Windows To Go

4. Windows To Go

The full list here, it is a feature that offers the most convenience for users. Windows To Go allows users to make a copy of their operating system complete with their settings, wallpapers, files and even applications in a USB key. Plugged into another computer with Windows 8 is already installed and you can start the PC and make it look exactly the same operating system you normally use with all settings intact.

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It seems rather surprising, is not it? The potential of such a feature is high and possibilities, many. On the one hand, a system infected by a virus and crashed could be revived by simply plugging the USB drive with the last saved settings, including all of your files, applications, users, etc. do not have to worry lose the ability to work on their projects just because their PC is down, they can always count on plugging in another USB key installed Windows 8 PC. Another is that users can simply work back at the office with this USB key rather than a bulky laptop a lot.

Improved search function

3. Improved search function

8 has no search box at the bottom of the Start menu. Heck, he did not even make the Start menu! This does not mean that there is no practical function of available research. All you need to do is type whatever, and a search box will appear and give you the right results. The search function is even stronger this time, the display of all applications and related files instantly.

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Unlike Windows 7, Windows

You can also search for applications that use the search function of Windows 8. The search pane that appears on the right of your desktop contains a list of applications that you can conduct the search in. For example, if you are looking for e-mails from a particular contact by typing the name and clicking on the e-mail application that allows you to search within.

Touch-centric

 Touch-centric user interface based on tiles UI)

Although Windows 8 might look and feel like a whole new "user experiemce" Microsoft is in fact the superposition of a new user interface supports animation (UI) above a level only a few Windows 7.

From the Start menu of Windows 8 is customizable through a mosaic of tiles, which differ from traditional desktop icons allowing you to view live information of Windows 8 Metro style applications without access applications.

Demo user interface of tiles based conference last week Build, Microsoft showed how square a Windows 8 weather is capable of displaying the current temperature in a city - along with the temperatures expected for the next two days - without the need to open up the application. A tile to Windows Live Mail will show you your last message, while a tile for a social networking application will show you notifications.

"The [Metro] applications in full screen mode. They are re beautiful.They "designed for touch, but of course, they work great with the mouse and keyboard, if that's what you have. We wanted to make it really fast and smooth for you to pass them, "said Jensen Harris, Senior Program Manager of the Microsoft Office user experience ..

Windows 8 users are also able to access Windows 7 applications. "Anything that runs on Windows 7 will run on Windows 8," said Steven Sinofsky, president of Microsoft's Windows division and indows live during a keynote at the conference Build. However, to access to Windows 7 applications, you must go to a different user interface integrated

1. Quick Start time

 

Load and startup speed has improved considerably over Windows predecessors. This is partly due to the allocation of resources to better applications and the system. When compared to Windows 7 desktop CPU, Windows 8 has a boot time even faster.

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How did they improve both on Windows 7? Well, Windows 8 employs a technique of hibernation the system kernel (think about it as a resource manager of your operating system) when you stop, so that it becomes almost like hibernation each partial times. When you restart the system, the "memory" of your previous session resets faster

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Support for both x86 and ARM tablets

Released just last week in preview mode Developers, Windows 8 already contains more than 300 new features. At its conference developers create, Microsoft has made ​​plans to continue adding more new features that Windows 8 is transformed into a shipping product. Which existing features are most important to learn about right now? 

Although no such list can even approach "all inclusiveness", our list of ten key elements in Windows 8 ranges through the new jargon such as "charms" and "snap muti-tasking" on operatibility first time on ARM-based tablets, major improvements through support for USB 3.0, keyboard membranes, copying files, and more. Here, in no particular order of importance, is the top ten: 

1. Support for both x86 and ARM tablets 

Windows 8 is the first edition of Windows to run on both ARM-based tablets and traditional x86 PC based on ARM processors from Intel and AMD. 

"Support for ARM-based chipsets, touch, and makes Windows 8 sensors work beautifully on your choice of a full range of peripherals, such as 10-inch slate with battery life every day , laptops, ultra-light, and powerful all-in-one with 27-inch high-definition screens, "Microsoft contends, in a Windows 8 Guide distributed with the Windows Developer Preview 

In addition, the ARM edition of Windows 8 includes a new mode called "always on, always connected", designed to allow tablets act as smartphones. Tablets can remain idle without disconnecting from the Internet, and then wake up instantly. 

