“ReFs” or Resilient File System is a new file system written from scratch for Windows 8. ReFs is compatible with NTFS and is supposed to reduce complexity while being able to automatically detect corruption on RAIDed disks. “…Together, Storage Spaces and ReFS have been architected with headroom to innovate further, and Read more
Many sites are now saying the Microsoft will not have betas of their core products, namely Windows 8, IE10 and Office 2012 at CES in January of 2012. Instead it appears that these products will go to public beta’s in February 2012.
Microsoft found that 85% of Task Manager use was to view and /or kill applications and processes. This video provides a four minute brief on the new Windows 8 Task Manager https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XTVSwaAHIYY MORE DETAILS and LESS DETAILS “…The value of the default view is all about what we took out. Read more
Here is a SHORT list of Windows 8 features you might/should care about: A new authentication system lets uses draw their own custom patern on the (touch) screen as an alternative to using a password. Windows To Go lets you run Windows 8 from a USB stick Windows 8 will Read more
When attempting an in-place upgrade or an upgrade from a previous version of Windows, you may see the COMPATABILITY REPORT error stating: Windows needs to be restarted so necessary changes to system files can be made before continuing. After restarting this alert flag may not be cleared. Fortunately there are Read more
In Windows 8 Microsoft disabled 13 Services, set a number other Services to Manual Start (from Automatic Start) and set another group of services to “Start on Demand” (like Windows Update and Plug and Play Services). A test from Windows8Beta.com shows the results of these changes:
“…It is tempting for some to think of Windows as one entity or group, or for some to think of Windows as just a set of specific people. Sometimes someone speaks at a conference or has a blog, and that comes to represent the product for you. In reality, Windows Read more
“…According to the info available, Windows 8 RTM would be released in April 2012 and from couple of jobs posted separately, it seems Microsoft is gearing up and recruiting people for marketing of Windows 8. Within past one week two jobs has been posted on Microsoft Careers site referring to Read more
This Windows 8 video previews / leaks the personalized tiles START screen, thumbs touch / thumbs type ergonmic keyboard At June 1, 2011 — in the D9 Conference, Microsoft demonstrated the next generation of Windows, internally code-named “Windows 8,” for the first time. A Windows 8-based PC is really a Read more
6/3/2011 6:00:00 AMBy: Tony Bradley …Microsoft held its first major unveiling of what’s in store with Windows 8 at the D9 conference this week. Windows 8 looks bold. It looks slick. It looks impressively innovative. But, it also looks like it will be a major battle to convince business users Read more