Category: Windows 8

How to Install Windows 8.1 on Windows 8 – Step by Step Method

Microsoft has just announced the new version of Windows 8 which brings few more and demanding features to the new operating system. Windows 8.1 brings improved Lockscreen, unified search tool, direct log-on to the desktop, deep integration of SkyDrive and using of up to 4 re-sizable apps at the same time. If you are already running Windows 8, it is… Continue reading

Install Apple’s Magic Mouse Drivers on Windows 8 with Natural Scrolling and Battery Percentage

Recently I purchased Windows 8 Pro to experience the new features Microsoft is boasting about. After installing it on my laptop, the first prominent change I saw was the new start menu. Then I installed all the programs and software I use whenever I switch on my windows machine and voila! Everything went smooth. The first impression was very good… Continue reading

Get Free Windows Media Centre Pack for Windows 8 Pro

Here comes an exclusive offer from Redmond based tech company Microsoft for all those users who are running Windows 8 Pro on their PCs.

Now you can get and install Windows Media Centre on Windows 8 Pro machines with this promotional campaign. The promotion which lasts till January 31, 2013 allows the users to get a free product key from Microsoft to add this new feature.

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How to Run Windows XP Applications on Windows 8

As you all know that Windows 8 is out now and every one wants to enjoy the new features present in it, but there are a lot of users who are still reluctant to upgrade Windows XP/7 to Windows 8 due to the compatibility issues of their must-have applications on latest operating system.

Till now many organisations didn’t update their core software and applications even to Windows 7. In Win7 they could run these applications using Windows XP Mode provided by Microsoft itself but they have no such tool for Windows 8.

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Windows Phone 7.8 Update Announced for Existing Windows Phone 7.5 Devices

If you are following the updates, you may know that Microsoft has announced Windows Phone 8 officially with the codename “Apollo“. Unfortunately this new version will not support the existing devices. To bring the new features of Windows Phone 8 to the current Windows Phone 7.5 devices, Microsoft will be rolling out an update Windows Phone 7.8 soon. This step will really make the Lumia users happy to some extend.

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Microsoft Announces Windows 8 Based Surface Tablet

Everyone was expecting it and microsoft has finally made it. Microsoft Surface is just announced at a press event in Los Angeles. Apple iPad’s competitor, Microsoft Surface is Windows 8 tablet which will be released in two flavors, one powered by Intel 22nm Ivy Bridge Chips with Windows Pro and the second powered by ARM chipset loaded with Windows RT.

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Microsoft Finally Announces Three Flavors of Windows 8: Windows 8, Windows 8 Pro and Windows 8 RT

After the much hype Microsoft has finally revealed in a post on its blog that three editions of Windows 8 will be released when it is available. There are no Home, Premium or such flavors. This time they came up with new naming strategy. They’ll be releasing Windows 8, Windows 8 Pro and Windows RT soon.

After the much hype Microsoft has finally revealed in a post on its blog that three editions of Windows 8 will be released when it is available. There are no Home, Premium or such flavors. This time they came up with new naming strategy. They’ll be releasing Windows 8, Windows 8 Pro and Windows RT soon. According to the post… Continue reading

Download Windows 8 Developer Preview Build

Earlier Today Microsoft showed the demos Windows 8 to the attendees of the BUILD conference and released Windows 8 Developer Preview Build along with the sneak peek of the developers platform and tools. Every attendee was also given Samsung Windows 8 Tablet running on Windows 8 Developer Preview Build. Windows 8 brings a lot of news features esp the Metro… Continue reading

Samsung Windows 8 Tablet Gets Previewed

Finally Microsoft is unveiling Windows 8 OS at Build Conference in Anaheim. Redmond is releasing Windows 8 Developer Preview at the conference and answering a lot of questions. Apart from Windows 8 OS, Samsung tablet running on Windows 8 was also given to attendees for testing the new OS. Joanna Stern previewed the tablet in details in her post at… Continue reading

Microsoft Aiming For A Big Bang: Windows 8 and Windows Phone Mango OS

For the past few weeks, Microsoft has been aiming to rock the web through its two new projects. Though it has not quite managed it, but still the news of Windows 8 and the Windows Phone by Microsoft has spread around the globe at a considerable pace. The two projects by Microsoft, Windows 8 and the Windows Phone 7 “Mango” … Continue reading

Windows 8 Build 7955 leaked

It was just about two weeks ago when Windows 8 build 7850 was leaked, on BetaArchives. And now, Windows 8 build 7955 has just been leaked. BetaArchives has claims the full build name to be Microsoft Windows 8 (”Windows 8” 6.2.7955.0) (Ultimate) (m2) The leaker has provided the following information with the leak: You can unlock the following:… Continue reading

Windows 8 to Have Black Screen of Death

The infamous Blue Screen of Death, or BSoD may be living its last few months. Microsoft may switch to the color black for its system error messages, in Windows 8. WinRumors claims to have a screenshot of the error message screen, which is now black. The Blue Screen was present in early Windows 1.0 builds. But, properly introduced in… Continue reading