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Quand je voir une vidéo sur youtub ou you ****, j'ai un écran noir ! View the thread

A former Microsoft Windows Azure evangelist offers some advice for what to move to the cloud and when. Source: All About Microsoft

Posted on Personal[/b] computer era may be over. As I’ve mentioned in another post, ([url=http://www.everything-microsoft.com/2012/05/20/windows-8-prognosis-sales/">Windows8 Prognosis for Sales), what consumers want of their PC, and businesses want, are different. The PC at the private consumer level is about communication, and entertainment. And guess what, that is what tablets, and laptops can provide. And as proof of this, just look at the tens of thousands of apps that are available for tablets. Where are they for the PC? Some are available…but the PC functions in an entirely different environment. Which brings us back to Dell, one of the biggest PC makers in the world. Dell’s recent 1st quarter earnings reflect the view that things aren’t looking up for them. [url=http://www.everything-microsoft.com/2012/05/23/dell-windows-8-future-pc/dellearnings-8/" rel="attachment wp-att-94348">http://cdn5.everything-microsoft.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/DellEarnings3-400x234.jpg?9d7bd4 Dell figures, that with slow growth, the PC industry will try to use some other means to induce customers to come back to the PC. Hence Windows 8. With Windows 8, the format of the PC will change because Windows 8 will expand the touch screen basis of operations and this means that to fully appreciate what the apps and programs will do, you need a monitor larger than the tablet. In a recent public meeting Dell officials gave their synopsis of the merit of Windows 8. ” We think that the touch screen products will certainly cost more. They are more in the price points and price bands that we tend to operate in. We will have the full complement of products around the time of Windows 8. Unlike other Windows transitions, you generally are going to need a new PC whether it is a tablet or notebook with touch or some derivative hybrid. The product refresh cycle associated with this release of Windows is likely to be very different from other releases, but it is hard to know exactly what it looks like.” [url=http://www.everything-microsoft.com/2012/05/23/dell-windows-8-future-pc/973729_f520/" rel="attachment wp-att-94353">http://cdn6.everything-microsoft.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/973729_f520-400x400.jpg?9d7bd4Dell Computer Systems...on the way out? From this you can take several points. New Windows 8 based PC’s will cost more because of the touch technology. They also are in the process of creating new products to handle the touch technology, whether it is on video enhancement cards or monitors. Nevertheless, Dell like other manufacturers will have to adjust in order to compete with tablets and PC’s. But they still don’t have a good reason to give to users to stick to the PC and not move away. If they let the PC market get away, or blend into the tablet market, then they will have to make major adjustments. Their 1st quarter earnings may be just a preview. source: [url=http://www.zdnet.com/blog/btl/dell-struggles-as-corporate-post-pc-era-looms-is-windows-8-the-savior/77779?tag=search-results-riversitem3">Zdnet [url=http://www.everything-microsoft.com/2012/05/23/dell-windows-8-future-pc/">Dell, Windows 8, and the Future of the PC was posted on [url=http://www.everything-microsoft.com">Everything Microsoft - Latest Microsoft News, Guides, Reviews & Themes. If you are not reading this content in an email newsletter, it is being used without permission. View the full article

I received a call from someone claiming to be from windows support. they wanted to make changes to my computer. is 1 866 844 8352 a windows support Number. Thanks in advance. George View the thread

Doing a windows update. Computer shows hourglass and "configuring a restore point..." Should I turn the pc off? It's been about 45 minutes now. View the thread

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Is globalwin solutions an honest company? They want to sell me a warranty View the thread

