Category: Windows
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Yesterday (August 1st 2012) Microsoft announced that Windows 8 had been released to manufactures. This means it's out of beta! They also announced general availability (aka the day you'll be able to buy it) as being October 26th 2012. Read more here: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/b8/archive/2012/08/01/releasing-windows-8-august-1-2012.aspx Josh BryantCybersecurity Product Leader and internationally recognized Speaker at several Information…
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Microsoft announced the Windows Server 2012 Release Candidate yesterday. You can download it here: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/evalcenter/hh670538.aspx I suppose that means it is now official, what was previously known as the Windows Server 8 Beta, will be called Windows Server 2012. Josh BryantCybersecurity Product Leader and internationally recognized Speaker at several Information Security conferences and events with…
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The Windows 8 Release Preview was announced today. Read the Press Release here: http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/news/Press/2012/May12/05-31Windows8RPPR.aspx Learn more about the Windows 8 Release Preview here: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows-8/release-preview Download it here: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows-8/download Josh BryantCybersecurity Product Leader and internationally recognized Speaker at several Information Security conferences and events with over 26 years of experience as a proven leader in Cybersecurity,…
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You may have seen the "Smoked by Windows Phone" ad campaign, where a Windows Phone does something faster than another phone. Well how about "Smoked by Hyper-V Server" challenge? As part of my initiative to "Do IT the Microsoft way", I set about switching over from VMware ESXi to Hyper-V. After installing Hyper-V Server…
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I finally had some time to install the Windows Server 8 Beta in my lab. Since doing so, I've discovered there are 4 faces to Windows Server 8. During install, you're presented with a choice between 2 of them, "Server Core" and "Server with GUI". The other 2 currently require running a few commands to…
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The Windows 8 Consumer Preview was released today (02/29/2012). If you want to try it out, there's no better way to do it than with a Virtual Machine using VMWare Workstation 8. As a reminder, only version 8 will work with Windows 8, so if you're still using version 7, it's time to upgrade. If…
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Happy Leap Day! The Windows 8 Consumer preview is available for download here. It is available in 5 different languages, including English, Chinese, French, German, and Japanese. The 64-bit ISO is 3.3GB and the 32-bit ISO is 2.5GB. Product key is on the download page. System Requirements Windows 8 Consumer Preview works great on the…
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Microsoft has made quite a few changes to the Task Manager for Windows 8. In a very detailed post on the MSDN Blogs, Microsoft goes over a little bit of the history of the Task Manager, from the "Task List" in Windows 3.0, to the new Task Manager in Windows 8. There's plenty of screen…
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Today I'm going to show you how to install the Windows 8 Developer Preview on VMware Workstation 8. The Windows 8 Developer Preview was just released last night (09/13/2011), and VMware Workstation 8 was just released today (09/14/2011). UPDATE: If you came here because the Windows 8 Consumer Preview was released today (02/29/2012), this…
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Windows 8 has a new "BSOD", or "Blue Screen of Death". Microsoft apparently tried to make it look a little friendlier. Notice how it suggests you search for the error online. Josh BryantCybersecurity Product Leader and internationally recognized Speaker at several Information Security conferences and events with over 26 years of experience as a proven…