How To Install Windows 8

How To Install Windows 8 - I spent almost the entire day playing around with Windows 8 and finally installed it on all the three machines that I have – two of them were previously running Windows 7 while the third one is an iMac running Mac OS X Lion. Everything just worked without any issues.

The first Windows machine is sort of test machine and I therefore installed Windows 8 as the primary OS on that machine overwriting Windows 7. All my previous files, Windows settings and programs were preserved and it was quite an effortless installation.

The second Windows machine is my primary computer, the one that I am using to write this story inside Windows Live Writer, and I therefore installed Windows 8 on another partition (dual-boot setup). Thus my existing Windows 7 installation is not modified in any way while I can switch to Windows 8 anytime with a simple restart.

In the case of iMac, I created a new NTFS partition and installed Windows 8 using Boot Camp. The metro tiles of Windows 8 on the 27” iMac look absolutely gorgeous and the Apple keyboard and Magic Mouse also work inside Windows 8.

Finally, I installed Windows 8 as a Virtual Machine inside Windows 8 itself just for the purpose of recording the Windows 8 installation procedure.

Windows 8 Installation Guides

If you haven’t tried Windows 8 yet, you should consider doing that now because Windows 8 looks fresh, beautiful and definitely brings that “wow” effect. It’s a beta version but after using it for about a day, I found it stable though the new UI might involve a bit of learning curve.

The best part is that setting up Windows 8 is extremely easy and the installation procedure won’t take more than 15-20 minutes. Should you be interested, I have written several detailed guides that will walk you through the installation steps in either of the above scenarios – pick one that best fits your workflow and get going.

• How to Install Windows 8 as a Virtual Machine (using Oracle’s VirtualBox)
• How to Install Windows 8 on a Mac (using Apple’s Boot Camp)
• How to Install Windows 8 alongside an older version of Windows (Dual boot)
• How to Upgrade your Computer to Windows 8 (Overwrite mode)

How To Install Windows 8

Windows 8 Installation Guides | labnol

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How To Install Windows 8

takecy 3/03/2012

KDE 4.8 Beta Released

KDE 4.8 Beta

The KDE Community has released a first beta of version 4.8 of the KDE Software Compilation (KDE SC). Aimed at testers, the development preview of the next major update to the open source K Desktop Environment brings changes to the Plasma Workspaces, applications and underlying platform, as well as various performance and stability improvements.

KDE SC 4.8 Beta 1 includes support for Qt Quick in Plasma Workspaces. The device notifier widget, now written in pure QML, has been ported using the new Plasma Components – a standardised API implementation that has a "native Plasma Look and Feel". To improve performance and scalability, while updating its appearance, the file view in Dolphin has also been rewritten. The developers note that, as the API, dependency and feature freezes are in effect, the team is now focusing "on fixing bugs and further polishing new and old functionality".

Further details about the first beta can be found in the official release announcement and on the KDE SC 4.7.80 Info Page. Source code for self-compilation and binary packages for various Linux distributions are available to download from the project's web site. Users testing the release are encouraged to provide feedback and report any bugs that they find.

KDE is licensed under a combination of the LGPLv2, BSD, MIT and X11 licences for core libraries and the GPLv2 or GPLv3 for applications. The current stable release is KDE SC 4.7.3 from earlier this month. (via)

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KDE 4.8 Beta Released

takecy 11/25/2011

Download Linux Mint 12 (RC1)

Download Linux Mint 12

Linux Mint founder and lead developer Clement Lefebvre has announced the arrival of a release candidate for version 12 of his project's Ubuntu-based Linux distribution, code-named "Lisa". The new edition has a GNOME 3 desktop with customisations that bring some of the look and feel of GNOME 2.

Last week, the Mint team announced that version 12 of the distribution will switch to GNOME 3 but continue to offer the familiar desktop environment to users. The developers do this via "Mint Gnome Shell Extensions" (MGSE), which add traditional desktop elements such as a start menu and window list at the bottom of the screen.

More details about the release candidate can be found on the New features in Linux Mint 12 page. Although the project's community site is still down for maintenance, ISO images of the release candidate can be downloaded from several mirror servers. (via | h-online)

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Download Linux Mint 12 (RC1)

takecy 11/14/2011

Use Picture Or Pin Password in Windows 8

Use Picture Or Pin Password in Windows 8 | Windows 8 comes with options to use Windows Live accounts as user accounts on the system, or to use a local account with no ties to the Internet. If security is an issue you have probably selected a secure password for your account log on. That may be inconvenient if you are using a touch based device, especially if it does not come with a full qwertz keyboard.

Microsoft has added two additional password options for Windows users to make the log on more comfortably. The two options are picture password and pin logon.