Posted on [*]A single menu for every boot option [*]Loading the boot menu automatically when problems are recognized by Windows 8 [*]Options to load the boot options menu from within the Windows 8 operating system. A single boot menu [url=http://www.everything-microsoft.com/2012/05/22/windows-8-boots-fast/boot-options-menu-4/" rel="attachment wp-att-94331">http://cdn6.everything-microsoft.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/Boot-Options-menu3-400x224.jpg?9d7bd4 The main boot menu displays the following options: Continue – Exit and continue to Windows 8 Use a device – Use a USB drive, network connection, or Windows recovery DVD Use another operating system – Continue with another installed version of Windows Troubleshoot – Refresh or reset your PC, or use advanced tools Turn off your PC [url=http://www.everything-microsoft.com/2012/05/22/windows-8-boots-fast/advanced-options/" rel="attachment wp-att-94332">http://cdn7.everything-microsoft.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/Advanced-options-400x224.jpg?9d7bd4 The advanced options display links to System Restore, the Command Prompt, System Image Recovery, Automatic Repair, UEFI Firmware Settings on UEFI systems, and Windows Startup Settings [url=http://www.everything-microsoft.com/2012/05/22/windows-8-boots-fast/windows-startup-settings/" rel="attachment wp-att-94333">http://cdn8.everything-microsoft.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/Windows-Startup-Settings-400x224.jpg?9d7bd4 Loading the boot menu automatically when problems are recognized by Windows 8 Windows 8 basically comes with diagnostic tools that analyze the operating system’s startup and operations. When diagnostics notices issues, for instance if the PC fails to boot into Windows 8, or of a faulty driver has been installed, it will automatically display the Windows 8 boot menu. Options to load the boot options menu from within the Windows 8 operating system Sometimes you may want to display the boot options even if the system does not detect issues. You may want to boot to another device, or make changes to the UEFI configuration. You can configure Windows 8 to display the boot menu on the next start of the operating system. [url=http://www.everything-microsoft.com/2012/05/22/windows-8-boots-fast/pc-settings/" rel="attachment wp-att-94334">http://cdn9.everything-microsoft.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/PC-Settings-400x225.jpg?9d7bd4 Other options to get Windows 8 to display the boot menu are: Shift-clicking on the Restart link under Power Running the command shutdown /r /o from the command line Can a operating system boot to fast? Not really if you ask me. It is great that Microsoft continues to work on improvements in this area. We will hopefully see more of the new boot menu in the Windows 8 Release Preview, which is rumored to come out on June 1. You can read the full announcement over at the [url=http://blogs.msdn.com/b/b8/archive/2012/05/22/designing-for-pcs-that-boot-faster-than-ever-before.aspx">Building Windows 8 blog [url=http://www.everything-microsoft.com/2012/05/22/windows-8-boots-fast/">Windows 8 Boots too fast was posted on [url=http://www.everything-microsoft.com">Everything Microsoft - Latest Microsoft News, Guides, Reviews & Themes. If you are not reading this content in an email newsletter, it is being used without permission. View the full article

http://i50.tinypic.com/2dtrtqu.jpg an image of taskmanager I'm runing win 7starter, 2GB of RAM 1.66GHz CPU and as you notice the svchot.exe occupies a consideraple part of memory View the thread

