: Once the thumb drive is clean,run create partition primary.

Step 6: Make the partition active by entering active

Step 7: Run the command format fs=NTFS quick to format the USB Flash Drive

Step 8: Run the assign command which gives the USB drive a drive letter

Step 9: Extract the Windows 8 ISO file using the WinRAR utility

Step 10: Now copy the contents of the file from extracted ISO file to USB flash drive

Method 2

This is the simpler method and we would be using Windows 7 USB/DVD download tool to install Windows 8.

Step 1: Download Windows 7 USB/DVD download tool from here and install it.

Step 2: Run the tool and in the SOURCE FILE box, type the name and path of your Windows 8 ISO file, or click BROWSE and select the file from the OPEN dialog box. Click NEXT.

Step 3: Select USB DEVICE to create a copy on a USB flash drive.

Step 4: If you are copying the file to a USB flash drive, select your USB device in the drop-down list and click BEGIN COPYING.

Only 4 steps were required and your bootable USB flash drive would be ready.

Once completed you would see the USB Flash drive with the icon as shown in the image below.

After you have created a Bootable USB flash drive change the BOOT order in BIOS to boot from your USB drive first