Windows 8 Articles
You really shouldn't be using it anymore
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Windows 8/10 Desktop Gadgets
You need to use a third-party app
In Windows 8, Microsoft is moving away from desktop gadgets. Instead they want developers to write Metro-style apps, which also have the ability to be docked to the right-side of […]
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Join Windows 7 HomeGroup from Windows 8
Useful if some of your computers are still stuck on Win 7
So now that Windows 8 is coming out, you’ll be happy to know you can join it to your existing Windows 7 homegroup if you like. Windows 7 introduced the […]
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Fix “Your PC’s CPU isn’t compatible with Windows 8/10” Error
Be able to install it on these machines
I’ve installed Windows 8/Windows 10 on a couple of machines lately to play around with it and it has installed without a problem on all machines except one. On an […]