Windows 8 has a problem – it really can boot up too quickly. So quickly, in fact, that there is no longer time for anything to interrupt boot. When you turn on a Windows 8 PC, there’s no longer long enough to detect keystrokes like F2 or F8, much less time to read a message such as “Press F2 for Setup.” For the first time in decades, you will no longer be able to interrupt boot and tell your PC to do anything different than what it was already expecting to do. Fast booting is something we definitely want to preserve. Certainly no one would imagine intentionally slowing down boot to allow these functions to work as they did in the past. In this blog I’ll walk through how we’re addressing this “problem” with new solutions that will keep your PC booting as quickly as possible, while still letting you do all the things you expect. Too fast to interrupt It’s worth taking a moment to watch (again, if you’ve already seen it) [url=http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/Fast-Boot" target="_blank">the fast boot video posted by Gabe Aul in his previous post about [url=http://blogs.msdn.com/b/b8/archive/2011/09/08/delivering-fast-boot-times-in-windows-8.aspx" target="_blank">delivering fast boot times in Windows 8. In this video you can see a laptop with a solid state drive (SSD) fully booting in less than 7 seconds. Booting this fast doesn't require special hardware, but it is a feature of new PCs. You'll still see much improved boot times in existing hardware, but in many PCs, the BIOS itself (the BIOS logo and set of messages you see as you boot up) does take significant time. An SSD contributes to the fast boot time as well, as you can imagine. If the entire length of boot passes in just seven seconds, the individual portions that comprise the boot sequence go by almost too quickly to notice (much less, interrupt). Most of the decisions about what will happen in boot are over in the first 2-3 seconds – after that, booting is just about getting to Windows as quickly as possible. These 2-3 seconds include the time allowed for firmware initialization and POST (Even when Windows is booting up correctly, you may want to do something different – for example, you may want to boot from an alternate device such as a USB drive, go to the firmware’s BIOS setup options, or run tools from within the protected Windows Recovery Environment image on a separate partition. In general, these scenarios were accomplished in the past mainly without the involvement of Windows, using firmware-specific keys such as F2 or F12 (or some other key that you couldn't quite remember!). You may need to troubleshoot a problem after something goes wrong, or want to undo something that just happened. Windows has many tools that assist with situations like these, such as allowing you to refresh or reset your PC, go back to a restore point using System Restore, or perform manual troubleshooting via the always-popular Command Prompt. In the past, these troubleshooting options were accessed primarily via the Windows boot manager, by pressing F8 at the beginning of boot. Some error cases in startup are difficult to automatically detect. For example, the Windows boot process may have succeeded, but errors in components that are loaded later actually make Windows unusable. These cases are rare, but an example of where this might happen is a corrupt driver installation causing the login screen to crash whenever it loads. On previous-era hardware, you could interrupt boot with a keystroke (F8, for example) and reach a suitable repair option before the crashing component was even loaded. Over time, it has gotten harder to interrupt boot in this way, and in Windows 8, it’s virtually impossible. We needed to enable certain startup options that are mainly used by developers – both inside and outside of Windows. Previously you could access these by pressing a key like F8 at the beginning of boot. These developer-targeted options are still important and include disabling driver signature enforcement, turning off “early launch anti-malware,” as well as other options. One key design principle we focused on was how our solutions would fit in with the rest of Windows 8. We believed that these various boot options were more alike than they were different, and shouldn’t be located in different places within Windows. To look at this from the opposite direction, no one should need to learn how Windows is built, under the hood, to know where to go for a certain task. In the purest sense, we wanted it to “just work.” Three solutions – one experience We ultimately solved these problems with a combination of three different solutions. Together they create a unified experience and solve the scenarios without needing to interrupt boot with a keystroke: We pulled together all the options into a single menu – the boot options menu – that has all the troubleshooting tools, the developer-focused options for Windows startup, methods for accessing the firmware’s BIOS setup, and a straightforward method for booting to alternate devices such as USB drives. We created failover behaviors that automatically bring up the boot options menu (in a highly robust and validated environment) whenever there is a problem that would keep the PC from booting successfully into Windows. Finally, we created several straightforward methods to easily reach the boot options menu, even when nothing is wrong with Windows or boot. Instead of