microsoft build conference – windows 8
I was unable to attend the Microsoft BUILD conference, though luckily practically all the material is available on-line (except the schwag and breakfasts and …) Grab the sessions here (collapse the...
View Articlewindows 8 hyper-v
So I tried installing Hyper-V on my Intel Xeon Quad-Core laptop… one would think that this would be possible. Turns out that Microsoft’s promise of Windows 8 running fully on hardware that can run...
View ArticleRestore Start Menu in Windows 8 Developer Preview (or how to disable Metro)
If, like me, you do not really like the Metro-styled Windows 8 start menu, you can restore the Window 7 classic style menu with a simple registry tweak, as follows Run ‘regedit‘ from your WIN+R dialog...
View Article“Windows Program Compatibility mode is on. Turn it off and then try Setup...
I tried uninstalling an application (in my case, I was uninstalling Visual Studio 2012 RC), and I kept getting this error. Following the logs and the help file got me nowhere, and neither did searching...
View ArticleShow more tiles on your Windows 8 and 8.1 start screen
Ok, so I’m slowly getting used to the Windows 8+ tiles mode for the start screen, and I’m admittedly preferring it to the old start menu, or the full blow ‘all apps’ view that’s available as of Windows...
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