Windows 8 is designed to work seamlessly on PCs and tablet ARM. However, until a real early developers of applications for Microsoft Windows Store still empty, it is unclear whether this is universally true.

Internet Explorer 10

Internet Explorer 10

The Internet Explorer the most notable improvement is the version of the new subway. It is optimized for touch and comes with many features you know from your smartphone's browser: bar double tap the screen mode by default full-screen keyboard, and touch optimized tab. Of course, the old style office is always available Internet Explorer 8 in Windows. This could be a model for many software vendors. I think many software vendors will offer two versions of their applications. I wonder if it would not have been better if Microsoft introduced a new abstraction layer allowing applications with two types of user interfaces.

Image password

Image password
I hate when people say they hate something, but I really hate passwords. Passwords are difficult to remember. And even if you use a management tool password, you should at least be able to connect to your

Windows

machine before using it.

Windows 8

, you can perform actions on an image of your choice to connect Such a move is probably easier to remember, but difficult to crack with a brute force attack. The only problem I see is that the gestures are easy to spot by someone in your back

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Windows 8 - Store

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The new Windows Application Store for Metro is definitely a highlight Windows 8. The fact that you will not be able to purchase and update the traditional desktop applications through the Windows store could be the major driving force for software vendors to focus on Metro and abandon the old paradigm application under Windows altogether.

Windows 8 - Store

Windows 8 Task Manager

New Task Manager
The new Task Manager in Windows 8 is nice, but I guess most IT pros will just enjoy it considering that free tools like Process Explorer and Process Hacker have much more to offer. However, whenever you need to troubleshoot a Windows machine and you do not bring your toolbox, you'll like the new features such as resource use light-ups, the type of group processes (applications, background processes, processes Windows), user-friendly names for the background process, and the windows grouping top-level application. Interesting for server admins is the heat map new generation of logical processors.

Windows 8

- Task Manager
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Task Manager 8

Use Task Manager with 64 + logical processors
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The new Windows Application Store for Metro is definitely a highlight Windows 8. The fact that you will not be able to purchase and update the traditional desktop applications through the Windows store could be the major driving force for software vendors to focus on Metro and abandon the old paradigm application under Windows altogether.
Windows 8 – Store

power management

Minimize restart after automatic update from Windows Update
Power

Management

In each version of Windows,

Microsoft

is trying to improve power management. However, significant progress in recent years have been developed by the hardware industry, in particular, battery makers. But Windows 8 comes with a new and promising concept that is known from smartphones. Apps in the background are suspended, which consumes more energy. This feature only works for underground applications and not for legacy applications from Windows desktop.
Build an intelligent power general purpose Windows
Updated tile live without draining your battery
Improve power efficiency for applications
New Task Manager
The new Task Manager in

Windows 8

is nice, but I guess most IT pros will just enjoy it considering that free tools like Process Explorer and Process Hacker have much more to offer. However, whenever you need to troubleshoot a Windows machine and you do not bring your toolbox, you'll like the new features such as resource use light-ups, the type of group processes (applications, background processes, processes Windows), user-friendly names for the background process, and the windows grouping top-level application. Interesting for server admins is the heat map new generation of logical processors.

Installation Experience

Installation Experience
I discussed the main new features of the installation of

Windows 8

. Certainly the most interesting is the introduction new website, which lets you install Windows via the Internet 8.
Improve the installation experience
fewer reboots
If you have ever lost data due to automatic restart, you might be interested to know what

Microsoft

has to say about this kind of "user experience" (link below). The major improvement in Windows 8 is that security-related restarts there only once a month (second Tuesday). The only exceptions are critical updates for security, for example, if a worm is spreading. Microsoft also introduced some changes in how users will be notified of updates and reboots.