these menus and options being “interrupt-driven,” they are triggered in an intentional way that is much easier to accomplish successfully. Each of these solutions addresses a different aspect of the core problem, and together they create a single, cohesive end-to-end experience. A single menu for every boot option The core vision behind the boot options menu is to create a single place for every option that affects the startup behavior of the Windows 8 PC. Portions of this menu were discussed in detail in our previous blog post titled [url=http://blogs.msdn.com/b/b8/archive/2011/09/20/reengineering-the-windows-boot-experience.aspx" target="_blank">Reengineering the Windows boot experience. That post has the complete details and describes the fundamental changes made within the boot menus to enable touch interaction, Windows 8 visuals, and a cohesive user experience across the many surfaces that make up boot. Here is a screenshot of the boot options menu on one of my UEFI-based PCs: [url=http://blogs.msdn.com/cfs-file.ashx/__key/communityserver-blogs-components-weblogfiles/00-00-01-29-43-metablogapi/0407.1_2D002D00_Boot_2D00_Options_2D00_menu_5F00_0F869C74.jpg" target="_blank">http://blogs.msdn.com/cfs-file.ashx/__key/communityserver-blogs-components-weblogfiles/00-00-01-29-43-metablogapi/0572.1_2D002D00_Boot_2D00_Options_2D00_menu_5F00_thumb_5F00_761E9939.jpg Booting to an alternate device (such as a USB drive or network) is one of the most common scenarios that previously required interrupting boot with a keystroke. With Windows 8 UEFI-based firmware, we can now use software to trigger this. On these devices, you’ll now see the “Use a device” button in the boot options menu, which provides this functionality directly. As you can see in the above image, this functionality sits side-by-side with the other boot options. Windows no longer requires a keystroke interruption to boot from an alternate device, (assuming, for the moment, that you can reach the boot options menu itself without requiring a keystroke in boot. More on this in a minute.) Into this same menu, we’ve added new functionality that allows you to reboot directly into the UEFI firmware’s BIOS setup (on Windows 8 UEFI hardware that supports this). On previous-era hardware, instructions for entering BIOS setup appeared at POST in messages like “Press F2 for setup.” (These messages have been around on PCs longer than perhaps any other type of UI.) They will still occur on systems that were made prior to Windows 8, where they will continue to work (primarily because these devices take several seconds to POST.) However, a Windows 8 UEFI-based PC won’t stay in POST long enough for keystrokes like this to be used, so the new UEFI-based functionality allows this option to live on in the boot options menu. After looking at the other items in this menu, we decided to place the button that reboots the PC into the UEFI firmware’s BIOS setup under the “Troubleshooting” node, within the “Advanced options” group: [url=http://blogs.msdn.com/cfs-file.ashx/__key/communityserver-blogs-components-weblogfiles/00-00-01-29-43-metablogapi/6266.2_2D002D002D00_Advanced_2D00_options_5F00_07FB2D07.jpg" target="_blank">http://blogs.msdn.com/cfs-file.ashx/__key/communityserver-blogs-components-weblogfiles/00-00-01-29-43-metablogapi/0804.2_2D002D002D00_Advanced_2D00_options_5F00_thumb_5F00_5CB695FF.jpg A quick note about older, non-UEFI devices: legacy hardware that was made before Windows 8 will not have these new UEFI-provided menu features (booting to firmware settings and booting directly to a device). The firmware on these devices will continue to support this functionality from the POST screen as it did in the past (using messages such as “Press F2 for Setup”). There is still time for keystrokes like this to work in POST on these legacy devices, since they won’t have the improvements that enable a Windows 8 PC to POST in less than 2 seconds. The next item appears on all Windows 8 devices – UEFI and non-UEFI alike. In the image above, you can see that we’ve added Windows Startup Settings. This new addition brings the entry point for the developer-focused Windows startup options into the unified boot options menu, and allows us to satisfy the scenarios that previously required the separate key during boot. These include items such as “disable driver signing” and “debugging mode,” as well as Safe Mode and several other options. Here is a close-up view of the informational page for these options: [url=http://blogs.msdn.com/cfs-file.ashx/__key/communityserver-blogs-components-weblogfiles/00-00-01-29-43-metablogapi/6254.3_2D002D002D00_Windows_2D00_Startup_2D00_Settings_5F00_6E9329CC.jpg" target="_blank">http://blogs.msdn.com/cfs-file.ashx/__key/communityserver-blogs-components-weblogfiles/00-00-01-29-43-metablogapi/7343.3_2D002D002D00_Windows_2D00_Startup_2D00_Settings_5F00_thumb_5F00_434E92C5.jpg The boot options menu creates a single place for every option that affects the startup behavior of the Windows 8 PC. By bringing these together into a single place, the boot options menu has become a familiar, unified, and highly usable place for these related items. Tasks such as changing Windows Startup settings, entering the UEFI firmware’s BIOS setup, or booting to a USB drive no longer require interrupting boot with a keystroke – assuming you can get to the boot options menu itself. So let’s look at how you get there. Getting