Firefox 19.0.1 released for Windows 8
“Windows 8 only: Fixed stability issue for some AMD Radeon HD graphics cards“
Update from within the program ( Help > About Firefox ).
Release Notes
Windows 8
Windows 8 Resource Guide for IT Professionals
Microsoft has a Windows 8 Resource Guide for IT Professionals.
“One-page guide to the top technical Windows 8 resources, tools, and demos for IT professionals on TechNet.”
Handy collection of links for Geeks and IT types.
All TweakHound Windows 8 Articles (so far)
Install Windows 8 – Clean Install With Upgrade Media
Windows 8 – Cleaning Up After You’ve Upgraded
How To Resize Your Windows 8 Partition
Create Windows 8 Recovery Media
Windows 8 – Elevated Command Prompt
How To Fix The Windows Bootloader
All Windows 8 Keyboard Shortcuts
Tweaking Windows 8
After many, many, many hours of research and writing Tweaking Windows 8 is finished!
I hope you find it useful.
Start8 1.1
Start8 1.1 is out (windows 8 start button replacement).
Download & Info
Time To Run Windows Update
Updates for all supported Microsoft operating systems and some Office products.
Microsoft Security Bulletin Summary for January 2013
Windows 8 SSD Settings, Etc. – Updated
I’ve made a few changes to my article Windows 8 SSD Settings, Etc.
[Read more…] about Windows 8 SSD Settings, Etc. – Updated
How To Resize Your Windows 8 Partition
Windows 8 has the ability to resize the partition it is installed on.
This can come in handy since most computer manufactures completely hose the drive partition structure.
In addition I always recommend moving Libraries off the OS partition. For single disk system this step is required to do that.
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Windows 8 Default Services
In prep for the upcoming tweak guide. I’ve put together the Windows 8 Default Services sorted by name and startup type.
Available in PDF or Word docx file. See my Twitter post for the link.
http://twitter.com/TweakHound
http://twitter.com/TweakHound/status/285437267462467584
I’ve started work on the Windows 8 Tweak Guide
Windows 8 has proven to be, well, um, lets just say it has gotten mixed reviews. 😉
I really wasn’t sure if I was going to do a Windows 8 Tweak Guide. But, so many folks asked for one I’ve decided to go ahead with it.
I’m about 20+ hours of work and 21 pages in so it will be a few weeks.
Notes:
If you have any tips or suggestions please send them in.
Yes, I’m using Windows 8 as my main desktop (and it is now running on 4 of my computers).
Yes, I like it.
And yes, IMHO better than Windows 7*. But, it takes some getting used to and tweaking.
*(That doesn’t mean I’m 100% satisfied with it.)