operating systems

  1. Windows 8 Secure Boot seems to be working...

    I have been playing around with the Secure Boot feature to see if I could tell what properties it might show. Currently, to enable the full Secure Boot feature, I have to use the on board graphics, since my Graphics card does not have a UEFI Op Rom. So far, I know Windows 7 will not boot on...
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    Windows 8 Windows 8 vs Ubuntu Debate + First Experiences Of Both OS's

    Remember that you can watch any of the videos in 720p HD! My mum loves Windows XP and pretty much doesn't want to use anything else. Windows 8 has been released and obviously she will need to update her operating system eventually. Before she updated to Windows 8 however I let her try it out...
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    Windows 8 Windows 8 vs ubuntu 12.10 in speed?

    http://techdigy.com/2012/10/27/ubunt...ltimate-guide/ Ubuntu's drive accesss speeds are faster but Windows 8 boot time is. Is this because of Ubuntu EXT drive format? and does this mean ubuntu will be faster while initialized?
  4. Hotfix available to update Daylight Saving Time for Azores in 2012 for Windows operating systems

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  5. Windows 8 Installing Windows 8 over a dual boot PC (W7 and Ubuntu)

    Hi guys, I've got a dual boot PC, with Windows 7 and Linux Ubuntu 12.04 side by side. I want to install Windows 8 over my Ubuntu partition. I know that just delete the partition with Ubuntu is not enough, so I'd like to know: If I just run my bootable USB with Windows 8 and use Windows 8...
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    Windows 7 Multiboot OS

    Hello, I'm trying to install multiple operating systems on my laptop. Right now the primary OS is Windows 7 x64 with a second OS installed of Windows 8. I'm trying to install Windows Server 2008 as a third OS to boot to. I'm getting an error message saying the dick already contains the maximum...
  7. Windows 8 Upgrading an impossibly old system to Windows 8

    The madness began as much insanity does, with a nominally simple idea: Upgrade a Windows XP system to Windows 8 and write about the experience. Then my mouth started moving, even before my imprudent brain realized what it was saying. Source: Yahoo! News
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    Windows 7 Extended primary partition and can no loger dual boot

    Hi all: I'm running windows 7 in a dual boot configuration. Both OS installs are on a single physical drive (drive 0) and partitioned as C: and D: The primary install is on C: and I needed to extend the partition as I was running out of space; however the D: partition was immediately to the...
  9. Windows 8 What's so great about Windows8?

    A wee anecdote (w/ a moral): Now, to approach this in my own way & maybe, hopefully put a message across... People often ask me, what's so special about Windows8. OR, "I can't see any reason to want it over what I have" OR "that damned UI & those blasted APPs" OR why is it any better...
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    Windows 7 Problem while making a dual boot system

    Hi, I was trying to make a dual boot system and came across this problem. Hope someone could help. I have two HDDs, one with Win XP in it and other in which I am trying to load Win 7. I made a primary partition (NTFS) through Win XP in the second HDD (labelled it I) and started loading Win 7...
  11. Service overview and network port requirements for Windows

    A roadmap of ports and protocols and services that are required by Microsoft client and server operating systems, server-based applications and their subcomponents to function in a segmented network. More...
  12. Windows 8 Windows 7 vs Windows 8: what you'll need to relearn

    This is a rather refreshing article that takes, what seems to be, an unbiased view on the latest os from Microsoft: Article: Windows 7 vs Windows 8: what you'll need to relearn | News | TechRadar.
  13. Windows 8 Windows 8: Bad Timing?

    As Windows 8 is bound to release...soon, I have noticed many companies and schools finally upgrading from dusty Windows XP to Windows 7. The thing is, with Windows 8 coming around the corner, what is the point of getting 7 now? I mean, its not that long until W8 is out. Why not wait, people!??
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    Windows 8 Pleasantly Surprised of Windows 8 and all other OSes too

    Hi all, I have been using Windows 8 release preview for about 3 weeks, installed on its own drive, and I have Unbuntu and XP installed on another drive, and a 1 TB drive with windows 7 installed. I must say that in order to get some of my legacy apps to run I just boot into one of the...
  15. Windows 8 Is Putting Windows 8 On The iPhone A Capital Offense?

    Windows and Mac OS X are two sides of the same coin. Just because they’re both similar in many instances does not mean that they should ever meet though. Some intrepid, and possibly insane, designer has taken it upon himself … Source: Yahoo! News
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    Windows 7 Changing the MBR In Windows 7 Pursuant To A Quad Boot

    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...
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    Windows 7 Which is worse Vista or Windows &?

    Trick question- they are both horrible. We are done... Microsoft needs to take its place on the dustbin of history with Rim and Palm. Really- overdone over blown Windows &- hard to work with and adapt- why these changes (all of them) were made - other than trying to imitate the Apple OS (and...
  18. Windows 8 Five ways to avoid Windows 8

    By year’s end, Windows 8 is going to be on every new PC around. You won’t have to use it though. Here are five ways to skip getting trapped on the Windows 8 Metro. Source: Yahoo! News
  19. Windows 8 Warning Against Using Windows 8 Beta as Your Main OS

    I write & read in several tech forums & it leads me to the following... To all those switching their existing, current, non-beta, 'daily driver' Operating Systems on their computer, to BOTH those who have done it or are considering doing this w/ Windows8... WRONG!! Windows8, whether CP...
  20. Customize the default local user profile when preparing an image of Windows

    Describes how to customize a default user profile or a mandatory user profile in Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008, Windows 7, and Windows Server 2008 R2. Link Removed