to the boot options menu (automatically) when there is a problem There are two main situations where you’ll need to get to the boot options menu on a Windows 8 PC. The first case is when something has gone wrong and a repair action is necessary to restore the PC to full functionality. The second case (which I’ll cover in the next section) is when nothing is wrong, but you want to change some aspect of startup behavior or firmware configuration, or boot from a different device than usual. In the first case, something has gone wrong and repairs are needed. The previous model of PC hardware required you (or someone you trust) to begin this troubleshooting process by pressing one of the several possible keystrokes during boot. For example, the options in the Windows Developer Preview release were split between Shift+F8, F8, and firmware-dependent keys such as F2 or F12, (which often varied across different PCs). Each of these keystrokes represents the first step in troubleshooting that will lead to eventual repair. Unifying all of these in a single boot options menu removes the need to use multiple keys for the many available options. And to take this even further, we’ve removed even this one remaining keystroke by automatically loading the boot options menu when there is no way to successfully complete Windows startup. In Windows 8, this automatic failover behavior will take you directly to the boot options menu whenever there is a problem that would otherwise keep your PC from loading Windows. This even includes cases where it appears (to Windows) that boot has succeeded, but in actuality the PC is unusable. An example of how this could occur would be a faulty driver installation that is causing the main logon screen to appear completely blank. Windows may not be aware that the screen is blank, but anyone looking at the screen knows this immediately. We now algorithmically detect when this has occurred across multiple boots, and automatically boot directly into the boot options menu inside the Windows Recovery Environment (WinRE). Since the source image for WinRE contains drivers and files that are kept separate from the main Windows installation, it’s not affected by any software changes and is a reliable environment to begin troubleshooting from the boot options menu. Could this behavior ever result in Windows going to the boot options menu in Windows RE when nothing is actually wrong? Requiring two consecutive occurrences certainly reduces this chance, but it’s definitely possible. With this in mind, we designed the boot options menu to have a prominent Continue button in the first position, as a clear escape path for anyone not actually experiencing problems with their Windows 8 PC. We studied this in our usability lab to see what people would do when this boot options menu appeared unexpectedly. We were happy to find that the Continue button served its purpose and provided an important escape hatch against false positives. http://blogs.msdn.com/cfs-file.ashx/__key/communityserver-blogs-components-weblogfiles/00-00-01-29-43-metablogapi/2538.4_2D002D002D00_Continue_2D00_option_5F00_273DD3DA.jpg In certain situations, Windows 8 can be even more specific about taking appropriate action to a specific problem. For example, if the core boot sequence itself fails to complete, we automatically try a second time. If this also doesn’t succeed, then Windows RE is automatically loaded and launches the specialized Startup Repair Tool. Even though this tool is tailor-made to fix many errors in the boot process, we still provide a pathway to all the other troubleshooting tools within the boot options menu for cases when the Startup Repair Tool is unsuccessful. These automatic detection behaviors ensure the repair and recovery tools within Windows are always available, even when Windows itself is unable to load properly. Without needing to press a key or take any action, Windows RE is automatically loaded when it’s needed, allowing repair and recovery using the troubleshooting tools from the boot options menu itself. Getting to the boot options menu whenever you want (even when nothing is wrong) Even in non-error situations, we wanted an easy pathway to the boot options from within Windows. Many of the items in the menu are necessary even when everything is fully functional: booting to an alternate device, changing firmware configuration, and changing the developer-focused Windows Startup Settings, for example. We wanted to make it easy to get to the boot options menu whenever you needed it, in a way that would logically fit within a fully-functional Windows 8. In general, our preference is to create one method to do a certain thing, and make this one method the best possible. Even when there are multiple ways to do something, there is always a primary method – usually the most commonly used one, which covers the majority of cases. By choosing one way to do a certain thing, this way can be designed for a specific set of usage scenarios, and we can reasonably expect it to remain useful, usable, and desirable across these scenarios. Sometimes there are other cases that are not covered by the primary method. If these cases are not compelling enough to address, the primary method may truly be the only way. However, in our case, we built a primary method and then added two more pathways: one to ensure we covered all the necessary scenarios, and a second to maintain a consistent