Windows 8

Right-Click On Start And Windows+X Fail To Open Power User Menu On Windows 8.X

January 15, 2014 // 3 Comments

This one has been bugging me for a couple of weeks and I just managed to find a fix. Right-clicking on the start button and pressing Windows+X failed to do anything. The fix? 1) Open up command prompt and run: xcopy %SystemDrive%UsersDefaultAppDataLocalMicrosoftWindowsWinX [...]

Memory Page Combining

January 7, 2014 // 0 Comments

My reading of the Windows Server 2012 R2 (WS2012 R2) Performance and Tuning Guide continues and I’ve just read about a feature that I didn’t know about. Memory combining is a feature that was added in Windows 8 and Window Server 2012 (WS2012) to reduce memory consumption. There isn’t too much [...]

KB2905412 – Stop Error 0xD1 On Windows-Based Computer With Multiple Processors

December 12, 2013 // 2 Comments

Not strictly a Hyper-V issue, but you’ll understand why I am blogging about this one; A hotfix has been released for when a stop error 0xD1 on a Windows-based computer with multiple processors. Symptoms Your multiprocessor Windows-based computer crashes every two to three days. Additionally, Stop [...]

KB2902014 – Guest System Time Incorrect After VM Crashes On Win8 or WS2012 Hyper-V Host

December 12, 2013 // 0 Comments

This is a busy month for hotfixes! Microsoft has released a fix for when system time of a virtual machine becomes incorrect after it crashes or resets in a 64 bit Windows 8-based or Windows Server 2012-based Hyper-V host. Symptoms Consider the following scenario: You create a virtual machine [...]

KB2894485 – Cross-Page Memory Operation Crashes VM on Win8 or WS2012 Hyper-V Host

December 12, 2013 // 0 Comments

Microsoft has released a hotfix for when a cross-page memory read or write operation crashes virtual machine that runs on 64-bit Windows 8-based or Windows Server 2012-based Hyper-V host. Symptoms Assume that you install a Windows system virtual machine on a Hyper-V host that runs 64-bit Windows 8 [...]

KB2893986 – Vulnerability in WS2012 & Windows 8 Hyper-V Could Allow Elevation of Privilege

December 2, 2013 // 0 Comments

In November, Microsoft released the MS13-092 (aka CVE-2013-3898) security fix for Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V and Windows 8 Client Hyper-V. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could execute arbitrary code as System in another virtual machine (VM) on the shared Hyper-V [...]

WS2012 R2 Hyper-V Manager Can Be Used With WS2012 Hyper-V

November 21, 2013 // 0 Comments

Most everything we get told at MVP Summit is under NDA, but this is an exception. In fact, Ben Armstrong asked a few of us to blog about this last night at the Summit party. The new generation of Hyper-V Manager (Windows Server 2012 R2 and Windows 8.1) can be used to manage Hyper-V of the [...]

My BAD Experience Of Upgrading From Windows 8 to Windows 8.1

October 17, 2013 // 0 Comments

I deliberately held off from upgrading my Samsung ATIV Windows 8 Pro Atom tablet from Windows 8 to 8.1 to experience the process. It started kind of rough. You start, not in the Windows Store, but on Windows.com. Click the link and the upgrade process should start. Instead, I got a HTTP [...]

A Toshiba Z10t “Convertible Ultrabook” (Pro Tablet) Just Landed On My Desk

October 9, 2013 // 0 Comments

Look what just arrived: This is an Intel Core i5 processor powered Toshiba Z10t “tablet”, just like the Surface Pro is. It docks into a clamshell rigid keyboard (no extra battery) Look Pa, no hands: And I don’t need to stand 6 foot 5 tall to get the thing to sit on my lap. Yes, [...]

KB2885465 – CPU Not Allocated Correctly VMs On Win8 Or WS2012 Hyper-V