Microsoft confirms public preview of Windows Blue in late June

Before getting too invested in the report in the title we need a fast look at a quote from another article from ZDNet that needs a look. -Quote- *What Microsoft is now saying (and not) about Windows Blue* Summary: Microsoft is ready to fire up the Windows Blue disclosure machine. Here's what to expect and when, according to company offic...

Windows “Blue” A Free Update For Windows 8, Preview Coming June 26th

Windows “Blue” Build 9364 Well after a tonne of speculation, rumours and general chit-chat about Windows Blue (8.1), Microsoft have finally spilled the beans. According to the official Microsoft blog Windows Blue will be an update for Windows 8 and not a standalone new operating system, or anything else that was speculated. Windows Blue w...

Microsoft names Windows Blue as Windows 8.1, makes update free

Microsoft has revealed more details for its upcoming Windows Blue update for Windows 8. Given the official title of Windows 8.1, the software pack will be made available as a free update to users of Windows 8 via the Windows Store, with a public preview of Windows 8.1 for Windows 8 and Windows RT also due next month....

Windows Blue Milestone 1 Screenshot Leaks; Windows 8 Powers Touch-Sensitive Hotel Walls

Windows Blue enters the development stage Milestone 2 (M2), and is ready to go “officially live.” According to a reports, Windows Blue is very likely to be released this summer, most likely in August. It’s going to be a major upgrade for Windows 8. “Sources close to the matter hint that Microsoft may not release a Windows Blue developer...

Microsoft builds toward Windows Blue releases

-Quote- It shouldn't be too much of a surprise to anyone who has been following the Windows Blue rumors and news, but there's now more confirmation about Microsoft's plans to release both a Windows RT version and multiple server versions of Windows Blue. Yesterday, what appeared to bea build of Windows Blue leaked to the Web. Some called...

Internet Explorer 11 (IE11) in Works to be Part of Windows Blue, Screenshot Leaks

After a report recently suggesting that Windows Blue would hit M2 before the final release, however a new report claims that Windows Blue will hit an Milestione Preview (MP) build which will be released to the public for testing before M2 and RTM. In addition, Windows Blue will also comes with a newer version of Internet Explorer browser...

Comment on Wishing Windows well in its new role by ilev

Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols : Windows is dead, it is all over for Microsoft. ...Now, Microsoft could revive Windows 7 sales, or make Aero Windows 8.x's interface, but from everything we can see about Windows 8.1, aka Blue, that's not what they're doing. Instead, Microsoft seems to be doubling down on Metro. Idiots...... http://www.zdnet.com...

Windows RT 8.1 Preview and Windows Server 2012 R2 revealed

* in leaked code* -Quote- While Microsoft is preparing to unveil a public preview of Windows 8.1, it looks like Windows RT and Windows Server 2012 users won't be left out of the new upgrade cycle. A recently leaked build of Windows 8.1 has revealed references to a Windows RT 8.1 Preview and Windows Server 2012 R2 in the code of...

Microsoft's Windows Blue may have just hit milestone 1

-Quote- The Windows team at Microsoft just completed the first milestone build (M1) of Windows Blue, the first full-fledged update to Windows 8, according to a couple of sources of mine. -End Quote- Read more at : | ZDNet (http://www.zdnet.com/microsofts-windows -blue-may-have-just-hit-milestone-1-7000 011514/)...

Windows Blue leaks (again) - build 9369 arrives with new features

Little over three weeks after the first Windows Blue leak , another build makes its way onto the interwebs. Windows Blue build 9369 is now available (we will not tell you where, but you can easily find it). But are you really surprised? Every time there's a new version of Windows in development a leaked build somehow surfaces in the darke...

Windows Blue - A small look at Build 9374

Nothing like a fresh leak to generate a pleasant insomnia ! _*Changes since build 9369*_ 1) Not Blue, but Windows 8.1 Preview Attachment 20595 (http://www.eightforums.com/attachments/ f1/f3/20595-windows-blue-small-look-buil d-9374-windows-blue-9374-x86-2013-04-21- 02-38-08.png) 2) Unselected tiles darkened in customization mode Attachment 2...

Internet Explorer 10 Final Now Available for Windows 7

Microsoft has finally released the final version of Internet Explorer 10 for Windows 7 , the latest build of IE browser earlier available only for Windows 8. However, Microsoft hasn’t made any public announcement about the IE 10 release for Windows 7 but the download links are now live on their webpage. Users can download IE10 free for W...

