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Tag: Windows 8

  • Family IT help desk calls over the holidays

    Like most IT pros, I suspect that I am the de facto CIO-and-support desk for others in the house. And so it proved over Christmas, with a variety of calls for assistance to resolve various IT issues. First up was to get my son’s Windows RT Surface up and running.…

  • Bad week for Microsoft partners

    This week has been some week for Microsoft partners. First, all of the OEMs who have faithfully followed Microsoft’s weaving way through operating systems towards the Promised Land of Windows 8 had their collective noses rubbed into the dirt when Steve Ballmer introduced Microsoft Surface. Dreams of a happy 2012…

  • Windows 8: New O/S – new UI – not sure yet

    After returning from the annual MVP Summit in Redmond, it seemed like a good time to apply the Windows 8 Consumer Preview to a PC. My first selected victim was an old HP NW8230 (circa 2005-2006 vintage), as it seemed to be a good test of Windows 8 to see…