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November 9, 2012  5:02 PM

Heads-up! First Win8 Critical Security Updates A’Comin!



Posted by: Ed Tittel
Desktops

Next Tuesday, November 13, will be the first Patch Tuesday since the official Windows 8 release occurred on October 26. Thus, it's entirely fitting that Windows 8 will receive its first-ever "Critical" updates on that day. I puzzled over an article from Lance Whitney at CNET a few minutes ago...

November 7, 2012  3:06 PM

Thurrott Tantalizes with Interesting Intimations about MS Intune Revision



Posted by: Ed Tittel
Desktops

In reading a recent (11/6/2012) posting...


November 6, 2012  1:54 AM

The Windows 8 Upgrade Experience



Posted by: Ed Tittel
Desktops

OK, so now I've been through it, too. On my brand-new Dell XPS-13, I've exercised the $14.99 upgrade to Windows 8 (followed by a $40 Upgrade to Windows 8 Pro) to catch the machine's OS up Microsoft's latest and greatest offering. I followed up the Dell "

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November 2, 2012  3:25 PM

TIFKAM (Metro) Apps Become “Windows Store” Apps Instead



Posted by: Ed Tittel
Desktops

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October 31, 2012  3:21 PM

What Does It Take to Use Win8 on a Business PC?



Posted by: Ed Tittel
Desktops

Today, I'm doing a recap and shout-out to Tony Bradley's excellent PCWorld blog entitled "10 Essential...

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October 29, 2012  4:33 PM

Interesting Contortion to Reclaim Time Machine Disk for Windows Re-Use



Posted by: Ed Tittel
Desktops

I'm sending off my 2010 MacBook Air to Virginia, so my high-school age niece can use it regularly for schoolwork (I never really found as much call for it was I thought I would, once I finished tech editing Chris Minnick's

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October 26, 2012  4:44 PM

OK, Here’s a Windows 8 Upgrade deal…



Posted by: Ed Tittel
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When I jumped up onto the Lenovo site this morning, I saw that their Support page how features this snazzy new graphical element at its mid-upper right side: [caption id="attachment_2696" align="aligncenter"...


October 24, 2012  2:31 PM

Great article on USB Troubleshooting



Posted by: Ed Tittel
Desktops

Sandro Villinger and I have crossed paths many times in the past few years, originally thanks to writing for the same website: Tom's Hardware (originally a German-based PC enthusiast site, now a flagship for...


October 22, 2012  3:47 PM

Lenovo Support RSS Feed Delivers the Goods



Posted by: Ed Tittel
Desktops

Keeping up with new drivers is always tricky. In general Lenovo does a great job of making drivers available to its customers, but it's not always easy to tell exactly what's new (take for example, the Lenovo

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October 19, 2012  5:02 PM

As GA Grows Ever Closer, More Signs of OS Completion Pop Up



Posted by: Ed Tittel
Desktops

In the past couple of weeks, I've noticed an increasing number of signs that Windows 8 really is gearing up for full-scale commercial launch. For one thing, last week Lenovo posted a Windows 8 version of its System Update Facility, which has now been happily downloading updates to my X220 Tablet...