Both options are available under Control Panel > Users from the Metro UI. This opens a Control Panel applet where the currently logged in user can switch to a picture or pin password.

windows 8 user account password

Either selection there will prompt for the current account password before the configuration options become available.

Picture Password

A picture password basically consists of three gestures on an image that make up the password.

The size, position and directions of the gestures, as well as their order become part of the picture password.

windows 8 picture password

Setting up a picture password makes sense on touch based devices, as it is usually a lot faster to use gestures than to use a digital keyboard to enter the password.

Windows 8 asks you to configure three gestures and repeat them afterwards before the gesture based password will be set. While it is possible to use the mouse for that, it is not the most convenient thing to do. The verdict here is that a picture password can be a solid alternative on touch based devices, but not on desktop PCs or mobile devices without touch capabilities.

Pin Logon

The second password alternative is a pin password. This is basically a four digit number that you need to enter whenever you log on to the system.

windows 8 pin password

This is again an authorization system designed for touch based devices or devices without full physical keyboard. The limitation to four digits makes it less secure than the other password options.

The majority of Windows users will likely still with the default account password on their system. Users who work with touch capable devices on the other hand have two solid alternatives at their disposal to log in faster and more comfortable.

Users always have the option to log on with their standard password instead of the newly configured alternative password. (via)

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Use Picture Or Pin Password in Windows 8

takecy 9/19/2011

How To Activate Windows 7 or Windows Vista For Free

isoftdl : Hi Friends, today i will show you how to activate windows 7 or Windows vista for free. Its a 100% working hack and perfectly safe way to easily activate windows for free. I will explain this with the help of windows loader by daz. This loader application will bypass the Microsoft's WAT(windows activationtechnologies) and activate your winodws 7 or Vista in just few minutes.The application itself injects a SLIC (System Licensed Internal Code) into your system before Windows boots; that is what fools Windows into thinking it's genuine.


      Activate Windows 7 or windows vista for free

Requirements:
1. Supported Operating System Installed( Windows 7 or Windows Vista).
2. Loader by Daz.
3. Internet connection to check the activation is happened correctly or not.

Steps to activate Windows 7 or Windows Vista:
1. Download the Windows Loader application.
(Click here to download)

Password : www.isoftdl.com

2. Extract the zip file and now you will have four files.
3. Start the Loader.exe by double clicking on it.
4. Now Click on Install to install the SLIC and updating the windows key.
5. That's the only procedure, now just go to Microsoft's website to check your activation. Alternatively you can check it by right clicking on My Computer Icon on desktop and see the General information.

Note: You must be running build 7600 or greater for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2.
Note: I don't recommend using any of the Windows 7 E editions.
Note: Windows 7 N editions will only be supported when OEM SLP serials leak.

Features of Windows Activator Loader:
•Can be run as a standalone application
•Works well with all system languages
•Custom OEM information can be installed
•Argument support for silent installs
•Can be used for pre-activation
•Application integrity checking
•Custom error handling
•Support for hidden partitions and complex setups
•Can work alongside Linux's GRUB or any other boot manager
•Works with TrueCrypt and many other types of hard drive encryption applications
•Add your own certificates and serials externally
•Offers certificate and serial installation only for users with an existing SLIC 2.1
•Automated system profiling (The application matches everything up for you)

Supported operating systems
•Windows 7 Ultimate
•Windows 7 Ultimate E
•Windows 7 Professional
•Windows 7 Professional E
•Windows 7 Home Premium
•Windows 7 Home Premium E
•Windows 7 Home Basic
•Windows 7 Starter
•Windows 7 Starter E
•Windows Vista Ultimate
•Windows Vista Business
•Windows Vista Business N
•Windows Vista Home Premium
•Windows Vista Home Basic
•Windows Vista Home Basic N
•Windows Vista Starter
•Windows Server 2008 R2: Enterprise
•Windows Server 2008 R2: Standard
•Windows Server 2008 R2: Foundation
•Windows Server 2008: Enterprise
•Windows Server 2008: Standard
•Windows Server 2008: Foundation
•Windows Small Business Server 2008

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How To Activate Windows 7 or Windows Vista For Free

Unknown 5/28/2011

Download Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.1

H-Online : Red Hat has announced the availability of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.1 (RHEL 6.1). The release updates last Novembers release of RHEL 6.0 with a variety of performance enhancements which Red Hat say allowed it to deliver a record-setting SPECvirt_sc2010 benchmark running on a HP Proliant 20-core Blade server.

Red Hat also highlight enhancements in RHEL 6.1 such as new configuration options for advanced storage such as Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE), Datacenter Bridging and iSCSI and improvements in virtualisation, file systems, scheduling, resource management and high availability functionality. Support has been added to the Red Hat High Availability add-on to enable automatic failover for virtual machines and applications which should enable finer granularity in availability management. There are also improvements in the network traffic processing which make use of the capabilities of multi-processor servers.

