Windows Enterprise Desktop
July 2013
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Compelling Win8.1 Feature: Device-Friendly App Development
29 Jul 2013 -
Tweak Win8.1 UI, or Switch to Start Replacement?
26 Jul 2013 -
Now I Know Why There's a Start8 1.17 Beta: For Win8.1
24 Jul 2013
Though Windows 8.1 offers some very nice features and functions -- and in some cases, ones that are absolutely vital (as with a reworked Start menu, and improved desktop access) to any hopes the OS ...
I am a big fan of Ed Bott's ZDNet blog posts, which often deal with Windows topics, under the general heading of The Ed Bott Report. Earlier this week (July 23) he posted a little gem entitled "The ...
Anybody who's been reading this blog for the last year knows that I'm a big fan of the $5 Stardock software utility known as Start8. While it's not free (and for those who want to spend absolutely ...
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More frequent versions also means more "rapid update cadence" for Windows 8.1
22 Jul 2013 -
First-ever CCIE, Stuart Briggs, Has Passed Away
22 Jul 2013 -
Windows 8.1 Brings Added Security to the Table
19 Jul 2013 -
How Microsoft is like a woodpecker
- Associate Managing Editor 19 Jul 2013 -
Bye, Bye TechNet, Bye, Bye!
18 Jul 2013 -
Intel admits it was too slow to capture the ultra-mobile PC market
- Content Development Strategist 18 Jul 2013 -
WSCC: Great Console For Windows Admins Gathers Great Software
15 Jul 2013
Late last week, Microsoft pushed out a batch of new fixes for the Windows 8.1 Preview for x86, x64, and RT versions. This comes about a week after Patch Tuesday, and includes five fixes -- one ...
It's a little known fact that the first CCIE number issued was CCIE #1025 (210+1). Apparently, Cisco didn't want to start the program with number 1, so they started it with one more than two raised ...
It's probably part of Microsoft's push to extend uptake of Windows 8.1 beyond the enthusiast/home user level, but I'm seeing some very interesting security improvements in Windows 8.1. Some of them ...
By Diana Hwang As I sit on my friend's porch in New Hampshire staring at a lake, I can see and hear the woodpeckers as they drum on various trees around her property in search of food. Microsoft ...
I've known about this since the beginning of July, but am just now getting around to sharing the news with my blog readers that MS is preparing to phase out its long-time, highly-valued TechNet ...
Can a huge organization become a faster and nimbler company to capture emerging markets? Intel seems to think so. After taking the helm as Intel Corp.’s new CEO in May, Brian Kzanich met with the ...
The folks at Romanian software company KirySoft have put together the Windows System Control Center, aka WSCC, which gathers the cream of the Windows systems tools together under a single ...
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Microsoft slashes Surface RT price
- Content Development Strategist 15 Jul 2013 -
2-Part PowerShell Jump Start Series Kicks off Next Week
12 Jul 2013 -
Big Patch Tuesday Comes and Goes
10 Jul 2013 -
Windows 8.1 RTM availability revealed
- Content Development Strategist 09 Jul 2013 -
Dang! Windows 8.1 Smart Search Has a Dark Side
08 Jul 2013
A while ago I wrote about the $99 Surface RT I scored for my kids at TechEd North America in June, which for that price was a steal. To this day, I still believe it, although my kids don’t use the ...
Microsoft regularly offers one- and two-day Jump Start seminars through the Microsoft Virtual Academy (MVA). Shortly, the first of a two-part series on the outstanding PowerShell OS scripting ...
Wow! I'm seeing lots of activity as per yesterday's (July 9, 2013) Patch Tuesday. My Windows 7 machines report 30 updates, and my Windows 8 machines 28. Here's the breakdown: Patch Tuesday 7/9/2013 ...
The forthcoming latter half of the year will see lots of new systems based on Microsoft’s Windows 8.1 operating system. Microsoft will ship the RTM version of Windows 8.1 to OEMs by the end of ...
I'd noticed the stories last week about how the Bing Ads platform is integrated into the new Windows 8.1 Smart Search capability, but I didn't really understand what this means until I ran across a ...