Wouldn’t you love to have this option in your Windows 8 Start screen? Last October I explained to how to shut down Windows 8—a subject you wouldn’t think would require its own how-to guide. And yet.

Windows 8 is not always great at generating Start tiles for installed software. OblyTile is a small program that generates better-looking tiles and automatically installs them on your Start page. One ...

You can add one in the form of a live tile, but it's a little tricky. Here's how! Rick Broida is the author of numerous books and thousands of reviews, features and blog posts. He writes CNET's ...