A technology preview of FreeIPA based Red Hat Enterprise Identity (IPA) services is also included in RHEL 6.1 and there are new additions which make enterprise deployments simpler and improve integration with other platforms. There are also, of course, patches and security updates for the operating system. "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.1 continues to lead Linux innovation as we drive adoption across workloads that include physical, virtual and cloud deployments" said Red Hat's VP and GM of Platform Business, Jim Totton, explaining why the new release was suitable across the new generation enterprise computing. Release notes and technical notes are available for full details of the changes in RHEL 6.1.

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Download Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.1

Unknown 5/19/2011

Which Windows 8 Version Will You Buy?

BetaNews: That's a question many customers may ask, if a report from Bloomberg proves to be right: There will be at least five Windows 8 editions -- four for ARM processors. Bloomberg quotes Intel's Renee James, from a presentation given earlier today. It's not exactly Intel's place to be revealing Microsoft Windows versioning plans, which is reason enough to question the claims. But, hey, the duopoly is called Wintel for a reason.

Microsoft has already announced that thenext Windows version will support ARM processors. So it's unsurprising that Windows 8 might fork down separate ARM and x86 paths. For the purpose of this story, I'm calling it Windows 8. But Microsoft hasn't announced or seriously hinted at the nomenclature. You can take the name or leave it.

"The version designed for Intel chips will run older Windows programs," according to the story by Ian King and Dina Bass. "The ARM versions won't run older programs, [James] said. They will be tailored to mobile devices and tablet computers and there will also be a version for Intel chips to address that market."

Multiple versions is risky from a marketing perspective. Microsoft has been down this branding path before, moving from two XP editions to six for Windows Vista. Do you remember the confusing branding? They were: Home Basic, Home Premium, Ultimate, Business and Enterprise. Windows 7 drops the editions to four five: Starter, Home Premium, Professional, Ultimate and Enterprise (It's so confusing I left out Pro and added it after commenters complained). That's still at least two versions too many from a branding perspective. It's confusing to customers having so many choices for PCs that are essentially the same. (It's worse in Europe where trustbusters require Microsoft to carry additional "N" editions).

Microsoft's version/edition strategy attempts to create more differentiation, which the market struggles to do when there is a monopoly product. Microsoft seeks to generate more excitement around Windows and more differentiation among the kinds of computers sold to consumers or businesses. But that really hasn't happened after two Windows versions with multiple editions, because the feature differences are arbitrarily chosen by Microsoft rather than dynamically by the market.

Differentiation typically drives competition, hence the number of toothpaste varieties. But Windows isn't toothpaste, because one product essentially owns the x86-based PC market. You can't sell Windows the same way as toothpaste, by trying to artificially create differentiation where it doesn't organically exist.

That said, there is a case for Microsoft choosing a multi-edition strategy for Windows 8 -- as long as it's not carried too far. Three reasons stand out:

1. Microsoft will support another chip architecture. That changes everything. Windows will be available on more than PCs and in categories where the market already has created differentiation based on form factors. It makes more sense for separately branded Windows editions for these devices, than for today's PCs. Microsoft will need to educate buyers about Windows' benefits on more devices. That said, such approach still risks creating brand confusion and even conflict -- the device manufacturer's brand versus Microsoft's. A single "Windows Powered" brand would be easier to market.

2. Today, personal computing is as much about devices as PCs. Smartphones and tablets (despite Microsoft's earlier efforts) were nascent categories when Windows Vista launched for businesses in late 2006. Now smartphones and tablets are seemingly everywhere and gaining market share fast. Analyst estimates put smartphone sales around 100 million units this year, globally.

3. There is real competition in the device categories where Windows 8 will operate. The iPad has a huge early lead in the media tablet category -- 80 percent-plus share, by most analyst estimates -- with Android looking to take a bite out of Apple's share. Android smartphone sales surged 888.8 percent in 2010, according to Gartner; last week Google said there are now 400,000 Android activations a day. If there's a place for tech toothpaste-like differentiated Windows editions, ARM is it.

But Microsoft should still be careful not to overdo its Windows 8 editions strategy, from a branding perspective. Windows 8 Home Tablet Edition for ARM Processors and Windows 8 Home Edition for Intel Processors -- coupled with Ultimate or Business Editions -- is a way-wrong approach. Simple nomenclature and fewer named editions would be more sensible.

As for the accuracy of the Bloomberg report, I don't doubt what James said. I do question whether Microsoft has decided its branding and marketing plans -- unless Windows 8 is shipping sometime in the next couple of quarters.

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Which Windows 8 Version Will You Buy?

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