pattern with existing Windows components. The primary method of reaching the boot options is from Advanced startup on the General tab of PC settings. You can get to PC settings from the Settings charm, or by searching from the Start screen using specific search terms, such as boot, startup, safe mode, firmware, BIOS, or several others. On the General tab, you’ll see a short description of the options that will be available in the boot options menu, as well as a Restart now button. The descriptions shown on this screen are fully dynamic, and will change based on the hardware, firmware, and software available on your specific Windows 8 PC. [url=http://blogs.msdn.com/cfs-file.ashx/__key/communityserver-blogs-components-weblogfiles/00-00-01-29-43-metablogapi/2541.5_2D002D002D00_PC_2D00_Settings_5F00_351019D5.jpg" target="_blank">http://blogs.msdn.com/cfs-file.ashx/__key/communityserver-blogs-components-weblogfiles/00-00-01-29-43-metablogapi/8802.5_2D002D002D00_PC_2D00_Settings_5F00_thumb_5F00_46ECADA2.jpg Pressing the Restart now button under Advanced startup begins the primary pathway to reach the boot options on a fully functional system. The system begins the normal restart process. Then, just before Windows has finished shutting down and is about to fully restart and enter POST, the entire process is paused and the boot options menu fades into view. This is the latest point that UI can even appear during the shutdown/restart sequence. We decided to pause the restart process at this middle point, so that you can choose your destination before the PC goes through another POST. By choosing the desired boot option before POST occurs, we can jump directly to the firmware setup or device-boot (when these are chosen) without needing to go through a second restart and a second POST. You can even use this menu to quickly boot into a second Windows installation if you want to. Since Windows pauses the restart sequence to show the boot options menu, this is one of the fastest ways to boot to a second OS. For even quicker access, there’s another way of reaching the boot options menu: from within the shutdown menu. If you hold down the Shift key while clicking Restart, Windows 8 will go through the same sequence of events as if you had clicked Advanced startup from within PC settings. Since you can open the shutdown menu from any part of Windows 8 using the Settings charm, this is an especially quick way to directly reach the boot options menu. As you watch the video at the end of this post, you will notice that we've moved this command so there is a straight linear flow with your mouse to reach these options — a flow that is less demanding than in Windows 7. [url=http://blogs.msdn.com/cfs-file.ashx/__key/communityserver-blogs-components-weblogfiles/00-00-01-29-43-metablogapi/4201.6_2D002D002D00_Shutdown_2D00_menu_5F00_1BA8169B.jpg" target="_blank">http://blogs.msdn.com/cfs-file.ashx/__key/communityserver-blogs-components-weblogfiles/00-00-01-29-43-metablogapi/3443.6_2D002D002D00_Shutdown_2D00_menu_5F00_thumb_5F00_669B876A.jpg The reason that we added this Shift+Restart option to the shutdown menu was because the boot options need to be available even when no one has signed in to the PC. In the old hardware model that allowed keystrokes in boot, anyone with physical access to the PC could press a key to interrupt boot and use the available boot options. To preserve those scenarios, we needed a way for someone who hasn’t signed in (but is still physically using the PC) to use the boot options menu. The shutdown menu fits these requirements perfectly – it’s always available from the login screen, even when no one is signed in. Also, the use of the Shift modifier on Restart fits with the pattern of using Shift on other items in that same menu. You may notice that the shutdown menu appears in many other places as well, for users who are signed in as well as users who aren’t. In all of these places, the same Shift+Restart behavior still works – we felt it was important for the shutdown menu to behave consistently and predictably, wherever it appears. There’s one other way to trigger the boot options menu during shutdown, and this way has the added bonus of working from Command Prompt. We’ve added a new flag to shutdown.exe: /o. The /o flag only works in conjunction with /r (for restart), so the full syntax is: [url=http://blogs.msdn.com/cfs-file.ashx/__key/communityserver-blogs-components-weblogfiles/00-00-01-29-43-metablogapi/3527.7_2D002D002D00_Shutting_2D00_down_2D00_from_2D00_Command_2D00_Prompt_5F00_225B201E.jpg" target="_blank">http://blogs.msdn.com/cfs-file.ashx/__key/communityserver-blogs-components-weblogfiles/00-00-01-29-43-metablogapi/4606.7_2D002D002D00_Shutting_2D00_down_2D00_from_2D00_Command_2D00_Prompt_5F00_thumb_5F00_622506A3.jpg We added this new flag to shutdown.exe because we wanted to keep this part of Windows consistent and predictable. Not everyone uses Shutdown.exe, but those who do, depend on it for the full set of shutdown-related tasks. - Chris Clark Your browser doesn't support HTML5 video. Download this video to view it in your favorite media player: [url=http://media.ch9.ms/ch9/5955/f42cccac-fa67-4697-bba2-6231c4935955/DesigningPCsthatbootfasterthaneverbefore_high.mp4">High quality MP4 | [url=http://media.ch9.ms/ch9/5955/f42cccac-fa67-4697-bba2-6231c4935955/DesigningPCsthatbootfasterthaneverbefore.mp4">Lower quality MP4 Source: Windows 8 Blog

