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        <title><![CDATA[Bamboo Touchpad]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[I have a Bamboo touchpad I purchased several years ago and have packed away somewhere with other &quot;novelty purchases&quot; I just never really used. I have a new Windows 8 desktop that does not have a touchscreen. I have been reading reviews about the Logitech T650 Touchpad for Windows 8 and am wondering if I dig my Bamboo out, find &amp; load the software and then hopefully update the software and drivers to work with Windows 8, will it work as well as the Logitech touchpad for navigating Windows 8?]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[brostmetcalf@...]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Mon, 04 Feb 2013 09:39:33 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[what I want to know is...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[will it blend?]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[aiellenon]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Tue, 19 Jun 2012 19:34:49 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Hyper-V Client - Run as a Service?]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[I'd like to know if the Win8 Hyper-V client will run as a service? I'm a developer and typically need to have 64bit VM's that are always running. Using Windows Server 2008 R2 as my primary OS (rather than Win7) accomplishes this goal, but I miss out on a lot of the &quot;fun&quot; Win7 GUI stuff.Will the Win8 Hyper-V client run 64bit guests as a service so I can truly use a &quot;workstation&quot; OS as my primary development platform while having development servers running as VM's - even when I'm not logged in?]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[ComputerFieldsInc@...]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Thu, 14 Jun 2012 05:44:00 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[You can do that in the Win 8 desktop]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Frankly, I don't see what the big deal is because as soon as you choose the application you want to open, you are automatically back on the desktop but if you like to stay in the desktop environment while selecting an application, here are several ways to do it.In Win 71. Click on (Start) menu.2. Scroll around until I find what I want. (Programs)3. Click it &amp; never move from desktop.In Win 8 DesktopDo this once: Pin Windows Explorer to your taskbarThen...1. Click on the Windows Explorer Icon on your taskbar.2. Scroll around in C:\Program Files until I find what I want.3. Click it &amp; never move from desktop.Optional: Do this once: Create a library from C:\Program Files to navigate to the folder quicker. Then follow the 3 steps above.Optional: Do this once: Create a shortcut on your desktop to C:\Program FilesThen...1. Click on the Program Files Shortcut.2. Scroll around until I find what I want.3. Click it &amp; never move from desktop.Or1. Click on the Windows Explorer Icon on your taskbar.2. Open C:\Program Files3. Type in part of the name of the file you are looking for in the search box4. Click it &amp; never move from desktop.Or Do this once:Create a Saved Search, name it Find Programs, and save it to the desktop. The criteria should be &quot;type:=.exe AND&quot;When you want to find an application, double click the Find Programs file on your desktop and enter part of the application name in the search box.You will also notice that once you create the Find Programs saved search, it appears under Favorites in Windows Explorer. Just double click it.The great thing about Microsoft OSes is that there is almost always several ways to achieve the same goal.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[JJFitz]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Wed, 13 Jun 2012 08:21:46 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Except that navigation is broken]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Working on a desktop screen, and then want to run another app:Win7: Click on menu, scroll around until I find what I want, click it. I never move fro desktop.Win8: Click on start, get moved from where I'm working to a start screen, scroll around amongst a gazillion entries where I HAVE to see ALL of them, i.e. no hiding of detail, grouping, click icon.  Total disruption. Now there is NO repeat NO reason for this ridiculous way of navigation when operating on a non touch machine. That's where the problem lies.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[rob@...]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Wed, 13 Jun 2012 06:04:10 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Seconded]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[I use Sony MP3 players and Android handsets because this is what I do. Dropbox (or similar) is also a great boon for transportability of media and files. For me, everything that JJFitz says with the additional request &quot;Let us decide how we want to use our device please, MS. Don't do an Apple!&quot; So, In line with my earlier comments about too many whinges and not enough questions:Q) Will we be able to manage data transfers to Windows RT through tools already available in our home computers or will we need some new sync software, media manager or similar? We obviously prefer not to need more software, please.Can't very well make a complaint and not follow my own advice now, can I? Hypocrite? MOI?! ]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[dl_wraith]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Wed, 13 Jun 2012 05:49:27 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[I hope file access is more Android-like]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[where you can access a file manager on the devicewhere you can set it up without ever needing a computerwhere you can plug in an SD or USB Flash drive to transfer your filesand where you can plug into a computer to transfer files using MS Explorer and not some media manager.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[JJFitz]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Tue, 12 Jun 2012 13:13:36 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[look at other causes also . . .]