Large disk support

Large disk

support

Windows 8

will support partitions larger than 2TB, which will be important for the next generation netbook and tablet. ;-) There are several ways to use more than 2TB volume in Windows 7, for example with the RAID, but I guess it would not be an option in tablet form.
Activation of large disks and important sectors in Windows 8
Storage spaces
Blank spaces allow you to combine multiple disks into a single storage pool. The new technology is similar to RAID, but it is more flexible and easier to configure. Probably the coolest thing is that the discs can be of different size and connected by USB, SATA and SAS (Serial Attached SCSI). Storage pools support thin provisioning (physical space is used only when the capacity is needed) and resilience (mirroring for fault tolerance).
Windows 8 - Storage space

Protection against Malware

Protection against

Malware

These are tough times are ahead for programmers of malware (and third party

antivirus

software vendors). It seems that Microsoft Security Essentials will not be integrated into Windows 8. However, Windows Defender will become full-fledged antivirus software as it will not only protect against spyware

Windows 8

, as in Windows 7, but also against viruses and worms. It will also feature real-time protection. SmartScreen, the Microsoft malware protection based on reputation, which protect not only Internet Explorer but Windows 8. Windows 8 will also be cured with an enhanced Address Space Layout Randomization (ASLR), kernel improvements, and a new bunch of Windows.

Windows Explorer

The most visible is the new ribbon, which Microsoft introduced with Office 2007. What can be more interesting are the new features file management, such as identifying duplicate files improved, support for multiple channels in the Server Message Block (SMB) protocol, and better management of confirmations and interruptions. IT professionals in particular will love that they can now mount ISO and VHD files directly from Windows Explorer. There are many more new features in Windows Explorer.
Windows 8 - Explorer

metro

Windows 8 metro
There is no doubt that the new metro unemployment insurance, some of us already know from Windows Phone, is improving the most important and controversial. The main point about Metro is that its user interface and the corresponding applications are optimized for touch screens. CCHE

Windows 8

- Metro

Windows 8 new features

On the integration of Microsoft account
You've probably heard that Microsoft has abandoned the

Windows Live

brand. Windows Live accounts are now called Microsoft accounts. You can either log on to

Windows 8

with a local account / domain or with a Microsoft. This allows you to store personal data and settings of the APP in the cloud.

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Ironically, the component that provides this functionality is actually part of Windows 7, and has been there since Windows XP. Windows did have a versioning system files for a few years. This is called Volume Shadow Copy, and it is a way for the system to maintain multiple backups of a file from different points in time. Windows 7 uses VSS (yes, this is the correct abbreviation ... go figure) to save some system files that may need to be recalled in the archives when you run a system restore - when you undo changes system, rolling them back to an earlier point in time.
Windows Backup can use this service ... kind of. I do not know anyone who does that, but once you save a file to an archive device, in Windows Explorer, you can right-click a file in that folder, click the Previous Versions tab, and to recall an earlier version of this file. Of course, if you go to restore an entire subdirectory full of documents, right-click and restoration of each in this way is not a great way to spend a weekend.
This is what a developer might call a service without a real interface. The actual user interface of this service was added to Windows 8, and yes, people will see that his inspiration probably comes from Mac OS. This is what we call history file, and replaces Windows Backup. The name change alone confuse some people, and perhaps a shortcut from Backup File history would help in the final edition.
The idea behind the story of the file is: If you continue to use Windows 8 Microsoft how would you use Windows 7, then you will have your important files related to personal libraries. Office documents will be in documents, files of digital cameras will be in pictures, your videos will be uploaded and transcribed in Videos. So it's silly to have to tell a different program of Windows files that are important to you if you've done it once already.
File history already knows what is important to you. If there are files in your library that do not need to save, you can make exceptions by clicking the Exclude Files and History to add exceptions in the box above.
This becomes important for the following reason: History File is designed to be something that runs continuously - not every week or overnight, 80 years as a backup style, but every hour. If the suggested use of the history file is for you to connect an external hard drive via USB, but you can also map a cloud-based Microsoft SkyDrive rise to a windows network share. History files instantly becomes a cloud backup service. For users of Windows Phone, it could mean anything you store your media libraries will be automatically synchronized and available for your phone.
He also raised the issue of bandwidth consumption. If you often copy videos from your camcorder (as opposed to just your phone), then you will want to use the file's history as a cloud backup service for this purpose. Unfortunately, this may affect your choices for backup media files smaller and documents every day - your choice of backup devices can be applied to all your files backed up. If you have decided to use an Archive Player as a Seagate FreeAgent video archive your camcorder, you will not be able to use the history file to save your documents and air.
Once again, the tool that comes with Windows is not perfect for all situations. Just as it was for the last three decades, leaving an opening for third party backup vendors - such as Acronis, for example - to build a market.
However, the evolution of Windows Backup File in history is important, as the nerve center of digital life people away from the PC. If Microsoft wants to maintain a grip on the lives of its customers every day and work, he needs to stake a strong claim on the services and tools that connect all the devices that are now at the nerve center.
This means that Microsoft needs a stronger presence of clouds. SkyDrive is nice, but it's not as powerful a product like Dropbox or Box.net. The story of the new file pointer is a compass in the exact direction that Windows needs to go: toward a service that transcends both PCs and peripherals. As I said before: No Windows Phone, no Windows PC. Just Windows.

