Chris123NT's Blog
Where I rant and rave about all things tech
April, 2011
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 [...]
Tags: 8, explorer, features, windows, windows 8
Posted in Windows | No Comments »
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 [...]
Tags: 7955, 7959, 8, build, hash, leak, microsoft, trace, track, windows
Posted in Windows | 8 Comments »
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 [...]
Tags: 7955, beta, leak, M3, windows 8
Posted in Windows | 7 Comments »
Windows 8 OOBE Screenshots
So recently people have been posting many things about various things about Windows 8. Today I noticed that someone posted a screenshot of the locked OOBE routine in early M3 builds of Windows 8. Thanks to an anonymous source, I have an array of screenshots of this OOBE routine from one of these early M3 [...]
Tags: locked features, microsoft, OOBE, windows, windows 8
Posted in Windows | 24 Comments »
I’m Back!
Well hello everyone! Been a while since you’ve all seen this blog online, but now I’m back. I will be posting an array of things here, from tweaks and tips all the way up to the latest and greatest news I receive on anything. I hope you all enjoy reading this blog and feel free [...]
Tags: back, blog, chris123nt, microsoft, windows
Posted in General | 4 Comments »