April 27, 2012 4:21 PM
Posted by: Ed Tittel
no need for MSE 4.0 in Windows 8,
Windows 8 built-in anti-malware functions are complete and robustWhen I saw the news that Microsoft Security Essentials (4.0) had recently been released (see Paul Thurrott's Microsoft Security Essentials 4.0 blog post for more information and a download link), I quite naturally found myself wondering if MSE and Windows 8 might finally collide. When I first...
April 25, 2012 2:53 PM
Posted by: Ed Tittel
SkyDrive offers 25 GB of free storage as upgrade to existing users,
SkyDrive spreads to Mac OS X and iOSBuckle your seatbelts! Since its hiatus the Building Windows 8 blog has come roaring back with lots of new content in the last week (see my previous blog "The Return...
April 20, 2012 7:37 PM
Posted by: Ed Tittel
DISM provides image management,
Win8 adds new features and functions to DISMDISM stands for Deployment Image Servicing and Management. This tool was introduced in Windows 7 and will be taking on more features, functions, and responsibilities in Windows 8. DISM replaces the...
April 17, 2012 5:41 PM
Posted by: Ed Tittel
only 4 Windows 8 Editions overall,
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April 17, 2012 4:49 PM
Posted by: Ed Tittel
latest quarterly employment survey reports jump in IT worker confidence and outlook,
mild improvement in economy foretells only mild boost in IT employmentIt's not often that I get the chance to plug another fellow IT Knowledge Exchange blogger's post in one of my own blogs, but today sure is that day. Thanks to the news stream from my colleagues over at the Internet Press Guild I picked up a...
April 16, 2012 4:22 PM
Posted by: Ed Tittel
get these tools to help an HD-to-SSD switchover,
Windows 7 SSD tweaks tutorial and SSD Tweaker tool great for optimizing Windows 7 and 8 after HD-to-SSD switchoverFor many Windows 7 (and even some Windows 8 ) users switching over to a solid state disk, or SSD, comes after the OS has already been installed to a conventional drive. The adventure begins -- but doesn't end -- with cloning the old HD to an SSD. That's because although Windows 7 or 8 will happily...
April 11, 2012 2:44 PM
Posted by: Ed Tittel
digging into UEFI OS install and shell access,
UEFI more difficult in practice than in theoryIn previous blogs I've written about the Unified Extensible Firmware Interface, a 21st century, mostly 64-bit replacement for and upgrade to the 16-bit BIOS (Basic Input-Output System) that goes all the back to the first IBM PC, circa 1981 or thereabouts. Now that...
