Tech Review: Windows: Friday, August 17, 2012

How to get Windows 8 ahead of the general public

http://www.zdnet.com/how-to-get-windows-8-ahead-of-the-general-public-7000002731/

8 tips to make your Windows 8 upgrade a more pleasant experience

http://www.zdnet.com/8-tips-to-make-your-windows-8-upgrade-a-more-pleasant-experience-7000002795/

Windows 8 evaluation for developers

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/evalcenter/jj554510.aspx

Tech Review: Windows: Friday, August 3, 2012

Microsoft Surface tablet release date confirmed in SEC filing

http://www.zdnet.com/microsoft-surface-tablet-release-date-confirmed-in-sec-filing-7000001881/

Microsoft Windows 8 Games:  Software Developer War or Empty Words

http://www.thevarguy.com/2012/07/30/windows-8-games-blizzard-valve/

• perhaps the real concern is having to go through the Windows market

Hacker delves into secret world of warranties

http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-57481671-83/hacker-delves-into-secret-world-of-warranties/?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20

• can hack warranty log on

Tech Review: Virtual Machine: July 24, 2012

installing vs 2005 windows 7

Visual Studio on Windows Vista and Windows 7

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/vstudio/aa948853.aspx

Microsoft® Visual Studio® 2005 Express Editions Service Pack 1

http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=804

how do I close a frozen VM?

Anatomy of a VMware Workstation virtual machine (VM)

http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/virtualization-coach/anatomy-of-a-vmware-workstation-virtual-machine-vm/141

Tech Review: Windows: Monday, July 16, 2012

 

How to partition Windows 7 to well manage it?

http://www.partition-tool.com/resource/partition-windows-7.htm

Microsoft's Downfall: Inside the Executive E-mails and Cannibalistic Culture That Felled a Tech Giant

http://www.vanityfair.com/online/daily/2012/07/microsoft-downfall-emails-steve-ballmer.print

• "stack ranking" the bane of creativity.

Perhaps is more an issue of good old fashion pride.

Tech Review Windows: Thursday, June 21, 2012

Microsoft's new Surface tablets make a solid first impression

http://www.zdnet.com/blog/bott/microsofts-new-surface-tablets-make-a-solid-first-impression/5142?tag=nl.e539

http://winsource.com/2012/06/18/microsoft-surface-specs/

• specs

Microsoft Surface tablets: Reading the fine print

http://www.zdnet.com/blog/microsoft/microsoft-surface-tablets-reading-the-fine-print/12965?tag=nl.e539

Tech Review Windows: Friday, May 25, 2012

How to Set Environment Variables

http://stanlearnswindows.blogspot.com/2011/09/how-to-set-environment-variables.html

• There are a few variables that I have a terrible time remembering
• If I go to where they are set, I can see which ones I don't remember.

Tech Review Software Development: Friday, April 20, 2012

Installing gacutil exe

• You really need to install the Windows SDK

Microsoft Windows SDK for Windows 7 and .NET Framework 4

http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=8279

• download and install
• takes about 15 minutes