Author: devonenote

  • Windows 8 IE 10 Launch Options

    In Windows 8 You can configure IE10 to always open in the default Metro style or in Internet Explorer for the Desktop, as you prefer. To configure the way links display in IE10 when you open them: If you are using a Metro version of IE, when viewing a site in IE10, click Page Tools…

  • Turning on and off GUI in Windows Server 2012

    When you install Windows Server 2012, you can choose between Server Core Installation and Server with a GUI. The Server with a GUI option is the Windows Server 2012 equivalent of the Full installation option available in Windows Server 2008 R2. The Server Core Installation option reduces the space required on disk, the potential attack…

  • Deploy Windows 8 to a virtual hard disk

    Windows 7 introduced Native VHD boot which allows user to install Windows 7/Windows server 2008 R2 on a physical box to a virtual hard disk (VHD). You can do same process in Windows 8 Boot from the Windows 8 media (USB, CD, etc.). At the Install screen, press Shift+F10 to open a command prompt. Start…

  • Difference between Windows Client Hyper-V and Server Hyper-V

    Windows 8 supports virtualization on the client OS to allow IT professionals and developers to use Hyper-V as a desktop operating system. If you are an IT Professional or developer that uses Windows Server as development operating environments, you should be excited about new client Hyper-V feature in Windows 8 and wonder what are some…

  • Install Hyper-V Manager on Windows 10

    To remotely manage your Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V server from a windows 7 desktop, you need install RSAT (Remote Server Administrator Tool). This has been simplified in Windows 10. In Windows 10, Hyper-V management tool is built in, Hyper-V manager can be turned on via “Turn Windows features on or off” dialog directly without downloading…

  • Solution for Unresponsive Win8 Guest VMs

    If you’re going to run Windows 8 or Windows Server 2012 in a virtual machine on Windows Server 2008 R2 Hyper-V, please install this hotfix patch http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2744129 on the Hyper-V host server, Without applying this hotfix, you may experience one or more of the following issues: The Windows 8/Server 2012 virtual machine becomes unresponsive. The Windows…

  • SkyDrive Upgrade to 25GB free storage

    After I installed new SkyDrive Windows clientI noticed that SkyDrive is changing to a tiered pricing. The new default storage Microsoft offers will be 7GB, down from 25GB. It seems the main reason is most existing SkyDrive user don’t use more than 7GB. The good news is Microsoft is taking good care of existing SkyDrive…

  • SkyDrive Release Windows Client

    Last time I posted a blog talked about SkyDrive is Live with OneNote Sync which you can Sync OneNote 2010 notebooks to SkyDrive. Now you can put every files in your PC on the SkyDrive and access it from anywhere, any devices. Earlier today, Mike Torres and Omar Shahine from Microsoft, posted a blog via…

  • Windows Live Essentials Install Error 0x8104000d WaitForCatalog

    Today when I tried to get Windows Live Essentials installed on my fresh installed x64 Windows 8 I got following error You cannot download Windows Live programs unless you are connected to the internet.Error: 0x8104000d Source: WaitForCatalog

  • Install PowerShell and Powershell ISE on Windows Server

    Windows Server 2003 For Windows server 2003, PowerShell V1 was released as KB ( hotfix). Download and install KB926139 – Windows PowerShell 1.0 English-Language Installation Package for Windows Server 2003 If you need PowerShell V2, make sure you have SP2 installed and then install Windows Management Framework from http://support.microsoft.com/kb/968929 Windows Server 2008 For Windows Server…