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Windows 8 Consumer Preview Tips and Tricks
When Microsoft released the Windows 8 Consumer Preview 3 days ago, I was one of the first to hit the download servers and install my copy of this shiny new OS. Upon using it for about a day I decided to do something that I haven’t done in 6 years. I decided to write a [...]
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Windows 8 Consumer Preview Released
Today is the big day a lot of people have been waiting for. The release of the Windows 8 Consumer preview. The build number of the preview is 8250, and according to Steven Sinofsky, contains over 100,000 changes since the Developer Preview that was handed out at the BUILD conference in September. I have installed [...]
Windows 8 Build 8220 Screenshots
These were posted on the chinese forum PCBeta today, and show off Windows 8 Build 8220. 8220 is one of the candidates to become the upcoming Consumer Preview that will be released publically at the end of this month. This build will likely not be the final CP build as newer builds have already been [...]
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Two MS Employees Fired over Win 8 Leaks
Saw this over at winrumors, a lot of talk going around that there is truth to this. Also some talk that a few more are being closely watched due to newer builds being shared among a small group of people. Here is the excerp from winrumors: Two full time Microsoft employees have allegedly had their [...]
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Remove Hash from Windows 8 Desktop
A few of you have been asking about this so I’ve decided to go ahead and post this. The following instructions will remove the hash that appears after the build string on your windows 8 7955 and 7959 desktop. What you will need: Windows 8 Hex Editor (I use XVI32) A few minutes to perform [...]
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Windows 8 Build 7959 has Leaked
As many of you undoubtedly know by now, Windows 8 Build 7959 has leaked on BetaArchive today. This build is largely similar to 7955, but the main differences are that it is a Server SKU and that it is 64 bit, which should make all the folks with modern PC’s very happy since you can [...]
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Windows 8 To Support Drag and Drop in Address Bar
Windows 8 will allow the user to drag a folder into the breadcrumb bar to move a file or folder into a parent of the folder they are currently in. This feature has been discovered by MDL forum member ff7fan4eva. He also posted a screenshot illustrating this feature, which I am posting below. Personally I [...]
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Windows 8 Big Bad Hash Explained
One of the big discussions revolving around Windows 8 lately has been a “hash” that appears on the desktop after the build string. Many people have speculated on blogs and forums that this hash is used to trace the origins of the build. Right from the start I had a feeling that this was not [...]
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Windows 8 M3 Build 7955 Leaked
Yes that’s right, another build of Windows 8 has made it out into the wild, this time it’s 7955.flb_srv_wdacxml.110228-1930. This build is considered M3 as it is newer than the final M2 build which was 7950. It is available on the betaarchive FTP currently but will no doubt be all over torrent sites later for [...]
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