Windows and Office

Archive: 09-2011

• Get what you need when you need it with contextual tabs in Windows 8 Explorer

  Greg Shultz continues his in-depth look at Windows 8 by examining the new Windows Explorer Ribbon’s contextual tabs.

  Posted by Greg Shultz | September 30, 2011, 11:25 AM PDT

• Use Group Policy to manage the Windows firewall

  Manage computer account profiles for Windows Firewall centrally with Group Policy, but beware of a potential risk.

  Posted by Rick Vanover | September 30, 2011, 1:22 AM PDT

• Windows 8 will enable IT pros to implement the private cloud

  At TechRepublic Live 2011, Dr. Tom Shinder explained how Windows 8 will make cloud computing a reality.

  Posted by Mark Kaelin | September 29, 2011, 8:22 AM PDT

• Show your peers what you know about the Windows Diskpart command-line tool

  Test your knowledge of the Windows Diskpart utility with this pop quiz. Can you score a passing grade?

  Posted by Bill Detwiler | September 28, 2011, 2:14 AM PDT

• We are not in the Post-PC era yet and we may never be

  Windows 8 might just be the platform to deliver the balance between what we want from a tablet and what drives us back to notebook PCs.

  Posted by Donovan Colbert | September 26, 2011, 7:57 AM PDT

• Poll: Have you downloaded and tried Windows 8 Developer Preview?

  Windows 8 Developer’s Preview has been available for over a week. Are you ready to embrace it as Windows reimagined?

  Posted by Mark Kaelin | September 23, 2011, 8:48 AM PDT

• Break down Ribbon Core tabs in Windows 8's Windows Explorer

  Greg Shultz introduces you to the new Ribbon in Windows 8’s Windows Explorer, concentrating on the Core tabs.

  Posted by Greg Shultz | September 22, 2011, 11:37 AM PDT

• Tweak Windows 8 to remove the Metro Interface

  We have been saying all along that you can opt out of the tiles interface in Windows 8. Mark Kaelin shows you the registry tweak to make it happen.

  Posted by Mark Kaelin | September 21, 2011, 12:02 PM PDT

• Microsoft's love affair with security has lost its passion

  Debra Littlejohn Shinder is beginning to feel as if the romance has gone out of Microsoft’s love affair with security.

  Posted by Debra Littlejohn Shinder | September 20, 2011, 1:09 PM PDT

• Dell is the clear winner if there is no HP

  According to our poll results, Dell is the PC maker the majority of TechRepublic members will turn to if there is no HP.

  Posted by Mark Kaelin | September 19, 2011, 9:04 AM PDT