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[did you attempt to use the 64-bit on a 32-bit system?the ISO downloads page lists the 64 bit version first:English:64-bit (x64)  Download (3.3 GB) ...32-bit (x86)  Download (2.5 GB) ...and maybe try posting a Q in the Q&amp;A sectionas for hardware, I have it running on a 2006 IBM Pentium M 1.86GHz laptop on a the first 30GB of a 60GB SATA HDD and the vista / win7 drivers for this system work with win 8 as win 8 is still NT 6.xwhere vista is 6.0and win7 is 6.1win 8 is 6.2overall the system runs OK]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[Who Am I Really]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Tue, 12 Jun 2012 09:18:23 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[absolutely]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[I say let them learn how to use Win 8 on their home computer first.If they buy a new Windows desktop for home at the end of the year, they may be pretty much forced to use Win 8.I actually like the new OS and GUI. I am getting very good working with it. I am looking forward to using it on a new desktop at home. My advice to new Win 8 users without touch screens? Familiarize yourself with the windows key. Win + C = Charms Menu]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[JJFitz]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Tue, 12 Jun 2012 08:21:13 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[The jury is still out for me and multiple monitor support in Win 8]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[but one thing I like in Win 8 RP is multi-taskbar support. I like to use a vertical task bar on the right of each monitor but I want each task bar to show only the shortcuts to applications that are on that particular monitor.Windows 7 does not offer this option so I purchased DisplayFusion to fix for me.This feature is built into Win 8.DisplayFusion has one other feature that I find very helpful and I don't see it in Win 8 RP. - The ability to move a window and automatically resize it (or not) to another screen by a shortcut or by clicking a button.I tend to work on the left screen and park what I am not currently using (but want to see) on the right. Then I bring it back to the left when I want to work in it. I can do that now by clicking a button in the window's title bar or using a hotkey. It's quicker than dragging.If Win 8 can do that, I will be a happy camper.]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 12 Jun 2012 08:04:56 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[I handle all my systems as mission critical units . . .]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[thus I don't take updating lightly but any other program / app that is phoning home has that option shut off whenever possiblewith the exception of win updatehowever, I've never allowed WUAU to be on &quot;auto-pilot&quot;I set it to: DL &amp; notify only the full name of the option is:&quot;Download updates but let me choose whether to install them&quot; thus my saying I'm looking for a tray icon,when updates are available I want them downloaded and the tray icon telling me&quot;They're Heeere!&quot;then I check the KB articles / MSI Security Bulletins etc. before deploying each patch on the test system before rolling out to alland even then when rolling out to all, I take into consideration what each system is used for and whether or not this or that patch might break something such as the problems with some CD/DVD burning programs being broken when XP is updated to IE7 / IE8 / WiMP11 etc.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[Who Am I Really]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Tue, 12 Jun 2012 07:21:21 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[I hope RT isn't like iOS]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Needing to use a 'Windows media manager' (or whatever it would be called) to activate your system, install apps and transfer files would be a royal pain in the backside and a huge step back for technology. Apple got that one completely wrong from an accessibility point of view and likely lost a lot of potential users from it.Connectivity to a main PC to acquire new functions and media is SO last decade! ]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[dl_wraith]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Tue, 12 Jun 2012 06:39:58 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Auto updates are cool but the unlimited age is ending]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[I agree with your inferred stance that I like my OS to auto update. Android, Windows, my Xbox, BDlive updates - all my stuff is auto on when it can be. In my business it's a little different. We have patch sensitive systems and we can't afford to lose a business critical system due to an unfriendly or ill-thought out patch from he OS vendor so we don't auto update - we deploy in a staged manner and test the patches before they get to sensitive and critical gear.I guess I'm no different to most of you here.Where we differ in your example is that I have 4 systems at home but over 500 at work. Man-handling the patches because of W8 would be a nightmare. Luckily it won't come to pass as we got rid of our metered services and are effectively unlimited via our MPLS provider these days (even over some tasty 3G wizardry - oh yes!). But I seem to have gotten away from the point somewhat. If w8 devices were exclusively designed for the world of 3G/4G connectivity where unlimited plans are scarce and patch runs are hurtful then users may choose to miss patches or simply forget to apply them. They may willfully ignore updates in the manner some Android users do - rejecting new adware or invasive privacy snooping as part of an app but leaving themselves on older, exploitable versions of apps as a result.For sure, it is a problem - until users remember to hook up to WiFi (because let's face it, no device is 3G/4G only these days and W8 certainly won't be carried on anything that is).The Altruist in me says why can't carriers simply discount any traffic from W8updates.windows.com from any data tarriffs in exchange for a one off payment or a sympathetic licence 'bung' from Microsoft for their own business? That way all users get always on updates with no worries and carriers don't totally miss out.The realist in me says, &quot;hahahahahahahahahaha! Deal with this problem, Capitalist pigdog! Updates for free will never happen in your decadent western way&quot;. Obviously I'm massively over-simplifying things for comedic effect here but you get the point. How do we get our updates quick enough (and consistently applied across all users) to help secure and stabilise our systems whilst balancing that against limitations in data bandwidth? Can MS patch W8 without killing even smaller data limits?]