Come and get it… Microsoft today released the final public preview of Windows 8. You can get yours here. Windows 8 has the following minimum system requirements, which basically means any PC sold over the last 3-4 years can run it. Processor: 1 gigahertz (GHz) or faster RAM: 1 gigabyte (GB) (32-bit) or 2 GB (64-bit) Hard disk space: 16 GB (32-bit) or 20 GB … [Read more...]
Want some free Windows 8 training?
Earlier this year I attended MVPNation in Seattle in March. During this conference, a number of MVPs across various disciplines, presented sessions around Windows 8 and Windows 8 server that gave a deeper insight to anything that Microsoft had previously done. This content is now being made available for free by SMBNation (the conference organisers). So if you … [Read more...]
25GB for free on SkyDrive
I found out today via some MVP buddies, that Microsoft have released a free 25GB upgrade for users of SkyDrive. You can find out more about it here. I’ve used SkyDrive in the past but have more recently moved everything over to TrendMicro SafeSync for Business which suits me just fine. I did that because I could not get more than the 7GB with SkyDrive and with … [Read more...]
Microsoft Announces Windows 8 Versions
Microsoft today announced via a blog post here that there will be a significant reduction in the different versions of Windows starting with Windows 8. This has got to be a good thing for the marketplace as there was always great confusion between the various versions of Windows 7 and previous OS’s in the past. This blog post from Microsoft confirms a few … [Read more...]
Windows 8 Virtual Machine on Hyper-V 2008 R2 Host
If you are running a Windows 8 VM on your Hyper-V 2008 R2 host, then you really need to check out this blog post. It turns out that there can be some issues with the Windows 8 VM if you don’t have the patch and it’s likely that most people will be testing Windows 8 on Windows Server 2008 R2 hosts as I have been. Note that Microsoft state that this is a REQUIRED hotfix, … [Read more...]