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Link Removed Today at GDC we announced the launch of Xbox Live Creators Program, starting with an Insider Preview that gives any developer the opportunity to publish Xbox Live-enabled games on Windows 10 PCs along with Xbox One consoles. The Creators Program provides game developers access to...

Even HTC 8X and 8S users are getting some good news No word yet on exactly which devices are impacted, but Microsoft reports today that it has begun rolling out a new build of Windows Phone 8.1 Update 1—and, more crucially, the long-awaited Lumia Cyan firmware update (for Lumia devices)—to...

According to Mary Jo Foley Microsoft intends to release the developer preview of windows Threshold either late September or early October: Read the full blog here: http://www.zdnet.com/microsoft-to-deliver-windows-threshold-tech-preview-around-late-september-7000032668/ Edit: If your...

A raw and unedited demo. READ ON: Quick Review: http://t.co/n8ooZJtU Provided by: http://windows8forums.com/ Build 81012 premiers in Anaheim, CA for the Microsoft BUILD conference! 8102.101.amd64fre.winmain_win8m3.110830-1739, otherwise known as the Microsoft Windows Developer Preview released...

This has been bugging me for quite a while now. Since the developer preview, I have been noticing "Windows 7 File Recovery" to be sitting in the control panel. At first, I thought it's just there because it's in the testing phase. But now, it's still there in the RTM build (Build 9200). What...

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I have an Asus X64 desktop machine. Last year I formatted the [1 terabyte] hard drive for a clean install of X64 Windows 7 Ultimate. I tried numerous times to install the X64 Windows 7 Ultimate, but it was a no-go. I ended up installing the X86 Windows 7 Ultimate on my X64 machine instead...

Hello everyone, i've seem to have problems with my pc since this morning. I keep getting bsod, (Bad loop caller). Even when i restart i still get his error. Even when i go to safe mode i still get this error. Any help? Here is a link of my problem. Bad Pool Caller - YouTube=

I have the developer preview installed and want to upgrade to the consumer preview. Unfortunatly the upgrade is requiring me to have 20GB free. The problem is partition is 35GB's and because it is an upgrade 22GB's is actually in use thanks to the OS. Is there anyway around this? No I...

Link Removed - Invalid URL By Paul Thurrott With September 2011’s Windows 8 Developer Preview, only clean installs of the OS were supported. But with the advent of the Windows 8 Consumer Preview, eager enthusiasts can now choose an in-place upgrade install as well. More...

Well, since I finally tossed my x86 Win7 yesterday... I decided to throw Windows 8 DP where the W7 x86 had been. Only for a few hrs til it gets replaced w/ the Beta but, I was anxious to see the DP non-virtual, even if only briefly. Took 20 mins to install & 14.4 Gigs. Only problem is it's so...

Instructions on how to install a Dual-Boot Windows 8 developer preview without any DVD and re-installl with the developer tools version if needed as well Instructions on how to install a Dual-Boot Windows 8 developer preview without any DVD and re-installl with the developer tools version if...

Link RemovedLink RemovedLink RemovedSee images above and as you can see Widows 8 is installed on the X drive that used to be my C drive. And the Windows 8 E drive partition I created is empty. So my Windows 8 install has wiped out my Windows 7 and replaced it with Windows 8. And it has also...

Hi. Just thought I'd say "Hello from Windows8" :) I have been running it as a vm since mid-Sept. It is, certainly, interesting, very fast, slick & w/ some features & changes that are quite a voyage of discovery. I am anxious to see what I'll get once start actually testing the Beta, which is...

A few days ago (October 4th) a new version of Link Removed was released (Version 4.0.0 build 471780). Since the earlier version of VMware Player did not support the installation of Windows 8 Developers Preview, I was anxious to try this new build to see if it did. I was pleasantly surprised to...

I guess I just dont know as much as I thought. I saw that the developers preview was out, and my friends told me it was awesome, and my step dad said it was cool too. So I installed it wanted to see how it felt. Anyways, I selected the copy files thing or whatever with it and it installed. Now I...

Hi. I'm trying to install the developer preview on a seperate partition on my HP Touchsmart 610-1120a. The image works just fine in virtual box but fails when I try to install to disk. What happens is that it installs all the files, does the first restart and goes to "loading devices". It...

According to rumours started by a popular Windows 8 news site, Win8China, Microsoft is set to provide a public BETA build of Windows 8 to the public soon, maybe even September 30th 2011. I personally don't believe these rumors, but if MS does manage to deliver a new build soon, you may as well...

Using registry/disk cleaners (CCleaner, SpeedUpMyPC,etc) in the Windows 8 Developer/Consumer Preview will result in the absence of both the app store and the metro/immersive Control Panel being unavailable in your installation. Luckily, I have found a fix for this problem. But first, a summary...

Have just installed Windows 8 developer preview (64 bit) on my laptop. For some reason the metro UI (block interface) is completely invisible - I can launch apps by clicking on the seemingly empty screen. I can search for apps by typing just fine, but the main block interface just won't...