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. […]
…Sixteen days ago, Mozilla released its annual report, revealing that 98 percent of revenues come from search. The majority must be from Google, because it’s the default search engine and Google is No. 1 in most countries (okay, not China). …But Mozilla is losing usage share, too, as partner Google […]
Under Mango, there are only two ways to get the pictures, videos or music off your Windows Mobile 7 phone: Install Zune Sync with SkyDrive (just click on the … options button on a picture and select UPLOAD TO SKYDRIVE) Currently Windows Mobile 7 phones do NOT show up as external […]
OK. OK… Sooo, here is my logic for even trying a Windows Mobile 7 phone: Windows CE 6.5 was great in 2004 but it just didn’t keep pace and by 2006 I had given up and moved my clients to Blackberry. That was a good decision. Apple is incapable of producing […]
Business Productivity Online (BPOS) should VERY easily connect to your Windows Mobile 7 phone… but it doesn’t. It does take some configuration: On the Start page, flick left to the Applications list Press Settings & then press Email & accounts Press Add an account and select Outlook Enter your email address and your […]
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:
“…On October 6, I made a dramatic, personal computing switch. After more than two months using the Samsung Series 5 Chromebook running Google’s Chrome OS, I didn’t go back to the Mac but to Windows 7. Mac OS X 10.7 — aka “Lion” — is major, but not only, reason. […]
…Today, Microsoft announced its partnerships with around 40 content providers in more than 20 countries, including Bravo, Comcast, HBO GO, Verizon FiOS and Syfy in the U.S.; BBC in the U.K., Telefónica in Spain; Rogers On Demand in Canada; Televisa in Mexico; ZDF in Germany; and MediaSet in Italy. Live […]
If the IE9 Welcome page titled “Meet your new browser” keeps coming up and you want to disable it, use the local Group Policy editor and set PREVENT PERFORMANCE OF FISRT RUN CUSTOMIZATION SETTINGS: run GPEDIT.MSC from the Start button search bar; Expand USER CONFIGURATION, ADMINISTRATIVE TEMPLATES, WINDOWS COMPONENTS, INTERNET […]
“…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 […]
I recently had Unix stations copy some files onto a Windows 2008 Server. The problem was that some of those files used Windows restricted file names like “COM1” and “LPT1” so if you try to delete or rename it, you will receive an error like FILE DOES NOT EXIST. After […]
At the World Partner Conference (WPC), Microsoft fist publicly showed off Windows Server 8 (codename). They show that the number of CPU’s per VM is no longer limited, an amazing new cluster feature called Hyper-V Replica, and explain that in Server 2008 R2 you can overcommit memory https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xz9f2G7drEg
“…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 […]
“…According to ComScore, for the three months ending June 30, Android smartphone OS market share rose more than 5 percent — to 40.1 percent from 34.7 percent. By comparison, Apple share rose 1.1 percent to 26.6 percent. Research in Motion and Microsoft platforms lost share — 3.7 percent and 1.7 […]
Well, I have had enough of BackupExec. Its really too bad that Symantec’s combination of high pricing and brutal technical support wait times and driven Veritas’ excellent product into the ground… but that is where I find it. As such I have been researching a few other products and this […]
1. Windows Phone 7’s theme and UI Last week, Microsoft confirmed that Windows 8 will have a tiles-based interface. Called Immersive, this GUI is meant to be used in full-screen mode, and is probably targeted at tablets running Windows 8. 2. Ribbon User Interface in Explorer It looks like Microsoft […]