Posted on [*] On Start, flick left to the App list. [*] Tap Settings > About > More info. If you have never upgraded you phone’s software, you will need to connect the device to your PC and run the Zune PC software and follow the onscreen instructions to begin the process. [url=http://www.everything-microsoft.com/2012/05/22/microsoft-urges-windows-phone-users-update-order-marketplace-functionality/">Microsoft Urges Windows Phone Users To Update in Order to Keep Marketplace Functionality was posted on [url=http://www.everything-microsoft.com">Everything Microsoft - Latest Microsoft News, Guides, Reviews & Themes. If you are not reading this content in an email newsletter, it is being used without permission. View the full article

I've seen similar posts relating to this but mostly in connection with upgrading versions. I have a fully operational server running WHS 2011. I have new different server hardware which I want to migrate to. Has anyone any guidance on this or is it not pratical to undertake in a simplistic manner? I have full back ups and spare external drive capability for the project. Any guidance greatly appreciated. Roger View this thread

I keep getting notified that I have updates to install, I do the updates, it states they are completed, then I get the same notification that I have updates to install. and we start all over again, day after day. View this thread

I can nott install this here uppdates om may dator. Windows XP Säkerhetsuppdatering för Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 SP2 i Windows Server 2003 och Windows XP x86 (KB2633880) 22 May 2012 Microsoft Update Windows XP Säkerhetsuppdatering för .NET Framework 2.0 SP2 och 3.5 SP1 i Windows Server 2003 och Windows XP x86 (KB2518864) 22 May 2012 Microsoft Update Windows XP Säkerhetsuppdatering för Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 SP2 i Windows Server 2003 och Windows XP x86 (KB2572073) View this thread

There seems to be an issue with three .NET Framework updates on the XP and Server 2003 operating systems. The updates keep appearing under Windows Update after installing and/or rebooting the computer. There seems to be lots of references to this same issue going on in Japan as well according to Twitter (https://twitter.com/#!/search/KB2633880) and Microsoft Answers .JP (http://answers.microsoft.com/ja-jp/windows/forum/windows_xp-windows_update/kb2572073kb2633880-%E3%81%8A%E3%82%88%E3%81%B3/cff77b0c-44bd-402b-bf1a-865cbc6b9982). The following KB's are affected- KB2518864 KB2633880 KB2572073. Is anybody else in USA experiencing this issue? View this thread

Good morning everyone, I see there are many people who seem to be having a problem similar to mine, though I was unable to find an answer to one of my questions in this post. Description of problem: Although my Windows Update is set to download & install any updates during the overnight hours each day, the latest updates, KB26333880, KB2572073, and KB2518864 were not installed. I went to the Windows Update site to check my update history. It showed the green/white checkmarks beside all 3 updates. The record also showed the updates were attempted 3 times overnight. After clicking on the "Express" button on the Home Page, the results show the 3 aforementioned updates, but show "0 bytes" , and "0 download time." This indicates to me that there are no updates to be downloaded, despite the yellow Update Notification Shield continuing to be shown in the Taskbar. Remedial measures attempted: 1. I tried downloading / installing two more times without success using both IE8 and FF (including restarting the computer). 2. Attempted to download & run the MS Fixit program, but got a message which read, "An unexpected error has occurred, please try again later." NO error code was seen with this message. (I could SAVE the program to my Desktop...just couldn't run the set-up). 3. Tried searching for the presence of these updates using Start > Run > %windir%KB#######.log (where the ######## is the individual KB update number). Each time - a message was displayed stating the file could not be found. 4. Reviewed the Add/Remove Programs list (with the Show Updates box checked). None of the KB updates referred to above could be found. 5. Scans with SAS, MBAM, and Outpost Security Suite Pro did not reveal any malware/security issues. (SAS & MBAM are used only as on-demand scanners). This particular problem with updates not downloading & repeated notifications being shown in the Taskbar occurred once before. On that occasion, I called Microsoft several times before finally, a support person accessed my computer remotely and spent about 50 minutes correcting the problem. (Also, it should be noted that nearly every support person I spoke with kept trying to tell me that MS doesn't provide help with this type issue. I had to be rather adament in my response...telling the person that MS DOES indeed provide free support for security-related Windows Updates. Whether they provide free support now is unknown). Besides...I no longer have a phone number for MS anyway. My questions to the Community: 1. Is there any way to download & install these 3 updates? 2. Is there an explanation as to why the MS Fixit program will not install, and if so, is there some corrective action I can take which will enable me to download & run this program? System specs: Dell Dimension 3000 Tower Desktop WIN XP Pro SP3 2 GB RAM 3.00 gHz CPU Outpost Security Suite Pro MBAM Pro (on-demand only) SAS (on-demand only) Spywareblaster IE8 & FF Thank you for your time, review, and any help! Pete C. View this thread

I have tried to install this download numerous times over the past 10 days and just can't. What is the problem and How do I fix it? View this thread

I was notified (install shield ICON next to time) that 3 Windows XP updates were available for installation. I clicked the install shield ICON and the three updates were installed without a problem. A little later I was notified that (what I thought ) were additional updates to be installed. I clicked the install shield next to the time and started the updates---the updates turned out to be the same ones installed earlier. I next decided to go to Start>All Programs>Windows Update and see if the updates were recorded as being installed on my system--they were...in fact, they were recorded as being installed at three different times. My Question - How to I make the install shield next to the time go away? Frog View this thread

