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Reset your PC from a Windows 8 Recovery Drive

March 21, 2013 8:47am PDT

Reset your PC tool removes all of your data and settings and then reinstalls Windows 8. Greg Shultz shows you how it works.

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Screenshots: The Windows 8 Reset your PC feature

March 21, 2013 8:29am PDT

Reset your PC tool removes all of your data and settings and then reinstalls Windows 8. Greg Shultz shows you how it works.

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Tips for dual-booting Windows 8 on Macs

March 21, 2013 6:56am PDT

Tips for dual-booting Windows 8 on Macs article root Boot Camp Why would any Mac user want Boot Camp when Parallels is multi-times better? Does Eckel also recommend spats and VHS? Boot Camp I...

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Planning a Windows file server migration to Google Drive

March 20, 2013 11:25am PDT

Planning a Windows file server migration to Google Drive article root It's always more complicated As Scott's story indicates, there are often more factors to consider in a Windows file server...

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Planning a Windows file server migration to Google Drive

March 20, 2013 11:19am PDT

In-house file servers can carry a hefty price tag, but that does not always mean Google Drive can alleviate these costs.

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Tips for dual-booting Windows 8 on Macs

March 20, 2013 11:12am PDT

Erik Eckel recommends using Boot Camp to dual-boot Windows 8 on Macs. Here are a few tips to keep in mind.

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Add SkyDrive cloud storage to your Android tablet

March 20, 2013 9:14am PDT

Jack Wallen discusses how to install, configure, and use Microsoft's SkyDrive app on an Android tablet.

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Five cloud sync apps that rise above the rest

March 20, 2013 7:31am PDT

Five cloud sync apps that rise above the rest article root Ubuntu One and SkyDrive I use both Ubuntu One and Microsoft Skydrive. I do like Ubuntu One, but mostly use it to store my IT tools in...

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Whitepapers

Remote office server performance: Dell PowerEdge R720 server with Samsung Solid-State Drives and Windows Server 2012

March 20, 2013 12:00am PDT

When you invest in a server solution for your remote office, it's important to select one that can meet your current needs well and continue to meet your needs as your company grows. In our...

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Tablet browser-OS comparison

March 20, 2013 12:00am PDT

Not all tablets browsers perform equally quickly. In our tests of common Web browsing scenarios, Internet Explorer 10-Windows 8 performed everyday scenarios as much as 60.6 percent more quickly...

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Case Studies

Green Prefab: A Window Into the Future: Eco-Testing a Building Before It Is Even Built

March 20, 2013 12:00am PDT

Currently, the complexity of the design process makes it difficult to determine, precisely, a building's future energy use - but this won't always be the case. Microsoft Research and the Royal...

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Using Multimedia, Maps, and Skydrive apps in Windows RT

March 19, 2013 11:10pm PDT

In this column, Tony McSherry covers more of the apps available in Windows 8 RT. This week, it is time for Photos, Video, Music, Maps, Camera, and Skydrive.

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Expanding Spotlight: Power tips to search your Mac with ease

March 19, 2013 10:27am PDT

Simon Barnett offers these pro tips for using Spotlight search to find and identify files with ease and keep your Mac tidy.

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Making videos in a Windows 8 ecosystem

March 19, 2013 9:29am PDT

Making videos in a Windows 8 ecosystem article root Video Editors for Win RT? Thanks for the article. Well documented and helpful. Like you I use Sony Vegas for video editing. I have a Windows...

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Making videos in a Windows 8 ecosystem

March 18, 2013 7:21pm PDT

Armed with a pair of cameras, a Surface RT, and a WP8 phone, Tony McSherry shows how to make and distribute video in a Microsoft environment by way of a wedding.

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Quick Tip: Remove shared permissions in SkyDrive

March 18, 2013 6:51am PDT

Quick Tip: Remove shared permissions in SkyDrive article root SkyDrive access Best part of this article. The screen caps are from Google Chrome! +1 LOL I hadn't considered the irony in that....

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Case Studies

Ascribe Ltd: Big Data Solution Transforms Healthcare With Faster Access to Information

March 18, 2013 12:00am PDT

Ascribe, a leading provider of IT solutions for the healthcare industry, wanted to help clinicians identify trends and improve services by supplying faster access to information. However,...

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VaiSulWeb: Hosting Provider Quickly Offers Cost-Effective Cloud Services to Small Businesses

March 18, 2013 12:00am PDT

VaiSulWeb is a fast-growing European hosting service provider that serves mostly small-business customers from a modern private-cloud infrastructure built on the Windows Server 2012 operating...

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Q&A

Google chrome

March 17, 2013 7:24am PDT

Google chrome After installing google chrome on Windows XP professional version I am not able type anything in the address bar. How to solve this problem. Please help. Vijay Reinstall Try...

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