The main feature that was shown is the extensively redesigned user interface, optimized for touch as well as use with mice and keyboards. A new "Start screen", similar to the one in Windows Phone 7, includes live application tiles. It replaces the Start menu, being triggered by the Start button or ...
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Windows 8 theme?
Where can i get the Windows 8 themes? I've googling for this but, not yet get it. If i've anything means, then, it's not downloading for me. For examples -
Windows 8 theme
Windows 8 theme for ...
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Can I move Windows 8 Start menu hot corner?
I like my task bar vertical at the right edge of the screen. This puts the Windows button to the top-right corner, however not the windows hot corner. Is there any way to either move or disable the ...
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Windows 8 won't show my DVD Drive
I have installed Windows 8 Developer preview, but it won't show my DVD Drive in my computer.
What is the problem?
(I don't know which information about my computer is useful, if you need ...
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Windows 8 won't play VOB files [closed]
Possible Duplicate:
Codecs to play .vob files in Windows Media Player?
I have installed Windows 8 Developer preview, but when I try to play VOB files using Windows media player, it shows a ...
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Installing windows 8 on a second hard drive on a Mac
I just downloaded the windows 8 developer preview and set my secodary internal hard drive to gpt partition scheme windows installer runs fine until I get to the end of the file extraction then get an ...
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HP Pavilion dv6120us Sound issue
I have an HP Pavilion dv6120us with windows 8 developer preview, and it will play sound when I tap a quickplay buuton but it doesn't make a sound when I try to play music on iTunes, watch videos, etc. ...
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Windows 8. Hosts file doesn't work
I am using Windows 8 developer preview (x64) for testing purposes. I want to access some local network resource by DNS. So, I've added next line to my hosts file (%sindir%/system32/drivers/etc/hosts):
...
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How to safely remove Windows 8 after installation
Recently I've installed Windows 8 alongside Windows 7. Now I want to remove Windows 8. How do I remove Windows 8 in a safe way?
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Hyper-V for dummies - what is the benefit?
As was announced, Windows 8 will have Hyper-V built in, and some people are much excited about that.
I can use Microsoft Virtual PC on Win 7 even now, how Hyper-V will make user experience better? ...
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Upgrade from Windows XP to Windows 7 now or wait for Windows 8? [closed]
As Windows XP turns 10 today I'm really wondering what to do with my parents ancient Windows XP computer.
Before I moved out I knew it was aging badly. Its an old Pentium 4 box. Works okay-ish for ...
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Can't click on drop down/context menus in Firefox on tablet
On my Acer Iconia W500 with Windows Developer Preview 32-bit, I am unable to touch the context and drop down menus. The browser acts as if the menu was not shown in the first place and instead ...
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Is there a Windows 8 shortcut to display the current time?
Using Windows 8 with keyboard and mouse, when you are on the desktop and you move the mouse to the lower left corner, the time is displayed in a popup window.
Is there a keyboard shortcut to do the ...
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Windows 8 refresh - where is the baselining tool?
In the BUILD keynote, Steve Sinofsky talked about the refresh and reset capabilities in Windows 8.
He noted that if you do a refresh, your data and your Metro style apps remain untouched, but you ...
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Will my computer be able to run Windows 8 without UEFI?
Will I be able to run windows 8 on my system, even though I am not using UEFI? Is there a work around if I don't want to use UEFI?
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Windows 8 64-bit through VirtualBox has network problems (32-bit works fine) - what to do?
Base system is Vista 64-bit running VirtualBox 4.1.2
The network in the Windows 8 32-bit version works correctly in this setup but Windows 8 64-bit does not. By "not working" I mean that Windows ...
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Windows 8 does not react to touchscreen clicks [closed]
Possible Duplicate:
touch doesn't “click” in windows 8
I assume i have the same problem as described here. I can not use the touchscreen to click on any button or metro app. ...
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Windows 8: Boot to non-Windows OS
I previously had an install of Windows 7 on one drive, and an install of Fedora on the other hard drive. I have a partition on the second drive for GRUB, and the normal Windows bootloader partition on ...
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(How) can I split the Windows 8 Dev Preview + Dev Tools ISO in 2 DVD's?
I downloaded the W8DP with Developer tools, but it's 4.8 Gb, just to taunt me (as standard capacity DVD's are 4.7 Gb).
Is it possible to split it on 2 CD's? Or if not, how would I install it?
I ...
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Install Windows 8 developer preview on Windows XP? [closed]
Possible Duplicate:
Install Windows 8 using ISO from XP
I have an old XP machine and I want to try Windows 8 on that?
Is it possible to install Windows 8 developer preview on Windows XP?
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How to run Windows 8 dev preview on native hardware without burning?
This blog post explains how to use the diskpart utility on the Windows 7 install DVD/USB to create a virtual drive you can mount and install Windows onto.
At next startup, you’ll see Windows 7 in ...
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What font is used on Windows 8?
What font is used for the interface in Windows Phone 7 and Windows 8 Dev Preview?
Is this font free to use? I would like a font like "Helvetica\free".
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How do I enable Hybrid Boot in Windows 8?
Why is my "Enable Hybrid Boot" option grayed out in Windows 8, and how can I enable it?
Performing a powercfg /a results in the following error being reported:
Hybrid Sleep: The hypervisor does ...
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Windows 8 Defragmenter?
It seems like Windows 8's defrag command has some new options, including:
/K Perform slab consolidation on the specified volumes.
Does anyone know what this means in English?
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Does Flip 3D exist in Windows 8? If so what is the key combination?
Windows 7 and Windows Vista both had a Flip 3D function accessed by ⊞ Win + Tab.
Now the ⊞ Win key takes you to the home screen, so ⊞ Win + Tab doesn't seem to work.
Does it exist in Windows 8 ...
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Windows 8 — Blank desktop after installing NVIDIA drivers
I just installed my mobile NVIDIA drivers, and ever since the usual flicker, my desktop goes blank.
I can start Task Manager and log off/log on, but any other window which I try to bring up ...
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touch doesn't “click” in windows 8
I know windows 8 is in its early stages but maybe someone has a solution for this.
I can pan and zoom things with my fingers all day but it never interprets my touches as a click (I do get the ...
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Does Windows 8 Developer Preview 64bit allow multiboot when installing from a mounted ISO?
I just downloaded the 64 bit Windows 8 Developer Preview and am itching to install it. The installation says it will clean everything out. I assume (hope) that it only means I cannot transfer settings ...
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How will Windows 8 support ARM? [closed]
I recently read this question on how Windows 8 will support ARM.
Now, my question. How? ARM isn't anything like the PC/x86.
List of things that vary across different devices:
MMU. Some lack ...
