Windows 8

The Microsoft Surface with WIndows RT tablet has finally arrived. Does Microsoft’s entry into the tablet arena have what it takes? Read our review by John O’Neill Sr. to find out.

Still on the fence about whether to deploy Windows 8? Here are six IT-friendly features that may convince you to make the switch.

You have the shiny new Windows release installed — now what? Jeff Hicks shows you the first five steps to take with Windows 8.

John O’Neill, Sr., shows you how to change the product key in Windows 8 using the GUI AND the command line. How’s that for value?

It’s all Hyper-V, all the time! In part four of this series, Jeff Hicks shows you how to create a new virtual machine based on an existing VHD file.

Windows 8 provides several ways to shut down the OS, but they aren’t immediately obvious to new users. John O’Neill Sr. walks us through the new shut-down options.

Windows 8 Developer Preview has been downloadable from Microsoft for a few weeks now. In this Article Peter Bruzzese walks through how to install Windows 8 Developer Preview and how to navigate around the new Metro UI.

Learn about the Windows Recovery Environment and how to access and use it to troubleshoot and fix common technical issues with your computer, like when Windows won’t boot. What is the Windows Recovery Environment (WinRE)? Windows Recovery Environment, or WinRE, is a recovery environment that can repair common startup issues with Windows.  It’s a simplified,…

Microsoft is finally ending support for Windows 7 Extended Security Updates (ESUs) and Windows 8.1. This means that the company will no longer provide software updates and technical assistance to PCs running legacy versions of Windows operating systems. Microsoft announced the end of mainstream support of Windows 7 in January 2020. However, the company introduced…

Microsoft has acknowledged a new zero-day remote code execution flaw in its Microsoft Support Diagnostic Tool (MSDT). The Microsoft Security Response Center team explained that the security flaw impacts all supported versions of Windows and Windows Server. Microsoft Support Diagnostic Tool (MSDT) is a service in Windows 11/10/8.1/7 and Windows Server. The tool enables the…