Category: Windows 8

Follow these steps to upgrade Windows 8 to Windows 10: 1. To upgrade the system, a window will open up on the screen. Choose an option of Upgrade this PC now and then, click on Next. The tool will download the installation files. When the files will be downloaded and unpacked,. Can windows 8 still […]

Windows rt 8.1 can not be upgraded to windows 10. And there is no longer any Windows live services, and Windows live mail can not be installed on Windows surface 2 rt, only apps from the Windows store. Is it possible to upgrade the Surface RT to Windows 10? Thanks for your feedback. The Surface […]

We also get a handy graph. Average FPS increased by 2 with Windows 10, Maximum FPS by 5, and minimum FPS by 2. The frame rate is also visibly more stable on Windows 10, even if there’s a single scene at about 13 seconds where frame rate drops sharply lower than on Windows 8. Does […]

Windows 8 is a major release of the Windows NT operating system developed by Microsoft. The product was released to manufacturing on August 1, 2012, and generally to retail on October 26, 2012. Windows 8 was made available for download via MSDN and Tech, and net. Prior to its general availability on October 26, 2012, […]

Five reasons why Windows 8 has failed 1. Metro, aka Modern: An ugly, useless interface. Windows 8 brought nothing innovative to the desktop. Developers hate it. Legacy Windows 7 users aren’t moving. Tablet, smartphone, and desktop competition. Windows 8 was never considered good, it was a failed attempt from Microsoft to force a new “layout” […]

If you’re running (real) Windows 8 or Windows 8.1 on a traditional PC. If you’re running Windows 8 and you can, you should update to 8.1 anyway. And if you’re running Windows 8.1 and your machine can handle it (check the compatibility guidelines), I’d recommend updating to Windows 10. If you’re happy with your current […]

Windows 8 failed for a number of reasons. Probably the main reason was that Microsoft lost sight of the corporate market. The companies who may have 20′000 employees all working with Windows. Windows 8 was so very different from Windows 7 from a usability perspective, that it was a rough switch. This is what my […]

Microsoft, starting with Windows 8, supports a new security feature called Secure Boot . Secure boot is available on almost all modern computers and is built into the UEFI (Unified Extensible Firmware Interface), to prevent malware from taking over the computer during the boot process. When we were researching we ran into the query “Does […]

Once the download finishes, launch the hotfix and follow the onscreen instructions. Restart your computer. Next, try and run Windows Update again. If Windows update still won’t update, then proceed to the next step. This step applies to all versions of Windows. One source claimed that the first step is to run check disk (chkdsk) […]

If you’re running Windows 8.1 or Windows RT 8.1 and you get updates automatically, you don’t need to do anything; Windows Update will download and install the update for you within the next few weeks. It won’t interrupt what you’re doing except to tell you that you need to restart your PC to finish the […]