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Windows 8 is the next version of Microsoft Windows, a series of operating systems produced by Microsoft for use on personal computers, including PCs and business notebooks, tablet PCs and home theater. The release to manufacturing (RTM) is expected in August 2012, although Windows 8 will be available to users only after the general availability in October. [2] [3] [4] [5] Windows 8 server counterpart, Windows Server 2012, is in development at the same time as Windows 8. The most recent official pre-release version of Windows 8 is a preview release, which was published May 31, 2012.
According to the design team of Windows, Windows 8 has been "reinvented from the chipset to the user experience," [6] while Windows 7 was designed to be a more targeted approach, gradual upgrade of the line Windows. [7] Windows 8 features a new user interface based on the language of Microsoft Metro design, similar to Windows Phone. The new interface is designed for entry are better suited to touch screen, with the traditional mouse and keyboard input. A version of Windows 8, Windows called RT, also adds support for the ARM processor architecture in addition to x86 microprocessors previously supported Intel, AMD and VIA. [8]

More information about Windows 8 Enterprise revealed

Earlier this week, Microsoft announced that the SKU versions of Windows 8, Windows 8, Windows 8 and Windows 8 Pro RT (for products based on ARM processor hardware). Minutes after Microsoft made the announcement, he updated the blog to also announce an Enterprise SKU for Windows 8.

Today's blog Official Windows business, Microsoft Erwin Visser went over in detail what Windows 8 Enterprise would like. Visser confirmed that he has all the features that will be found in Windows Pro 8, plus a portion of that additional content will be exclusive to the Enterprise Edition.

Visser confirmed that the Enterprise SKU include new windows To Go feature, which allows companies to allow employees to take their desktop version of Windows 8 and store it on a bootable USB. This allows the employee to start his desktop Windows 8 from virtually any PC.

Other features include DirectAccess, which allows users of Windows Enterprise 8 to remotely connect to a corporate LAN without having to connect to a separate VPN. It will also BranchCache that cached files such as documents, websites and much more from the server of a company so that this content is not constantly re-downloaded to an extended enterprise network.

Windows 8 will be undertaken also ways for companies and information technology customers to restrict access to applications or files via AppLocker, with the ability to automatically load the internal side of Windows 8 metro-style applications. Devices such as tablets that are running Windows on RT will be able to obtain greater access via Virtual Desktop Windows 8 Enterprise

Turn Windows features on or off

Some programs and features included in Windows, such as Internet Information Services, must be on for you to use. Some other features are enabled by default, but you can disable them if you do not use them.

To turn off a feature in earlier versions of Windows, you had to uninstall it completely from your computer. In this version of Windows, the features remain stored on your hard drive so you can relight them if you want. Disabling a feature does not uninstall the feature, and it does not reduce the amount of disk space used by Windows features.

To turn Windows features on or off, follow these steps:

Click Start, click Control Panel, click Programs, then click Turn Windows features on or off. If you are prompted for an administrator password or confirmation, type the password or provide confirmation.
To turn a Windows feature, select the check box next to the feature. To turn a Windows feature, clear the check box. Click OK.


