Windows 8

100% Pure Speculation – Will Windows “Blue” (“8.1”) Upgrade Require A New License?

April 3, 2013 // 1 Comment

If you’ve been hiding under a rock lately, then you should know that a new “version” of Windows 8 appears to be on the way. The program in Microsoft (not the product) is codenamed “Blue”. There’s leaks, screenshots, speculation, a new Build conference, etc. I’ve wondered [...]

KB2796995 – Offloaded Data (ODX) Transfers Fail On A Windows 8 or Windows Server 2012 Computer

April 2, 2013 // 0 Comments

This is another recent KB article relevant to Hyper-V (and other scenarios) that I missed. This one is for when file transfers via ODX fail on Win8 or WS2012 computers/hosts. Symptoms Consider the following scenario: You create two Logic Unit Numbers (LUNs) on a third-party storage device. [...]

Windows 8–“You Already Own This App” But It’s Missing Or Not Installed

March 20, 2013 // 9 Comments

I just had a weird issue where some apps got messed up on my Windows 8 PC at work. They disappeared. I went onto the Windows Store to re-install them but according to the store: You already own this app Sure, I might “own” it, but it’s not installed. How do I fix that? [...]

Microsoft Introduction To Windows 8 Client Hyper-V

March 20, 2013 // 5 Comments

Microsoft has released a very high level document on Windows 8 Client Hyper-V (the actual name for this edition/version of Hyper-V) which you can optionally enable in Windows 8 Pro or Windows 8 Enterprise: Client Hyper-V is the virtualization technology built into Windows 8. Client Hyper-V is the [...]

Non-USA (Including Irish) Businesses Can Bulk Order Microsoft Surface

March 19, 2013 // 0 Comments

Mary Jo Foley has reported (lots more information there than here) that businesses can now buy (direct from Microsoft) a bulk number of Surface devices. The choices vary by country: In the USA you can buy the RT and Pro Surfaces. In Ireland you are restricted to the Surface RT: Note [...]

Simulate A Bandwidth Challenged WAN For BranchCache Demos On WS2012 Hyper-V

March 19, 2013 // 0 Comments

I just started to read a post by Keith Mayer (Microsoft) on BranchCache and I got to wondering “how could I build a nice demo rig to demonstrate this stuff?”. Way back when I started showing DFS-R in Windows Server 2008 R2, we used some network appliance that the guys called a “network [...]

Why Most Windows Store Apps Suck Donkey Ba…

March 14, 2013 // 3 Comments

I really want Windows 8 to succeed. But marketing fluff aside, it’s struggling. The media are relishing in hammering Windows 8 on a daily basis. Retailers are more interested in what Android devices they can stock than in what Windows 8 devices are on tap. Lack of device [...]

KB2795531 – You Cannot Log In To A VM Running Windows 8 Or Windows Server 2012 In A VDI Environment

March 13, 2013 // 0 Comments

This isn’t exactly a Hyper-V issue (it’s RDS) but Hyper-V is running on the affected WS2012 hosts. Consider the following scenario: You deploy a Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) environment in a network. You enable the Remote Desktop Virtualization Host (RD Virtualization Host) role [...]

Windows 8 Deployment Resources

March 11, 2013 // 3 Comments

These resources apply to Windows 8 but you could also use them in a Windows Server 2012 deployment or cloud. Windows XP Support ends on 8th April 2014 AND THERE WILL BE NO EXTENSIONS no matter what the penguin-hugging activation-fearing “genius” you know at the bar says. This means no [...]

My Microsoft Store Experience & The Surface Pro

February 22, 2013 // 2 Comments

I thought I’d write about my experience of the Microsoft Store; the stores have limited presence and are just in the USA at the moment. That means there’s nearly a whole world of people who have never visited one. We’re also at an interesting time for devices. with Windows 8 [...]

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Aidan Finn, IT Pro

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