Windows Enterprise Desktop
December 2013
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Fujitsu Makes Bold Entry into High-end Windows 8.1 Tablet Market
30 Dec 2013 -
Extirpating persistent but un-needed Windows Drivers
27 Dec 2013 -
Can Surface Pro 2 be a true notebook replacement?
- Content Development Strategist 23 Dec 2013
Here's a classic good news-bad news scenario for serious Windows users seeking a lightweight Windows 8.1 tablet with acceptable battery life (which I define as more than 8 hours, or enough to get ...
Last summer, my trusty Dell All-in-One 968 became unusable, thanks to the failure of one of its color inkjets (if memory serves it was either red or magenta, depending on whether that device uses ...
Surface Pro 2 is being touted as a notebook replacement and I’ve been using it for the last few weeks to see if I can get my job done. But there’s a world of IT administrators out there who view ...
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Free WEI Utility for Win8.1 Now Available
20 Dec 2013 -
Where's Refresh/Reset in Windows 8.1? Sometimes, it's MIA!
18 Dec 2013 -
On the Threshold of a Dream: The Next Windows Version
16 Dec 2013 -
Win 8.1 ISO USB Upgrade Is a No-Go
13 Dec 2013 -
Another Interesting Entry in the Windows 8-->8.1 Upgrade Serial
12 Dec 2013 -
Acronis True Image 2014 Still Great, But Loses Luster with Windows 8.*/UEFI Wrinkles
09 Dec 2013 -
Image Backup in Windows 8.1
06 Dec 2013
When I found out from Woody Leonhard in early November that the Windows Experience Index (WEI) widget was missing from Windows 8.1 (reported in this 11/13/13 post), I immediately set about writing ...
Those who make the update transition from Windows 8 to Windows 8.1 via download may encounter a situation where the "Refresh your PC" or "Reset to factory defaults" options may no longer be ...
I've been reading lots of rumor coverage lately about what's coming in the next major version of Windows, which has picked up a Threshold code name/moniker in some reporting. My favorite story in ...
This will be my final installment on the subject of working around upgrade issues and problems regarding Windows 8.1. I've seen numerous sources that claim the combination of a bootable Windows 8 ...
In the past month or so, I've documented various issues and potential gotchas in upgrading from Windows 8 to 8.1 This morning, I came across an extremely interesting item from Microsoft amidst its ...
I've been a fan and devoted user of Acronis True Image for half a decade or longer, but am struggling a bit with the latest version (2014) when combined with Windows 8 versions (either 8 or 8.1). I ...
In prior versions of Windows, the built-in backup facility with its image capture capability provided images accessible to a variety of recovery tools, including the "Repair your PC" option ...
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Win8.1 Store Upgrade Snafu/Catch-22
04 Dec 2013 -
Best Driver Strategy for Upgrading Windows from 7 to 8 to 8.1 Confirmed
02 Dec 2013
Over the past week, I've had several members of the "old guard" -- colleagues who go back with me to the stone age of networking, during the glory days of Novell NetWare in the late 1980s and early ...
Over the holiday weekend, I migrated several more PCs from 7 to 8 to 8.1, and made some deliberate variations along the path from the initial starting point (Windows 7 SP1 ) to the final ...