The Windows Start Button Shall Return

The iconic Start button that Microsoft removed in Windows 8, to much disapproval, will soon make a welcomed return to the operating system. According to sources for The Verge, the Windows 8.1 update is said to include the revival of the Start button in the bottom-left corner. The button will not provide access to the Continue reading Rel...

preview pane file viewing issue

it seems i can view all files in the preview pane except microsoft office files. i know it used to work before but not sure if that was before windows 7. the preview pain shows a no preview available message and i have the show preview handlers box checked in the folder options, view, advanced settings window. i don't use this feature all...

Microsoft confirma: Windows Blue é Windows 8.1

Tami Reller, da Microsoft, confirmou hoje durante a JP Morgan Technology, Media & Telecom Conference que o nome oficial do Windows Blue, primeira grande atualização para o Windows 8, será mesmo Windows 8.1. Além disso, ela também confirmou que a atualização será disponibilizada gratuitamente através da Windows Store tanto para o Windows...

Early Build of Windows Blue Leaked

It seems an early version of Windows Blue was leaked, the build 9364 is available publicly for download on file sharing sites, this build is considered as the first mile stone of Windows Blue. The leaked ISO file of Windows Blue is 2.63 GB in size and available only for 32-bit version windows systems.The file name of the ISO is “9364.0.

Windows 8 Consumer Preview Screenshots

Windows 8 Consumer Preview is a pre-release version of Windows 8 that focuses on people and apps and gives you powerful new ways to use social technologies to connect with the people who are important to you. It’s Windows reimagined. Windows 8 Consumer Preview is built on the rock-solid foundation of Windows 7 and has [...]

Microsoft Reboots With a New Logo

Microsoft might have decided to dump the word “Metro” to describe the UI for Windows but they have remained loyal to the design philosophy in the new minimalist looking logo for Microsoft. The new logo is a lot more simpler and stylish from its previous iteration. The new logo for Microsoft was not surprising as it has rolled out new bra...

Microsoft’s “Metro” Style to be called “Windows 8 style UI”

Microsoft over the pass year or so has pushed it’s new design philosophy as “metro-style”. The new tile based design philosophy is used extensively in Windows 8 and even the recently unveiled email service called Outlook.com All of a sudden, Microsoft has been asking developers to avoid using the word metro in their apps. It means droppin...

Meet Microsoft David, Hazel and Zira – Windows 8 default voices

In Windows XP and Windows 2000 you had the TTS voice known as Microsoft SAM. In these earlier versions, Microsoft Mike and Microsoft Mary were the optional male and female voices respectively, which were available for download from the Microsoft This post Meet Microsoft David, Hazel and Zira – Windows 8 default voices is from TheWindowsC...

Microsoft and Google reach truce over YouTube app for Windows Phone

Microsoft and Google have resolved a simmering dispute over Microsoft’s YouTube app for Windows Phone, releasing a joint statement this afternoon on the issue. The statement reads, “Microsoft and YouTube are working together to update the new YouTube for Windows Phone app to enable compliance with YouTube’s API terms of service, includin...

slow boot up and blue screen problems

Hello again, I was here a long time ago with problems with my dell computer, which is now dead!.. well it awaits time and cash to fix I think. hal.dll file or something. howsever, my problem right now is this laptop, on boot up it takes what seems forever sometimes, then i get a blue screen which stays a while, the windows is starting scr...

Microsoft to End Support for Windows Phone 8 in July 2014 Without a Successor

Microsoft’s Windows Phone 8 has been on the market for just under 6 months now, yet we already know that the End-of-Life (EOL) for this product is coming in just over a year. Microsoft have published their latest support cycle data report for its current array of mobile operating systems and Microsoft has made quite an important announcem...

Microsoft Outlook will finally land on Windows RT with Windows 8.1

Microsoft Outlook for Windows RT is real and is coming very soon. Microsoft announced today that its email service will finally hit Windows RT with the launch of Windows 8.1 later this year. The app will feature all the Outlook functionality many users have come to love , but with a more simplified interface ideal for devices running Win...

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Solved Mistake in reinstalling/overwriting new XP on previous XP

Hello all, My friend's machine running Windows XP is like below when I turned it on: Microsoft Windows XP professional Microsoft Windows XP professional Microsoft Windows XP professional Yes, three choices that I can start the OS by one of those and can choose by up/down keys. But only the first/upper OS works properly. The second & third...

