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If you are a sole operator and still paying for email and website hosting then you are throwing money away. It may not be a lot, but then I guarantee there are richer featured options that you can benefit from. Read on. For many the reasoning is practical. You have your own Domain and you […]
November 24, 2012
The following guide will allow you to configure a USB device that is Windows 8 To Go ‘Ready’. This guide is designed for users who are not yet running Windows 8, and whilst it can be followed if you are running Windows 8 IF you have Windows 8 Enterprise then a much simpler option is […]
November 20, 2012
As promised a guide to how you priorities the boot order to your conventional Windows desktop and return certain critical efficiency assets most notably the Start menu. Remembering that we don’t want to throw the baby out with the bathwater so the following maintains 100% the Windows Modern UI in all its tiling glory. You […]
November 18, 2012
Demonstrating unwavering leadership, whether driven by necessity or not, Steve Ballmer has created a unique window of opportunity to redress some issues with Windows 8 reception into the marketplace. Steven Sinofsky President, Windows Division has gone from headline grabbing darling to departed http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/news/exec/ssinofsky/ Conspiracy theorists abound need little imagination as to why. As a Microsoft Partner […]
November 14, 2012
The advertising will have you believe it is the advent of a brave new world with the (not quiet all new) Windows 8 Operating System, the biggest change in desktop ‘Yardy, yady, ya’…. What follows is by no means exhaustive in detail, and assume a modest degree of comfort configuring PC’s. There are more detailed tutorials covering many […]
November 8, 2012
A question getting asked within the Microsoft Developer community is looking for clarity as to why the server and workstation (Windows 8) system requirements to run Microsoft’s virtualisation environment, Hyper-V, differ. With the release of Windows 8 developers and enthusiasts now have at their disposal a REAL virtualisation platform built into the Workstation Operating System. […]
November 2, 2012
Further to my earlier blog on Windows 8 RT / Microsoft Surface ‘Windows 8 RT – iPad Killer?‘ herewith as promised a step guide to making the Windows 8 RT storage expansion options available in the default ‘Libraries’ view of the Windows Modern UI (Metro) apps. This addresses a frustration that it was not possible to […]
October 31, 2012
With the launch of Windows 8 Microsoft has laid out its house for increased adoption of what is now known as the ‘Microsoft Account’, formerly known as Live ID/Hotmail ID/ Passport amongst others. Like many I have always been fastidious about keeping my Business and Private online existence separate. As such dual Microsoft Accounts have […]
September 20, 2012
As promised in my last blog ‘A Desktop Demotion‘ a note to cover a much demanded subject to address questions I have been getting from all quarters such as: How can I boot to a desktop in Windows 8? Can I get the Start button back? Do I have to use the ‘metro’ interface? The […]
August 20, 2012
Having road testing the Developer and the Customer preview I have been reserving comment on the new user experience till I could qualify against the Gold Code which I have now been running since it has been released to Partners. I have been testing on the Samsung Series 7 Tablet, which is perhaps the best […]
June 29, 2012
Touch screen technology dates to 1971, when Dr. Sam Hurst of Oak Ridge National Laboratory was teaching at the University of Kentucky. Scroll forward to the prospect of Windows 8 and touch is about to hit the desktop primetime where none have gone before with any real success before. I am talking about PC desktops […]
June 19, 2012
The Microsoft Partner Ecosystem is the envy of the IT industry, and an example to any business trying to build channel to market. It is unique as marketing and customer facing engine and a force for good fostering business development and growth especially across the Small Medium enterprise sector. Here in the UK for example […]
June 14, 2012
Windows RT, Microsoft Windows isn’t it? Well yes, but not as you know it. Recent the press have played up the Google and Mozilla anti compete haranguing of Microsoft, despite regulatory authorities in the US and Europe paying little more than lip services to the complaints. All part of the game of brinkmanship as these […]
April 30, 2012
So you have seen the light and enjoying the spread of joined up Enterprise systems that for many SME’s (Small Medium Enterprise) Companies was till Microsoft Office 365 arrived a pipe dream, not just in cost terms but configuration and management. For those without any legacy Microsoft Exchange positions this is a no brainer. BUT […]
April 13, 2012
BYOD (bring your own device) refers to employees who bring their own computing devices to the workplace and they are permitted (or pull rank) to connect to the corporate network. It is at this point that many CIO (Chief Information Officers) or their counterparts will draw the line. For others they will see this as […]
December 1, 2012
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