Windows 8.1 Preview Issue – The update is not applicable to your computer
Some system are receiving an error when trying to install the Windows 8.1 Update patch (“Windows8-RT-KB2849636-x64.msu”) and they get a “The update is not applicable to your computer” error.
Upgrading Windows 7 to Windows 8 remotely over Team Viewer for parents in another country
Do you have parents that could not install an application let alone and operating system? Do they live in a country other than the one that you are currently in? Well mine do and the thing that helps me most in helping them is a little app called Team Viewer. Figure: Team Viewer is the […]
Woops I installed Windows 8 instead of Windows 8 Pro!
After installing Windows 8 I tried to do a couple of things that I normally do to set up my computer. I went to enable “Remote Desktop”… but there was no options. Hmm… I wanted to make a change to the “Local Security Settings…”. Hmmm… Both of these things were missing and I started to […]
Windows 8 Issue: Local network is detected as public
When you are running hyper-v you get the option to create private virtual switches to compartmentalise your network coms. if however you are using Windows 8 it may define those networks as “Public Networks” and tighten up your security so much that you cant communicate with other computers. Figure: Other networks detected as Public when […]
Installing Visual Studio 2010 on Windows 8
As I have mentioned before I run all of my heavy weight software in a VM. That is one of the reasons that I love Windows 8… I can run Hyper-V. I want to be able to reinstall my local computer quickly, and to get back up and running fast.
Allow user to change the region for Windows Live ID billing
Recently I was burned rather heavily be Microsoft Billing due to their inability to change the region (country) of an account. Yes, you heard me right, there is NO way to change your billing region and the ONLY solution Microsoft can offer is to create a new account. Update 2013-01-16 – Microsoft opens international barriers […]