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[dl_wraith]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Tue, 12 Jun 2012 06:34:53 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Exactly, which....]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[.....is why I said, &quot;But then you would put off desktop and laptop users from using it, surely?&quot;I do wonder about the possibility of Metro enabling W7 though. Anyone got a thought on that? Could this have been a better way?]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[dl_wraith]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Tue, 12 Jun 2012 06:17:15 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Keyboarding is indeed faster - and has been for a while]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[I have to admit I was talking from a new 1st user's perspective rather than someone particularly tech-savvy. Your point is, of course, correct.Keyboard shortcuts and little finder's tricks have always been faster in windows. Who here actually browses the 'all programs' list on the start menu in Windows 7? Not many, I'll bet. Who didn't use the RUN box or command line to launch programs quickly or set up shortcuts and toolbars to make your life easier within your first desktop session on any previous version of Windows? W8 should be no different - it's still highly customisable with plenty of tricks to get around it that are (usually) remarkably similar to older versions of Windows.Windows has been much of a muchness for a number of years now and Metro seems to show a greater departure from the Windows norm. I feel a lot of people who are saying &quot;Arrrrgh! Kill it with fire!!&quot; would like it more if they could get over the interface difference easier.Smarter, not harder. Certainly a credo for the IT world to live by.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[dl_wraith]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Tue, 12 Jun 2012 06:12:41 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[I agree with Capt_Ron2012]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[The simplicity of the Metro calendar and mail apps are a welcome addition. Sometimes you just want to read and reply to email and see your daily calendar without all of the bells and whistles.Dual monitors also help tremendously. I can't imagine working in IT with just a single monitor.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[JJFitz]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Tue, 12 Jun 2012 06:11:47 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Have you tried it?]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[I have a laptop with W8 on it and connected an external monitor to it.  When I did, the Metro interface was only on the laptop.  The monitor had the desktop.It was very easy to navigate between the two and I found that using the Windows key was a simple way to show/hide the start screen.  Just like the start menu.Also, applications running in Metro do not &quot;sap&quot; power.  Any app not on the screen is in stasis.  This is to preserve power.  Check it out by opening the task manager.Also Metro apps are nice.  They are clean, very fast, and easy to use.  Yes, most of my work is in Office and other non-metro apps, but some, like mail, calendar, and contacts are just better in metro than in Outlook (except for certain functions, which are not regularly used by me)The more I work in W8, the more I find myself liking the duality of the interface.Give it an honest try.  You might be surprised.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[Capt_Ron2012]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Tue, 12 Jun 2012 06:03:19 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Check this]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[http://www.windowsitpro.com/article/windows8/microsoft-windows-8-businesses-143238Paul Confirmed that he &quot;confirmed&quot; this with Microsoft folks - (sort of a wink wink nudge nudge thing) on Windows Weekly.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[Albert Myles]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Tue, 12 Jun 2012 02:50:39 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[win 8 will not update or download the updates etc. . . .]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[here's the funny thing,I have 10GB cap on my 4G LTE aircard&quot;never used it yet&quot;I've come close but never over,close is when MS releases the update ISO file and it's like 4GB hugethe cable company here, wants more $ for a smaller capand huge bucks for the &quot;unlimited plan&quot; which isn't really &quot;unlimited&quot; anyway(they have ways of making you pay!)with win 8 I had to uninstall and reinstall the AirCard device twice before I got the option to tell network connections to &quot;ignore the meter&quot; thus win 8 just might become the least patched OS ever and thus the most compromised when updates are available I want them downloaded and the tray icon telling me&quot;They're Heeere!&quot;even if I were to take the AirCard around to update all 15 of my systems on the monthly crash Tuesday I still wouldn't even get close to the capI would still have plenty of available MB]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[Who Am I Really]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Mon, 11 Jun 2012 17:08:02 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Windows RT file system access]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Will Windows RT allow users to access it's file system? Or will it be more of a closed system like ios where itunes is required to transfer files? I guess the most obvious example would be being able to transfer music, videos etc.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[jetinv]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Mon, 11 Jun 2012 10:12:26 -0700</pubDate>
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