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Windows 8 went RTM on August 1st, 2012 and was released for general availability on October 26th, 2012. It contains many new features and changes, the most noticeable being a new graphical user interface, know as Modern UI. It is available in four major editions, Windows 8, Windows 8 Pro, Windows 8 Enterprise, and Windows 8 RT.

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Windows 8 went RTM on August 1st, 2012 and was released for general availability on October 26th, 2012. It contained many new features and changes, the most noticeable being a new graphical user interface know as Modern UI. It is available in four major editions, Windows 8, Windows 8 Pro, Windows 8 Enterprise, and Windows 8 RT.

Aside from the new Modern UI, some other notable new features and enhancements included:

  • Support for ARM processors (low power processors found in many mobile devices)
  • Native support for USB 3.0
  • Support for, and in some cases, mandatory inclusion of UEFI SecureBoot
  • New versions of existing Microsft products, including PowerShell v3.0, Internet Explorer 10, Windows Defender, and a redesigned Task Manager
  • A Windows Store for purchasing Windows 8 applications
  • New authentication methods, including local logon with a Windows Live account, picture based password and login via PIN
  • Two new boot options: Hybrid Boot and Windows To Go
  • Client Hyper-V

Minimum hardware requirements for the x86 and x64 of Windows 8 are:

  • 1 GHz processor (with support for PAE, NX SSE2)
  • 1 GB RAM (2GB for x64 versions)
  • A graphics card capable of DirectX 9 and WDDM 1.0
  • 20 GB of disk space
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SMBD daemon spikes at 100% cpu usage when Windows 8 clients connect

I have a server running Ubuntu 12.04 running as a Samba server. The file system is an XFS formatted virtual drive on an LVM pool of physical drives. I recently upgraded our clients to Windows 8 and I've noticed that there's a 6-8 second delay for…
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Windows 8 virtualization gives BSOD 0x0000005D

I find that, when trying to run windows 8 on Xen cloud (and also when running it in ESXi), the installer bluescreens with 0x0000005D (UNSUPPORTED PROCESSOR) Initially I thought it was giving the VM a 32-bit processor (I was using a 64-bit image),…
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Customize Windows8 dot1x / PEAP WiFi username per SSID

It's a seemingly simple question. How can I customize the WPA2 Enterprise username in Windows8, per SSID? Registry hacks are fine with me. Hover below for background info (not really required to answer the question): PROBLEM DETAILS: We run…
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NFS mount on Windows 8 non-enterprise

I've read the answers to a similar question, but I'd like to ask it here with a very narrow scope. Assuming Windows 8, not enterprise (which means no services for unix applications providing native NFS capabilities), how can I mount an NFS share?…
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Windows 8.1 clients showing printer offline after reconnecting to the network

We have recently rolled out 100 laptops running Windows 8.1, some of our users are having a problem with printers being offline. It appears to happen when they take the laptop home to no WiFi and then return to work and are reconnected to the WiFi.…
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Unable to join 64-bit Windows 8.1 Pro Client to Windows 2003 domain. Win 7 works fine

I am unable to join a 64-bit Windows 8.1 Pro Client to our Windows 2003 domain. A 64-bit Windows 7 client joins fine. After installing Windows 8.1, before joining to domain, if I run nltest /dsgetdc:, it returns the domain controller and other info…
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Connecting to other instances of Hyper-V Manager in domain

I have a test environment that I host from my computer. I have configured an external switch so that it can be accessed by others. Windows 8 Enterprise and Hyper-V Manager Version: 6.2.9200.16384 If we take a look inside the Hyper-V Manager we can…
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What are the differences between Windows Defender and Windows Intune Endpoint Protection and SCCM Endpoint Protection?

What are the functional differences between Windows Defender and Windows Intune Endpoint Protection and SCCM Endpoint Protection, apart from methods of management, if any? (I am referring to the Windows 8 version of Windows Defender, which I…
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Error Trying to Remotely Manage Hyper-V 2012 from Windows 8 Pro Without a Domain

I took sometime this long holiday weekend to install Hyper-V Server 2012 and Windows 8 Pro (on separate hardware, same LAN) to hopefully get a little more familiar with it. From the WIN8 client I am unable to connect to any VMs using the Virtual…
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Specifying Gateway for VPN Connection

I'm not very familiar with networking really, so go easy on me! I need help enabling Split Tunnelling for client connections to my newly created VPN server. I've un-ticked the Use Default Gateway on the Remote Network option under the IPV4…
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How do I install Server Manager on Windows 8 Professional?

I have downloaded and installed Remote Server Administration Tools for Windows 8 on my Windows 8 Enterprise machine. Online resources suggest installing RSAT should also install Server Manager GUI, but I am unable to find it. Do I need to perform…
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Connecting to IIS on Hyper-V Windows 8 host from XP virtual machine

I have a windows 8 machine running an XP virtual machine with Hyper-V. The virtual machine uses an 'external' virtual switch, and after 'Integration Services Setup', it can see the internet ok. My machine is on a static IP address (10.0.0.199) and…
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Windows 8 profile creation video

I have a piece of software that deploys a local account on workstations via an MSI and creates a profile for it. In versions of windows prior to windows 8, the first time this account was used it would go through all the initial profile setup tasks…
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How do I disable the automatic datetime in an azure virtual machine?

I want to be able to change the date and time on my vm to dates in the past. Every time I change it, it automatically changes back because of this setting. Unfortunately I cannot change it because it is disabled. I am logged in as an admin on the…
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Windows port forwarding, local machine to server

I'm working on Windows 8. I'm trying to connect to an OpenStack cloud which is hosted on a remote server but has a public IP to the API. However, making API calls require calls to additional services inside the cloud which still have the internal…
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