Add a Shutdown menu to the Windows desktop
As you know, the Start menu in Windows not only provided you with a way to launch your application but also a way to shut down your computer. For example, in Windows 7 there is a Shut down as well as a pop-up menu that displays six other related opti ...
Windows 8 Release Preview now available!
Microsoft has recently released Windows 8 Release Preview. This is much better version than the Consumer Preview, but still there are lots of questions, but time will tell. Anyway, you can download Windows 8 Release Preview directly from Microsoft ...
Installing Windows 8 Consumer Preview experience
Few months back Microsoft launched Windows 8 Developer Preview. Majority of people try to install beta or pre-launch versions on virtual machines. So did I, but there were lot of issues in installing Windows 8 Developer Preview and I posted a solut ...
Windows 8 Consumer Preview
Windows 8 Consumer Preview is now available for download.You can either use a setup or an ISO file to download and install. Setup file can be downloaded from: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows-8/download and ISO can be downloaded from: h ...
Windows 8 installation error: HAL_INITIALIZATION_FAILED
I downloaded the Windows 8 Developer Preview from http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/home/ and tried to install on Virtual PC, but got the following error. Your PC ran in to a problem that it couldn't handle,and now it needs to restart. Y ...