Folders can contain features both on and off
Certain Windows are grouped in folders and some folders contain subfolders with additional features. If a checkbox is checked or is partially shaded, and some of the items inside the folder are turned, and some are turned off. To view the contents of a folder, double-click it.

Windows 8

Windows 8 is the next version of Microsoft Windows, a series of operating systems produced by Microsoft for use on personal computers, including PCs and business notebooks, tablet PCs and home theater. The release to manufacturing (RTM) is expected in August 2012, although Windows 8 will be available to users only after the general availability in October. [2] [3] [4] [5] Windows 8 server counterpart, Windows Server 2012, is in development at the same time as Windows 8. The most recent official pre-release version of Windows 8 is a preview release, which was published May 31, 2012.
According to the design team of Windows, Windows 8 has been "reinvented from the chipset to the user experience," [6] while Windows 7 was designed to be a more targeted approach, gradual upgrade of the line Windows. [7] Windows 8 features a new user interface based on the language of Microsoft Metro design, similar to Windows Phone. The new interface is designed for entry are better suited to touch screen, with the traditional mouse and keyboard input. A version of Windows 8, Windows called RT, also adds support for the ARM processor architecture in addition to x86 microprocessors previously supported Intel, AMD and VIA

Windows 7

Windows 7 comes with an elegant end-user interface of Windows Security Center is now known as Windows Solution Center, and is responsible for maintaining system security. Windows 7 makes the already robust BitLocker protection in Windows Vista even easier to use, while extending protection to USB storage devices, allowing them to be secured with a passphrase.
There are many new features in Windows 7, but here are a few that are more pro-ish computer burning ISOs to CD or DVD directly from Explorer. Windows 7 calculator has 4 modes, to the delight of all calculations the number geeks out there: StandardScientificProgrammerStatistics. In Windows 7, if you bring up the Windows Features control panel by clicking Turn Windows Features on or off "or characteristics typingWindows only in the start menu, you will see the following in the Release Candidate. These same files are staged so that functions can be easily added to the operating system works without additional media.
According to Rivera's analysis, Windows 7 checks field allows the user and username, then unlocks the features if it decides the user is a full-time worker.
You will soon be able to disable some integrated Microsoft applications that you do not need Windows Internet Explorer 8 7such
Gadgets are standalone applications that sit on the desktop (some are hosted on another server). GadgetsGadgets are programs that run on the desktop and offer a glance information and easy access to frequently used tools. There are gadgets, gadgets and Web side SideShow gadgets run on external displays.
Windows 7 Gadgets are mini-programs that run on the desktop (Box killed) and provide at-a-glance information and easy access to frequently used tools.
Rivera tool allows new taskbar users access a feature of Windows 7 that Microsoft heavily promoted at the Professional Developers Conference (PDC) in late Octoberas and other pieces of unfinished operating system, including multitouch gestures and show a dynamic desktop slide that pulls images from Web-based foods, Driver Protection helps prevent the operating system from starting drivers that are known to cause stability problems.
As we move closer to launch Windows7, expect to see more features being ported to Windows Vista and XP until we can try them on the actual operating system Windows7. Improvement of existing features may be more important for people who understand the existing functionality and how they can be improved, but most people who buy the new operating system know nothing about it, and if the only thing which is to improve things is that the average user does not notice, the average user will not see any reason to upgrade to the new OS. Faster boot time, before CV, launching common applications, reducing the time it takes for the operating system to recognize a USB device reinserted, especially a flash drive, faster playing movies DVD, a better response and memory usage of the desktop window manager, including the taskbar and start menu, reducing the overall footprint of the operating system, reducing crashes and freezes.
The new features of Windows 7 will determine whether the operating system is a success or if it follows the footsteps of his predecessor, Windows Vista. But one thing that is not new, it is the core operating system: Windows 7 is based on the Vista kernel, instead of a brand new.
Computers running Windows Vista can run Windows 7 as well, if not better, reducing the burden of upgrading and helps you get the most value from your equipment purchases.