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Windows 8

Install Windows 8 – Clean Install With Upgrade Media

November 12, 2012, 16:23(EST) By Eric (a.k.a. TweakHound)

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This article will show you how to do a clean install with the Windows 8 upgrade media.

From my experience doing a clean install of Windows 8 with upgrade media is almost exactly like doing it with Windows 7.

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Tagged With: How-To's, This Site, Windows 8

PerfView – A New Geek Tool From Microsoft

January 3, 2012, 19:47(EST) By Eric (a.k.a. TweakHound)

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perfviewMicrosoft has released a new performance analysis called PerfView.
This one isn’t for the average user.
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Tagged With: Cool Tools, Freeware, Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows Vista

Have You Tried Windows 8?

September 15, 2011, 15:31(EDT) By Eric (a.k.a. TweakHound)

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Like hundreds of thousands of others I downloaded Windows 8.win8
I’m curious if any of you out there have checked it out.
I’ve got it installed as a dual-boot With Windows 7 and in VirtualBox (screenshots follow).
Truthfully, other than playing with the internals there isn’t much to look at.
As has been stated by Microsoft, many of the features coming to Windows 8 aren’t there yet and other things are broken.
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Tagged With: Windows 8

Windows 8

September 13, 2011, 16:29(EDT) By Eric (a.k.a. TweakHound)

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win8I was able to catch the BUILD Conference keynote today (online of course).
Wow! No, I mean WOW!
FWIW no date was announced for Beta, RC, Final or anything else (speculation seems to suggest early Q4 2012).
In case you haven’t been following Windows 8 see, Building Windows 8.
You can catch all the latest news, tips, and insights from:
Paul Thurrott
Rafael Rivera
Ed Bott

Tagged With: Windows 8

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