Tag: Windows 8

Throw-Back Thursday Post –Need to restart Explorer shell Gracefully?

Throw-Back Thursday Post –Need to restart Explorer shell Gracefully?

Sometimes you need to restart Explorer to get things straightened out on your desktop.  Maybe the Notification Area is losing it or you want to refresh your ... Read More

Quick Tip on Adding Roles and Features to Windows Server 2012 (and Windows 8?)

Quick Tip on Adding Roles and Features to Windows Server 2012 (and Windows 8?)

Unlike Windows Server 2008 R2 and Windows 7, which pre-stage all available roles and features during setup for easy addition at any later time, Windows ... Read More

Windows 8 shortcut Keys

Windows 8 shortcut Keys

Have you made the jump to Windows 8 yet?  Aaron Silber sent around this handy chart of Keyboard Shortcuts for the mouse averse.  Click the ... Read More

Surviving Windows 8 annoyances with HiDrop

Surviving Windows 8 annoyances with HiDrop

Post by Jacques Bensimon: Some Windows 8.x annoyances you may be up against, with solutions. (1) By default, Windows 8 administrative shares (C$, Admin$, etc.) ... Read More

Not so new Cool Utility: Update the Default User profile in Windows 7/2008

Not so new Cool Utility: Update the Default User profile in Windows 7/2008

This one is pretty self explanatory in it’s usefulness to VDI folk who leverage profiles to roll out customizations and default settings.  Even though you ... Read More