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Windows 8 – First Impressions on a Desktop

Posted on March 1, 2013 by way0utwest

I bought a new (to me) desktop recently to replace my aging hardware. I’ve had a quad core machine, but it’s about 4+ years old, still running DDR2 RAM, and it’s been slowly failing. That sounds crazy with electrical hardware, … Continue reading →

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Activating Windows 8 from MSDN

Posted on February 1, 2013 by way0utwest

I installed Windows 8 recently and needed to activate it. I didn’t do this on the install since I didn’t have an Internet connection when I first set things up. This is a hardwired desktop, and I had to move … Continue reading →

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Windows 8 First Impressions

Posted on October 24, 2012 by way0utwest

I haven’t worked with Window 8 at all. I’m not a big beta tester, and it’s been a busy few months for me, so I haven’t bothered to mess with any of the previews. My Win 7 desktop works well … Continue reading →

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Windows Server 2012 and Hyper-V

Posted on October 11, 2012 by way0utwest

I recently went to a Microsoft event in Denver on Windows Server 2012 and Hyper-V improvements. Harold Wong (b | t) showed quite a few demos and there’s a number of demos and notes from the talks on his blog. … Continue reading →

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