Windows 8 半年授權破 1 億份，Windows Blue 將於年底前推出

雖然 Windows 8 推出獲得不一的評價，但半年來授權已突破 1 億份。同時微軟也預告 Windows Blue 將於今年稍晚推出。 Microsoft 7 日於自家部落格上，宣布 Windows 8 授權突破 1 億份，而 Windows 8 和 Windows RT 的認證裝置，也增加到 2,400 種，另外這個月同時也剛好是 Windows 8 推出半年。 Microsoft CFO Tami Reller 也表示，雖然傳統的 PC 銷售開始下滑，不過未來 PC 將會擁有更多種形態，包含觸控筆電和 AIO 等，而且價格將會更合宜。 另外 Reller 也提及 Windows Blue，表示這個更新將會在今年稍晚推出，而且除了不同的外型設計外，也將支援更多 不同的尺...

微軟下一代 Windows Blue 作業系統截圖曝光，更多樣的動態磚顯示

Windows 8 突破了許多既有的操作方式，卻也導致多數使用者適應不良，銷售也無法與老大哥 Windows 7 相提並論。因此微軟下一代作業系統 Windows Blue 消息已經滿天飛了。這回國外已經流出版號 9364 的 Windows Blue 作業系統，並帶來一系列截圖。 Windows 8 才推出半年，代號為「Windows Blue Build 9364」的下一代 Windows 作業系統「Windows Blue」就已經有許多傳聞。今天 neowin 報導 Windows Blue 已經留出，並帶來一系列 Windows Blue 截圖，讓我們得以一探究竟。 Windows 下一代作業系統 Windows Blue 截圖曝光，依然保留 Windows 8...

Microsoft Windows 8, disponibile per il download gratuito la versione Consumer Preview

Steven Sinofsky presidente delle divisioni Windows e Windows Live di Microsoft in queste ore nel corso del Mobile world Congress di Barcellona ha finalmente tolto il velo di segretezza sulla versione Consumer Preview di Windows 8, la versione definitiva è più vicina di quello che si credeva. Microsoft Windows 8 è un Windows totalmente rei...

Microsoft: Windows Blue kommt im Sommer als Windows 8.1

Laut unterschiedlichen Berichten könnte Windows Blue zum Verkaufsstart im Sommer als Windows 8.1 auf den Markt kommen. Auch Windows RT soll im Zuge des Windows-Blue-Updates dann in Windows RT 8.1 umbenannt werden.

Windows 8: Microsoft เปลี่ยนโลโก้ใหม่ในรอบ 25 ปีต้อนรับ Windows 8!

Windows 8 อัพเดทข่าวล่าสุดกับ ป๋าเอก TechXcite ถือได้ว่าเป็นการเอาฤกษ์เอาชัยก่อนที่ Windows 8 จะเริ่มวางจำหน่ายอย่างเป็นทางการในเร็ววั นนี้หลังจากที่บริษัท Microsoft ได้สร้างความฮือฮาในวงการด้วยการตัดสินใจเ ปลี่ยนโลโก้บริษัทเป็นครั้งแรกในรอบ 25 ปี โดยจะมีหน้าตาที่เป็นรูปสี่เหลี่ยมทั้งหมด 4 สีและฟอนต์ตัวอักษร Segoe เป็นคำว่า Microsoft ที่จะต...

Microsoft: Blue-Update nicht nur für Windows 8

Das Update wird neben Windows 8, Windows Server, Windows RT und Windows Phone 8 auch diverse hauseigene Dienste aktualisieren Mehr zum Thema Gerücht: Microsoft portiert Office auf Linux...

Microsoft will support Windows Phone 8 until July 2014, no word on what’s next

A support document on Microsoft’s website reveals that the company will end suport of both Windows Phone 7.8 and Windows Phone 8 in the second half of 2014. For Windows Phone 8 the “Mainstream Support End Date” is July 8th, then Windows Phone 7.8 ends in September 9th – both revealing an 18-month support cycle. Announcing an OS end-suppor...

IE10 for Windows 7 登場，體驗新世代 IE 的進化

IE10 正式版去年隨著 Windows 8 一同亮相，主打動態磚觸控特性；不過 Windows 7 版本並未同時登場，而是在 去年11月先推出 Windows 7 版本的 IE10 Preview 版本 ，本月 26 日才推出正式版。趕快來用用看吧。 IE10 for Windows 7 下載網址：（繁體中文版） 32位元： http://download.microsoft.com/download/7 /8/B/78B6D8AC-ED1A-4313-BD14-0CAE5C8628D E/IE10-Windows6.1-x86-zh-tw.exe 64位元： http://download.microsoft.com/download/F /7/F/F7FD439F-028...