Keep getting update notifications for KB2572073, KB2633880, and KB2518864. These had previously been updated successfully, and even after reinstalling today, they keep coming up. Tried to fun Fixit # 910339 ( http://support.microsoft.com/kb/910339) as suggested by others, but kept getting error message when trying to download Fixit. Ran Fixit #50202 to reset Windows update components, but that didn't solve the problem. I quick internet search shows that these same KB updates are causing problems for others as well with today's date. Although these issues happen all the time, it seems like something particular is going on today. Thanks in advance for any help on getting rid of these constant update notifications. View this thread

I have followed several threads on this . I do not get error messages. I have uninstalled all .NET framework that the pc would allow, as instructed. I have run MS fix it tool. Not sorted the problem. I have run CClean on "find and fix registry problems". It stated "found and fixed all". I have rebooted and run MS update which ran 1 update and then the same three updates are still appearing! If I never connect this pc to the internet again will these be a problem? (i.e. just use the pc for music editing). This kind of problem may not be only with these updates but many many many others and for years!! Come on MS why do we sent error reports automatically? Please help. Regards Richard View this thread

Have windows xp sp 3 i keep getting the same three updates so for it is now 31 times and still trying to do the same update. Tell me how to stop or fix what ever the problem is. thank you justin View this thread

I download these and install these updates - KB2518864, KB2572073 & KB2633880. However as soon as I get done I get a notification to download the same ones again, which I did and updated again but then the same senario repeats itself. This is happening on my PC at work and also at home. Any suggestions? View this thread

Posted on The Windows Feedback Program[/b] Recently, Microsoft collected data from their [url=http://blogs.msdn.com/b/e7/archive/2008/09/10/the-windows-feedback-program.aspx">Windows Feedback Program, which indicated that 14% of desktop PC’s and 5% of laptops connect to more than one monitor. [url=http://www.everything-microsoft.com/2012/05/22/multimonitor-support-windows-8/mulit-monitor/" rel="attachment wp-att-94306">http://cdn7.everything-microsoft.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/mulit-monitor.jpg?9d7bd4 The new enhancements will come from recognizing several key features that Microsoft believes the users want for their systems. These are: Make the desktop a more personal experience. Allow the most personalized feature on the desktop to work across multiple monitors that is the ability to customize the desktop background. Improve the efficiency of accessing apps across monitors. Improve and extend the taskbar across multiple monitors. That is due to recognizing that in Windows 7, the top request from people using multiple monitors was to improve the taskbar efficiency. [url=http://www.everything-microsoft.com/2012/05/22/multimonitor-support-windows-8/multi-monitors-3/" rel="attachment wp-att-94303">http://cdn8.everything-microsoft.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/multi-monitors2-400x171.jpg?9d7bd4 Improve the efficiency of accessing the system UI. Users have gotten used to having important information available, like the clock, recently used apps and the like. In Windows 7, you could only access the Start menu on one monitor. With the introduction in Windows 8 of new UI that puts controls at the edges of the screen, the idea is to make sure that it’s still easy to access certain elements, like Start, the charms, the clock, and your recently used apps from every monitor. Allow side-by-side Metro style and desktop apps. A new feature, due to the Metro enhancement will be that you can launch or move a Metro style app to any monitor, side-by-side with desktop apps on another screen. Like other features in the works, Microsoft is intent to letting users know and feel that the new OS will be different, especially in how users will work with it. It’s part of their “[url=http://www.everything-microsoft.com/2012/05/18/microsofts-answer-metro-criticism/">we’ll just see about that” view point. Source: [url=http://blogs.msdn.com/b/b8/archive/2012/05/21/enhancing-windows-8-for-multiple-monitors.aspx">Microsoft Blog [url=http://www.everything-microsoft.com/2012/05/22/multimonitor-support-windows-8/">Multi-Monitor Support from Windows 8 was posted on [url=http://www.everything-microsoft.com">Everything Microsoft - Latest Microsoft News, Guides, Reviews & Themes. If you are not reading this content in an email newsletter, it is being used without permission. View the full article

Dear all, In my organization some clients and servers use Avira antivirus and the rest use Kaspersky. I want to deploy MSE on all clients and servers. Does MSE conflicts with other antiviruses? Regards Majid View this thread

When I go to update MS Security Essentials I get the following message: "Security Essentials couldn't complete the virus and spyware definitions update on 05/22/2012 because of an Internet or network connectivity problem." View this thread