Windows has always come in different versions known internally as Stock Keeping Units (SKUs) that currently include the names “Home Premium”, “Professional”, “Enterprise” and “Ultimate”. Historically, when the consumer and retail [...]
About Mike Halsey MVP
Mike Halsey is a Microsoft MVP (Windows Expert) and the author of "Troubleshooting Windows 7 Inside Out" from Microsoft Press, "Office 365 Security Essentials" and several forthcoming books about Windows 8. He is a recognised Windows expert having been awarded a Microsoft MVP (Most Valuable Professional) certification in 2011. You can follow Mike on Facebook, Twitter or on his own website The Long Climb
We’ve had the “Developer Preview” of Windows 8 and now that the beta is due in the next month we could find it being called the “Consumer Preview”, at least [...]
Before you get all concerned about Windows 8 being doomed and Windows tablets being something that nobody will buy let’s get some perspective. Monica Chen and Joseph Tsai at DigiTimes [...]
New images have appeared of the Start Screen personalization options in the Windows 8 beta. In the images, posted online by TheVerge.com you can see shots from what they say is [...]
The closer we get to the actual release of Windows 8 ARM tablets the more I’m mulling over the pros and cons, and wondering just how successful such devices will [...]
A hidden “easter egg” has been found in the Windows 8 Developer Preview by WinUnleaked.tk that reactivates the transparency on the very nice looking new Aero Lite interface, while disabling much [...]
One of the more interesting features in Windows 8, certainly from my perspective as the author of “Troubleshooting Windows 7 Inside Out” is the ability for Microsoft’s new operating system [...]
Microsoft have today confirmed that Kinect will be coming to the PC early this year “not as a hack but as a commercial product with dedicated PC hardware”. Some changes include [...]
One of the biggest problems with life online is passwords and security. Either you have one password that’s used everywhere, which presents security problems, a few passwords separating things like [...]
Microsoft today unveiled the new Windows Store which will be rolled out across all WIndows platforms including Windows Phone and Xbox 360 by the time Windows 8 launches. The company [...]
With the end of the year rapidly approaching, and the launch year for the next version of Windows almost upon us analysts are now beginning to make their predictions for [...]
We all know that Windows 8 can start up faster than any version of Windows before it. Now Microsoft have released information about the improved installation experience and said that [...]
With Windows 8 Microsoft are moving the goalposts in user interface design considerably and there has been much debate over the relative pros and cons of taking this approach. With [...]