Windows 8.1 大揭祕，Microsoft 在 Computex 展示升級版的新功能

大家討論熱烈的 Windows 8.1 作業系統，Microsoft 於 Computex 中首度公開展示 Windows 8.1 功能，讓我們看到更多關於開始頁面背景、搜尋等功能的改進。 Microsoft 5 日於 Computex 中首度公開展示 Windows 8.1 的功能，進一步揭露之前流出的 Windows 8.1 功能，讓之前流出的開始頁面背景、搜尋等功能，展示在使用者眼前。 Microsoft 的展示由企業全球副總 Antoine Leblond 展示，和之前流出的 Windows 8.1 功能其實相去不遠，最重要的改變其實是讓 Windows 8 從過去僅能支援 10/11 吋平板以上平板的情況，變成支援 7 到 10 吋等尺吋較小的平板裝置，同時也提...

微軟將推 Windows Blue 更新讓 Win8 更好用

微軟官方看來有聽到使用者的抱怨聲，宣佈確定會在年底前，推出被稱為「Windows Blue」的 Windows 8.1 系統更新。而且 Windows Blue 預計會先在 6 月在微軟 Build 大會上釋出公開預覽版本，可以讓使用者先一步體驗新版更新後的功能。

Driver NVIDIA 302.80 Windows 8

Principali informazioni sui driver Questa release presenta un driver GeForce con preview da usare soltanto con la Microsoft Windows 8 Release Preview Questo driver non vautilizzato con Windows Vista o Windows 7. Questo driver supporta pienamente il nuovo driver per display di Windows 8,WDDM 1.2. Prodotti supportati GeForce 600 Series GeFo...

【Wintel 联盟】传 Windows Blue 将使得 Haswell PC 更省电

一则最新的传闻显示微软现在正在跟 Intel 紧密合作，以使得 Windows Blue 操作系统可以帮助使用下一代 Haswell 架构 CPU 的超极本有着更好的电池续航表现。 Haswell 是 Intel 下一代 CPU 的代号，而 Windows Blue 则为传闻中的 Windows 8 的升级版桌面操作系统。据 CNET 报道称一位熟悉微软的不愿透露姓名的消息人士表示微软现在正在 Windows Blue 上进行一个叫做 “power model” 的项目，旨在 PC 上运行该操作系统后能适应不同的能耗需求。 这篇报道指出，这个项目的目标就是最终让一台超极本有着跟主流 PC 一样的高性能，在功耗上却有着平板和智能手机的表现。该报道援引这位消息人士的话： 你可...

Windows 8.1 加入開始鍵，開機即可進入桌面

負評連連的 Windows 8 這次可能會靠著下一版更新稍稍翻身，下一版 WIndows 8.1 將可能會把「開始」鍵放回來，並在開機的時候支援直接進入傳統桌面，可直接跳過動態磚 的介面，讓使用者可以有更高的自由度來使用自己的系統。 視窗回來了 代號 Windows Blue 的 8.1 版更新雖然沒有太大幅度的變化，不過根據 ZDNet 的報導，有消息指出 Windows 8.1 將可能提供 Boot to Desktop 的選項，也就是開機直接進入桌面，直接跳過 Metro 介面。 除了這個，常被大家抱怨沒有「開始」鍵的問題也可能會解決，雖然目前還沒有正式的官方 消息，不過「開始」鍵有可能會在 Windows 8.1 回到了桌面上。 對於傳統的鍵盤滑鼠用戶來說，新的動態...

微软Build 2013大会将于6月26日召开

2013-03-27 11:15:39 作者：马荣 【中关村在线软件资讯】3月27日消息： 微软Build 2013大会将于当地时间6月26日在旧金山举行，为期3天。此次大会的主题很可能就 是即将更新的Windows Blue，这也是微软首次提到“Blue”这个代号。 微软Build 2013大会 在本届大会我们将看到Windows、Windows Server、Windows Azure、Visual Studio等微软新一代产品下一步的规划，同时还有更重要的Windows Blue平台。尽管现在已经有泄漏版出现，但是想了解更多的资料显然还是需要通过本届 大会。 值得注意的是，微软说的仅仅是“Blue”，而不是“Windows Blue”，这意味着Blue这个代号很可能...